Honest Babes

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Rodarte for MAC, Ginger + Liz and Oprah

Last week, MAC released the Spring Colour Forecast collection, which centered on four different colors.  Spring Colour Forecast 1 concentrates on pink tones, Spring Colour Forecast 2 is coral, Spring Colour Forecast 3 is plum and Spring Colour Forecast 4 is amber.  I swatched all four of the nail polishes from this collection, and was unimpressed to depressed with all of them.  The pink nail polish is Galore Pink, described by MAC as "Creamy mid-tone blue pink (Cream.)"  The coral nail polish is Malibu Peach, described as "Bright creamy tangerine (Cream.)"  The plum color is Imperial Splendour, described as "Deep creamy violet (Cream.)"  The amber color isn't really amber-colored; Abalone Shell is described by MAC as "Light creamy warm beige (Cream.)"  As far as I could tell, all four colors were indeed crèmes.Polish, eyeshadow and lipglass, oh my!

I think MAC's Style Black collection is out today in freestanding and pro stores, and will be on counter on Thursday.  I swatched some of the products, so here are my pictures!Large pics ahead!

We couldn't get decent pictures of the shimmer in these two shades.  Hopefully tomorrow's pictures using sunlight will turn out better!  One polish from Style Black is a repromote of a permanent color- Nocturnelle.  It's a crème black polish.  The other two are...

Seriously Hip (and) Baby Goth Girl

Is there any way to avoid paying US$18 for Lancôme's hot Fall 2009 polish color, Indigo Paris?  Yes and no.  Let me explain...My Blue Heaven

I ignored the gray trend as long as I could.  Gray... feh.  But finally I'm on the bandwagon.  Gray is chic.  And beautiful.  And moody.  I can put on my big girl pants and admit that all of you were right- gray rocks.Five delicious grays

MAC has a collection of six nail polishes, created with Jin Soon Choi, coming out on August 27th.   Jin Soon is a "celebrity nail guru" who has multiple spas in the New York City area.   Jin Soon was behind a fabulous Teen Vogue spread on nail art that was pretty darn cool.  The six shades in the MAC collection are supposed to be edgy and inspired by architecture.  After seeing the six polishes in person, I only have one question.  Dude, who stole your colors?!  Most of the colors in the collection seem dupeable.  Not everything has to be groundbreaking, but I'm sadly not in love with any of the colors.   These polishes will retail for US$12 at US MAC counters and stores.

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