MAC 'Tropical Taboo' Collection July 2013.... Eyeshadow & Blush Swatches.

Each year MAC release a collection that focuses on their mineralize range of products and this year that collection is 'Tropical Taboo'  which is inspired by Brazilian culture and music. It's dark, rich & vibrant with a glamorous allure. 

The collection comprises of ;

*3 new limited Mineralize Skinfinishes with 'Gold Deposit' & 'Soft & Gentle from the permanent line.

 RRP €29.50

Limited;

Adored - Coral with light beige pearlized pigments
Rio - Bronze with bright pink pearlized pigments

Lust - Pale pink with cranberry pearlized pigments

* 3 new limited Mineralize blushes RRP €26.00

Sweet Samba - Dark pink with tan pearlized pigments
Exotic Ember - Orange with bronze pearlized pigments

Simmer- Burnt rose with peach/gold pearlized pigments

* 6 new limited Mineralize eyeshadows RRP €22.50

Dare to Bare - Light cream with gold pearlized pigments
Caribbean - Rose with pink and red pearlized pigments

Cha-Cha-Cha - Deep blue green with green pearlized pigments

Time and Tango - Lavender with silver pearlized pigments
(Name on website but may be Time to Tango?!)

Bossa Blue - Royal blue with brown pearlized pigments

Tropica - Silver blue with purple pearlize pigments

* 2 Kohl Power Pencils including the permanent 'Feline' RRP €18.00

Orpheus - Intense black with gold pearlized pigments (Re-promote)

* 4 Lip Pencils RRP €15.50

Hip ‘n’ Happy - Mid-tone blue pink (Re-promote)

Have to Have It - Soft warm beige (Limited)

Heroine - Bright purple (Re-promote)

Ablaze - Bright apricot (Re-promote)

* 5 Mineralize Lipsticks, 1 of which is new & limited. RRP €26.50

Lady at Play - Mid-tone cool tangerine (Permanent) 

Divine Choice - Mid-tone cool pink cream (Permanent) 

Luxe Naturale  - Light beige cream (Permanent) 

Glamour Era - Mid-tone warm brown frost (Permanent) 

Midnight Mambo - Intense violet (Limited)

* 4 new limited Cremesheen glasses RRP €21.00

Calypso Beat - Pale neutral pink

Fever Isle - Bright red coral

Japanese Spring - Pale mid-tone pink

Narcissus - Mid-tone eggplant

* 3 permanent Mineralize duo-fiber brushes.

#187 Brush - Duo-fiber face brush

#159 Brush - Duo-fiber face brush

#287 Brush - Duo-fiber eyeshadow brush

How the collection looks on MAC counters.

I got a chance to swatch the eyeshadows and blushes so ye can see how they look swirled together as well as with the different colours separated.  The blushes in particular may be tricky enough to use on paler skins so I would recommend using them as eyeshadows, they are really stunning, vibrant shades.

The EyeShadows;

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Ricepaper, Crystal/Beautiful Iris, & Nylon)

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Pink Freeze, Coppering, & Da Bling)

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Stars & Rockets, Aquadisiac, & Beautiful Iris)

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Gorgeous Gold, Moon's Reflection, & Idol Eyes)

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Bitter, Contrast, & Steamy)

Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
Round swatch; Swirled together
(Substitutions; Sable/Satin Taupe, Tilt, & Deep Thruth)

'Dare to Bare' is surprisingly pale when the shades are swirled together and will make a beautiful silvery highlight, 'Bossa Blue' gave a lovely effect when swirled together though I love the brown shade solo! The Blue alone stained my skin a bit.

It's definitely worth getting into a counter and swatching the shades for yourselves as they do vary in intensity & pay-off but all are quite nice, 'Caribbean' being the only one I'm not that bonkers about, largely due to the texture which seemed more 'bitty' than the others and less smooth. 

The Blushes;

Round swatch; Swirled together
Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
(Substitutions; EyeShadows... Orange & Antiqued/ Blusher..... Melba)

Round swatch; Swirled together
Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
(Substitutions; EyeShadows... Goldmine & Passionate/ Blusher..... Dainty/Gentle)

Round swatch; Swirled together
Left Stripes; On bare skin/Dry
Centre Stripes; On bare skin/Wet
Right Stripes; Over a primer
(Substitutions; EyeShadows... Fushia pigment & Bronze/ Blusher..... Love Thing)

The blushes are clearly suited to the deeper skintones that the Brazilian inspired collection was based on but with a light hand 'Simmer' & 'Sweet Mamba' would be lovely on light to medium skins, and 'Exotic Ember' should definitely be saved for more tanned skins! Though all make for stunning eyeshadows.

I will hopefully go into a similar depth next week with the new Mineralize Skinfinishes but for now that's it!!

What do ye all think of the new collection??

Chat soon,

Shiv.

xx