M.A.C. : Beauty and Fashion Tech

M.A.C Cosmetics and Hello Kitty Collection Rumored

The gossip is that MAC Cosmetics will be releasing a Hello Kitty collection in February with some fabulous limited edition items.

I am a HUGE Hello Kitty fan, so I see some serious expenditures in my future!

I predict that this one will be bigger than the 2007 Barbie for MAC Collection!

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M.A.C. Cosmetics Ungaro Collection

Here is a pretty limited edition collection and look form MAC Cosmetics—The Ungaro Collection. Designer, Esteban Cortazar, celebrity makeup artist, Sharon Dowsett, and M·A·C came together backstage to create this collection in the spirit of today’s Ungaro.

I gave the eyeshadow shade mineral a try, which is a beautiful soft brown. Weell pigmented and long lasting, as is the norm for M.A.C. shadows.

I also adored the cream colour base in fresh morning. It is designed for use on lips and cheeks, but I love it as a highlight shade on my brow bone. I also have been using it as a cheek highlight. If you like delicate pink shades for highlights, this is a must have item!

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M.A.C. Cosmetics is in the Red This Holiday Season!

M.A.C. Cosmetics has officially released information on its 2008 holiday collections, available beginning October 16. Here is the information sent by M.A.C. :

M.A.C. heats up the holidays with red hot colours, cases and compacts this season. Give jeweled compacts, stylish brush sets, beautiful lip and eye palettes, or gifts that give back.

“RED” SHE SAID

Passion, heat and danger come together to create this simply sparkling holiday collection. Lips are coloured in lusty shades with shimmering Dazzleglass to add resplendent moisture. Two shades of Mineralize Eye Shadows are zipped together by a strip of silver or gold, while shimmery blushes and silky nail lacquers accentuate a radiant holiday look. (pictured below)

PASSIONS OF RED

Decadent and fiery colours for eyes and lips are housed in brilliant jeweled casings. Beautifully embossed, jeweled compacts create the ultimate gift of glamour. Choose from four Eye Shadow palettes (pictured below), with shades ranging from warm, cool, classic and smokey. Polish off the look with three luxurious Lip Palettes, complete with two lipsticks, one lipglass and a mini lip brush. Each compact is a treasured gift.

PASSIONATELY RED

Vivid colour with a passion for giving equals the perfect gift. Warm or cool, each lip palette contains two shades of Viva Glam Lipstick and one Viva Glam Lipglass for a chic lip look. Every cent of the selling price is donated to the M?A?C AIDS Fund to support men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS. Give glam, give hope.

ADORING CARMINE

Holiday gifting is in the bag. Lip colours and brush sets in red satin stocking stuffers with patent trim. Adorn lips with Adoring Carmine Lip Bags, filled with 2 full size Lipsticks and 1 Lipglass in holiday shades. Adoring Carmine Brush Bags feature elegant red-handled M?A?C brushes in a perfectly-sized holiday makeup bag that can be used year-round.

LITTLE DARLINGS

Glamourous goodies, perfectly presented. Dazzle and delight with mini-sets of Lipglass & Lustreglass, Pigments & Glitter, Softsparkle & Eye Pencils in our most cherished shades. Each set is encased in an elegant cylinder, wrapped in shiny, red patent paper (pictured below).

KIDS HELPING KIDS

Holiday cards that help bring joy. Greeting cards, gift tags and pillow packs designed by children living with, or affected by HIV/AIDS. Attractive and heartwarming, an easy way to give back to kids during the holidays. Proceeds go to the M?A?C AIDS Fund to help support pediatric AIDS organizations around the world.

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M.A.C. Manish Arora Collection

Its already sold out online, but you might be able to find it in stores. The M.A.C. collection from Indian designer Manish Arora is full of fun colors and lively packaging.

I’m headed to the Schaumburg, IL MAC Store on Monday, so I’ll see if they have it in stock there.

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Fall Makeup Trends with M.A.C. Cosmetics

With their involvement in so many aspects of the beauty industry and multitude of runways shows, M.A.C. Cosmetics is always on top of the trends. Actually, they often set the trends! So I was happy to meet up with M.A.C. representative, Heather Park, and M.A.C. senior makeup artist, Konstantine Mironychev in Chicago a while back to take a look at what is in store for fall.

One of the top runway trends from M.A.C. that I have already seen on the street is the rich and dark lip. It is often worn with little else to make a statement on its own, or for a twist that is new this year, it can be coupled with a rich smoldering and stand-out eye color, as seen from the Cult of Cherry Collection pictured to the left.

The collection has some of the most interesting and gorgeous eye quads that I have seen from M.A.C. in some time and, the mattene lipsticks in the collection are fabulous. this is my most recommended fall collection.

Another trend for fall is the brightly colored eye, with neon themes from pop art or punk-rock glam looks inspired in part from the 80’s. For some particularly dramatic pigments, look to M.A.C.’s Overrich collection .

Pretty feminine looks with a bit of an artsy eye or almost nude or androgynous looks with a pink lip are also around. So if the deep dark shades are too much for you, pair a neutral mineralized skinfinish duo from the New View Collection with a pinkish nude lipglass for a simple, yet classy look. Or do the same thing but with more color on the lip if just the overdone eyes are too much for you.

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The Best of Fashion Week: Must Reads From Around the Net

I’m not at fashion week, but I sure am reading a lot about it! Here are some of the best reports out there.

M.A.C. Cosmetics has been sending out face charts from the shows that they did, such as the one pictured from the Doo.Ri show. If you like those, Temptalia is publishing all of them. Plus, you can can see a real life picture of the look in Beauty Addict’s backstage report.

Estee Lauder hosted a number of top beauty bloggers at the company headquarters, with Bobbie Brown in attendance. Read all about it at Beauty’s Spot, or head over to Makeup Minute for a look at Bobbie Brown’s makeup for the Tory Burch show.

I really love feminine neutral makeup and MAC did a great look for the Vincente Villarin show. See it at Beautiful Makeup Search. Also browse that site for more spring looks.

Everyone talks about the clothes at New York Fashion Week, and the makeup comes in a close second. But what about the shoes? Running in Heels has a must read report on the shoes of fashion week!

Second City Style has an interesting list of celebrities such as Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Jessica Alba, and more who attended only one show.

Finally, for much more, take a look at Inside the Tents.

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Dispatches From New York Fashion Week: Must Read Items

I’m not there, but plenty of others are! And they are all putting out some interesting stuff! Here is roundup of some interesting material and good ways to keep track of all that is New York fashion week.

VP of Makeup Artistry for MAC Cosmetics,Gordon E, twittered this from preparation for one of the shows. That is one heck of a lot of liner!

Want to follow MAC artists as they tweet from fashion weeks around the country? Look in the right sidebar for the live widget of their updates. It is quite fun to follow!

In the meantime, the web has been alive with fashion week reports. Here are a few must read sites:

* Follow the impressions of a plus size woman at New York fashion week in documentary form in On the Plus Side: A Fuller Figured Fashion Week Experience at the Style It Website. This is a must see item! Thanks to the Girl-Woman-Beauty-Brains-Blog for brining it to my attention!

* Glam Blush has so much fashion week coverage that you can be kept in info for quite some time.

* A great site that is aggregating a multitude of blogs and websites covering fashion week is Inside the Tents. From blog posts, to photos, to video, to twitter updates, there is so much content available here that it will make your head swim!

* The Beauty of Life is running some nice posts about the makeup and nails from some of the runway shows. Check out reports from shows such as Rosa Cha (I love the nails!) and Abaete (this one has a great look from Stila Cosmetics).

* Visit Spoiled Pretty’s look at makeup from theBalm backstage at the Julie Haus show. I seriously need to try some of their stuff!

I’ll post up some more must reads early in the week!

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