Like Kandee Johnson, I immediately thought Vera Wang but we were both wrong. It is actually named for the artist Vera Neumann. MAC described this collection as "Flashy florals, butterfly brights, punchy patterns, and a light-as-air spirit fuse in a collection inspired by the art of textile designer, Vera Neumann." And I'm down for anything floral and butterfly like, especially for the upcoming Spring season. Spring just makes me think of wild, colorful flowers & beautiful butterflies! I tend to wear brighter, wilder shades during the Spring than I do the Summer.
I only have some of the products in this collection so I will only review the ones I actually have, although I'll give a little bit of info on the other available products. The entire Vera collection is awesome and includes a wide variety of colors and products. Here are my fave products from the MAC Vera collection including descriptions, pics, links and why I love it included, free of charge of course. LOL
These the four eyeshadows/pigments from the collection. From top to bottom they are:
Star Crystal: The MAC website describes this color as a pink champagne frost. On my skin tone, the color appears more of a frosty peach with hints of shimmer. Its a beautiful color and will compliment any shade well. The main uses for this shade would be as a highlight shade for under the brow bone & inner corner.
Rose Light: MAC's website describes Rose Light as a metallic yellow-pink frost. Again, it didn't appear anywhere near that on me. It was more of a coral shade with hints of pink. It was very pigmented and I loved the way it paired up with the Star Crystal.
Strawberry Patch: This is my absolute favorite eye color in the whole collection. It is pink-fection! (My word for a perfect pink lol) MAC describes the pigment as a light blue-pink frost. It does have a blue/violet undertone but when applied it was a beautiful rose pink shimmer. Love it! I would wear this color as a all over lid pigment all by itself!
Moon Rose: MAC's website says this pigment is a bright, dark pink frost and for once, I agree with them! It was beautiful, especially combined with a Cleo's Taupe Shadow Stick as a crease darkener and Star Crystal as a highlight shade. Of course, I am partial to pinks so that could account to my love of this shade.
All of the colors are, of course, pigmented well. But could you expect any less when it comes to MAC? Other pigment shades included in the Vera Collection are: Lantern Light (metallic gold/bronze), Campfire (rich copper), Shifting Sands (metallic champagne), Aloha (dirty cocoa brown), Butterfly Party (bright lilac), Desert Cloud (deep blue/purple), Rain Drop (metallic teal) and Moss Garden (metallic silver green). All color descriptions compliments of the MAC website.
The MAC Vera Collection also comes with two different Pearlmatte Face Powders: Sunday Afternoon and Flower Fantasy. Both are gorgeous powders compromised of three different colors. I purchased Sunday Afternoon.
It is a beautiful, pink-licious, matte face powder but not a product I would use as as all over powder. It has three different pink shades, great for adding a rosy cheek. Sunday Afternoon contains a bright pink, a darker fuchsia/pink and a soft baby pink with hints of white pearl. The baby pink has a very, very subtle hint of shimmer and is my favorite.
Flower Fantasy also has three different shades (per the MAC website): pale coral with gold pearl, slightly blue pale pink and soft pale salmon. The coral shade is a beautiful, matte powder, perfect to combine with a nude lip and a soft eye.
Designer Purple: Described as a iridescent purple, I would have to agree. I chose this specific purple eyeliner simply because I don't owe a purple one.
Black Swan: a black with pearl is how it is described. A girl can never have too any black eyeliners. When applied, it is more of a dark charcoal color than black, though. Still beautiful. When dealing with eyeliners, I like an easy application without requiring too many coats/layers to make the color pop. All of the MAC eyeliners are easily applied and one coat was enough to stand true to the marketed color.
Other MAC Vera Pearlglide Intense Eyeliners include: Lord it Up (bronze with pearl), Industrial (periwinkle gray), Undercurrent (teal with pearl) and Black Line (black with gold pearl).
The last things I purchased from this collection were yummy lip goodies: Plushglass sheer lip colors. I only have two. All of the colors were beautiful but I already own so many similar colors that it seemed a waste of money to get them all.
On a Holiday: The MAC website says it is a bright pink with blue pearl. These were described as sheer but they really have some color to them, especially this darker pink. I tried it alone, over a similar color lip liner used to completely fill in my lips and over a pale pink lipstick. Alone, it is light and glossy but over the lip liner and lipstick is is beautiful and shiny. It probably my new favorite, as I have wore it every day this week. I also added it on top of CoverGirl Nude Lip Shine and over a taupe/honey brown e.l.f. shade and it was gorgeous!
Pretty Plush: Described as an extra-soft pink with white pearl. This specific lip blush really is sheer. I have naturally dark red lips and wearing Pretty Plush alone only added no color but lots of gloss. I loved this shade as a topper for a nude lip. Because my lips are so deep colored anyways, I will prob keep this lip product in my purse for a quick go to gloss.
Other Plushglasses in the Vera Collection include: Fashion Fanatic (creamy pale pink), Confetti (bright orange coral with soft pearl) and Butterfly Dream (midtone violet with blue pearl).
This collection also has several nail polishes including Midsummer's Dream (pale pink lilac) and Play Day (pale milky coral).
Ah Ha! Did you notice the color trend MAC is rocking with this new collection? It is all about the vibrant colors! Need an example? Butterfly Party, Designer Purple and Butterfly Dream are all similar purples. So if you are feeling a total purple makeup style, you have all you need in one collection to rock out purple eyes and lips! There are several combos like this within the Vera Collection. Definitely some makeup tutorials to come!
Of course, I love bright, vibrant colors. But if my eyes are rocking purple, my lips will be nude. Or vice versa. This collection also covers girls who think like me! Have you got any of the Vera products yet? What are your favorites?
