MAC A Rose Romance Collection Swatches

Date: Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 Author:


A Rose Romance, Way to Love, Odyssey, Just A Pinch (gel blush)
Virgin Kiss, Steal My Heart, Magnetique; Loving Touch, Tender Tryst, Secret Crush

MAC A Rose Romance Swatches

As promised, here are swatches of everything from MAC’s newest collection, A Rose Romance! The Nordstrom exclusive quad doesn’t launch until May 1st, unfortunately, so no swatches of that yet. Next week!

See swatches galore!


A Rose Romance, Way to Love, Odyssey, Just A Pinch (gel blush)
Virgin Kiss, Steal My Heart, Magnetique; Loving Touch, Tender Tryst, Secret Crush


Virgin Kiss, Steal My Heart, Magnetique; Loving Touch, Tender Tryst, Secret Crush


Virgin Kiss, Steal My Heart, Magnetique; Loving Touch, Tender Tryst, Secret Crush
Et Tu, Bouquet?, Of Summer, Silverthorn, Shadowy Lady


Et Tu, Bouquet?, Of Summer, Silverthorn, Shadowy Lady
Circa Plum, Mutiny


Et Tu, Bouquet?, Of Summer, Creme de Violet Silverthorn, Shadowy Lady
(Remants of the lip stains!)


Blush of Youth, Summer Rose


Blush of Youth, Summer Rose


Love & Friendship

39 thoughts on “MAC A Rose Romance Collection Swatches

  1. nikki says:

    are you going to do lip swatches of all the lip colors?

  2. Anitacska says:

    Wow, I might just change my mind about those see-thru lipcolors especially Loving Touch and Tender Tryst! :O They’re beautiful!

  3. Noel says:

    YAY!! Thank you for the gorgeous swatches Christine! The colors are all so pretty. :)

  4. cloudburst says:

    I was hoping Silverthorn would be more neutral and less blue…everything else looks fantastic!

  5. Liz says:

    Thanks for these!!

  6. Kristina says:

    I just came home from MAC and on the way home I kept staring at the Way To Love swatch on my hand wishing I picked it up too lol.. ughh! I guess I’ll just have to go back tomorrow.

  7. NuNu says:

    I need to add Tender Touch to my list!!!
    Still can’t decide whether or not I want any of the l/s and if I do which one.

  8. Jade says:

    Would you be able to try A Rose Romance and Loving touch together please? I’m seriously debating on getting them both and I’m not sure how it will look. Thanks!

  9. baybee says:

    can you compare lovely lily and of summer?

  10. Evelyn says:

    oh wow that shadowy lady looks a lot darker than i imagined

    but mutiny looks amazing! i really want to get it but im on a budget and im not really going to have a chance to use it since its such a crazy colour…

    way to love and a rose romance look really pretty too
    same with summer rose

    i think the three ill have to pick up for sure are shadowy lady, either way to love or rose romance, and summer rose

    • Christine says:

      Hey Evelyn! :)

      Shadowy Lady is pretty freakin’ dark. It’s definitely not light by any stretch, ha!

      Try asking for a sample of Mutiny when you go!

      • Evelyn says:

        thanks for replying :D
        ive been watching fafinettex3 on youtube for a long time and she uses shadowy lady a couple of times..seems like a good colour for smokey looks

        ughhh and i missed the collection with the shadowy lady and spiced chocolate quads!

        hmm i didnt know u could get pigment samples…will definitely do that thanks!!!

  11. Li Ming says:

    How do you like Just a Pinch gel blush?

  12. Arianna says:

    Can you please do some lip swatches!

  13. buckycatt says:

    Odyssey has been one of my all-time favorite MAC lipsticks since they got rid of Fatale. I went to MAC’s online chat & the very nice sales associate led me to Odyssey. Turns out I have 3 of them, as I found out in my recent MAC inventory. I highly recommend that and am looking forward to trying one of the see-thru colors. Thanks as always for posting swatches and product photos!

  14. suzyp says:

    The color’s are great I love the Blush of Youth, Summer Rose

  15. Sandy says:

    thanks for the review and swatches Christine. I found the collection kinda boring. I only got Silverthorn e/s and Magnetique l/g

  16. Nicole says:

    Do you think virgin kiss l/g has more pigmentation than cherry blossom l/g from the cult of cherry collection? Or are they basically the same?

  17. Brigitte says:

    I stopped by Nordstrom today and asked about the Nordstrom exclusive quad and they told me they still don’t have it in. Eek… when is it coming out? :/