Better late than never right? To be honest I wanted to wait until I received my Stereo Rose MSF before I did this post just because I didn’t wanna have to break this into two pieces. I felt this In The Groove collection was just okay — I only bought five items. I already had two of the MSF’s (Petticoat and Comfort), but not the “star” of the show, Stereo Rose. I heard about Stereo Rose a couple years ago and even back then, MSF starved folks everywhere were foaming at the mouths, selling their homes and children to get MAC to re-release it. When MAC first put it on the website, it sold out in like two hours. I missed out — womp. Then a few days ago they put it back up on the website only to have it sell out again in less than an hour — but this time I got mine ;)

I also picked up :

  • Go For it lipstick — creamy blueish purple
  • Call My Bluff lipstick — midtone creamy coffee
  • Style Influencer mineralize eyeshadow trio — satin silver – pearly deep blue – satin mauve brown
  • Band of Roses mineralize blush duo — satin blue pink – pearly light plum
  • Stereo Rose mineralize skinfinish — coral w/ golden/bronze shimmer

MAC in the Groove lipsticks - Go For It, Call My Bluff
Call My Bluff, Go For It

MAC in the Groove lipsticks - Go For It, Call My Bluff

MAC in the Groove lipsticks - Call My Bluff
MAC Call My Bluff lipstick

MAC in the Groove lipsticks - Go For It
MAC Go For It lipstick

MAC in the Groove MES - Style Influencer
MAC Style Influencer mineralize eyeshadow

MAC in the Groove MES - Style Influencer swatch
MAC Style Influencer mineralize eyeshadow swatch

MAC in the Groove Band of Roses blush
MAC Band of Roses mineralize blush duo

MAC in the Groove Band of Roses blush swatch
MAC Band of Roses mineralize blush duo swatch

MAC Stereo Rose MSF
MAC Stereo Rose MSF

MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatches
MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatch

MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatches
MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatch

MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatches
MAC Stereo Rose MSF swatch

MY OPINION ON THE STEREO ROSE HYPE:

On my face, it’s pretty — on the back of my hand, not really. But then again, these are meant for the face, not your arm lol. I think it would look beautiful on just about anyone, honestly. I can totally see why some girls are going loco for this, but for me it’s just pretty and glowy — like all of my other MSF’s. There’s tiny bits of bronze and coral in there so when you swirl your brush you pick up this gorgeous mess of soft color. So here’s the thing, if you have this — great and good for you. If you don’t — don’t worry, it’s really not that special to the point where you need to drive 4 states over to the nearest MAC store who might have one left. I still think it’s beautiful, but it’s not the most gorgeous thing in the entire world. The only product I feel was worth 90% of the hype recently was MAC’s Marine Life beauty powder. Now that baby there, is GORGEOUS! Especially on my skin. I had to get a back up of that one. Anyhow, I swatched this shade next to Brunette because I know lots of you own that and you can just do a color comparison.

As for the Style Influencer shadow, you can definitely tell that MAC changed up their formula. This shadow was amazingly smooth and easy to apply without much fuss. I love the colors in this one, you can really do a sexy smokey eye or a daytime look — everybody wins. I might go back for one or two more but that is really all.

Band of Roses blush duo is gorgeous. Really pretty on my skin-tone, and because of the deeper plum shade I’d say this is one darker skinned girls can also wear. It’s incredibly pigmented and smooth, so it’s a winner in my book. It was the only blush that didn’t remind me of something I already had so I grabbed it.

Did you guys get Stereo Rose? What are your thoughts on the hype? Let me know :)

-Stay beautiful

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