Gareth Pugh for MAC - The Nail Lacquers

I have to say I am excited to see these! November 23rd to December 23rd 2011 MAC will have the Gareth Pugh Collection for sale. It has three nail polishes. All three look a little intriguing, I haven't seen swatches of these yet and the bottles block out most of the view of the colours, but they are named:

- Inert (described as a mid-toned nude - Creme) 

- Ascension (described as a grey with blue violet pearl - Frost)

- Hyper (described as a deep blue with violet pearl - Frost)

All three are Limited Edition and will cost $27.50 CAD/ $23 US.

Gareth Pugh is a London based designer who's designers are very geometric, hence the different bottle design for this collection. I don't know about the price tag on these, I don't know about the regularly high price tag on MAC's polishes in general. I don't feel like they are amazing enough to be worthy of their price tags, so hopefully these are something amazing to justify the enormous $27.50 price tag. Another thing that gets me about MAC is they are a Canadian company and it's cosmetics are MADE in Canada. So whats with the higher price tag for Canadians? You can't really blame duties, tariffs, or taxes. The Canadian dollar is around par with the US dollar, it's actually been consistently higher. It's just a turn off. Anyways... they better be stunning!

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MAC Glitter and Ice Collection Nail Lacquers (Holiday 2011)

These are the nail polishes for MAC Holiday Glitter and Ice Collection. I like this collection a little more then last years collection. These are on sale starting today at www.maccosmetics.ca. The nail polishes have been getting a lot of talk. Especially the middle one pictured above, it's called Unconditionally Fabulous and its a suppose to be a close match to Deborah Lippmann Stairway to Heaven or China Glaze Snow Globe. All happen to me Limited Edition Holiday colours. 

Top: Festive Finery (dirty midtone greyed violet)

Middle: Unconditionally Fabulous (super sparkly white)

Bottom: Get Noticed! (True bright red)

These are $19 CAD or $16 US / 10mL. I don't find any of these especially unique or worth the price tag. I've never really thought MAC's polishes were worth the price tag, and they usually let me down once I get them home. On the other hand I'm excited to see the MAC Garth Pugh Collection, I especially can't wait to see some swatches!

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*Photos from www.maccosmetics.ca

MAC - Immoral Gold Swatches (Posh Paradise Collection Fall 2011)

This past month MAC released a new Collection called Posh Paradise. The collection had two nail polishes as part of it, Immoral Gold and Rain of Flowers (a purplish blue shimmer, re-promoted). Immoral Gold really caught my eye it looks a lot like a little sister of Chanel's Peridot. It's a very yellow greenish gold. It says it's a frost on the bottle but I would describe this as a foil finish.