MAC Shop MAC, Cook MAC Collection (Shop Shop Shop, Cook Cook Cook) for Spring 2012
Thursday, January 19th, 2012

MAC Shop MAC, Cook MAC Collection (Shop Shop Shop, Cook Cook Cook)
availability: February 9, 2012 in North American, March 2012 at international MAC locations
Try and Buy a delicious, delovely, delectable, divine, degorgeous, de-with-it, degroovy assortment of Eye Shadow x 4 in wearable brights perfect for Spring. Treat yourself to Lipstick in heavenly hues, mouthwateringly Kissable Lipcolour and Cremeblend Blush. This Spring, shop ‘til you drop with a tongue-in-cheek collection that elevates the everyday into the extraordinary. Whether it’s detergent or diamonds, produce or Prada, everyone loves to shop, shop, shop!
Please keep it clean and insult-free in the Shop MAC/Cook MAC post. Thanks! Everyone’s entitled to their opinion – even if you disagree.
Lipstick ($14.50 U.S. / $17.50 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Innocence, Beware! Light yellow pink (Cremesheen) (Repromote)
- Naughty Saute Bright pepto pink (Cremesheen)
- Watch Me Simmer Bright pink-orange (Amplified)
- Quick Sizzle Bright pink (Matte)
- Dish It Up Berry pink (Lustre)
- Runaway Red Rich red-blue (Satin) (Repromote)
Kissable Lipcolour ($19.00 U.S. / $22.50 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Flaunting It Grey mauve (Repromote)
- So Vain Muted dirty coral (Repromote)
- Scan-delicious Blue fuchsia (Repromote)
- Woo Me Light pinky nude (Repromote)
- Enchantee Light blue pink (Repromote)
Cremeblend Blush ($20.00 U.S. / $24.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Optimistic Orange Bright orange (Repromote)
- Florida Bright coral (Repromote)
- Restores Dazzle! Rich plum
See more of the collections and photos!
Shop & Drop Eyeshadow Quad ($38.00 U.S. / $45.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Hypnotizing Frosted greyed mauve (Frost) (Repromote)
- Sugar Snack Light pink (Matte)
- Power Boosted Violet (Veluxe Pearl)
- Shop & Drop Deep blue (Satin)
Call Me Bubbles Eyeshadow Quad ($38.00 U.S. / $45.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Call Me Bubbles Light tan (Satin)
- Fresh Daily Orange (Frost)
- Brash Frosty reddish copper (Veluxe Pearl) (Repromote)
- Full of Flavour Coral (Matte)
Colour Added Eyeshadow Quad ($38.00 U.S. / $45.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Laundry Daze Light yellow (Satin)
- Colour Added Bright yellow (Veluxe Pearl)
- Self-Serve Deep grey (Satin)
- Pre-Packaged Muted turquoise (Veluxe Pearl)
Ladle on an extra helping of foodie fun with an appetizing assortment of temptingly tasty Tendertones, nearly black Fluidlines, Studio Careblend/Pressed Powder, Opulash Mascara, two Brushes and nosh-worthy Nail Lacquers in fun, bright shades sure to satiate even the most discriminating gorgeous gourmands. Cook M∙A∙C has spring’s no-carb, no-calorie recipe for kooky, kitschy, kitchen kouture insavoury shades for Eyes, Lips and Nails.
Studio Careblend/Pressed ($23.00 U.S. / $27.50 CDN) (Permanent)
- Medium Soft creamy beige
- Dark Deep caramel
Fluidline ($15.00 U.S. / $18.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Midnight Snack Soft black
- Wholesome Blackened brown
- Added Goodness Blackened mauve
Tendertone Lip Balm SPF 12 ($15.00 U.S. / $18.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Hush, Hush Sheer gold with yellow gold pearl (Repromote)
- Purring Sheer tangerine with pearl (Repromote)
- Hot ‘n’ Saucy Soft cherry red (Repromote)
- Tread Gently Soft lime green with yellow pearl (Repromote)
Nail Lacquer ($16.00 U.S. / $19.00 CDN) (Limited Edition)
- Al Fredo Bright acid green (Creme)
- Salad Dressed Mid-tone dirty aqua (Creme)
- Kid Orange Coral (Creme)
Brushes (Permanent)
- 211 Pointed Liner ($18.00 U.S. / $21.50 CDN)
- 129SH Powder/Blush ($34.00 U.S. / $41.00 CDN)
Opulash Mascara ($15.00 U.S. / $18.00 CDN) (Permanent)
- Bad, Bad Black Black






















How long do these collections typically stay at MAC for? Really hoping I can still get my hands on these tomorrow!
OMG! I wanted some lipsticks from the Iris Apville collection, but now I am SO excited for tho one! I see some paint pots, lipsticks, and blushes... going to save up my money!
I'm not interested in this collection since I'm more of a nude/neutral color kind of girl, and I already have Innocence Beware from the past collection. Next!
Already picked up what I wanted from this collection, my MAC store in Beverly Hills already has the collection, according to store they were the first and only in the world to get the collection ahead of time
Watch me simmer and quick sizzle are sold out online!! WTF!!! I hate that, now I have to pray that they will be at the MAC store on the 9th. Geez, COME ON!!!
TENDERTONES!!!!!! YES!!!!! This is the first time ive been excited about something from mac is a year or more!
I just saw some of the collection on MAC online. You have to click on the particular product e.g. lipsticks to see them.
since the collection is up on the site, I went ahead and ordered everything I was for sure I wanted, because I'm still mad af I missed out on Pink Pigeon >.< i ended up getting only lip products though. I really need to see some reviews on the quads & blushes. I'm pretty sure I won't be a fan or those bright blushes. I own exhibit A & although it's gorgeous I never wear it. I just want to see swatches of some of that other stuff before I commit to buy cuz I can't just be buying up everything I see. I don't have money like that. lol
This collection is allready up at the mac website. You have to click the individual categories ( ie. "lipsticks") to see each shop cook item. I just ordered all of the tendertones and some of the bright lipsticks. I'm tired of missing out on the good mac products.....
I just received my mac products from UPS thanks to overnight shipping and all the lipsticks and tendertones are beautiful!! I also bought the metallic stackables from the Vera collection and they are to die for. Can't wait to rock them at work tomorrow. Yay!!!
I had the opportunity to go to the pre release party and nothing really cought me eye. I only ended up getting so vain and woo me.
A MAC counter near me is making appts. for makeover/sale with this collection, so I imagine it will be at all locations just like the other seasonal collections. :)
Just saw the collection at Nordstrom today and pre ordered 2 Florida blushes, all the tendertones, and 3 kissable lipcolours!
I went to the Grand Opening of Shop MAC here in NY last night and I must say a lot of the lip products are gorgeous. I picked up Dish It Up and Quick Sizzle lipsticks as well as Scan-delicious lip colour. Love them. =]
WOW, I am definitely looking forward to those lipsticks and the blush! Seems like such a pretty collection can't wait!
I'm not offended by the theme of this collection that some women are getting mad over cause its nothing but a stereotype (kind of). There are women in the world that do cook, cook, cook (especially if thats their profession or hobby they love to do) and there are some women who just shop, shop, shop(again a hobby). Do all women do that? NO. I'm one of those women who probably do more shopping and less cooking (but i still cook)so im not upset at all.
So . . . A few things: what are tender tones? Based on the love from these comments I'll be getting all four to keep or share. Orange quad, you will be joining your friends on my vanity. Now, I am a stay at home Mom (with a law degree) who loves to shop and loves to cook and entertain. Can't you all see that the reason the women in the ads get to live their vacant but desirable lifestyle is because they are so thin? In reading the comment about the ribs of the model in the PVC dress showing I feel compelled to remind you that there is probably an extra necklace in the pot for each rib that shows . . . On a serious note- those of you who go to work & SHOP on your lunch break should not DARE to judge me when you see me at the MAC counter trying on lipstick and discussing formulas while simultaneously wrangling three kids & catching Cheerios that fly through the air. Also, if I want to wear a GD smokey eye with glitter liner to the grocery store I GD will! Just because you "choose" to work at a "career" (or are young & idealistic & in college enough to buy feminist essay BS), does not mean that you get to have all the fun with the makeup! I find it so ironic that so many on here are claiming that celebrating a joyful lifestyle of shopping & cooking is degrading to women are the same ones that gve me and my friends dirty looks if we dare to look presentable while out with our kids!!!! Someone mentioned that advertising like this celebrates a time when women didn't have a "choice" about working. If you are working outside your home because you feel as if that's the only way to be respect worthy and valuable, then you have also lost your choice haven't you? Oh, and probably the matte pink too. . . Just love the long wear of the mattes, also it matches one of my cutest aprons . . .
thank you! my mother taught me a woman should always look their best. She certainly always looked good whether or not she was working, cooking, cleaning, & taking care of us 4 kids. to some of you ladies on your feminist kick, you may need to step back & realize that there is nothing wrong with a woman choosing to stay at home rather than pursue a career. it doesn't mean she's giving in to "the man." to each his own.
Feminism does not mean anti-stay at home mom, anti-child-rearing. I am confused as to why you think that.
The line is awesome!! I got to see it in person today and picked up some lipsticks and pigments. I'm surprised the pigments aren't posted because they are one of the best parts of the whole line... strange. Definitely look into the quads though. I love them, but i'm going to compare what i have already then go from there since i'm not made of money. The theme is quite strange. I don't really get it, but o well the colors are awesome and that's all i care about
looks like i might need one of those shopping carts when i go shopping at MAC can't wait for swatches on the eye shadow quads i want all three!
wow some off y'all are pretty ridiculous, reading waaaaay too much into the meaning of this collection. you do realize thus collection reaaally isn't tying to have a real meaning & theyre just trying to be cute make us buy things, right? however, if you're offended that is fine & well, but I just wanna say back off. don't buy a thing. that leaves more for me. let me buy everything cuz I absolutely love it!
Oh give me a break. Why does everything have to be some sort of feminist debate? I LOVE this collection and am not offended by it at all. This one's really going to hurt..I want most of it, haha :)
Oh geez...what is with all these repromotes? I love MAC and will be attending the exclusive event for Shop MAC in my area, but I have some of this stuff already...I'm also upset that this orange blush is a creme...I want an orange powder blush! Drat!
I really can't believe how misogynistic this collection is. Even the way it's written makes my skin crawl. Honestly, how can any woman even make the argument that this collection is NOT sexist? It clearly is, just look at the ad copy if the pictures of brain-dead, lifeless Stepford models in dishwashing gloves aren't enough of an indication: "Cook M∙A∙C has spring’s no-carb, no-calorie recipe for kooky, kitschy, kitchen kouture in savoury shades for Eyes, Lips and Nails." WELL THANK GOODNESS IT'S CARB AND CALORIE FREE! Wouldn't wanna get FAT (gasp!) while indulging in something that makes light of female oppression! The statement quoted above is an extra insult because this statement conveys the assumption that ALL women are worried about their weight/dieting. Which further justifies the idea that this collection is demeaning and pretty brazenly sexist, as it implies that "everyone (women) loves to shop, shop, shop!" And it seems like MAC thought hey, we'll just slap the whole cooking thing on to make a collection that one buys that celebrates the act of buying itself *somewhat* more interesting and dimensional. (Except... not.) And it's just unimaginative. They could have done so much more with the colors in this collection. Settling on the dated and condescending theme that they did just seems like the creative team didn't really even bother trying to come up with something good. "Oh hey, we need an idea for this new makeup collection. What do women love besides makeup? Oh, I know! Shopping and cooking!" Way to generalize and demean the very audience this collection is aimed at. Not for women... aimed at women. Honestly, this collection demeans women in a way that used to be socially acceptable. I feel like MAC is really scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas and DESPERATELY need to hire a new creative team. And a new copy writer for their ad campaigns. Not only is it demeaning, but it the excessive alliteraton is just painful to read and is over-the-top cutesy, which doesn't help in lending any credence to this collection. I won't be buying from this collection, and my respect for MAC has really gone down. MAC used to be so great--so conceptual and artistically rich. I suppose releasing 40 collections a year will erode that formerly high standard, though. I AM a feminist, and I am not ashamed to admit that I care more about fighting against harmful gender stereotypes and attempts to put us on our "place" than I do about (mostly repromoted) cosmetics. It makes me sad to see so many of you saying "I'm not a feminist" as though that is something to be ashamed of. There is nothing wrong with questioning and even outright disliking what you see. Unlike so many, I'm not a slave to each and every MAC collection, and it honestly scares me that so many of you fail to see the obvious intent behind this campaign and are ~*sooo excited*~ regardless. Don't you see that you are doing exactly what is expected of you? How can so many women not question blatant misogyny when it's right in front of your eyes? Terrifying and incredibly sad. Don't be a complicit brand slave. Question what you see. If it makes you uneasy, there's probably a valid reason why. Being aware of sexism is so important in order to bring about change. MAC pulled the Rodarte collection because it was seen as making light of the very violent female oppression in Mexico. This collection may seem "harmless" because "it's only shopping and cooking, everyone does that!" but I find it demeaning and distasteful (like my alliteration, MAC?) in a way that promotes female vacuousness, objectification, insecurity, and complicity in non-advancement-seeking societal roles. These examples are just two sides of the same coin, really.
Thank you for nailing it to the wall! Also, from some of the comments I've read I am so confused! Feminism is about celebrating being a woman, enjoying being girly and having the freedom to do and be whatever you want regardless of gender.
Absolutely loving the fun colors!!!! And TENDERTONES!!!! Woo hoo!!! And Christine, when do you usually get the items to review them? I wasn't sure if you got them a little early or if you got them around the time they came out. I was just wondering, I cant wait for swatches of the quads and lipsticks!!!
Cannot wait to get a tendertone, the innocence beware lipstick(i missed out on it last time) and a kissable lipcolour!!! haha. first MAC collection im actually interested in buying more than one thing in a while. I am going to my MAC counter the day this comes out!
I pre-ordered from this collection in my local MAC shop today. All i got was "Flaunting It" Kissable Gloss. Most of the colors in this collection were too pale or too bright for me - not bad, but hot pink lips and blush, and hot orange lips and blush just don't work for me. As for the Lip Balms, they feel good and have nice sparkles, but little color. Plus i'm just not a big lip balm wearer... although i may get the chartreuse yellow "Tread Gently" if it doesn't sell out. I tested the eye quads on my inner arm, and they seemed pretty good in general - a few indiv colors were hard or chalky, but for the most part they are decent. I wanted "Call Me Bubbles"... But i also pre-ordered from the Vera collection today, i'm trying to save money for a summer vacation, and i sure blew a lot of $$ on stuff i loved from all those September, October, November, December & January collections -- i am so loving the ombré blushes (Azalea Blossom & Vintage Grape) and MSFs (Blonde & Redhead) - and way too many lips & eyes...

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