M.A.C launches A Novel Romance Collection

Fall in lust with A Novel Romance, a color collection teeming with luscious shades that will have you feeling overwhelmed with desire. Eyes tantalize in Electric Cool Eye Shadow, Fluidline Eye Liner and Mineralize Eye Shadow quads, as lips provoke in seductive shades of Lipstick. Cheeks flush in shimmering Powder Blush, and Nail Lacquers tempt you to take the plunge in intriguing nocturnal hues. 

LIPSTICK 

Myself - soft shimmery nude beige (lustre) 

A Novel Romance - light cool dusty pink (cremesheen) 

Good Kisser - mid-tone fuchsia (matte) 

Hearts Aflame - mid-tone brick red (matte) 

Lingering Kiss - deep plum red (matte) 

INR 1,450/- 

LIPGLASS 

Bared for You - soft rose gold 

Reckless Desire - sheer pearlescent lavender grey 

Pure Fiction - mid-tone violet pink 

Wanting More - washed-out lavender 

Talk Sexy - dark purple 

INR 1,450/- 

HAUTE & NAUGHTY TOO BLACK LASH 

Haute & Naughty Too Black Lash black 

INR 1,850/- 

BRUSH 

213 Fluff 

INR 1,800/- 

224 Tapered Blending 

INR 2,550/- 

A NOVEL ROMANCE QUAD 

My Fantasy pale neutral olive (veluxe pearl) 

Fall in Lust mid-tone cool grey mauve (frost) 

Dance in the Dark deep blackened brown (matte) 

Rising Passions greenish charcoal with gold pearl (velvet) 

INR 3,100/- 

AN AMOROUS ADVENTURE QUAD 

Sable gold plum with bronze pearl (frost) 

Sex & The Oyster mid-tone seafoam green (veluxe pearl) 

Brawn mid-tone plum brown (satin) 

Black Tied black with silver sparkle (velvet) 

INR 3,100/- 

STUDIO NAIL LACQUER 

Before Dawn - green grey 

Midnight Storm - deep magenta 

Sunset Sky - mid-tone crimson 

Midnight Strata - dark violet 

Midnight Ocean - dark royal blue 

Midnight Sky - deep charcoal 

INR 990/- 

FLUIDLINE EYE PENCIL 

Atomic Ore - gold 

Earth Sign - deep brown 

Deep Blue Sea - deep ocean blue 

Metropolis - deep metal gray 

Water Willow - deep khaki green 

BRUSH 

242 Shader 

INR 2,100/- 

ELECTRIC COOL EYE SHADOW 

Pure Flash! - pale champagne 

Love Power - soft shimmering rose 

Superwatt - light shimmering taupe 

Coil - copper bronze 

Gilded Thrill - gold (frost) 

Switch to Blue - rich cobalt 

Highly Charged - rich purple with pink pearl 

Blacklit black - with multidimensional pearl

Smoked Purple Makeup Look for Autumn/Winter

As much as I love my bright reds and hot pinks, I find it very hard to resist dark and vampy lipstick shades. MAC's Dark Side is an all time favorite and I wear it irrespective of which season it is. Last month, MAC launched the Pro lipstick shades and one color that I was drawn to was Smoked Purple, a dark black purple matte color very similar to Cyber from the permanent range. Cyber looks terrible on me but somehow Smoked Purple did not when I was trying it out at the store and after I got a vote of confidence from the SA, came back home with it.

MAC Decodes the Runway Looks from Day 2 of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week

Day 2 of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week saw designers Gauri & Nainika, Malini Ramani, Manish Gupta and Samanth Chauhan showcasing their creations on the ramp. Here are the makeup looks created by Mickey Contractor and Sonic Sarwate.

Gauri & Nainika, Malini Ramani - Only for the runway!

Manish Gupta and Samant Chauhan - Love the glowing radiant skin and bare lips.

MAC Decodes the Runway Looks from Day 1 of the Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week

Mickey Contractor, Sonic Sarwate and the MAC team are at the ongoing Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week working their magic on the models. Presenting the looks they did for Tarun Tahiliani, Hemant and Nandita and Pallavi Mohan on Day 1. Face charts with product details are included so you can try out these looks for yourself. 

Hemant and Nandita - The most wearable of all the three. My favorite!

Pallavi Mohan - If I wear a yellow eye shadow on the lower lash line, I'll probably look like I've got jaundice but on the models it sure looks good.

Tarun Tahiliani - Love the bright and vibrant makeup but pink eyes and red lips will be a bit too much in real life. The combination of the turquoise and pink looks lovely.

Which look do you want to try out? Do share in the comments.

MAC LE Fluidline Eye Pencils from A Novel Romance Collection - Review, Swatches

MAC launched A Novel Romance Collection in Kolkata last week and as expected, 90% of the collection sold out on the first day itself. This time I wasn't really too excited about the lipsticks but what I really wanted were the Limited Edition Fluidline eye pencils. And a couple of the Electric cool eye shadows too but again, sold out :(. I managed to get three Fluidlines for myself - Black Brilliance (basic jet black), Water Willow (a dark black-green) and Evil Twin (Blue purple). I also wanted to get Metropolis and Earth Sign but both were unavailable :(.

MAC Fluidline Eye Pencils from A Novel Romance Collection

Gift the M.A.C Cosmetics Look in a Box this Diwali

Look in a Box features a selection of kits offering thoughtfully designed looks in universal shades and finishes to complement your skin tone. Two Face Kits come in colour waves of cool taupe and plum and warm beige and coral. Three Look in a Box Kits are designed in distinct colour schemes of pink, coral and neutral.

Look in a Box – All About Coral:

Look in a Box – All About Pink: features shades of fuchsia and bright blue pink. Includes one Lipstick, one Lipglass, a Veluxe Pearlfusion Eye Shadow Trio and Technakohl Liner –

Look in a Box – All About Nude: features shades of soft pink with pearl and midtone beige-pink. Includes one Lipstick, one Lipglass, a Veluxe Pearlfusion Eye Shadow Trio and Technakohl Liner.

Look in a Box – All About Coral: features shades of soft rosy coral and deep chocolate brown. Includes one Lipstick, one Lipglass, a Veluxe Pearlfusion Eye Shadow Trio and Technakohl Liner

Priced at Rs.4,800


Look in a Box – All About Beige: features shades of soft tan, copper and pewtered bronze. Includes six Eye Shadows, two Powder Blush, two Lipsticks and the duo-handled 275SE Brush/316SE Lip Brush.

Look in a Box – All About Plum: features shades of cool-toned lilac, soft pale pink and silver warm grey. Includes six Eye Shadows, two Powder Blush, two Lipsticks and the duo-handled 275SE Brush/316SE Lip Brush.

Priced at Rs.5,800



Available in select M.A.C stores across New Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Noida, Chennai, Bangalore, Ludhiana.

M.A.C Launches Moody Blooms Collection

Venomous violets, intoxicating ivy and poisonous nightshade glow with a phosphorescent gleam – shrouding eyes in earthy metallic Eye Shadows, intensified by blackened green and plum Fluidline and the drama of False Lashes Black. Vibrant lips suggest a hidden motive as the soft warm pinks of Sheen Supreme Lipglass Tint are overpowered by the deep blue plums and darkened berries of Sheen Supreme Lipstick. A final surge of adrenaline bursts with pink and shimmery bronze Powder Blush.

SHEEN SUPREME LIPSTICK

Moody Bloom - bronze plum
Phosphorescent - electric pink coral
Pheromonal - dark blue pink
Lust Extract - electric violet
Quite the Thing! - deep blue plum
INR 1,800

SHEEN SUPREME LIPGLASS TINT

Bubble Gum- soft warm pink
Gwi-Yo-Mi - mid-tone raspberry
Blushing Berry - mid-tone cool red
Glorious Intent - warm plum
Simply Wow- mid-tone cool mauve
INR 1,450

EYE SHADOW

Artistic License - pinky gold (veluxe pearl)
Deep Fixation - metallic brown (veluxe pearl)
Blooming Mad- mid-tone ultra violet (frost)
Hidden Motive - deep aubergine (veluxe pearl)
Lucky Green- dark yellow green (veluxe pearl)
Green Room - mid-tone teal (satin)
INR 1,200


FLUIDLINE

Copperthorn - glittery bronze
Nightshade - blackened plum
Black Ivy - blackened green plum
INR 1,300

FALSE LASHES

False Black black - INR 1,850

POWDER BLUSH

Bred for Beauty - mid-tone blue pink
Worldly Wealth - shimmering peachy bronze
INR 1,800

BRUSH

211 Pointed Liner - INR Rs.1,600
239 Eye Shader - INR 2,100

The collection is already sold out in Kolkata so you might want to hurry if you are planning to get anything. What caught your eye?

Getting a Makeover at MAC, Quest Mall, Kolkata

If you are in Kolkata, you will surely know about Quest Mall and that it is one of the best places to shop and hang around in the city. A number of brands have set up their stores at the mall and one of them is our favorite, MAC Cosmetics. This is MAC's second store in Kolkata and also one I go to the most simply because it is nearer to my place and my favorite MUAs are all there. If you are in Kolkata, do check out the store and if you want, you can ask the MUAs to demo some looks on you. In fact, you can do that at any MAC store and it is complimentary. 

MAC Cosmetics for Gaurav Gupta and Manish Malhotra - Makeup Breakdown

For Manish Malhotra's show at India Couture Week 2014, Mickey Contractor went for a minimalist look focusing on luminous skin and a hint of color on the cheeks and lips. For Gaurav Gupta's show, Mickey focused on beautiful and luminous skin, almost bare lips and smokey eyes with black, brown and copper tones for that extra edge.

For Gaurav Gupta - 

For Manish Malhotra - 

MAC Cosmetics for Varun Bahl, Rohit Bal, Monisha Jaisingh - Makeup Breakdown

Neutral lipstick and subtle eye makeup with falsies and eye liner was the mainstay of most of the looks at Day 3 of India Couture Week. Here are the makeup breakdowns. 

Monisha Jaisingh - 

Rohit Bal - 

 Varun Bahl -

MAC Cosmetics for Rina Dhaka and Anju Modi at Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India Couture Week 2014 - Get the look!

For the Rina Dhaka show, Sonic Sarwate, Senior Artist, M.A.C India came up with a look that focused on burgundy lips and smokey eyes.

For Anju Modi's show, Mickey Contractor went with bare lips and smokey eyes. 

Yash lipstick looks horrible on me but on these dusky models it looks stunning! Think I have to give it another chance now. Which one is your favorite out of these two looks?

M.AC Cosmetics for Sabyasachi at Shree Raj Mahal Jewellers India Couture Week 2014 - Day 1

Mickey Contractor, Director of Makeup Artistry, M.A.C India added to Sabyasachi’s beautiful collection with a look that was strong on flawless skin and dark lips perfectly in sync with the old world charm of the collection.

Those lips! Instant love. What do you think of the makeup?

MAC AT WLIFW AW 14 - PIA PAURO AND URVASHI KAUR - Backstage Images and Face Chart

M.A.C Cosmetics partnered with renowned designers for Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week AW 2014. The makeup for Pia Pauro and Urvashi Kaur's show was spearheaded by Mickey Contractor, Director of Makeup Artistry, MAC India.

MAC Limited Edition Pleasure Bomb Lipstick - Review, Swatches & How to Create a Dupe

This post is dedicated to the gorgeous and super sweet Shivani of Shivani's Beauty Blog without whom this lipstick would have remained a distant dream. Pleasure Bomb released with the MAC RiRi Hearts Holiday Collection and this was the only thing that I desperately wanted from the collection. Unfortunately and God only knows why, MAC did not get this color to India so as expected there was disappointment all around. I had lost all hope till one fine day, Shivani extends her helping hand and offers to get a few from her seller. I also have to thank Samannita for letting me know of it asap and I was the first one to place the order. A couple of weeks later, the lipstick is delivered to my house and it very soon replaced Party Parrot as my all time favorite lip color!

M.A.C Cosmetics at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn / Winter 2014

M.A.C Cosmetics is excited to announce its participation at Wills Lifestyle India Fashion Week Autumn/ Winter 2014 (WLIFW AW 14) to be held between March 26th to 30th, 2014 at Pragati Maidan, Delhi. This time M.A.C will be partnering with Abraham & Thakore, Anand Bhushan, Dev R Nil, Jenjum Gadi, Malini Ramani, Mrinalini, Nachiket Barve, Nikasha, Pia Pauro, Rabani & Rakha, Rajputana by Samant Chauhan, Rishta by Arjun Saluja, Sahil Kochhar, Shantanu & Nikhil, Sid Tytler, Tarun Tahiliani, Urvashi Kaur, Zubair Kirmani. M.A.C will also be seen creating exciting looks for the Grand Finale show, Namrata Joshipura.

M.A.C will have a team of ace makeup artists headed by Mickey Contractor, Director of Makeup Artistry, M.A.C India and Sonic Sarwate, Senior Artist, M.A.C India. After being a part of the Paris Fashion Week earlier this season, Sonic Sarwate is all set to cast his artistic magic in the capital city along with his team of dedicated and enthusiastic makeup artists.

In the past, looks created by MAC from WLIFW have been incorporated in international trend charts whilst predicting beauty trends for seasons ahead, thus positioning India as one of the important markets in the business of beauty globally.

Watch out for information on makeup trends and makeup looks straight from the WLIFW the ramp right here from the 26th!