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MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadows clockwise from the brown pan in the upper left: Midnight Tryst, Beg For It, think Kink, switch Me On, Dark desires and What’s Your fantasy ($20 each)
Oh, heavens! look at those naughty names… Spank Me, Beg For It and think Kink? and those are just the suggestion of the S&M iceberg, haha. I think it’s safe to say that the new MAC Dark desires collection was inspired by some sort of 50 shades of Grey type situation.

But I’m thinking that this collection is going to make a different kind of fantasy come true — one of my makeup fantasies — which is to be able to draw winged liner and not have it take half a day!

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OK…so maybe half a day is exaggerating (barely), but you know what though?! It feels that way sometimes, especially when I’m deep in it, and I’ve been sitting there futzing with the angles for 20 minutes.

I know you feel my pain!

There’s a reason for that saying about winged liner being the reason why everyone’s always late (why can’t I remember that saying??).

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MAC Dark desires promises to upgrade your winged liner life with a new product line called The Well Eye shadows ($20).

MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in Beg For It ($20)
MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in switch Me On ($20)
MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in Midnight Tryst ($20)
They aren’t ringing any bells for me, so I think these are brand-spankin’ new.

Designed from the start to be applied wet or dry, these very soft, pigmented powder products are dual-purpose. You can use them as eyeshadows and/or eyeliners.

The little packages are slimmer than MAC’s regular eyeshadows, and check this out: each one has a divot, or “a well,” best in the middle of the pan.

The idea is that you’re expected to wet your brush, then swirl it around in the divot, then apply the wet powder to your lids.

MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in What’s Your fantasy ($20)

MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in think Kink ($20)

MAC Dark desires The Well Eye shadow in Dark desires ($20)
MAC Dark desires Lipsticks from the left in Black Night, sweetheart Stealer, heavy Petting and ring My Bell ($17 each)
MAC Dark desires Kohl Powder Eye Pencils in Orpheus, mystery and Raven ($16.50 each)
MAC Dark desires studio Eye Gloss from the upper left in Erogenous Zone, Spank Me and Pearl Varnish ($22)
MAC Dark desires studio nail Lacquers in 6-Inch stilettos (left) and Unzipped (right)
MAC Dark desires Kohl Fluidline Eye liner in Blitz & Glitz ($16.50)
MAC Dark desires Cremesheen Lipstick in Black night ($17)
MAC Dark desires Cremesheen Lipstick in sweetheart Stealer ($17)
MAC Dark desires Cremesheen Lipstick in heavy Petting ($17)
MAC Dark desires Glaze Lipstick in ring My Bell ($17)
MAC Dark desires studio Eye Gloss in Spank Me ($22)
MAC Dark desires studio Eye Gloss in Pearl Varnish ($22)
MAC Dark desires studio Eye Gloss in Erogenous zone ($22)
So The Well Eye Shadows? For winged liner, big paws up from me. compared to gel or liquid liner, I think these are simpler to control when wet, and when I use them I spend way less time repairing my mistakes.

I dunno… I just feel like I have much more leeway with them than I finish with gel or liquid liner.

Liquid liners are typically runny and very pigmented, so you have to be absolutely on point with your placement; otherwise, you get liner in your crease (boo!).

Gel liners are also typically very pigmented, and typically much more forgiving than liquids because of their thicker formula, but they can still be challenging and easy to over-apply. in some cases they’ll end up looking really thick and start flaking.

But I can build out my lines much more slowly with these wet powder liners, much like gel liners, except that The Well shadows don’t look as heavy if you unintentionally over-apply them, and they don’t lift off or flake.

They also set pretty quickly, and so for that reason don’t transfer up into my crease, which is one of my most significant liner pet peeves.

Basically, as liner, I think these rock (I go into how I feel about them as eyeshadows in the video at the top).

Dry swatches of MAC The Well Eye shadows from the left in Beg For It, switch Me On, Midnight Tryst, What’s Your Fantasy, think Kind and Dark Desires
Wet swatches of MAC The Well Eye shadows from the left in Beg For It, switch Me On, Midnight Tryst, What’s Your Fantasy, think Kind and Dark Desires
MAC Dark desires studio Eye Gloss in Spank Me, Pearl Varnish and Erogenous Zone
MAC Dark desires Kohl Power Eye Pencils from the left in Orpheus, mystery and Rave
MAC Dark desires Fluidling in Blitz & Glitz
MAC Dark desires Lipstick swatches from the left in Cremesheen i svart natt, cremeen i kjære, stealer, cremeen i tung petting og glasur i ring min klokke
Den 22-delt samlingen, som er for det meste øyeprodukter, inkluderer også fire leppestifter og to neglelakk, men ja, dette er gal for øynene. Du finner det å gjøre mørke sminkefantasier til virkelighet på Mac tellere, butikker og online 3. desember 2015, til 14. januar 2016.

Befating et navn som mørke begjær, fargene er veldig mettet og mørke, og svarte spiller en stor rolle. Mange av brikkene har enten en figurativ eller bokstavelig referanse til svart i dem.

Mac Dark Desires Collection

Cremeen leppestift i svart natt, en svart med rød og gull perle ($ 17)

Cremeen Lipstick in Sweetheart Stealer, en blackened plomme ($ 17)

Cremeen leppestift i tung petting, en burgundy ($ 17)

Glasur leppestift i ring min klokke, en blek kul nøytral ($ 17)

Brønn øyeskyggen i Beg for det, en matt svart ($ 20)

Brønnskyggen i bryter meg på, en matt mørk marine ($ 20)

Brønn øyenskyggen i midnatt tryst, en matt sjokoladebrun ($ 20)

Brønn øyenskyggen i hva er din fantasi, en svart med tung flerfarget perle ($ 20)

Brønn øyeskyggen i Think Kink, en gråaktig silvery hvit ($ 20)

Brønn øyenskyggen i mørke begjær, en matt blackened aubergine ($ 20)

Kohl Power Eye Pencil i Feline, en svart ($ 16,50)

Kohl Power Eye Pencil i Orpheus, en intens svart med Golden Pearl ($ 16,50)

Kohl Power Eye Pencil i mysterium, en intens svart med grønn perle ($ 16,50)

Kohl Power Eye Pencil i Raven, en intens svart med rød perle ($ 16,50)

Haute & Naughty Too Black Lash ($ 22)

Haute & Naughty Black Lash ($ 22)

Fluidline Eye Liner i Blitz & Glitz, en svart med Golden Pearl ($ 16,50)

Mac Studio Eye Gloss i Spank Me, en svart med Multi Color Glitter ($ 22)

Mac Studio Eye Gloss i Pearl Lakk, en hvit glans med Pearl ($ 22)

Mac Studio Eye Gloss i Erogen Sone, en Violet med Multi Color Glitter ($ 22)

Mac Studio Nail Lacquer i 6-tommers stilettos, en svartblå ($ 12)

Mac Studio Nail Lacquer i Unzipped, en Blackened Green ($ 12)

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Det er mye mye mer info i videoen. Takk som alltid for å se på.

Din vennlige nabolag sjarmavhengig,

Karen.