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MAC Alice + Olivia Collection: Nail Lacquers Review, Photos, Swatches

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Nail Lacquers: Morning.After., So Rich So Pretty, Military

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection: Nail Lacquers

Alice + Olivia included three new and limited edition nail lacquers.  I wanted to fall in love with these, but I just wasn’t blown away. Morning.After. was my favorite of the three, because of the way it seems to take on a different tone depending on the lighting, but it’s not as opaque as I’d like. Military reminds me of every other black + silver matte polish out there–I guess I’m just over that shade!

Nail Lacquer ($12.00 U.S. / $14.50 CDN)

  • So Rich So Pretty is a fuchsia-purple with red undertones and red and purple microshimmer. I found it needed three coats to be opaque, and the formula was on the thinner side (though it didn’t feel runny).
  • Military is a light black with silver sparkles and a matte finish. It’s like a blacker version of Studded. It dries really fast, as many mattes do, and it was incredibly pigmented–you could almost get away with just one coat.
  • Morning.After. is a pain in the butt to photograph, because it looks bluer in natural light and tealer in more direct light. It’s more of a dusty blue-teal with heavier blue tones than green/teal tones. There is a little bit of visible nail even with three coats, though.

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Nail Lacquers: Morning.After., So Rich So Pretty, Military

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Nail Lacquers: Morning.After., So Rich So Pretty, Military

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Flash)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Flash)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Alice + Olivia Collection
MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Flash)

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Rachel Avatar

None of these seem like something I haven’t seen before, which makes me hesitant to buy them. They’re pretty, just not worth that much when I can find similar shades for cheaper.

Vickie Avatar

totally thought i was going to get morning after and so rich so pretty but i already have colors similar in my collection that i cant justify paying for dupes…thanks for putting up swatches so fast! : )

Haley Avatar

This is probably just me, but mattes seriously gross me out! I always think of a chalkboard when I see matte nails, which leads me to think of nails scratching a chalk board… Ugh, yuck!

Maria Avatar

Military looks like OPI’s suzi skis in the pyrennes suede and morning after looks like Essie’s mesmerize…both awesome colors!

JayJay Avatar

I just might have to pick up Military. I’ve never owned a MAC nail lacquer before! $14.50 CAD for a polish really sucks, IMO. Especially since I don’t ever paint my nails, just my toes!

Stephanie Avatar

I wanted Military, but now that I see it on the nail, it looks exactly like Orly’s Iron Butterfly. Morning After doesn’t look very unique, and So Rich So Pretty I just don’t like. Too bad! Actually, I’m happy I don’t like them so I can save money! 😉

Belle Avatar

Another matte? *Yawn*

So rich, so pretty looks reallllyyy pretty though so might pick that one up! I love the blue but I just feel it’s really dupeable.

Emily Avatar

Morning.After looks a lot like Suzi Does Feng Shui from OPI’s Hong Kong collection. Wonder how similar it is. These looks so cute… too bad they disappoint.

t_zwiggy Avatar

The purple one is really pretty! Purple is my favorite color, and I’m pretty sure I haven’t got anything quite like that one. I don’t own any MAC nail polishes (even though I have more than 150 nail polishes from other brands and LOVE MAC), so this is gonna be my first. I have always avoided MAC polishes because I keep hearing bad things about the quality (that it’s streaky and chips easily), I hope it’s not as bad as people say.

Debra Avatar

Agreed, I’ve never had a problem with MAC’s nail lacquer chipping like crazy. I wear it for days before even a nick in the polish shows up so when people talk about the chipping I’m wondering what the heck they’re doing to their nails o_O

Leea Avatar

The blue one, Morning After, reminds me a lot of the blue nail lacquer that came out with the Liberty Of London collection. I bought it but I disliked the runny-ness and how sheer it was, even with three coats!, so I ended up returning it.
Are these a similar kind of formula as the one from the Liberty of London, that was mentioned above?

Alannah Avatar

Hmm, I’m undecided… Military looks like a million other gunmetal mattes and Morning After looks so much less teal on the nails than in the bottle! I can’t decide. I think I’m getting So Rich So Pretty though.

The swatches are MUCH appreciated! Thanks for all your hard work!

amy Avatar

I have Morning After because that was my favourite out of the three. Otherwise, I agree that Military looks just like a blacker Studded and So Rich So Pretty looks very similar to OPI’s Louvre Me Louvre Me Not.

Christy Avatar

I was thinking of getting these, but the colors didn’t wow me over in the store to make me want to get them. Specifically Military, it was just, hmm, haven’t I seen that already?

Tavia Avatar

So common colors I could say. Alice and Olivia collection doesn’t have anything of my favorite shades. I wonder how they look without top coat. Some nail polishes look very different without top coat…that’s why I always post photos with the polish in it’s original variant. 🙂

Melanie Avatar

morning after is gaw-gous i love bright colors mac isn’t really my favorite brand when it comes to nail polishes but this one might be a winner

Morgan Avatar

So Rich, So Pretty and Morning After just seem really dupe-able, but I’m definitely going to pick up Military. It’s a nice alternate to black, since the complete black nail trend is going out…..and I absolutely love the packaging and Alice and Olivia, so I know I have to pick up something from this collection…..
wish there were eyeshadows though… :/

Debra Avatar

Thanks so much for the reviews and swatches, Christine! I have a question: how similar is So Rich So Pretty to Violet Fire from Style Warriors?

Debra Avatar

Hi Christine, how similar is So Rich So Pretty to Violet Fire from Style Warriors? Are they different enough to warrant having both? 🙂

cmferret Avatar

i hate how matte n/p look on the nail. i always want to get some top coat and put it on. or else it looks 1/2 way done.
christine can u please do a swatch comparison of mac morning after and opi suzi says fung shua -since so many people are saying it is so similiar- i just dont know but want to see it.
i totallu am getting the purple n/p! i love purrples!

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