Totally Fierce is a light-medium warm peachy pink with a soft sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more muted than Paradisco, warmer and more pink than Girlie, and more peach and less metallic than Expensive Pink.
On the Hip Side is a light-medium cool shell beige with a soft pearlized sheen in a Smooth Pearl finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more beige and more pearlized than Malt, lighter and cooler than All That Glitters, and darker and more brown than Shroom.
Outfitted is a light warm golden peach with silver sparkle in a Foiled finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has low-medium pigmentation and semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off. Due to the finish, it can be layered easily but is difficult to blend out. It is warmer and more golden than She Sparkles, cooler and more silver than Last Dance, and lighter and more silver than Copper Aura (Solar Glow x 9).
Style & Influence is a light-medium cool lilac purple with a soft pearlized sheen in a Smooth Pearl finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It can be layered and blended out easily. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and more pink than Beautiful Iris.
Shop Shop Shop is a medium-dark cool raspberry plum with soft sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is brighter and more pink than Star Violet, more purple than Cranberry, and darker and more pink than Creme de Violet.
Fashion Fanatic is a medium-dark cool vibrant red fuchsia with a subtle sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly more pink than Passionate, darker and more red than Bright Pink, and more pink than Never Say Never.
Mad Mod is a light-medium cool mauve pink with silver sparkle in a Foiled finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has low-medium pigmentation and semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off. Due to the finish, it can be layered easily but is difficult to blend out. It is lighter and more silver than Smoky Mauve, lighter and more pink than Say It Isn't So, and darker and more mauve than She Sparkles.
Wild Card is a deep dark cool blackened purple in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It can be layered and blended out easily. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is cooler than Shadowy Lady, and darker than Indian Ink.
Must Have It (Highlighter) is a light-medium warm golden peach with a pink reflective sheen in an Opalescent finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is more peach than Beaming Blush Extra Dimension Skinfinish, lighter and more peach than Global Glow Mineralize Skinfinish, and darker and more peach than Gleam Eyeshadow.
The MAC Girls palettes mark a very different direction for MAC in terms of aesthetic and curation. For the first time ever, MAC has released cardboard mirrored compacts instead of heavier plastic ones with clear lids, and the shadows come in two different sizes and are placed randomly in the palette rather than in grid formation. This isn't necessarily a bad thing because I do think that these palettes include some fun colour combinations and look very striking, but it is obvious in the much slimmer packaging that they are trying harder to compete with many other bestselling palettes out there, including ones by Urban Decay and Anastasia Beverly Hills. My only pet peeve with the packaging is that the names of the shades aren't actually printed on the palette — they're on a separate clear plastic sheet that sits on top of the shades. Not a deal breaker, but kind of annoying because the shades aren't printed anywhere else on the palette so you have to keep that flimsy clear sheet if you want to know the shade names. But at $48, these also offer more value ($190) than any other palette MAC has released before. And unlike those other brands, MAC released six very different palettes at the same time so that there's something for everyone.
All these palettes feature four new eyeshadow finishes (which are described in the first paragraph) and are all pretty self-explanatory. To be honest, the Foiled eyeshadows disappointed me the most; the finish is absolutely gorgeous, but the colour pay-off is inconsistent and requires effort to build up and layer out on the lids. I've found that they work best with fingers rather than brushes (I tried using them with both synthetic and real hair brushes, and both dry and wet, and they go on patchy because the bristles just don't want to pick up the sparkle), and I definitely recommend using a good eye base that has a tackier texture to help with adhesion if you're looking for a high-sparkle, high-metallic finish. On that note, I am very impressed with the Smooth Pearl and Creamy Matte textures, both of which are super-silky and ultra-smooth with high pigmentation. They blend out effortlessly and have minimal fall out, too. My only complaint is that these palettes need a medium transition shade and at least one more matte to create more well-rounded, dimensional looks. As for the new Opalescent finish highlighters, the texture is smooth and silky, but they have a softer pearlized sheen, so don't be expecting that bright, ultra-reflective finish that their Extra Dimension or Mineralize Skinfinishes have.
The Fashion Fanatic palette is definitely for someone who likes trendy looks and thinks outside the box when it comes to colour combination — the first four shades are very light, girly, and ethereal, and then the last four shades are bold and almost punk-rock — but the entire palette does work well together to create cohesive looks. Note that this is one of two palettes that are limited edition, so if you like this colour combo, go snatch it up now — it will not be restocked.
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