MAC Early Buzz - news on products for 2012

[Mac-Guy]

As many asked about face charts, here are some of the SS trends:

[h=3]ORE-INSPIRED[/h] Every summer begs the inevitable beauty question: tan-chic, or not? Or, more precisely: what treatment of warmth feels appropriate for the warm season now?

Venetian Tarnish Metal-X Cream Shadow
Rusty Metal-X Cream Shadow
Fusion Gold Metal-X Cream Shadow
Reflects Gold Glitter
Constructivist Paint Pot
Teddy Eye Kohl
Modern Mandarin Blush
Groundwork Paint Pot
M·A·C PRO Bronze Cream Colour Base
Vintage Coin Metal-X Cream Shadow
Coconutty Lipstick
Cup of Joe Cream Eye Shadow
Coppering Eye Shadow
M·A·C PRO Dusk Cream Colour Base
Cream Colour Base in Improper Copper
M·A·C PRO Caramel and Terracotta
Studio Finish Skin Corrector
Coquette Eye Shadow
Freckletone Lipstick
Fresh Brew Lipstick

 

[Mac-Guy]

[h=3]NOUV-EAU[/h] From the romance, nature-inspired shades, sinuous shapes and sensitive colouring of Art Nouveau, to the delicate side of 1920âglaour, the soft side of the season is all about tinting the skin with washes of colour.

Kid Eye Shadow
Moleskin Eye Shadow
Copperplate Eye Shadow
Smolder Eye Kohl
Air Force Blue Cream Colour Base
Scene Eye Shadow
Immortal Flower Powder Blush
Lovecloud Powder Blush
Fleur Power Powder Blush
Silver Dusk Iridescent Powder/Loose
Shell Cream Colour Base
Constructivist Paint Pot
Bamboo Cream Colour Base
Scarlet Ibis Lipstick
Burgundy Lip Pencil
Mouth Off Lip Pencil
Lady Danger Lipstick
Flamingo Lipstick
Hot N’Saucy Tendertone Lip Balm

 

[Mac-Guy]

Bushy brows anybody?

[h=3]ATH-ELITE[/h] It's athletic yet chic.plumped and pumped.wet-effect and maxed with moisture. Skin this season is all about a dewy, sporty, spa-fresh feel.

Prep + Prime Skin Compact
Chromographic Pencil in NC15 - NW25
Mixing Medium Shine
Mineralize Charged Gel Emulsion
Care Blends Essential Oils
Studio Sculpt SPF15 Foundation
Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
Fusion Gold Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
Palladium Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
Boldly Bare Lip Pencil
Fling Eye Brows
Mink Eye Brows
Beguile Brow Set
Clear Brow Set
Mid-tone Sepia Cream Colour Base
M·A·C PRO Bone Beige Sculpting Powder
Luna Cream Colour Base
Pearl Cream Colour Base
M·A·C PRO Gloss Texture Story
Boot Black Liquid Liner
Blacktrack Fluidline
Smolder Eye Kohl
Fix+ Spray
Lip Conditioner SPF 15
Clear Lipglass
Dim Lip Erase
Hush, Hush Tendertone Lip Balm SPF 12T

 

[Mac-Guy]

Hush, Hush Tendertone Lip Balm SPF 12T

It's athletic chic.... plumped and pumped... wet-effect and maxed with moisture. Skin this season is all about a dewy, sporty, spa-fresh feel.

It’s near to naked but certainly not raw – the new complexion is about perfection that’s elite in its amplification of health and hydration: a focus on skincare and plenty of ‘pre and post production’ on base is essential.

“This is a beautiful, glowing, no-makeup look with a more sporty and real feel to it than we’ve seen in the past. There’s definitely nothing relevant about a full-coverage base this season,” confirms Diane Kendal, doyenne of an ‘apparently effortless’ nude look. “Take a heavy foundation and add all these wet highlights and it goes into ‘alien’ territory,” agrees Sam Bryant. “You want base to look perfect, but still very sheer and youthful.”

How to achieve it? “It’s all about what you put underneath or on top of a foundation now,” explains Terry Barber. “Priming it, spritzing it, buffing it, moisturizing it and massaging it to give it a super hydrated feel.”

Highlights and gloss are back in a big way, too. “We’re quasi not powdering at all this season…or, if we are, there are so many wet highlights added that the effect is still utterly about sporty, plump skin,” says Lyne Desnoyers. Cue a rise in highlighting with imperceptible flesh – akin Metal X tones and skin-twin shades of Cream Colour Base, which retain a real skin quality superior to the more synthetic effect of Gloss Texture. “Think of it as hyper-highlighting,” says Terry Barber.

While a sportive skin is the canvas, a streamlined detail matters too. Add an energetic strength and sophistication to the look with a full (but not heavy or masculine) straighter, squarer brow that’s deepened without being drawn-in. Or think linear on the eye, adding structure and dimension to the face with a gesture of liner.

Stripped back to its main message, this is a trend for simply great, super desirable skin. Prep + Prime yourself!



The ED skinfinishes will be awesome to get this wet effect!

 

[Mac-Guy]

Hot N’Saucy Tendertone Lip Balm

Every summer begs the inevitable beauty question: tan-chic, or not? Or, more precisely: what treatment of warmth feels appropriate for the warm season now?

For SS2012, it’s certainly not about a desert tan, even though the looks reference a worldly, well-travelled woman. In fact, it’s less about warming up the complexion itself and more about using tan-relevant and tan-related shades to accentuate the lips, cheeks and eyes.

Palette-wise, think metallic, creamy copper, rust, terracotta and peach, and sideline anything that’s traditionally flat, matte and brown-based. An element of reflection and heat is the key update to make on tan tones for SS2012. “Tan shades with a metallic edge have a preciousness and sophistication,” confirms Lyne Desnoyers. “Their inherent light-reflective nature ensures they never draw lines on the face in the same way as flat colour, making them appear immediately chic and flattering.”

The focus is on the features, yet the skin is still the ultimate canvas for these looks. Go easy on base and build in an athletic bone structure with metallic highlights that create what Terry Barber is calling ‘Olympian cheekbones.’ “Now cheekbones are very beautiful and not so masculine as we’ve seen in the past. We’re using a lot of Metal-X in Fusion Gold or Cream Colour Base in Shell on top of them – an extreme highlight takes away the need to contour,” he explains.

Add something of a burnished eye or an earth or sand-toned lip and you’re good to go. Wisely warm and not a hint of WAG…

 

[Edelmc]

Bushy brows anybody?

[h=3]ATH-ELITE[/h] It's athletic yet chic.plumped and pumped.wet-effect and maxed with moisture. Skin this season is all about a dewy, sporty, spa-fresh feel.

Prep + Prime Skin Compact
Chromographic Pencil in NC15 - NW25
Mixing Medium Shine
Mineralize Charged Gel Emulsion
Care Blends Essential Oils
Studio Sculpt SPF15 Foundation
Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
Fusion Gold Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
Palladium Metal-X Cream Eye Shadow
Boldly Bare Lip Pencil
Fling Eye Brows
Mink Eye Brows
Beguile Brow Set
Clear Brow Set
Mid-tone Sepia Cream Colour Base
M·A·C PRO Bone Beige Sculpting Powder
Luna Cream Colour Base
Pearl Cream Colour Base
M·A·C PRO Gloss Texture Story
Boot Black Liquid Liner
Blacktrack Fluidline
Smolder Eye Kohl
Fix+ Spray
Lip Conditioner SPF 15
Clear Lipglass
Dim Lip Erase
Hush, Hush Tendertone Lip Balm SPF 12T

I wonder if the prep & prime compact is a new product coming out with the prep & prime collection or is it the transparent finishing powder compact? I am so excited for the new p&p collection. Do have any details apart from the pore minimiser?

 

[Mac-Guy]

I am so excited for the new p&p collection. Do have any details apart from the pore minimiser?

I'd say it is the finish powder.

 

[Icecaramellatte]

Fresh Brew Lipstick

Coconutty lipstick? I haven't heard that lipstick mentioned in ages. I thought it was discontinued. Maybe I'll B2M for it.
Edit - I love that it's paired with Modern Mandarin. I can't wait to get my hands on that blush!

 

[Mac-Guy]

Coconutty lipstick? I haven't heard that lipstick mentioned in ages. I thought it was discontinued. Maybe I'll B2M for it. Edit - I love that it's paired with Modern Mandarin. I can't wait to get my hands on that blush!

Back to basics. It's a nice frost/shimmer.

 

[OctoberViolet]

I never even heard of this lippie before. I am loving the name Coconutty! Sounds like my mood at times...lol.

Coconutty lipstick? I haven't heard that lipstick mentioned in ages. I thought it was discontinued. Maybe I'll B2M for it. Edit - I love that it's paired with Modern Mandarin. I can't wait to get my hands on that blush!

 

[Mac-Guy]

 

[Piarpreet]

I want bushy eyebrows!

 

[Mac-Guy]

I want bushy eyebrows!

Try the Future length serum?

 

[aradhana]

thanks for the face chart s mac-guy!
i love the ore-inspired in particular...
i wish mac would put these on their websites, rather than the video tutorials, which i find are getting to be a bit hit and miss...

Fresh Brew Lipstick

 

[Indieprincess]

Just for your information, guys and gals, the blogger who posted the news explicitly says that there are currently no news from which collections the pre-selected items will be.
I think those images are merely a collage of past Mac collections.

What I understood from that post:

There will be two votes in total:
1) vote via facebook app in March from 20 pre-selected discontinued/le items - 5 items will be chosen
2) every day (!) for two weeks there will be also a possibility to vote for your favourites from 18 pre-selected items. 5 most voted for items will be released online only. This vote will also being taking place in March.

So, if I understand it correctly, there will be plenty items to choose from! I really hope that we will be getting Queen's Sin with this collection finally!!!

I would like to see Candy Yum Yum brought back. I know MAC has been doing a lot of bright matte pinks lately, but that one is so pretty and it seems like it was only around for a minute before selling out.

 

[Edelmc]

Asked a mua today about prep & prime collection coming out. She was very excited about it esp the finishing compact which she described as a balm that felt amazing!!!

 

[Mac-Guy]

Lately, the only seem to put the face charts on the Pro site.

 

[martiangurll]

loving both these mac looks from mac tumblr site... from the louise gray show, and moschino cheap & chic, respectively...

Pic above reminds me of Style Warriors! I would love to see a repromo of some Naked Honey hand salve and body wash. And Soft Force maybe my favorite brow eyeshadow--love the VP finish. This picture is making me curious about the summer collections.

 

[OctoberViolet]

I was wondering why I haven't been able to find some new face charts. I'm so impatient. I need to find out more info for the upcoming a/w 2012 collections.

Lately, the only seem to put the face charts on the Pro site.

 

[aradhana]

Lately, the only seem to put the face charts on the Pro site.

it's too bad...but at least they are still posting them on pro. (though i don't have access to that anyway.)

i was kind of wondering if they were worried about copyright or something like that, but i guess if they are posting on pro, maybe they just think that 'regular' consumers will prefer video tutorials...

i mentioned it to a live chat person the other day, and he suggested i write to customer service...maybe if enough people do that, they will see the point in making them available again...