MAC Heatherette Collection review
The MAC Heatherette collection is for any girl (or boy, for that matter) who love all things glitter and pastel. When you think Heatherette, think fun, fashion, feminine, flirtatious! This collection is very cool and very cute, from the packaging to the colors.
In the lipsticks, only Hollywood Nights is bright - it's described as a clean fuschia pink (satin). It looks like it belongs in the Fafi collection, minus the glitter. I liked it, but didn't love it. I was drawn in by Lollipop Loving, though. It's a fabulous coral, laced with green iridescence - the green doesn't really show up on the lips - it just adds a soft glow. Fleshpot is a very cute neutral (light neutral beige), but if you have 1N or any of MAC's other neutral lipsticks, I think you can skip it. Also included is Melrose Mood, a clean pastel pink - just like Fleshpot, you'll be able to find a comparable shade in MAC's permanent collection.
I like the lipglasses much better and scooped them all up. Bonus Beat - sheer yellow beige with gold pearl (frost) is a good shade to mute a brighter color - when paired with Lollipop Loving, you wind up with a very pretty peachy nude lip. Sock Hop - soft midtone coral (cream) is a yummy shade that's totally on target for the spring coral lip. Style Minx - clean fuschia pink - is the lipglass version of Hollywood Nights and I like it better in this glossier formulation. Starlet Kiss - clean pastel pink - is a very nice pink gloss, but I think it's skippable if you have something similar in your collection already.
The Heatherette collection has two shadow trios: Heatherette Trio 1 - Mood Ring (pastel mint green), Cloud Burst (true black with subtle green pearl), Hoppin' (clean pastel peach), and Heatherette Trio 2 - Baby Petals (pastel pink), V.I.P. (clean mid-tone yellow pink), Cassette (blackened eggplant purple). Truth be told, both these trios are easily dupable. You could make Trio 1 with Aquadisiac or Newly Minted, Cloud Burst is a repromote, and Hoppin' is close to Pink Venus. For Trio 2, again, go for Pink Venus, try Expensive Pink in place of V.I.P. and try Fig. 1 or Nocturnelle in place of Cassette.
The Dual-Edge Eye Pencils are awesome, y'all! Got 'em all! Each pencil has one side that's a traditional creamy liner and the other side is glittery and a bit harder to draw on and blend. Here are the shades: Black Funk/Pop Blue - true black/turquoise with silver glitter, Phone Me/Text Me - charcoal gray/metallic silver with silver glitter, Nighthawk/Front Row - coffee brown/neutral peach with gold glitter, FAB Orchid/Dash Lily - jewel-tone purple/mid-tone lavendar with silver glitter.
Both of the Glitters are repromotes - Reflects Gold and 3D Silver. Since I already had Reflects Gold, I picked up 3D Silver, which is a gorgeously rainbow-reflective silver glitter.
In Pigments, the Heatherette collection offers Jardin Aires (gilded peach with silver reflect glitter) and Pink Pearl (mid-tone pink with blue reflection). Jardin Aires is great for a neutral sparkly eye and Pink Pearl is perfect for a brighter look when you're on a night out clubbing. Or if you're a chick who would wear a bright pink eye during the day, well then ... rock it!
The two Beauty Powders are nice - I've never tried Beauty Powders before. They're very finely milled and apply sheerly. Neither Beauty Powder from this collection is awesome for brown girls, in my opinion. Smooth Harmony would be a great matte bronzer on somebody with lighter skin, but it doesn't show up on you if you're medium brown or darker. And Alpha Girl (pink with gold nuances) is too light of a pink.
The two nail lacquers are Lola Devine (medium golden bronze) and $$$$$ Yes (metallic silver foil). Both are great for giving yourself metallic fingers and piggies, but I don't go to MAC to get nail polish. You definitely can find the same colors for cheaper.
The last fun product in the collection are the lashes: She's Good and She's Bad. Both have patent finishes, which is the coolest thing ever.
Long story short: this collection is very cool and fun, but the vast majority of it can be duplicated easily with things that are in MAC's permanent collection. So check first to see if you have similar shades, okay?
Look for some Heatherette FOTDs soon!
