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MAC Dame Enda Nail Polishes – Varicose Violet & Asiatique
Good morning kids! Or should I say possums? After all, we are discussing Dame Edna Everage (aka Barry Humphries). Famed Australian performer Dame Edna teamed up with MAC to create a signature line of makeup based on her campy, big ball of fabulous persona.
Does anyone else remember Dame Edna’s guest spot on Ally McBeal? She played a defendant, Claire Otoms, who ended up becoming a secretary at the firm. I was a big Ally McBeal fan back in the day and Dame Edna’s larger than life personality fit right in with that quirky, dancing baby show.
I love that for her MAC collection, they chose fun, cheeky names like Possum Nose Pink, Kanga Rouge and Varicose Violet to accompany the girly pink, purple and blue shades. And while MAC’s polish formula doesn’t always impress me, they certainly got it right this time.
Varicose Violet is a pink-lilac shimmer that has a blue tinged flash. It was opaque in three coats and glided on the nail. I’ll be honest, this color family just doesn’t work for me. It never has. As much as I love almost any purple shade I come across, these lighter lavendars and lilacs are too hard for me to pull off. It’s pretty, just not on me.
Asiatique is about as classic as red cremes can get. And you know what? It’s WAY pigmented. Like one coat was almost all I needed. I’ve said this before but I’ve always thought MAC’s strong suit in polish was shimmers and glitters in bright or vampy shades but Asiatique has definitely changed my mind. Bravo!
Seriously, how cute is the packaging? And that it matches the nail polish makes it even better. I wish the eye glass detail wasn’t a sticker but c’est la vie.
The Dame Edna polishes are Big 3 Free, retail for $11 and are available now at freestanding MAC stores, department store MAC counters and online at MACCosmetics.com
MAC & Hello Kitty Preview
 Unless you’re living under a beauty news rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard that MAC and Sanrio have teamed up to create one mega collection of Hello Kitty themed makeup and accessories for the little girl in all of us. As much as I went gaga over the Barbie collection a couple years ago, waiting in line at the crack of dawn for a doll and scooping up all the embossed shadows and blushes, I have a feeling that this one will be an even bigger hit.
I will admit, I was more of a Barbie girl than a Sanrio girl growing up but that doesn’t mean I’m not a complete sucker for great packaging and this collection looks to be delivering on that in a major way. And for the first time that I’ve seen, MAC has finally carried the decor onto the polish bottles. In a promo image I found on a foreign beauty blog, I got my first peek at the adorable Hello Kitty adorned lacquers. |
Pictured from left to right:
- Something About Pink – blue pink fuchsia
- On the Prowl – light creamy grey
- Vestral White – creamy white (repromote from Antiquitease)
The MAC Hello Kitty collection will launch in stores on February 12th. The nail lacquers retail for $11/ea. You can sign up for an email alert to know when the collection launches on MAC’s website.
So who’s buying? Anyone a big HK or Sanrio collector? What are you most looking forward to from the HK collection?
images: Iswii.net
As Amazing As Polish – MAC Viva Glam
In honor of World AIDS Day I want to share with you a charity and product line that truly is As Amazing As Polish; the MAC AIDS Fund and Viva Glam lineup of lip color. You may remember that last year I had the privilege of attending a party with Viva Glam spokeswomen Eve and Dita Von Teese to celebrate the MAC AIDS Fund reaching the $100 Million mark. Since then, MAC has raised an additional $30 Million dollars through the sales of Viva Glam & Kids Helping Kids products alone. That is totally ah-mazing!
A little background on the MAC AIDS Fund and Viva Glam:
Established in 1994 by M·A·C Cosmetics, the M·A·C AIDS Fund supports men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Introducing its first VIVA GLAM lipstick that same year, M·A·C decided that every cent of the selling price of the VIVA GLAM lipsticks would go to the M·A·C AIDS Fund. With a total of six shades of Viva Glam lipstick and two shades of Viva Glam lipglass now sold worldwide, and through the annual Kids Helping Kids Card Program, M·A·C Cosmetics has provided over $130 million (US) to date for the M·A·C AIDS Fund. The M·A·C AIDS Fund is the heart and soul of the company – with its employees giving their time, energy and talent to help those affected by HIV/AIDS worldwide.
Not only is the MAC AIDS Fund a fantastic charity supporting a worthwhile cause, the Viva Glam lippies really are “amazing.” My personal faves are the Viva Glam V & VI lipsticks and their matching lipglasses. I prefer warmer lip shades so those two are the most flattering on me. Both colors come in my favorite MAC lipstick formula, lustre. Lustres are slick, moist and, for a lipstick, give a soft, wet look. Topped with the coordinating lipglass makes them even more lustrous and patent looking.
Viva Glam V is a sparkly nude pink that is perfect for a subtle day look yet it transitions well into night when paired with a smokey eye. Being that the V set hasn’t left my purse since I bought it, it’s my go to look for work.
Viva Glam VI is a pearly browned plum that I love to wear at night. It glides on effortlessly and compliments my typical brown/neutral eye look.
If you can’t decide on the best Viva Glam color for you, check out MAC’s Holiday collection, Passionately Red. It consists of two lip palettes filled with coordinating Viva Glam shades. You can choose from Cool Lips with IV and II lipsticks and VI lipglass or Warm Lips with VI and V lipsticks and V lipglass. Both of the jewel adorned cases include a black-handled 316 SE lip brush. They retail for $22.50 each with all the proceeds going to the MAC AIDS Fund.
In case the colors alone aren’t enough to convince you to pick up a Viva Glam product and help a worthy cause, here are 10 more reasons.
Did you know that the $14 from a Viva Glam lipstick can…
- pay for 14 bus passes for people living with HIV to attend their doctor’s appointment?
- sponsor a prevention workshop for 10 at-risk youth in Russia?
- cover the cost of food and packaging for 7 hot meals for a person living with HIV/AIDS?
- help distribute 100 condoms at community education sessions in Kenya?
- provide round trip transportation for 3 women living with HIV/AIDS to attend programs?
- provide supplies to help volunteers knit 10 baby blankets?
- buy basic school supplies for a child of an HIV/AIDS Client?
- pay for the transportation costs for four HIV patients to come to medical clinics?
- pay for three rapid HIV-testing units?
- provide one person with HIV/AIDS a nutritionally-appropriate and home-delivered breakfast, lunch and dinner?
MAC is offering free shipping from now until midnight when you use the code 4DAY at checkout. So, there really isn’t any reason you can’t place a tiny lippie order, is there? It is Cyber Monday after all. Get to it!
New York Fashion Week w/ MAC on Twitter
New York’s Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for Spring ’09 kicked off yesterday and while I won’t be there this season to report on the trends in person, I’ll still be bringing you backstage reports on all things nail related. Thanks to my blogging partners in crime, you’ll get to see the trends first.
Also, for great makeup scoop and updates on the behind the scenes action, check out MAC’s Senior Artists as they send out live Twitter updates (see sidebar). Over the past year I’ve become quite the Twitter fanatic. To the point that it drives the boyfriend nuts. But as you can see the Twitter revolution is gaining serious momentum, especially now with MAC using the platform to connect with their fans. So check back to see what the artists are up to OR if you are a Twitter user yourself, use these links to follow the artists yourself.
It’s Time For A Random Friday Giveaway
Happy Friday everyone! Anyone else feeling random today? Well, I am so I thought it was a perfect day to clean out my excess MAC nail polish stash with a Random Giveaway. Four (4) lucky Feedblitz subscribers have been selected at random to receive two (2) bottles of MAC nail lacquer. This is not a MAC sponsored giveaway, they’re just extra BNIB bottles I had laying around.
Winner #1 will receive Plasma Blu & Phosphor from the Neo Sci-Fi collection
Winner #2 will receive Plasma Blu & Metalist from the Neo Sci-Fi collection
Winner #3 will receive Naughty Nautical & Rose Topping (pictured below)
Winner #4 will receive Boom! (from Fafi) & Rose Topping
This is the gorgeous Rose Topping from MAC. It was released with the Sweetie Cake collection in March 2006 and my precious bottle was gifted to me by the lovely DramaQueenie2. It’s truly sparkle-tastic and so blingy. I happened to come across some bottles at a CCO in upstate New York last Spring while visiting the Finger Lakes and had to bring a couple home to share with all of you. I hope the recipients will love it as much as I do.
So everyone check your email to see if you’re a winner and get me those mailing addresses. Stat!
And remember, as a Feedblitz subscriber you’re eligible to get hit by a Random Friday Giveaway. Not a subscriber? Sign up using this form below.
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