Hello Everyone,
If you are a big M.A.C. fan or if you just occasionally like picking up some of their collections, you have probably heard by no that there is a new collection out. The Tropical Taboo Collection is supposed to be a seductive, and exotic inspired collection, with warm shimmering tones and bright exciting colours. This is a fully thought out collection with a variety of products from Skinfinishes to baked eyeshadows and lip liners to Lipglasses, there is something for everyone.
M.A.C. really put a lot of thought into how they were going to put this collection together, and into the actual formula's and finishes of the products to give that warm exotic glow. Here I'm just giving my first impressions on the products as I have only just gotten them today, as a warning I did not get the complete collection as some of it was already sold out and some of it I just didn't think was worth trying.
Skinfinishes:
For this particular collection five skin finishes were released. Not like regular matte Skinfinish, the kind I think most people are familiar with, these all had a pearl or shimmery finish and ranged from highlights through more blush like colours to a deep bronze. I only bought one of these as I was a little unsure of the others.
Soft and Gentle- A warm honey colour with a pearl finish,this would make a great highlighter, or if you have paler skin, it would also make an amazing gold toned "bronzer". My local stores were both sold out already.
Lust- Soft, light, cranberry with a shimmery finish is the only way I can possible describe this particular Skinfinish, this is defiantly more of a blush shade.
Rio- A bronze and pastel pink swirled together makes the most incredible pop pink, gorgeous light and rosy just enough shimmer to give a glow.
Gold Deposit- Shimmery gold bronze, great for an all over glow, but be cautious over application and you will start to look shiny.
Blushes:
There were three blushes released in this collection, varying in tones from dark to light a baked product these can be applied wet or dry.
Sweet Samba- Fuchsia and Bronze give a rich deep colour, defiantly more on the fuchsia side than the bronze.
Simmer- More of a plum fuchsia as opposed to the Sweet Samba, with a peach shade instead of a bronze giving this a softer sweeter shade. This was already sold out so I was unable to purchase it.
Exotic Ember- Not M.A.C.'s best thought when coming up with a baked blush, this is a dark bronze, and orange blush, just so we are clear not apricot, not coral.... ORANGE, it really did not surprise me to see that this one was not sold out. (And no I did not buy this one.)
Baked Eyeshadows:
Six Shimmering eyeshadows came with this collection, wearable wet or dry M.A.C. Really used their smarts here, by taking colours that truth be told they had in their pigments collection and making some great colour choices for this collection.
Tropica- A bright swirl of turquoisy teal, and a bright purple give leads to a very interesting colour, I didn't notice a major difference aside from texture when swatching these wet and dry the colour was no more pronounced but it was smoother.
Time to Tango- Lavender cobalt swirled with gold eyeshadow sounds good right? Unfortunately The gold in this baked eyeshadow, has chunky, flaky glitter in it, so there is massive fallout when applied dry. Applying it wet does solve the glitter issue as it goes on smoother, but not any more pigmented.
Cha-Cha-Cha- Do not be fooled this is not a lime green shadow and a dark green shadow swirled together. It is actually a lime green and a glittery blue gunmetal. This shade is awesome, dry it would work great as a general dark shadow, wet however and the colour really pops.
Caribbean- A pastel pink, with a copper glitter shadow, very light when applied dry, but has a great depth when applied wet, defiantly leans more towards the copper side, although surprisingly the glitter in this shadow is not flaky like the Time to Tango.
Dare to Bare- I was very underwhelmed by this shadow, a soft lavender with a gold flecked cream colour should have been good, but the colour payoff on this shadow was lacklustre at best, I decided to leave this one at the store
Kohl Power Eye Pencil:
Technically only one of the two eye pencils that were featured in this collection was a limited edition, however that being said I think so far that both pencils are quite exceptional.
Feline- Strong, smooth, rich,deep dark, black. I have zero complaints about this eyeliner, and am glad that it is not a limited edition, I firmly believe that I will be repurchasing this one at some point in the future.
Orpheus- A dark brown liner with black undertones and a copper gold shimmer, same formula as Feline, however not the most exciting of eyeliners.
Zoom Lash:
The only mascara in the collection, it is scented with the same sort of perfume as the Lancome Hypnose Star mascara which is a major put off, traditional bristle brush, however, the mascara formula is very liquidy.
Four Lip Pencils were released to correspond with four out of five of the lipsticks and Lipglasses that were release along side. A smooth creamy formula similar to the Eye Pencils. I purchased all of the lip pencils.
Have to Have It- Brown pink nude colour
Hip 'n' Happy- Light pastel pink
Heroine- Electric Plum slight blue tone
Ablaze- Vibrant fire coral
Mineralize Rich Lipstick:
One of these things is not like the other ones. There are five lipsticks, one more than there are lip pencils and lipglasses. M.A.C.`s lipsticks are intensely rich, they can be applied both sheer and concentrated, the formula is not overly dry, nor is it greasy like some lipsticks. I admit that i had to have all of the lipsticks
Luxe Nature- Flesh toned nude, very much an abstract colour for this collection considering all the other more vibrant colours.
Glamour Era- A brown pink nude, great for everyday wear.
Divine Choice- A Brigitte Bardot pink, sort of a cross between a Barbie pink and a pastel pink.
Midnight Mambo- Electric plum with a blue undertone, apply once for sheer colour, apply twice for more saturation.
Lady at Play- Divine cerise fire coral, major red and orange undertones in this vibrant lipstick.
Cremesheen Lipglass:
There are corresponding Lipglasses to all of the lipsticks except for Luxe Nature, I really do like M.A.C.`s Lipglass formula I like how pigmented they are, and how smooth the formula is.
Calypso Beat- Brown tone nude. I was not able to purchase this one, as I have about a billion other nude lip glosses.
Japanese Spring- A blue toned mauve, surprisingly not as pigmented as other lipglasses, rather disappointed at that.
Narcissus- Vibrant purple, more blue and less red tone than Midnight Mambo.
Fever Isle- Concentrated Cerise, far more red and less orange in this lip glass than in Lady at Play, but still just as bright and play full.
You can also check out a video review here:
I hope that you've gotten a feel for this collection, and please do tell me your opinoins on the collection if you decide to pick any of it up.
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