I saw this collection online almost two months ago, and something inside me started shaking out of excitement. Either from that or all of that earl grey tea I had. I was overwhelmed by how HUGE this entire beast of a collection was. It’s comprised of four smaller collections, wrapped into one big cosmetic burrito. When I arrived at my local MAC counter, I immediately noticed how many of the colors looked like colors I already had. That was a disappointment, but not really — saved me a few bucks!

mac spring colour forecast

The second thing that caught my eyes were the gorgeous Ombre’ blushes ($25 each). OH EM GEE! They were stunning. Gorgeous soft gradients of color in one compact. I was in heaven. My irresponsible side wanted to buy all four, but after swatching them all, I settled on two of them. I picked up Ripe Peach and Vintage Grape. The remaining two, while gorgeous, just don’t do it for my skin tone. Springshine barely showed up on me, and Azalea Blossom was way too cool for my olive skin. It just wouldn’t work no matter what lol. I didn’t pick up any of the color-stacks because I have over 90 pigments, and I wasn’t really feelin’ the texture of them…

Aside from the two blush ombres, I also picked up three of the lipglasses (Gold Dust, Kumquat and Electric Fuschia), one lipstick (Bronzilla – frost), and two of the eyeshadows (Straw Harvest – veluxe pearl, and Hot Hot Hot – satin).

Pics and swatches….

mac ripe peach ombre blush

mac vintage grape ombre blush

mac bronzilla lipstick

OVERALL THOUGHTS…

This was a really gorgeous and seriously large collection for Spring. You definitely cannot be afraid of color with this collection, and for all of you bold girls, I really feel you’d love this one. My favorites from this collection would have to be the blush ombre’s and the gorgeous lipglasses. The Gold Dust and Kumquat colors are BEAUTIFUL on darker skin tones, so I hope you brown ladies picked these up. Bronzilla is also very pretty, but not a must-have. I got it because I liked it the most out of the other lipsticks. I’m very happy with the things I did buy and find myself reaching for them quite often. Money well spent.

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