Sneak Peak: MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection Photos & Swatches
MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection
MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection launches online September 29th and will be at MAC store locations on October 2nd. It will be available internationally (excluding China) October 2014. Full reviews, photos, swatches, and so forth to come!
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MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection
MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection
MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Collection
MAC Frank-n-Furter Lipstick
MAC Oblivion Lipstick
MAC Sin Lipstick
MAC Strange Journey Lipstick
MAC x Rocky Horror Picture Show Pigment & Glitters
MAC It’s Not Easy Having a Good Time Pigment
MAC 3D Black Glitter
MAC Gold Glitter
MAC Riff-Raff Eyeshadow Palette
MAC Oh, Rocky! Eyeshadow
MAC Oh, Rocky! Eyeshadow
MAC Crystal Eyeshadow
MAC Crystal Eyeshadow
MAC Blackberry Eyeshadow
MAC Blackberry Eyeshadow
MAC Graphic Style Eyeshadow
MAC Graphic Style Eyeshadow
MAC Heavy, Black and Pendulous Eyeshadow
MAC Heavy, Black and Pendulous Eyeshadow
MAC Carbon Eyeshadow
MAC Carbon Eyeshadow
The colours are good, they’re alright. I’m not super excited by this at all.
I like it, the packaging is fun and the palette looks really nice.. Excited to see you review!
I wasn’t interested in this collection at all but the swatches of the palette look great.
I was really hoping the lipsticks would be exciting shades but nothing special to me.
Exciting shades? I think they were supposed to represent the lipsticks worn by the cast, and they are just red and burgundy shades. Franknfurter wore just a basic really dark red. The pigments seem to represent the costumes, like the gold and black glitter. Not sure if people wanted the lip shades to represent the costumes but that would have been unwearable for the general population… What did you expect, gold lipstick? Cmon guys.
I like it. I like that the shadow palette seems wearable and not too crazy, but it does represent the dark eye shadow colors worn by the RHPS cast, Frankfurter himself wore basic really dark eye shadow and the girls had burgundy eye shadow with black. Though I would have liked to see at least one wild lipstick shade, like a black glittery one.
What will the prices be? This collection is amazing!
I totally agree! Why are all of these people downing it? I don’t get it, but I will get some of this make up!!!!
Ooh that Carbon looks rough! I will be alone here… but I still don’t know why everyone Isaiah blindly excited by this collection! Normally people whine and moan when a launch has this many permanent products. I adore RHPS but this could look much better (just my opinion of course).
Glad im not the only one,i was starting to feel like a weirdo :/ this collection doesnt tempt me at all… Those eyeshadow colors look sad, hate the packaging, but i also cant spent on any makeup as i really need some good makeup brushes (i only have 4!)
I could not agree more. I am not impressed at all. The only thing that caught my eye was the glitter and thats only b/c it’s glitter, lol.
Carbon *always* looks rough, LOL! I only have it as a permanent single, which I bought 5+years ago, and I may have used it only 3X… As for the rest of the collection, I thought I may be interested in the pigment, but it’s far too warm. I not a fan of the movie, either, so that didn’t even pique my interest. Besides, the collection on a whole has a strong 70s vibe (consistent with the film), but not in a way that’s a modern translation.
I definitely agree that there is so much more room for improvement, but I still want one or two of those lipsticks and the blush. I definitely won’t die if I don’t get most of the other things. 😛
my sentiments exactly.
I’m only excited for the bad Bad Fairy repromote :/
I’m so excited! I thought I would only be interested in the lipsticks, but dang I like everything else too! If I can’t get it online, I’m so taking off work to stalk the local MAC store!
SQUEAL!!! Thank you so much Christine! I need Strange Journey in my life ASAP. Kind of digging Frank-N-Furter too. I totally love the boxes and packaging as well! I feel justifiably excited now!
They’ve definitely got the look, but somehow it still feels uninspired. Maybe because you’d expect a bigger collection for such a big cult flick?
You hit the nail on the head. I mean come on… they have bigger launches for celebrities I don’t care about but this is tiny. RHPS is popular and has all the elements to inspire creativity. I’m disappointed. The shades that are there are nice enough but it’s still “meh”
wow the glitter looks so amazing! Now THIS is a movie collection!
I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’ll be skipping this collection. Either I’m starting to feel MAC’d out or these collections are starting to look the same. Nothing is really jumping out at me.
Now that you mention it, I think I will only get one lipstick & that blush. I’m really saving up for Prabal & the holiday collections.
Oh I really hope those lipsticks don’t sell out too fast! RHPS is my favourite film, so I think I need them all!
Oh man, I really wanted one just for the packaging. The lipstick shades seem pretty basic though – I have dupes for all of these. Frank-n-Furter looks like repackaged Ruby Woo, and Strange Journey looks like Morange only matte or a toned-down Lady Danger. Not excited about the eye palette colors at all 🙁 If I were to go there I guess I would pick up MAC Sin; I have Wet n Wild Cherry Bomb which is supposed to be a dupe for it and I like the shade enough now I could upgrade to something better quality.
I’m definitely eyeing the palette! x
I’m not terribly “wowed” by any of this.
I’m glad (for my wallets sake!!) to say I’m not interested in any of this. I know I will have to purchase Bad Fairy though. I love it and could use another bottle for back up.
How….. underwhelming. Everything I was interested in looks awfully generic… The lipsticks don’t look unique at all. I was hoping they’d throw in some blue pearl or something to make them more interesting! I also wanted the It’s Not Easy Having A Good Time pigment, but it looks too orange now… I was hoping for a dark red/burgundy color…. Thanks for saving me money, Christine! haha 🙂
I thought I would want oblivion, but I’m preferring Sin instead. Do you think this would be close to Icon by hourglass?
Sin is a very very dark red while the Hourglass Icon is bright along the lines of Ruby Woo- so they are quite different…hope that helps!
I’m not sure how I feel about this one. I want to see the lip swatches before I pass judgement.
I have been absolutely dying to see you review this collection! My best friend and I need Frank-n-Furter for name alone (also it looked a bit more wine or berry in a photo I had seen on the trendmood1 instagram…), but I’ve been really curious about Oblivion as I’ve yet to get myself a nice glossy red and the amplified finish seems so promising for that. Please tell me you’ll have reviews up before they hit online on Monday!
I was expecting more from the pigments 🙁
UGH CARBON. Why???? This is such a disappointment. They could have some sort of cool gold pigment for Rocky or something.
Oh wow- all of those lipsticks and the palette are definitely calling to me! Thanks for the swatches, Christine! Have a great weekend 🙂
I was SO excited for this collection when it was announced but everything looks so basic, I can’t justify buying anything.
I’m not excited by this launch. I don’t like the packaging and the products are not impressing me in terms of shades or formula. More money for holiday collections I guess!
This all seems a little mainstream and tame for a MAC/RHPS collaboration. Something just seems a little wrong with Frank-n-Furter being a proper red. Franki-Woo anyone?
this is extremely underwhelming to me! the lipsticks are nice, but nothing really stands out to me! the eye palette is probably the most disappointing because of that carbon! they need to stop including it in these palettes!
You are so right. They keep throwing Carbon into just about every palette and it’s not like they’ve done anything to make it a better eyeshadow. IMO, it’s not that great to start with and all these LE versions seem worse than the predecessors!
Wish you had the blush but I’m probably going to get it regardless…this collection for me is less of a “I like the colors” and more of “I’m a huuuuge RHPS fan and need to have these in my collection”.
well that iteration of Carbon is pathetic, but the rest of it looks good! I’m pleasantly surprised with how I feel the colours do Rocky Horror some justice 😉
I think I need that Riff Raff palette! I love the 6 shadow palettes that MAC puts out, like last years MAC x Rick Baker for Halloween 2013. I don’t think the Monster’s Bride palette was given near enough credit – it was absolutely gorgeous (neutrals!) and awesome for travel! The only thing is I wish MAC wouldn’t include Carbon in everything 😐 but it does the trick for setting a black eye liner. It’s still overdone.
*audience* “Describe your balls, Chucky!!”
*Charles Gray as The Criminologist* “Heavy, black, and pendulous…”
OH YES, the sword of Damocles is hanging over my head, and I’ve got a feeling someone’s gonna be cutting the thread… if I don’t get this entire collection.
Thanks for the swatches! LOVE them. So excited for all of it! I actually think Heavy, Black, and Pendulous” is one of the prettiest colors in that palette, too. Don’t even mind the perms and repeats!! As Frankenfurter would say, “Don’t dream it, BE IT!!” Thank you, I plan to. 🙂
I actually like the concept of the palette in terms of a ‘stage makeup’ colour set, but it’s disappointing to see that several of them seem sheer/patchy. The silvery greys look alright though. Funnily enough, the orange lipstick is the one that appeals to me the most. Odd.
Is Sin a permanent color? Can’t wait to see your review on this collection!
I like pretty much everything!
Liking the look of the first 3 lippies and also of Graphic Style but not enough to buy the palette. That glitter – ugh. And double “ugh” on the packaging. It may be the Rocky Horror “logo” but it really looks awful on the boxes and containers/cases.
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on this collection. I really like the colors in the Riff-Raff palette. I’m also interested in the blush and maybe two of the lipsticks.
The swatches made them look kind of blah – can’t wait to see your reviews!
I feel stupid, but what’s an “amplified” finish? If it’s a MAC-specific thing, that would explain why I haven’t heard of it – I don’t buy MAC very often. Can someone explain?
I’m not a fan of the Rocky Horror Picture show and so I won’t be getting any of these. I might take a look at the eye shadow palette…. do I really need another palette?
i’m so underwhelmed by this collection tbh. i thought the lipsticks would wow me more than they do. the only one i’m really interested in is sin, which i can get anytime. also the palette just looks like they threw a bunch of colors together (though that blue is really pretty lol).
I really love the colour selection in the palette as I’ve wanted a lilac, a deep reddish brown and a dark blue for a long time and they don’t usually come together. I wish the quality was there though, they’re not the pigmentation I would like.
Love the lipsticks and the eyeshadow colour heavy and pendulous – love a grey-blue. Very pretty.
Since I’m a big fan of the movie, I have to get one of the lipsticks. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, I think, though the shade looks pretty similar to UD F-Bomb, but it’s really the packaging that I’m after. Eager to see your review.
Yep, only getting Bad Fairy!
I find the packaging and colours a bit pedestrian for such a garishly colored cult classic. It could have been done a lot wilder and sexy. They are really keeping it safe with these products.
I want all the lipsticks from this collection!
Looks good especially the lipsticks and eyeshadow palette.
Ooh I like the look of Sin!
Frank-n-Furter and Sin are nice lip shades but I feel are highly dupable. I like the eye pigment It’s Not Easy Having a Good time…such a long name!
I might get Oblivion, but I absolutely hate the packaging :/
Not a fan of RHPS or just not what they did for it?
Pass. Repromotes.. Kudos for Crystal. Pass. Lol
Hmm…this collection isn’t thrilling me, maybe I’ll pick up one of lipsticks.
Diff packaging but the lipstick colors are a dead ringer from the Marilyn Monroe collection, especially Sin (dark red burgundy color)
I might be the only one who like the pigment, thinking of it being what I’ll get from this LE. I’ll wait for the reviews before saying anything about the lipsticks. I do like the look of them, and as I really like the film, I’d want at least one 🙂
The palette seems a bit uneven.
Is this still going to be available today online? I don’t see it.
I’ve been looking ALL day and nothing. I’m starting to wonder if they will release it online at all.
Via the MAC chat, a MUA told me that it *might* be out today and to keep checking back. There were “delays” yesterday. I have been stalking since yesterday morning and nothing. With my luck, it will become available when I have appointments today. I love Rocky Horror and even watched it to get pumped up for the collection. Now nothing.
I love the boxes they come in more than the actual makeup, lol.
Will this collection be sold through Nordstrom online? Thanks!
MAC only!
I like the Mac Sin lipstick. It has a pretty red. Nice color swatches on the eyeshadows too.