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MAC Cosmetics Colour Ready Collection Information & Photos

Year: 2009 Launches
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MAC Cosmetics Colour Ready Collection

Launch Date: April 2, 2009 (North America), April 2009 (International)

Seeking alternative energy, increased mileage from makeup… Colour Ready revs up the Prep + Prime idea, a true hybrid formula between science and beauty. New Transparent Finishing Powder and Line Filler are our lightest yet, in fact invisible when applied, but their silky colourless polymers set and stabilize makeup instantly. The only way to start when you sit down in front of the mirror. Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone is your stay-put fit on skin that minimizes the appearance of pores without clogging, and visibly diminishes them over time. Two Lipsticks, Eye Shadows, Penultimate Eye Liner and Eye Brows in an essential palette are a habit to happily acquire – Colour Ready is as basic as your 4-inch heel Louboutins.

Lipstick ($14.00 US/$16.50 CDN)

  • Show Orchid Vivid hot pink
  • Impassioned Amped up fuchsia

Eyeshadow ($14.50 US/$17.00 CDN)

  • Bitter Vivid bright golden green flecked with shimmer
  • White Frost Vivid bright white with icy shimmer

Penultimate Eye Liner ($16.50 US/$20.00 CDN)

  • Rapid Black True Black

Eye Brows ($14.50 US/$17.50 CDN)

  • Stud Deep rich blackened brown

Prep + Prime Line Filler ($19.50 US/$23.50 CDN)

Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone ($19.50 US/$23.50 CDN)

Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder ($21.00 US/$25.00 CDN)

Brush ($34.00 US/$41.00 CDN)

  • 129SH All-purpose for blush or face powder. This brush is particularly good for blush application. The fibers are soft and form a full, rounded shape.

Available: North America, April 2, 2009. International, April 2009.

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Josh Avatar
Josh

the original show orchid was a frost, and impassioned is an amplified. everything in this collection except for the prep+prime products are repromotes.

Tanya Avatar
Tanya

Emma, I have Bitter and its a really amazing green color! I love it 🙂 I am sure anyone who doesnt have it already will go totally nuts for it.

casey Avatar
casey

I’m actually excited about this collection we saw it at update a few days ago and you the prep and prime stuff is AMMMAZZZZZZZZZZZING. The model our trainer used was in her 40s and was complaining about lines and pores and wow.. an amaaazing difference. all of this stuff contains ingrediants to make a blurring affect. Everyone should at least have a mac artist use this on them to see how awesome the change is.

Tracy Avatar
Tracy

I was going to call for an appt next week – I’ll have to check out the prep and prime (yeah, well 40+), and I want that eyeshadow. I guess I’ll have to wait if it’s not in yet, or just make another appt.

Tracy Avatar
Tracy

Yes I saw that – at first I wasn’t thinking and thought – Great – I’m going next week – then I realized it not until April – oh well – it will just be an excuse to go again later!

Elle Avatar
Elle

Does this mean that Show Orchid is going to be available without calling the PRO stores? If so, that’d be cool. I actually just picked up Impassioned today and I really love it. I wonder how it’d look if I combined the two?

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Kayc

i’ll probably only get my hands on the finishing powder… which is good, since my wallet needs a break after all the other collections that came out.

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