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Round-up: MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection Overview & Thoughts

MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

The MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection will debut online on April 21st and hit stores and counters on April 24th. At this time, I’ve reviewed all of the pieces I received early, but I won’t have reviews for the Blush Ombres or the Nail Lacquers (one shade is Nocturnelle, which is permanent) until I’m able to buy them online myself. I suspect that the Blush Ombres will sell well, given that they typically do and MAC doesn’t release them often–plus both shades are new (and of course, limited edition!), so unfortunately, I might not be able to have anything helpful up before they sell out. The below list is incomplete, given there are still five products yet to be seen or tested, but for now…

Heads up!  The collection is now available at Nordstrom, Macy’s, and MAC!  As a note, it looks like the blushes are backordered/haven’t yet arrived per Nordstrom’s beauty rep, but MAC has them to order on their site. I bought the missing products and have them coming overnight, so hopefully they’ll arrive tomorrow (fingers crossed!).

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MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection
MAC x Proenza Schouler Collection

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cca Avatar

Underwhelm again, I hope MAC releases a collection where i want a few things.

I am really interested in seeing the Blush Ombres

I hope tangerine dream is more deeper/vibrant coral.

kriesha Avatar

thanks for the pictures! i think i might get some of the lipsticks only for the packaging lol and the blushes too! i wish you had them ahead of time but oh well thanks as always! 🙂

Meghan Avatar

Hmm well I’d like to see how the blushes will turn out. Unfortunately I think you’re right Christine & they may sell out before your reviews can be done! That’s the tough thing about MAC… Sometimes I don’t know why people get so sucked in by limited edition stuff (especially when this line doesn’t even really seem have any “stand out” items other than the usual brand name collab & packaging), other times I’m totally falling for totally dupeable LE’s!

Christine Avatar

Definitely interested to see if they sell out and if so, how quickly… I just know that everyone loved them before, and since these are new shades, and I think they’ve only re-released the blush ombres once before… yeah, I don’t think they will last long!

Soren Avatar

really weird packaging… I dont know, theres something about it that makes me think of cheap photoshop effects. I just feel like they could have made it less… tacky. the packaging reminds me of those cheap $2 chinese offbrand perfumes you get from the dollar store that are mostly chemicals and alcohol

Stephanie Avatar

Squeee! I can’t wait for you to get the ombre blushes! I haven’t been tempted by a MAC LE collection in a LONG time, and I just bought the blushes online-sight unseen. Looking forward to your swatches and thanks for this overview! 🙂

Jenn Avatar

I see on spectra that mac sent people the wrong colors of blush. Did you receive yours and did you get the correct colors? I am worried mine will be wrong now!!!

Kelly Avatar

I also got the wrong blush 🙁

According to the girls on Spektra, this happened to EVERYONE!

MAC CS says I will hear back in 48 hours. They had nothing to tell me other than that. Sooo disappointed!

Mallory Avatar

Definitely passing on this collection, I think if they had used the regular rounded lipstick bullet packaging for the lipsticks and just added the ombre effect to it I would be much more tempted to buy a lipstick or two just for the packaging, but not a fan of the squared bullet and the font…it almost looks cheap.

ppk Avatar

I only got two of the lippies based on the packaging, I love it because is so internet art, hip art trends, in sync with the minimal tacky 90s return in high fashion going on right now. My excuse: I really haven’t own a ‘nude’ and a red-orange lipstick in a long time. Like you said, they are not really a stand out, they are quite basic, gosh, I felt sort of bad investing so much money in a quite unremarkable collection in a Make Up design sense. But I’m a sucker for the looks. I’d love to pull this out my purse to apply with that gorgeous hip fashion thing going on!

Your reviews really helped me a lot! I was totally gonna buy Primrose hence is the shade that could be most “unique” but, yuck, based on your reviews and some other pics I saw on the web, the formula looks rather cheap and bad.

Now I do wanna get one of the Ombres, I’ve never had one. Ocean City seems like a good summer shade, I probably will fall for that too. Do you happen to know why are they not up in the online page yet? Because it doesn’t say sold-out, but they didn’t came out with the rest of the collection for some reason.

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