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 Nail Lacquers: Morning.After., So Rich So Pretty, Military

MAC Nail Lacquers: Morning.After., So Rich So Pretty, Military

MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer (Flash)

MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Military Nail Lacquer (Flash)

MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Natural Light)

MAC Morning.After. Lacquer (Flash)