Long Overdue: MAC in Lillyland, Spring Colour Forecast

Yep, another super duper late MAC haul from me!

Now, I know that these uber-late MAC haul posts can be a little boring for you all, but, do believe me, there is reasoning behind this:
a. everything is late here anyways (for example MAC Art Supplies has yet to be released), and,
b. I 'm trying (not always succeeding) to be more eclectic when it comes to MAC new releases, meaning I 'd rather wait to see many swatches before I make a purchase, instead of buying and deciding if I like it afterwards.

So, I think that three items from 2 collections (one being the massive Spring Colour Forecast) was sensible enough!




Ok, let's start with the MAC in Lillyland purchase:




I realise that for many the cremeblend blushes were the highlight of this collection, but I opted for something more versatile: the Pearlmatte Face Powder.
It consists of four shades that come in the most beautiful flower design: a light yellow, a pink, an orange and a brown. Except for the pink shade, all of the rest contain a little bit of shimmer, but it's hardly noticeable when worn.

Now, some may complain that this product is too orange to use, and if they swirl all of the four shades together, they would be correct, however, that's not how this product is meant to be used in my opinion.
The brown shade makes an excellent contour colour and a very good bronzer for skintones that are NC/NW 20 and upwards.
The pink and orange shades make a gorgeous blush when blended together and the creamy yellow is a lovely highlighter.
I do love that you have personal control of what the blush shade would look like, depending on the overall makeup look, and if you 're like me and pack one pink blush and one peachy toned when traveling, well, this face powder could easily spare you the trouble.

In fact, as I 've been playing a bit with it, I noticed that the mix of the highlighter and the two blush shades looks almost exactly like.... Ripe Peach! I kid you not, and I say "almost", since I may have used a little more of the orange shade, but I 'm pretty sure now that Ripe Peach is just another version of those three shades blended in one product.




Which brings me to Ripe Peach Blush Ombre from the Spring Colour Forecast collection.

My blush collection seriously lacks in the peach end of the blush spectrum, and Ripe Peach was too pretty to pass. I love the gradient effect and the light peachy/coral (again depending on which side you use more) glow it goves to the cheeks, however, if this collection was being released now, I wouldn't have bothered, precisely because I have another product that's more versatile and can provide the same exact effect.
If you don't own any peach toned blushes and/or if you 're a collector, then this would be perfect for you, otherwise you could definitely do without it.

And my final purchase from this mini collective haul was the Colour 4 Quad:




No surprise here: it was the most neutral item from this collection and the names of the eyeshadows were so absolutely brilliant! Manila Paper is the golden white, Flip is the basic golden shade, Aztec Brick is the copper and Creole Beauty is the bronzed brown.
I mean, come on, Aztec Brick and Creole Beauty? I doubt if I ever loved a name of an eyeshadow this much.

Word of caution though: as beautiful as "creole beauty" is, it's none other than MAC Romp with a prettier name. They are identical. Now, MAC, can you please remove Romp from your permanent collection and release it again as Creole Beauty? :)

In the right side of the pic are my two looks using this quad.
The first is Aztec Brick on the lid, Creole Beauty for the outer corner and crease, Manila Paper for the inner corner, Flip in the middle of the upper lid as an accent and Fascinating eye kohl for the waterline.
The second is Flip on the lid, Creole Beauty same as the other look, as well as on the lower lashline and MAC Molasses Pearlglide pencil used on the upper lashline.

Fun fact: I was quite scared of the intensity of Aztec Brick, as orange/copper toned eyeshadows can look weird on me, but I 'm fairly happy with the result. Though I can't help to think that it would look 100 times better on a redhead or a brunette!


So, that was my two cents regarding these products!

Have you picked any of these or did you save your money for something more special? :)