Hello everyone. I have some time to kill since it’s my day off today. I had a number of errands I needed to sort today so I took leave from work. Now my Eid prep is left with just making the food for the big feast. So I thought I’d squeeze in another makeup review today!
Clearly for many parts of the world, this collection launched in May, but as I said in many of my previous entries, we’re always slow to get them in and most of the time we don’t get the whole collection. The same happened with the MAC alluring Aquatic collection. Not all the eyeshadows came and obviously it’s the colour that I wanted. Anyway, one does not want to ramble too much so lets get to the goodies.
This collection arrived at my door step last week. Thank you so much to my MUA for sending this to me and I’m loving the collection. However with every collection there’s always a hit and miss but we’ll get there. 🙂
This collection is big one. It comes with eyeshadows, bronzers, lippies, brushes and the works but I only chose the things I know I would wear.
Lets see the packaging. Can I just say, the packaging is so beautiful. When I first saw the promo pictures I wasn’t too impress but I quickly changed my mind because it really is amazing. The pictures didn’t do them justice, in my opinion. The packaging is a metallic teal in colour with embossed water droplets. So it’s not like a regular droplet image slapped on the package. When I look at the packaging, I instantly think of mermaids and can I just say, it seems to have a calming effect on me. 🙂
Next is the brushes. This collection has 2 Limited Edition brushes, the 127 and the 233 brush and they also came in teal to match the collection.
1. 127 Split Fibre Face Brush
This is a medium size bronzer/blush brush. It isn’t the most softest brush but it does the job. Personally I use this brush for blush only. I just feel the shapes suits applying blusher rather than bronzer. Its made out of synthetics and natural hair and has a metallic teal ferule and teal satin finish handle.
127 Split Fibre Face Brush
233 Split Fibre Eyeshadow Brush
This is an eyeshadow brush. Personally I like this kind of brush for powder base eyeshadows and for all over the lids application. It has a squarish shape made out of synthetics and natural hair. It is a beautiful brush, that has a metallic teal ferule and teal satin finish handle. Its similar to the 239 brush except it has split fibre bristles.
233 Split Fibre Eyeshadow Brush
On to the Lipsticks. I got 3 of the lipsticks from this collection. My personal favourite is Mystical because I find it to be such an easy shade to wear for everyday use. The three colours I got are Enchanted One, Mystical and Goddess of The Sea.
Enchanted One is a peachy coral pink shade.On me, the pink is more apparent and leans towards a rosy pink. The shade was quite opaque on me but I found it to be a little bit drying maybe because it is a matte finish lipstick.
Mystical is a rich rosy pink with a luminous sheen.I love this cremesheen shade (I love cremesheen’s) not only because it applied smooth, it is also opaque in coverage. I find it to be a really versatile colour.
Goddess of The Sea is a plummy violet. Again, another cremesheen shade with a really opaque coverage. It is also creamy in its consistency so I didn’t have issues with dry lips.
Next is the Extra Dimension Eyeshadows. I must admit I like this formula for eyeshadows. The colours are always so beautiful and has a beautiful finish when you apply it to the eyes. This time the eyeshadows didn’t fall short in the colours either. I got 4 shades out of the collection which are Fathoms Deep, Soul Serenade, Sea Worship and Lorelei.
Lorelei is a peachy gold metallic hue with very subtle shimmer. The texture is smooth and buttery. It some angels I feel it looks more tanned. I like to use this in the inner corners of the eyes just to brightened it up. However, I did experience some significant fall out with this shade.
Sea Worship is is a metallic dirty gold with hints of tarnished green in it. It reminds me a green khaki shade with subtle shimmer. It is one of my favourite shades in this collection. It has an amazing colour payoff and is so smooth.
Soul Serenade is shimmery deep greyish burnt brown. There are hints of plum with micro glitter in it and I think its a unique colour. The colour pay off is amazing and i didn’t experience much fall out.
Fathoms Deep is a multi coloured dark grey shimmer. It is like a gunmetal metallic finish hue with a bluish purple base. Another one of my favourites in this collection however there was a smidge of fall out. Even so, it applied so smoothly on the lids.
I also received the some pencils, bronzers and nail polish.
Powder Bronzer in Refined Golden I do believe this is a repromote featured in the Temperature Rising collection. I didn’t get it back then but this time I have it. It is a golden orangey shade with a hints of brown in it. It leans more towards orange on me so a little does goes a long way. It also has some gold pearlesque shimmer in it. Bronzer in Aphrodite’s Shell Aphrodite’s Shell is a golden bronze shade with a brown tinge to it. I think it goes well with the Refined Golden bronzer because it has a luminous finish. I dont really see this as a bronzer, more like a Minerealize Skin Finish. Its quite light on me so to wear it on its own I need a little work with it. Blush in Sea Me, Hear Me This blush is described as a muted coral pink but somehow looks nothing of the sort on me. It is rather more a pinky brown with reddish undertones on me. It has a smooth and soft texture with a fantastic colour payoff. It was also so easy to blend out. Last but not least, the liners and polish. Out of this lot I’m loving the nail polish the most. It truely does have a mermaid vibe to it. 🙂 I love that it is a dual tone shade. Submerged is a dual tone chrome polish. It’s a medium dark blue shade with some teal micro shimmer. In certain angle I see a significant amount of purple to it. Black Line is a dirty golden olive eyeliner that leans towards black. It has some shimmer to it so for people with sensitive eyes, I don’t think it would be kind to the waterline. I think its a great shade for a smokey eye, for instance paired with sea worship eyeshadow. Now, the lip liners. There are two shades which is Half Red and What Comes Naturally. Half red is a plummy rose lipliner and What Comes Naturally is a light peachy nude. They are both in a matte finish and are highly pigmented. There was a bit of dragging when I tried it on but nothing a lip conditioner cannot fix. Overall, I love the eyeshadows and the Nail polish. The eyeliner was alright, just that I didn’t really like the shimmer so much. I also believe you can still get some of the items on the MAC Malaysia website but I’m pretty sure the eyeshadows are sold out. Ok thats everything from the collection that I have and I hope you enjoyed this post. till next time have a great day everyone. 🙂