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Sneak Peek: MAC Flamingo Park Blushes & Eyeshadow Palette Photos & Swatches

MAC Flaming Park Collection
MAC Flaming Park Collection

MAC Flamingo Park Collection launches January 28th online and hits stores/counters on February 4th. It’s a large collection with a strong emphasis on pinks. Here’s a quick look at the two Beauty Powders, seven blushes, and eyeshadow palette from the collection — full reviews to come over the next few days! 🙂

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MAC Flamingo Park Eyeshadow Palette
MAC Flamingo Park Eyeshadow Palette

MAC Flounce Eyeshadow
MAC Flounce Eyeshadow

MAC Flounce Eyeshadow
MAC Flounce Eyeshadow

MAC Glamour Light Eyeshadow
MAC Glamour Light Eyeshadow

MAC Glamour Light Eyeshadow
MAC Glamour Light Eyeshadow

MAC Floridazzle Eyeshadow
MAC Floridazzle Eyeshadow

MAC Floridazzle Eyeshadow
MAC Floridazzle Eyeshadow

MAC Flock & Roll Eyeshadow
MAC Flock & Roll Eyeshadow

MAC Flock & Roll Eyeshadow
MAC Flock & Roll Eyeshadow

MAC Sushi Flower Eyeshadow
MAC Sushi Flower Eyeshadow

MAC Sushi Flower Eyeshadow
MAC Sushi Flower Eyeshadow

MAC Bird's Eye View Eyeshadow
MAC Bird’s Eye View Eyeshadow

MAC Bird's Eye View Eyeshadow
MAC Bird’s Eye View Eyeshadow

MAC Elegant Friend Eyeshadow
MAC Elegant Friend Eyeshadow

MAC Elegant Friend Eyeshadow
MAC Elegant Friend Eyeshadow

MAC Naturally Fabulous Eyeshadow
MAC Naturally Fabulous Eyeshadow

MAC Naturally Fabulous Eyeshadow
MAC Naturally Fabulous Eyeshadow

MAC Weirdly Wonderful Eyeshadow
MAC Weirdly Wonderful Eyeshadow

MAC Weirdly Wonderful Eyeshadow
MAC Weirdly Wonderful Eyeshadow

MAC Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder
MAC Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder

MAC Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder
MAC Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder

MAC Sunny Surprise Beauty Powder
MAC Sunny Surprise Beauty Powder

MAC Sunny Surprise Beauty Powder
MAC Sunny Surprise Beauty Powder

MAC Pink Swoon Blush
MAC Pink Swoon Blush

MAC Pink Swoon Blush
MAC Pink Swoon Blush

MAC This Could Be Fun Blush
MAC This Could Be Fun Blush

MAC This Could Be Fun Blush
MAC This Could Be Fun Blush

MAC Let's Be Friends Blush
MAC Let’s Be Friends Blush

MAC Let's Be Friends Blush
MAC Let’s Be Friends Blush

MAC Life's a Picnic Blush
MAC Life’s a Picnic Blush

MAC Life's a Picnic Blush
MAC Life’s a Picnic Blush

MAC Oh My! Blush
MAC Oh My! Blush

MAC Oh My! Blush
MAC Oh My! Blush

MAC Spring Flock Blush
MAC Spring Flock Blush

MAC Spring Flock Blush
MAC Spring Flock Blush

MAC What I Fancy Blush
MAC What I Fancy Blush

MAC What I Fancy Blush
MAC What I Fancy Blush

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Christina D. Avatar

The palette looks interesting, but I haven’t had success with the Times Nine palettes; they’re OK but not great. I had bought all of them and was disappointed by all of them, so this time, I will skip from the get go. I’ll stick with the 15 pan pre-made palettes from Nordstrom.

Veronica Avatar

I don’t care for the eye shadow palette (I can recreate the blue and Green with existing eye shadows, don’t wear pink on eyes), but I want so many of the blushes!!!!

Pearl Blossom beauty powder has been released before, right?

BeyondtheBath(Stephie) Avatar

Is it just me, or do some of those e/s and blush look chalky? Maybe it’s just my bias against mattes?

Having said that, I’m thinking that ‘Let’s Be Friends’ and ‘This Could Be Fun’ blushes may need to be added to my hoard (um, collection). <3

Valerie Avatar

Also interested to see your reviews on these. I think the palette is a pass. The colors just don’t speak to me and yellow is a hard color for me to pull off no matter what the look is. The blushes look promising, but I have been purchasing so many blushes recently, I think the reviews will have to be in the “life changing” realm to get me on board.

Katie Avatar

I just love all of this! It’s the first time in a long while that I have been this excited about a new MAC collection. Fingers crossed that these all wear well, especially the eye palette!

megan Avatar

I don’t need more blush. But Oh My! is so pretty. It reminds me of Colourpop Fruit Stand, so I’m looking forward to your review and comparison swatches Christine 🙂

Kam Avatar

Not to be a Debbie downer but the eyeshadow palette immediately reminded me of UDxGwen and UD is much better. I love the Gwen palette. If you like how this looks at $50, just grab the Gwen and a few vivid magenta/pink singles from where you want to. Money invested better imho. The blushes are all repromotions of their blushes/beauty powders with either the identical name or a name change. That upsets me. I love MAC. Many staples of mine are MAC. I want to see a new collection that is all new though. It is nice to see some colors from the past!

Ashleigh Avatar

I was wondering that too- How far out this was planned and if the UD x Gwen Stefani palette influenced it at all, because it has pretty much the same shade offering minus the slew of neutrals UD has.
No special packaging on this collection. I like the shade offerings but I’m not sure it seems unique or up to their upped LE price tags…

Ashleigh Avatar

Oh I was thinking the lipsticks were increased… I don’t really follow MAC prices! That’s good to know though, thanks.

I didn’t know their collections were planned that far out. That’s a long time!

Ashleigh Avatar

I bet that makes things tricky when it comes to the ever-changing trends that flare up, like liquid lipsticks or stark highlighters or super dewy foundations… I guess my impression was that the turnaround time was a lot faster since I tend to see a lot of similar products hit the market at once, but that might be driven more from formulation innovation. All the more impressive for brands that manage to deliver high quality products in “trending” shades and finishes.

Kam Avatar

1-2 years in advance? I would not ever guess that. Maybe in two years it will be even better? I am happy to see older colors I loved come back. I wish they would keep the names straight though. I feel stuck in awe on the fact this was thought up 1-2 years ago. Does that apply to all brands? ?

Christine Avatar

I’m sure every brand is different in their timing, but the ones that I’m aware of are 1-2 years easily. MAC often repromotes, so when MAC releases something with a different name, I have generally found it to be different, even if it is similar to other shades previously released. I don’t find that MAC is guilty of releasing the same thing under a different name, personally.

Claire L Avatar

I like the colours but some of the swatches look iffy to me. Bright pink on the eyes is hard for me to pull off as I’ve fair skin and green eyes, but they can be used as blush instead. I do like the eye palette, it’s pretty, however Sushi Flower looks patchy ?.

Mariella Avatar

A few of the blushes are so wantable – and the names are very cute too…Let’s Be Friends, This Could be Fun and Life’s a Picnic, especially. Even Oh My looks like a shade I could and would wear. But there are only 2 or 3 shades in the eyeshadow palette that I would wear (and they’re similar to so many shades I have already).

Nika99 Avatar

I don’t really buy too many MAC eye shadows any more unless they have something special going on with them like the Dazzleshadows or Colordrenched Pigments.The pigments in this collection sound like they will be really nice.That said I really like the look of Floridazzle and Bird’s Eye View.That brown Naturally Fabulous and Sushi Flower don’t look like they swatched too well!I like the look of most of the colors so I’ll make my decision based on your reviews.The blushes are lovely?I really like Spring Flock,This Could Be Fun,and What I Fancy.

Lisa C Avatar

These blushes are gorgeous!! I’m really loving Spring Flock and What I Fancy. Idk about Sunny Surprise, it looks like it may not show up on my NC25 skin.

Fran Avatar

Floridazzle, Elegant Friend, and Weirdly Wonderful are calling my name, but I’d have no use for all the pinks in the eyeshadow palette, bummer. Most of the blushes look too warm and/or matte to really appeal to me

Pearl Avatar

These are some really vibrant pinks! Sunny Surprise and Spring Flock look nice. This will most likely be a pass for me, save for a beauty powder, a few blushes or maybe the pigments. Most of these are not colors I gravitate toward or use. I’m actually quite relieved – I need to be on a low-buy for a few months, thank you Tom Ford.

Cathy Avatar

The colours are all so bright and beautiful; very spring-like! But I definitely want to read Christine’s reviews before purchasing anything because, to me, some of the swatches look very dry. We shall see…..

Yami Avatar

How does the “What I Fancy” blush compares to the Pro longwear blush “Rosy Outlook” ? Thanks in advance! I love your reviews and swatches!

Tanvi Avatar

OMG! I can’t wait to go swatch these blushes and lipsticks at the store! They are all so pretty! I’m going to have to compromise on my budget though. LOL

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