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Sneak Peek: MAC Nutcracker Sweet Eye and Lip Bags/Kits Photos & Swatches

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Christine | Updated: 10/12/16October 12, 2016

MAC Nutcracker Sweet Red Lip Bag

In the upcoming MAC Nutcracker Sweet Collection, which launches online on October 20th and in-stores on October 27th (North America), there are a lot of smaller sets/kits. There are also a lot of repromotes, so for products that I have recently swatched, I did not re-do swatches on the lips/full face. (I did discover I am missing a swatch for Bing Bang Boom, so I’ll be adding that shortly!) For more details about the sets, please see this post.

Sets included in this post:

Smoky Eye Bag
Nude Mineralize Kit
Pink Mineralize Kit
Nude Lip Bag
Red Lip Bag
Pink Retro Matte Kit
Plum Retro Matte Kit
Red Retro Matte Kit

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Smoky Eye Bag

Fathoms Deep

Dream Scene

Graphblack

Nude

Pure Pout

Happiness

Global Glow

Pink

Be Fabulous

Elegantly Elegant

Lightscapade

Nude

Tuned In

Magic Spell

In Control

Red

Suggestive

Candy Cane

Trust in Red

MAC Smoky Eye Bag Nutcracker Sweet Eye Bag

MAC Fathoms Deep Extra Dimension Eyeshadow

MAC Dream Scene Pro Longwear Paint Pot

MAC Graphblack Technakohl Liner

MAC Nude Nutcracker Sweet Mineralize Kit

MAC Pure Pout Mineralize Rich Lipstick

MAC Happiness Mineralize Glass

MAC Global Glow Mineralize Skinfinish

MAC Pink Nutcracker Sweet Mineralize Kit

MAC Be Fabulous Mineralize Rich Lipstick

MAC Elegantly Elegant Mineralize Glass

MAC Lightscapade Mineralize Skinfinish

MAC Nude Nutcracker Sweet Lip Bag

MAC Tuned In Vamplify Lipgloss

MAC Magic Spell Lipstick

MAC In Control Pro Longwear Lip Pencil

MAC Red Nutcracker Sweet Lip Bag

MAC Suggestive Vamplify Lipgloss

MAC Candy Cane Lipstick

MAC Trust in Red Pro Longwear Lip Pencil

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Pink

Pandemonium

Bing Bang Boom

Plum

Dancing Flowers

Oh Lady

Red

Nutcracker Rouge

Fashion Legacy

MAC Pink Nutcracker Sweet Retro Matte Kit

MAC Pandemonium Lipstick

MAC Bing Bang Boom Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour

MAC Plum Nutcracker Sweet Retro Matte Kit

MAC Dancing Flowers Lipstick

MAC Oh Lady Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour

MAC Red Nutcracker Sweet Retro Matte Kit

MAC Nutcracker Rouge Lipstick

MAC Fashion Legacy Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour

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Kiss & Make-up

Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Very Oily skin.

Pure Pout and Tuned In stand out for me 🙂 I already have Be Fabulous. Don’t wear it often though. Hrm.

Cindy

Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Oily skin.

The nude lip bag looks lovely! Could you tell me what the finish is of Magic Spell lipstick? Couldn’t find that info in the color story.

Cathy

Light Plus, Neutral undertones. Dry skin.

Doesn’t it look lovely though? This kit is definitely going on my list. Magic Spell lipstick (beautiful!) looks like a Lustre to me 🙂

Carina

Are The MSF Global Glow and Lightscapade a Mini version or Fullsize?
Thanks Honey

WARPAINTandUnicorns

Lightest, Olive, warm undertones. Combination skin.

It looks like mini to me… Which might pull me over to get the MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Mineralize Kit over the Pink Retro Matte Kit.

Carina

Yes, Looks like Mini ! Minis Are Sweet, but …. want a Fullsize !!! Thank u :-*

Nancy T

Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Yes please to that Smokey Eye Kit and the Nude lip kit with the Vamplify Gloss! I will sure be broke at this rate; but I sure will be on full fleek!?

Tracey E.

My picks, too!

Bonnie

Light Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

The exact ones I want too Nancy!! I’ve always wanted that Extra Dimension shadow! I already have Tuned In, but I really love the lipstick and liner in the nude set!

Katherine T.

Ok, that Nude Nutcracker set (sounds kind of weird) needs to come home with me! I missed out on the Tuned In gloss in that great Vamplify formula, and all the colors in that set look perfect. I can’t wait until this collection launches! BTW, thank you for all your work swatching this massive collection, the sneak peeks really help narrow down what to buy or skip

Kylie5

Have to agree. At first sight I thought I need nearly everything but now a lot of products seem not to be so good.

Tracey E.

Perfect sentiment, Katherine, re: Christine’s efforts to swatch and catalogue this gigantic collection. Thanks, Christine!

Betty

Only really like Tuned In so far, if it were available on its own.

Bonnie

Light Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Im pretty sure it is! I bought it on its own like a month ago! Bad timing on my part, to be sure, as I wish I’d gotten this set!

Kylie5

Need the nude lip bag, tuned in looks beautiful, really sad that it is a vamplify because I did not like the one I have. But the colour is so beautiful that I have to try it.
The matte products all look really drying.

Wednesday

Light Plus, Neutral undertones. Dry skin.

We’re on the same page with the matte drying issue!

Claire L

My eye is immediately drawn to the Smoky Eye set, Fathoms Deep ❤!

Stephanie | theFantasia

Light Medium, Yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin.

Oh yesss! I want the MAC Nude Nutcracker Sweet Mineralize Kit so bad!!! I hope the Canadian prices is in-line with the US! There’s such a good variety of products for the set!!

Rachel R.

Lightest, Neutral undertones. Normal-to-Oily skin.

There are definitely some tempting items here. The Smokey Eye Bag is gorgeous. I actually really like the Nude Nutcracker Sweet Lip Bag, too.

Nancy T

Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Same picks as mine, Rachel! They look great.

Bonnie

Light Medium, Olive, neutral undertones. Combination skin.

Exactly my picks too Rachel! (And Nancy!) although I now wish I hadn’t just bought Tuned In less than 2 months ago!

Helene

Very Light, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Combination skin.

A mixed bag. Not sure about any of the sets, as it seems I like a product here and there, but I’m not loving any of the sets. I did however fall right back in love with Fathoms Deep, what an amazing eyeshadow that is!

Teasha

Its always so nice to see your swatches. The 2 kits I wanted, I can tell I’ll have to really work to make the colors suit me. I did however discover 1 kit I wasn’t interested in that I now want. Just wanted to say, thanks for what you do. You’re so thorough & I rarely buy something I don’t like, when I check out your blog first.

Denise S.

Deep Tan, Yellow, moderately yellow undertones. Combination skin.

Thanks for the swatches Christine! Nice collection for the holidays. I’m buying the Red Nutcracker Sweet Lip Bag for myself . Love that they named the lipstick Candy Cane . And I’ll probably buy the Nude Lip Bag for my nude lip loving niece. It’s a tradition every year I buy a MAC holiday set for her and myself.

Paige

I’m so thankful for the early review of these kits… I’m not really interested in then but I wouldn’t have known that had you not shared…. thank you. I’m leaving towards the lipsticks, dusting powder, and lip gloss kits??

Kirsten

Even though I don’t like lipgloss, that Nude lipkit is calling my name. Wow, the Vamplify is opaque! Almost moreso than the lipstick.

Erin

Lightest, Neutral undertones. Combination skin.

These seem to be fairing better than the shadow palettes 🙁

Hex

the fathoms deep bag is calling my name!
though i thought that colour was permanent once they made the Extra Dimension eyeshadows permanent

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