MAC Cosmetics Naked Honey Collection Review and Swatches
Submitted by Sara on June 10, 2009 – 10:52 pm8 Comments
Here is My Quick and Dirty thoughts about MACS New Naked Honey Collection. Maybe its my head cold but Im not in the mood for sugar coating. lol.. Hopefully you understand what I mean though..
I dont think I have been excited about The Naked Honey collection since I saw it on Specktra. The shadows in the collection felt like repeats of ones I already have. Even though there was nothing on my want list I still had to go in to the store and check out the collection to make sure there wasn’t something completely amazing I would miss out on and regret not having later. Fortunately I left the MAC store feeling no different. Mac I love you. But I leave you empty handed…
Swatches are (clickable)
1 Golden Nectar (Highlight Powder)
2 Honeylight (Highlight Powder)
3 Pollinator (eyeshadow)
4 Buckwheat (eyeshadow)
5 Creme De Miel (eyeshadow)
The Naked Honey Collection Includes three shadows. I really dont feel that the eyeshadows are very original. Looking at the collection I immediately imagined other mac colors or shades while looking at them. Though the combination of them was gorgeous!The Buckwheat shadow was probably my favorite but as I stared at it I started to see magnetic fields (LE shadow from last summer). Pollinator was fantastic. Really pigmented and smooth but made me think of Parasdisco (perm and also launched with Hello Kitty) Creme De Miel reminded me of alot of different shadows. Pretty light golden shadow… I just felt I had so many that would do the same job.
I am definitly not saying these are exact dupes. Just very similar. The texture however is better on the new shadows though so if you were thinking about buying Paradisco I would definitely advise you to get Pollinator eye shadow instead. I swatched them together in the store and Pollinators payoff was much smoother however I just cant see replacing mine since I dont use it that often anyway… and so on with the other shadows from the collection.
I had a really had a hard time getting a good picture of the lipglass as you can see. I am sorry! I did try. The picture is with flash
Colors are 1- Shes a Star
2- Queen Bee
3- Buzz
The Naked Honey Lip glass were all very pretty and very wearable. I already have Shes a Star Lipglass from A Mei Collection. This color is very pretty, But not something I needed a backup of. Queen Bee and Buzz were really pretty as well. If I didn’t have so many glosses I probably would have gotten them. But they weren’t a must have for me…
The Naked Honey Lip glass were all very pretty and very wearable. I already have Shes a Star Lipglass from A Mei Collection. This color is very pretty, But not something I needed a backup of. Queen Bee and Buzz were really pretty as well. If I didn’t have so many glosses I probably would have gotten them. But they weren’t a must have for me…
The Highlight Powders were Pretty. Honeylight was the lightest shade and would have been perfect for my NW15 skin tone. Golden Nectar was lovely as well. Being that they were both matte either would have been a great item to keep in your makeup bag all year long. (swatched above with eye shadows, Golden Nectar left and Honeylight right))
The Skincare items were kind of on the small side in my opinion package wise… The Skin Salve looked kinda like “shoe polish” in the container (but smaller) same kinda texture. Oily in texture which I imagine sinks right into the skin. This would probably be good for spot treatment or for dry patches. If you use it for more than that it probably wouldnt last you very long.
The Skincare items were kind of on the small side in my opinion package wise… The Skin Salve looked kinda like “shoe polish” in the container (but smaller) same kinda texture. Oily in texture which I imagine sinks right into the skin. This would probably be good for spot treatment or for dry patches. If you use it for more than that it probably wouldnt last you very long.
Enjoy the swatches and let me know if you picked up anything! Curious to know your thoughts on the collection!
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Thanks for the review! How hard is it to leave MAC empty-handed?!? For me, it's so difficult…but sometimes, you just have to pass
Just think, now you can save up for other collections like Euristocrats II and Color Craft! Yay!
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@TheBeautyChick- Now that you mention it.. It might be the first time ever.I know its the first time I skipped every item from a collection. But it made me feel good to walk out. I am in control. haha! Sometimes I think its the other way around. lol
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I'm gonna skip this. It's not very inspiring.
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I picked up Golden Nectar and Buzz. As you say, while it was all pretty, nothing was really extraordinary.
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@Vexinthecity- Exaclty.I felt the same way, though the combinations of colors did give me some ideas!
@lipstickrules123 Both of those very pretty! You did good! But agreed nothing wowed.
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thanks for the swatches! I have buckwheat, I really like that one. I really like the looks of the other 2 e/s but I'm ignoring them since I have similar products. must stay strong! lol
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@em Yes! Buckwheat was very pretty. If I would have gotten any of the shadows it would have been that one! Yes Stay strong! You can do it. haha
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hm hm hm I can't believe you walked away empty handed – good for you!
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