What elegant-one said. I strongly agree with seeing these at the counter first (I sound like a broken record). They are pretty, but also pretty expensive and a bit of work to apply, which brings me to my new theory.
MAC can't jack up prices on existing products too much without risking upsetting it's customer base. It's a Mid priced cosmetic line after all. But I've noticed that several of it's new products are priced at or over high end cosmetics (Dazzleglass and now Solar bits), when you do the quantity vs. price analysis. I know that they've had to do product development, but they've released other new products in the past without having the product costing double the price of other comparable products in the line.
That being said, these are gorgeous, but I bet there is going to be massive sticker shock when people open the containers and see how little product is in the jar. Kind of the cosmetic equivalent of "Where's the beef?".

I love the color of Lily White, but that is what I would consider one of the more chunky pigments. It's not as bad as some, but it is chunkier than Vanilla or Jardin Aires or Tan.

I think it is going to be trial and error with these for a while. They have a bit of a learning curve, don't they? I'm hoping erine comes in and gives us some advice on how to work with them, since shes our resident expert. It is fun playing with them, but now I put a couple of pieces of paper towel under the container before I open them, to deal with the mess.

I also checked for fallout this afternoon. Nothing really visible unless you shine a flashlight on your face (which one of my fellow mad chemists did in an effort to prove it). So not too shabby for adhering capability.

Doh, is it gone already? I can't seem to find it...

I was just reading the original product description for these and this is what it says:

"Crush for full color and sparkle effect; for a light shimmer, sweep your brush over the top of the clusters."

I'm sure Erine will have some great advice, but in the meantime...has anyone tried crushing them (maybe on the inside of the lid?) or just sweeping the brush very lightly over them so as not to pick any clusters up but just pick up whatever pigment rubs off onto the brush? Having not seen them I have no idea if that makes sense but that's what I'm getting from this comment in the product description....

Hey Guys...Sunpower up on ebay!

I bought one (including a vial of maroon, cocoa beach and some other pigments )

Hey all, just wanted to let you know that my MA at the freestanding store let a little slip yesterday...she said that this collection would be released a week ahead of schedule. I'm not sure if it's true because another MA said they'd be doing preorders, so we'll have to see. My MA however seemed a little guilty that she had let that slip, while the other seemed to be "covering" if you know what I mean. So if you're excited about this collection you all may be seeing it a bit sooner then anticipated.