Colour Me Spoiled is a pale neutral-cool pinked ivory in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and permanent 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 lighter than Yogurt, cooler and more pink than Orb, more pink and more matte than Shroom.
Eternal Optimist is a light-medium cool taupe-brown with a silvery pink sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent 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 cooler than Era, lighter and warmer than Ms. Personality (Basic Bitch), lighter and warmer than Fabness.
Sweet Tart is a light neutral baby pink with a silvery champagne sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent 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 cooler and more pink than Gleam, lighter and more shimmery than Girlie, and more pink than Naked Lunch.
Too Good to be True is a pale cool beige with silver sparkle in a Foiled finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has low pigmentation and sheer to semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off. Due to the finish, it can be layered easily but difficult to blend out. It is lighter than She Sparkles, warmer than Tattle-Tale (Basic Bitch), and lighter and more silver than Retrospeck.
Prissy Princess is a medium cool taupe brown in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and permanent 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 more grey than Omega, cooler and more grey than Era, and darker and more brown than Naked Lights (In the Flesh x 15).
Fabness is a medium cool shell taupe grey with a soft sheen in a Smooth Pearl finish. This is a new and permanent 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 cooler and more pearlized than Prissy Princess, darker and cooler than Eternal Optimist, lighter and more grey than Cumulus (Cool Neutral x 15).
Spoil Yourself is a deep-dark cool brown in a Creamy Matte finish. This is a new and permanent 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 darker than Brun, cooler and more muted than Totally Trouble (Mischief Minx), and darker than Black Factor (In the Flesh x 15).
Good Girl & You Know It is a medium-deep cool taupe-brown with a soft sheen in a Satin Shine finish. This is a new and permanent 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 darker and more brown than Satin Taupe, more brown than Pearled Earth (Cool Neutral x 15), and lighter and cooler than Smut.
Love This Bitch (Highlighter) is a light neutral-cool shell pink with a silvery reflective sheen in an Opalescent finish. This is a new and permanent 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 lighter and cooler than Soft and Gentle, and cooler and more metallic than Lightscapade.
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. 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.
Prissy Princess is a safe option for those who like cool neutrals. It's good for everyday, wearable, office-friendly looks that can be easily smoked out for evening. It's easy to use and there aren't any wild card shades in here, so Prissy Princess is also great for people that are new to makeup or aren't comfortable with applying makeup. The quality of the shades here is really nice, too: smooth, blendable, and pigmented for the most part. My biggest complaint about this palette, however, is that three of the shades — Eternal Optimist, Prissy Princess, and Fabness — are all cool taupe shades have such slight differences that they become redundant when worn together. Ultimately, Prissy Princess is not new or unique, and those who have MAC's Dusky Rose x 9 Palette, In the Flesh x 15 Palette, or Cool Neutral x 15 Palette will find a ton of overlap here — and to be honest, those three have more varied, better curated shades than in this one — so I would compare options before making a final decision.
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