I'm not sure if there's a brush with this set (I kinda think it has one of those spongy things), but from what I saw, these ones are far better than their regular shadows. Doesn't NYX test on animals? For some reason I thought they did...
Having looked at Karen's swatches again, I think I'm still under the spell of Prince Noir, even if I do have something very similar. It does look like it's a beautiful colour and I find those vampy shades really difficult to resist, especially in the Fall.
I'm super-curious to get a look at the Evil Eye quad, since that's really the big outstanding question in my potential haul. So far, I'm looking at:
Lady Grey quad
Runaway Red l/s
Prince Noir l/s
I'm thinking of either Secret Lover (looked really pretty in Christine's swatches, less so in Karen's) or OhOhOh depending on how sheer it is. And I'll decide about the other quad when I see it. I'm thinking it might be a pass, since I already have dark purple/ violet shades (Shadowy Lady, Jungle Moon, Vile Violet) and dark green shades (Plumage, Nars Night Porter) and I have Palace Pedigreed from Fabulous Felines last year. I can't see myself springing $45 for one shadow, so unless the darker shades have a wonderful formula, this will be a skip.
I was really excited about a lot of the products early on, but now that the collection is almost here, I find my enthusiasm has cooled. Is it possible that I've simply bought too much makeup and am getting burnt out?
Nah. In no way possible.
As Mac's first big Fall collection, this really can't compete for me with what we've seen in the past- Cult of Cherry or Fabulous Felines. Even Makeup Art Cosmetics, which wasn't a home run for me, had greater depth IMO.
Aw man, I sound like the grumpy old makeup lady. I need to get enthusiastic again...