MAC Makeup Art Cosmetics Collection

U.S. Launch Date: August 20th, 2009
International Launch Date: September 2009

Everything we do at MAC is built around the idea that anything is possible when self-expression is honored, exalted, allowed to rise to its ultimate aria. This season MAC celebrates the idea of the Artist in every shade and stripe…makeup as art form. We’ve selected three individuals who exemplify this idea through both the subjects they choose, and the wildly individual styles and colours used to convey them. Bold heroic, big; giggly, playful, clever; dramatic, original, abstract: Fall ’09 as seen by Richard Phillips, Maira Kalman, and Marilyn Minter. Be inspired!

Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall ’09 As Seen By Richard Phillips, Painter
Andy Warhol did a cameo on The Love Boat in 1985…and in the same spirit, Richard Phillips! 1998 painting, Spectrum, made its debut on the scandalous Gossip Girl a sign of the times! Need we say more? Recycled and re-imagined ’50s, ’60s, and ’70s ads and images, and every colourful issue ever considered when pondering the question of “identity” is what Richard Phillips is all about. Highly technical, a refinement of precise, academic painting, his gold and beautiful portraits seem so relevant to everything MAC artistry is all about. A collection of eye shadow quads, lipsticks, Lipglass, and The Perfect Cheek Blush just leap off the canvas!

Lipstick ($14.00U.S. / $16.50 CDN)

• Full Body Deep red plum (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
• Hold the Pose Brown plum with gold pearl (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
• Front Lit Light white yellow (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Lovin’ It Cool neutral with yellow undertone (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
• High Strung Deep pink silver (Frost) (Permanent)

Lipglass ($14.00 U.S. / $16.50 CDN)

• On Display Purple with yellow pearl (Limited Edition)
• New Spirit Light yellow coral (Limited Edition)
• Personal Taste Mid-tone rose with pink gold pearl (Limited Edition)
• Young Thing Yellow neutral with gold pearl (Limited Edition)

Photo Realism Eyeshadow Quad ($36.00 U.S. / $43.00 CDN)

• Photorealism Gold shimmer with gold pearl (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Fresh Approach Cool, mint green (Veluxe Pearl) (Limited Edition)
• Image Maker Mid-tone grey green (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Grey Range Deep blue green (Veluxe Pearl) (Limited Edition)

In the Gallery Eyeshadow Quad ($36.00 U.S. / $43.00 CDN)

• Lightfall Pale pink (Satin) (Limited Edition)
• Look at the Eyes Light violet (Satin) (Limited Edition)
• In the Gallery Mid-tone blue pink (Matte) (Limited Edition)
• Private Viewing Deep brown plum (Matte) (Limited Edition)

Notoriety Eyeshadow Quad ($36.00 U.S. / $43.00 CDN)

• Skintone 1 Light white pink (Lustre) (Limited Edition)
• Skintone 2 Mid tone gold (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Noteriety Mid tone brown with gold pearl (Velvet) (Limited Edition)
• Rich & Earthy Rich coral bronze (Veluxe Pearl) (Limited Edition)

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Powder Blush ($18.00 U.S. / $22.00 CDN)

• The Perfect Cheek Mid-tone pale pink (Matte) (Limited Edition)
• Notable Mid-tone brick brown red (Satin) (Limited Edition)

Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall ’09 As Seen By Maira Kalman, Illustrator

We still chuckle (along with all of Manhattan) over the now-famous New Yorker cover illustration of “Newyorkistan.” Cheeky, witty, always amusing, Maira’s illustrations are cute and colourful, wonderfully child-like, playful…and sophisticated all at once. Technakohl Liners and Maira’s Magical thinking Eye Shadows are made for the MAC Artist with a sense of mischief and a deep desire to be defiantly different. Warm and eccentric at the same time, Maira’s faces are full of cock-eyed optimism, with the tiniest smidge of city-girl-snobbism…simply, scrumptiously, stupendously sublime!

Eye Shadows ($14.50 U.S. $17.00 CDN)

• Crest the Wave Rich yellow (Frost) (Repromote) (Limited Edition)
• Off the Page Mid-tone mustard orange (Frost) (Limited Edition)
• Haunting Light turquoise blue (Satin) (Repromote) (Limited Edition)
• Violet Trance Deep blue purple (Matte) (Repromote) (Limited Edition)
• Purple Shower Mid-tone magenta with silver pearl (Satin) (Repromote) (Limited Edition)
• Maira’s Magic Yellow pink (Satin) (Limited Edition)

Technakohl Liners ($14.50 U.S. / $17.00 CDN)

• Full of Fuschia Deep blue magenta (Limited Edition)
• Artistic License Bright turquoise blue (Limited Edition)
• Obviously Orange Mid-tone coral (Limited Edition)
• Colour Matters Bright lime (Limited Edition)
• Graphblack Rich graphic black (Permanent)

Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall ’09 As Seen By Marilyn Minter, Photographer

There’s that famous close-up of Tom Ford’s belly button, part of the “Pathology of Glamour” that this artist renders with luminous, almost hallucinatory colour and painterly photo-realism… Erotic imagery that zooms in on a succulently wet, red lip, a dappled, sequined eye, or a silverized stiletto splashing in the mud. The Whitney Biennial Artist says she’s “Never met a model who actually thinks she’s beautiful,” and that observation goes a long way to explain how she connects to what MAC wants to say about all-inclusiveness we’re ALL beautiful sometimes. Pigments in Push the Edge and Copper and Gold Glitter have the power to make anyone feel like they WILL be seen and desired.

Pigments ($19.50 U.S. / $23.50 CDN)

• Brash & Bold Bright magenta (Limited Edition)
• Push the Edge Deep bright purple with pearl (Limited Edition)
• Cocomotion Dirty gold with olive undertone and gold sparkle (Repromote) (Limited Edition)
• Heritage Rouge Deep burgundy with red and brown pearl (Permanent at PRO)

Glitters ($19.50 U.S. / $23.00 CDN)

• Fuschia Sparkling fuschia (Permanent at PRO)
• Gold Sparkling chunky gold (Permanent at PRO)
• Reflects Rust Sparkling warm red (Permanent at PRO)
• Reflects Copper Sparkling saffron (Permanent at PRO)

Gloss Texture ($18.00 U.S. / $22.00 CDN)

• Clear (Permanent at PRO)

Plushlash Mascara ($13.00 U.S. / $15.50 CDN)

• Plushblack True black (Permanent)

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