Shikha Says:
After waiting for the longest time I was finally able to lay my hands on the MAC Surf Baby collection. Why is it that they take soooo long in launching it in India? Plus why so few pieces? Kolkata got like 3-4 pieces of a lot of these items. So many things were sold out and some I almost missed (heck I bought the last piece). 🙁 Not fair! I was wanting to get the Paradise powder but that was completely sold out. Humph!
Any ways moving to tthe good part :). I got everything else that I wanted from the collection. So let me show you one by one what all I got.
Eyeshadows:
I really wanted 2 out of the 3 that I got – Surf USA and Sun Blonde and I bought the 3rd ie Short Shorts as I liked the swatch on my skin. The texture is really nice and I love the pigmentation of Surf USA. Short Shorts is more of a highlighter for the India skin tone I personally feel and Sun blonde is a pretty shade but the pigmentation was a little light. But all in all some good shades. I wanted to check out the swatch for a grey-ish shade that was part of the collection but it was sold out here. All 3 are in frost finish and cost Rs. 950/- each.
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| Left to Right: Short Shorts, Sun Blonde and Surf USA |
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| Left to Right: Short Shorts, Sun Blonde and Surf USA |
Eye pencils:
I love these! The color and texture is really awesome. They just bring out your eyes. I believe these will go with a lot of skin tones. I bought both the shades that were part of the collection – Glided Gold and Blue Noon. I felt a little bit of tugging on my lids when I tried out Blue Noon. I did not use Glided Gold on my lids but on my waterline and it looked so pretty :). Price – Rs. 1050/-.
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| Left to Right: Gilded Gold and Blue Noon. |
Studio CareBlend Pressed Powder:
I bought Gold-Go-Lightly which I personally felt goes well with my skin tone. It gives a soft sun-kissed look when I apply it to my cheeks without looking OTT. I used it for contouring too but it was a little dark for it but I think it will suit for with an evening look. Price – Rs. 1500/-.
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| Slightly blended out |
Crushed Metallic Pigment:
These were the stars of the show for me. My absolute must have! I almost did not get one stack – almost. But I got really lucky and was able to get the last one. Phew! That was a close call. The pigmentation and texture is just too awesome for words. I know I sound crazed or something but you need to see it to believe it! For me they were totally worth the price. There were two stacks that were launched – Surf The Ocean and Summer Stash. They both have very different colors. Price – Rs. 2050/- each.
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| Surf The Ocean |
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| The left most shade is a pure silver color what you can see on top left in above pic. The one next to it is a greenish silver. The last one is a greenish black color. |
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| Summer Stash |
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| The left most is actually a very light pinkish silver shade what you can see in the top right in the pic above. The one next to it is a very light peach shade. The other two color have very pretty glitter to them as you can see in the pic. |
A really nice and very wearable collection. I would highly recommend that you hurry and grab what you can still get out of it. The new Semi Precious collection has been officially announced but it will take some time in coming to the stores. So make the most out of the gap and go pick your fav’s fast. Who knows they might already be out :(.
