Monday, August 25, 2008

Fall Beauty 2008: Part Two, 'Cult of Cherry'

MAC's newest collection, Cult of Cherry, is their fab fall collection, with fall colors like mauves, berry reds, chocolates, and purples. Cult of Cherry is 'Deep, Dark, and Dramatic', and lives up to its claim well with a gorgeous, vibrant, range of colors.

I love the colors, especially the 'Cherry Reds', and the purpley-mauves. Not-as bright eye shadows complement the brighter limited edition lipglasses and lipsticks. The blush? Not so much, but more on that later.

The two lipsticks I purchased from Cult of Cherry were So Scarlet which is a 'Clean grape burgundy', and Lighty Ripe which is a 'Sheer mid-tone Pink'. So Scarlet was GORGEOUS, and it was perfect for nights out and about, never smudged (as with most MAC lipsticks) and satisfied my craving for a red hued burgundy. I bought another one today, because it's a limited edition product. Lightly Ripe was a perfect 'nude lip' with a hint of pink. Pretty.

And the Lipglass! I love, love, love MAC's lipglass, and Cult of Cherry's fab colors include Jampacked (sheer grape with multi-dimensional pearl), Cherry Blossom (sheer light pink with multi-dimensional pearl), and Cult of Cherry (clean red with red pearl). Jampacked was absolutely the most amazing berry lip color ever! And in close second, Cherry Blossom, although I think I'd save this one for spring. Cult of Cherry put a lot of oomph! into the red, and a little went a really long way.


As for the mattene lipstick, the colors were gorgeous, especially Kirsch (blackened cranberry), and they were matte, a little sheer, and pretty for work.


The eyeshadows were pretty, nothing special, but nice enough. The olive yellow green 'Sharp' in Tempting scared me off, but it seems nice enough in this picture. I liked Deep Truth in the 'Shadowy Lady' Eyeshadow. Shadowy Lady itself was a nice color, maybe a little too macabre for me, but nice enough. Light Fall and Smudged Violet were okay, just plain colors that didn't do much for me. Although I did have higher hopes for Smudged Violet.
Spiced Chocolate had pretty colors too, Spiced Chocolate, Brash, Sweet Chestnut, and Nanogold. Spiced chocolate was a nice, rich cranberry on me, perfect with a berry lip. Brash and Sweet Chestnut were right up my alley on my normal colors,and Nanogold was a bit too plain for me.

The blush....eek. I tried one on each cheek at MAC, and was expecting something greater than what I saw in the pan. 'Twas not to be, both Plum du Bois and Blooming looked really, really, bad on my cheeks. Perhaps someone with a different skintone would fare better. But for this gal, Both looked the same shade of deep pink,with a more-than-a-hint of purple, and a little too much bronze. Maybe it was just me, but they looked exactly the same on my cheeks.

I have already sang my praises on Cult of Cherry's Illegal purple, but hadn't yet touched on the beauty of Silverstruck (Frosty grayed taupe with multi-dimensional pearl). It is a gorgeous grey-purple on my nails, and the 'multi dimensional pearl' adds a pretty frost to it. Loves it!

MAC's Cult of Cherry line is gorgeous, and I'd definitely stock up on the limited edition lipsticks (So Scarlet), lipglasses (Jampacked), and maybe another bottle (or two) of the glamorous nail lacquers. A perfect complement to any fall look :)

Up next, Fall Beauty 2008: Very Berry Lips

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