M.A.C. Quite Cute Collection

I've been a little bummed out this week so I really needed something to perk me up.  Since I am currently traveling for work I tend to hang out at the local mall.  I stopped by the M.A.C. store and noticed their new collection... Quite Cute.... I wasn't sure I would like it but all it took was walking by the M.A.C. counter at Nordstroms and seeing how the M.A.C. girls were wearing the new shades of lipstick.  I was hooked!

I couldn't purchase anything from the collection until today, their launch date.  I was hoping that none of the things I liked had sold out and I was in luck tonight!

I purchased two items from the Quite Cute collection and two others to go with it...



Candy Yum-Yum



I got the Candy Yum-Yum lipstick; it is slightly neon pink and bright.  What's amazing about it is that it looks FANTASTIC on all skin tones.  I saw two of the M.A.C. girls try it on, one with white complexion and the other with ebony complexion and it just rocked. 

I wasn't sure it would look good on me but I tried it on anyway... I was pleasantly surprised.  The M.A.C. girls paired it with the Magenta Lip Pencil and it makes a huge difference.  I think because the color is so matte and creamy it tends to get a little lost on the lips but once you add the Magenta Lip Pencil it defines the mouth in a very pretty way.  So I bought both of them!

Boldly Bare Lip Pencil

The other item I picked up was the Boldly Bare Lip Pencil, it matched the tone of my lips perfectly and it has this beautiful, smooth texture.  It reminded me a lot of my one time favorite Lip Pencil from The Body Shop.  The nude colors seem to be in right now and this is just a beautiful, classic nude which I think will go well past this season.






Lustre Drops in Sun Rush

 

Another new item released today is the Lustre Drops Bronze in Sun Rush... it's a liquid bronzer much like the NARS Illuminator... it's definitely not like the NARS Orgasm which I love but I definitely love the Lustre Drops in a different way.  It's a different shade and the sheen is just remarkable.

I also tried on two other items from the Quite Cute collection but they didn't make the cut... the Naked Lip Liner was way too light on my lips.  It almost looked white on my complexion so it was nixed.  I paired it with the Saint Germain Lipstick but together they were just an explosion of BAD!!!

The collection is very pretty but I don't see myself buying anything else... they have beautiful shades of nail polish, reminiscent of the Hard Candy nailpolish from the '90's.  The blush and eyeshadow quad are also not too much my thing because the colors are so light.  Besides I am holding out for Kat Von D to release her new palettes because I truly love her eyeshadows.

Check out the whole collection on the M.A.C. website at M.A.C. Quite Cute collection