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Round-up: MAC x Philip Treacy Collection Overview & Thoughts

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MAC x Philip Treacy is a collaboration collection that will release online on March 26th (North America) and be available in select stores on April 2nd (North America) with international availability sometime in April 2015 at select locations. This collection had some pretty lipsticks and gel eyeliners, but the lipsticks trended towards being more readily duped. The High-Light Powders had an incredibly soft texture that was also powdery, but more importantly, they didn’t highlight, illuminate, or otherwise give the skin radiance and flattened the skin so it looked ultra-matte and smooth (like a setting powder).  My favorite products were Royal Wink Fluidline and Blue Peep Fluidline as both performed well and were more unique shades.

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Nicole
Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Nicole Full Profile

Thank you for working so hard all weekend to get these reviews done and a round-up! You totally deserve a break! I am for sure going to pre-order Blue Peep and Royal wink, and likely Hollywood Cerise. I have been going back and forth on the other two lipsticks. 🙂

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jilly
Light Plus, Yellow undertones. Combination skin. View jilly Full Profile

Another miss for me. The lipsticks are pretty but eminently dupable, and the highlighters, which could have been so cool, just … confound me. A dulling highlighting powder? Who wants that? I can’t remember the last time I didn’t want at least one thing from a MAC collection.

With this being one of the only way to try things before they sell out, I can’t thank you enough for the quick reviews, Christine.

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