MAC Product Releases: The Heatherette Swatches Journey & More Beauty Powder Haul Photos

If you've tried ordering Heatherette for MAC online, you'll be saddened by the fact that mostly everything in this collection is 'temporarily sold out' online. Within hours, black dots were placed next to many products.

Just how fast?

Once I got word of the Heatherette for MAC Collection being available online, yours truly headed right on over and started shopping, lining up everything that I wanted. 3 items, 4 items, 5 items,... ticked my shopping bag counter. Debating on if I should overnight the goods, I decided to ponder the thought while I made Big Tyke some breakfast. Given he's not the fastest eater but no more than an hours time had passed and alas! What was ready for check out in my shopping bag (and AVAILABLE BEFORE BREAKFAST!) was now accompanied beautifully with black dots. Oy!

So living in fear that I'd be fighting a stampede of luring Heatherette addicts at the store, I made sure to trot my butt (followed by two mini butts) bright and early to have first glance. Luckily they always put the new releases right at the edge of the counter because I park a double tandem stroller right there.

If you don't currently own any kiddos, trust me when I say they are ticking time bombs! So whenever I hit the counters for swatches, it's a race to the finish line. There's no time for chit chat, just swatch, swatch, swatch... Of course I can't be rude either so I chat a bit while grabbing products. By the time my arm is nearing it's final touches on a Picasso inspired masterpiece, I have Big Tyke screaming all of sudden because he dropped his McDonald's hashbrown on the floor (like my gimmick to buy me some time, lol). Luckily, my next step was paying so the final frontier was in sight. Although I beg to differ that it sure doesn't feel that way.

I think I was supposed to look at belts for Hubbo, but made a mad dash for the nearest exit. Lucky for me, MAC is located right in the middle of the mall by a sloooow elevator and a journey from the end-of-the-mall exits. *smirk* Someone beam me out of there already, lol! Of course the stroller movement has calmed the calamity down but it only completely subsides once we reach outside - my tykes are attracted to the outdoors. At least I can take pictures without interruptions :)

Overall the collection is nice, but for me, I just wasn't motivated to go crazy like I thought I would. Could it be a good thing to have your toddler and infant with you? I definitely think the Lipglasses are a great selection and do deserve some attention. All are wearable colors in my opinion although I think Style Minx is louder than your everyday Fuschia lip color, yet still gorgeous for that right look.


The Heatherette Lipsticks are more on the theatrical side, aside from Lollipop Loving which is sheer, and needs some toning down with gloss of some sort (unless the boldness IS your comfort zone) especially for my warmer skinned lovelies.


The Dual Edge Eye Pencils are really pretty and I think that those will find their way into some nice homes this week.


Heatherette's Eyeshadow Trio colors are alright but the packaging is to die for! Sturdy and cute! Fafi got nothing on this!


The Beauty Powders were a bit snoozy for me. I was actually thinking of picking up Smooth Harmony, but part of me thinks I can easily achieve a similar color with blush.


Of the pigments, Pink Pearl is very pretty! You can see the reflects of blue in it and it just pairs beautifully with the pink.


Reflects Gold is as expected and will probably sell out quickly seeing that the MAC Store here was sold out of them before the first release day was over when it came out with the Originals. The glitter particles in 3D Silver are much bigger than that of Reflects Gold. Reminds me of elementary school glitter by looks, but definitely not chunky like it.


Lola Devine needs another layer as I only had time for one, but the colors of both are true to the bottle. Please excuse the dry hands.


After making a huge list, I only came out with Trio 1 and both pigments (there WAS a reason I didn't make my online order!). I talked myself out of everything else from this collection since I don't use Beauty Powders (except blushes), will probably not have a need for colored pencils other than black or brown (although they were PRETTY), and I felt like I wanted to maximize my already growing NYX lipstick collection.




Welcome the first pigments to the MakeupFix Collection!




And because I didn't get as much as I thought I would from MAC's Heatherette, I compensated myself by getting the remaining Beauty Powder Blushes. What a snob, hah :P

Click here to view swatches of these.

So it's Thursday. Another week almost down and another fast weekend approaches (I need to talk to someone about extending weekends because this 2-day thing just ain't cutting it!). Are you dancing in your Heatherette goods yet?

Aloha,
Mrs. Lynne

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