MAC Chenman is a collection based on Chen Man. She is a huge star in the Chinese fashion photography arena, and got her start taking a bunch of cover photos for the Shanghai based fashion magazine, Vision. Honestly I had never heard of her until this collection was announced but now I have seen some of her work and she’s really quite awesome.
This collection features a lot of blue and pink tones, which were inspired by her fascination with love and water. It’s not a huge collection (yay!) and includes some things I have fallen in love with already.
MAC Chenman
MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Duo Love Cycle, Pink Union
MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Duo Love Cycle, Pink Union
MAC Pink Union
MAC Pink Union (macro)
MAC Pink Union left, right, blended (no primer)
Pink Union features a lavender and pink with shimmer on the left side and a royal purple on the right. When blended they make a nice kind of dusty mauve/purple shade.
MAC Love Cycle
MAC Love Cycle (macro)
MAC Love Cycle (left side, right side, blended – no primer)
Love Cycle features a white/light blue/blue on one side and dark royal blue on the other. Really good pigmentation and fairly soft to the touch. The colors when blended together remind me of denim.
Unfortunately in my excitement over taking macro shots of these I forgot to swatch Pink Union! I remembered in the middle of the night, haha! But no worries, will swatch later this evening and post here. Sorry!
MAC Breezy Blue
MAC Breezy Blue
Breezy Blue is a deep yet vibrant blue creme. Very cool toned with a lot of purple undertones. Gorgeous color, way better than a plain ‘ole navy blue. This might be my favorite one from them in a really long time. The formula was kind of odd though. It applied fairly decently, but was a little thick and not level. But then as it dried it self-leveled. I only used two coats for total coverage.
MAC Breezy Blue and CND Crimson Sparkle
Then I wanted to add some kind of shimmery top coat to make it look fiery. I picked out CND Crimson Sparkle and absolutely LOVE the way this turned out. Ten times better in person. Totally mesmerizing.
MAC Play It Proper Beauty Powder
MAC Play It Proper Beauty Powder
MAC Play It Proper
MAC Force Of Love Lipstick
MAC Force Of Love Lipstick
MAC Force Of Love Lipstick
MAC Force Of Love Lipglass
MAC Force Of Love Lipglass
Play It Proper, Force Of Love Lipstick, Force Of Love Lipglass
Play It Proper is a very pale pink with small sparkles. Super soft and nicely pigmented but VERY pale.
Force Of Love Lipstick is in a word: AMAZING. I do not know how they can keep putting out new pink lipsticks that are new colors but they do and I love it. This is a warm honeysuckle pink (their words) and is creamy and opaque. L.O.V.E.
Force Of Love Lipglass is a matching color to the lipstick. Sort of. It looks lighter and a little cooler, and has small silver sparkles. Wearing it now and totally loving it. Again unlike all other Liglasses I currently own.
MAC Reflects Glitter & Pigment
MAC Reflects Blue Reflects Glitter and Naval Blue Pigment
MAC Reflects Blue Reflects Glitter and Naval Blue Pigment
Reflects Blue Reflects Glitter is a sparkly light blue glitter. Not a huge fan of these, they are gritty and have too much fallout. I love the way they look in the container more than on.
Naval Blue Pigment is a deep greyed out navy blue with a lighter blue sheen. Nice pigmentation, pretty color.
Overall:
From what I saw I really liked most of this collection. The items I am really impressed with are the Mineralize Eye Shadows (well at least the one I swatched so far!), Force Of Love Lipstick & Lipglass and Breezy Blue Nail Lacquer. If there was any one thing I would get though it would be Force Of Love Lipstick, hands down!
Availability: MAC now.
Pricing: $14.50-$23.00.
I wanna know, is there anything here you coveting or already bought? What do you think about Force Of Love and Breezy Blue?
-Kelly
17 comments
I bought the lipstick last week in Orlando, i’m Dutch, and the collection isn’t out here yet, so i’m glad that i found it in Orlando, love the color!!!
Love your macro shot of Pink Union! Also LOVE your mani (it’s fantastic),but the color on its own looks kind of…rubbery? Not shiny? And I do like that Force of Love lipstick (liked it in the preview, too)…considering picking it up!
I got budding love lippie and force of love lippie, as well as the glitter. I love love love them all! Budding love isn’t as lavender on me, which is awesome, because it’s totally wearable, and force of love is just a beautiful color! I love how it looks on you!
Oh gee, blue eyeshadow? Have you actually wore it out yet? Is it wearable everyday?
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Hi Vanessa,
Not yet but I wear blue eyeshadow alllll the time. 🙂
Love the reflects blue reflects glitter!!
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Ohh, Breezy Blue looks awesome. Definitely the best MAC nail lacquer in awhile. And you’ve totally sold me on CND Crimson Sparkle! That combo is amazing.
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Id been looking at a few of these pieces and I was going to pick up the Reflects Glitter but according to MAC they do not endorse it for eye use and it is more of a face body product. Hearing that you think it’s gritty I will definitely skip that one for both reasons.
Love the mani topped with CND! And Force of Love looks great! Perfect for Spring.
Force of Love looks SO great on you! I’m definitely going to check both the lipglass and lipstick out! I think the finish of Breezy Blue is very interesting. For some reason I have the impression that it looks “rubbery,” but in a good sense!
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Breezy Blue looks a lot like LA Girl’s Matte Indigo polish.
I so want Love Cycle just to stare at it’s pretty blue colors.
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Kelly, I love your macro shots – the shadows are so beautiful up close! 😀
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This spring collection looks amazing. I want the eyeshadows, they look to go to use.
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I haven’t been big on MAC in general because most of their lines haven’t attracted me, but this one was a big game changer. I’ve never spent so much on any of their previous collections before! I got both Force of Love and Budding Love lipsticks and Lipglasses, Love Cycle, and Play It Proper. I just haven’t gotten around to take photos and swatches though, they seem too pretty to use!
Thanks for these great swatches! I’m really needing both eyeshadows! Too pretty!
I bought the polish form the Airport on my way on holiday, duty and tax free saved me 20% so it would have been rude to walk on by. There was also an intense pink, not me, but certainly an amazing colour.
Great post as always Kelly 🙂
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All of these are very pretty! Oh my…