March 04, 2012

MAC Extra Dimension

Now THIS I'm excited about. After nearly a year of yawn-worthy limited edition collections, MAC seems to have finally put together something special with their Extra Dimension collection. These not only look to be gorgeous colors, but they boast a new technological formula and metallic finish.



All images courtesy of MacKarrie.

Except... isn't this familiar? These look like the MAC version of the Estée Lauder Pure Color Cyber eyeshadows and tri-brid Illuminators. It seems MAC is lagging a step or two behind her older sister. (Did MAC somehow become the Jan of the EL empire?)

If it makes MAC feel better though, it seems like Estée also took inspiration from Italian brand Kiko cosmetics, which came out with their water eyeshadows in Spring of 2011. And which Sephora copied almost EXACTLY with their Prisma Chrome line just a few months ago.

Image from www.kikocosmetics.com
Image from www.sephora.com

I guess a good thing can't be contained?

I will definitely be ordering from the new collection, because I think the texture on these tri-brid powders is incredible, and I like that there will be more colors available. With this range of choices, will you guys be sticking to one brand or dabbling in all of them? 
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4 comments:

  1. makeup magpie5.3.12

    lol the comment about Jan is too funny :) and I'm afraid it's becoming true, isn't it? The Extra Dimension promo images look great. Even though I don't need any more shadow I'm sure I will be tempted nevertheless! Thanks for posting :)

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    1. Maggie5.3.12

      Heh. I have faith that MAC can pull itself out of the funk they've been in. They just need to focus on quality as opposed to quantity, or they do risk being entirely outpaced.

      Thank you for sharing your thoughts! =)

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  2. Larie5.3.12

    Haha at the Jan remark.

    I am tempted, though I doubt I will actually pick up any. I don't have any of the other variations, either, though I did test a Sephora one a while ago in store and liked the feel of it.

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    1. Maggie5.3.12

      =D

      If you have a chance, I do recommend testing the EL versions currently available in the Capri quint. I found the EL ones to be generally more pigmented and smoother-feeling than the Sephora ones, but they're all nice. I'm curious if we'll soon be seeing a market glut of these kinds of eyeshadows, as per the BB creams?

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