MAC Style Black purchases

Style Black launched across the pond when I was in New York, something I was pleased about as it means I have no reason to go the Pro Store at the crack of dawn now!

When Style Black swatches emerged a few mths ago I wasn’t exactly bowled over in excitement and swore that all I’d be buying was the Volcanic Ash Exfoliator (VAE) , mask and greasepaint stick. I bought a black nail polish from Collection 2000 a while back so was convinced that I wouldn’t be all over this collection at all.

Wrong.

I went to the Harlem MAC store the day the collection came out. It’s become my trusty MAC store whenever I’m in NY as it’s just a stop away on the subway or a 10 min bus ride away. I called in the morning to double check Style Black was out that day and was asked if I’d like anything to be put aside for my visit later that day. Whooooooooooooah! You do NOT get customer service like that in the UK stores unprompted. I was really impressed and asked for the VAE stuff, the greasestick and nail polish in Seriously Hip to be put aside. Yeah, the nail polish was added after seeing a swatch on Temptalia – SOLD!!

I was in and out of the store within 15 mins as I had a printed list with me and was feeling proud that I hadn’t gone crazy a la Colour Craft until my eyes came across two blog posts.

I had no intention of buying any of the e/s as after seeing dry swatches I thought they looked crap – and used dry I’m still not very impressed by them. Used wet, they looked a damn sight better but I still didn’t feel the urge to own them. This FOTD changed that. They’re very glittery and are ideal for a night out on the town, however I also think these can be used for a softer smoky eye for a daytime look. You can easily tap off any excess glitter you pick up on your eye brush.

Same goes for the lip products. Initially I wasn’t feeling the whole vampy lip thing as I usually do nudes over colour on my lips and I didn’t think I’d be able to pull it off very well. Erin silenced me with her lips (literally) in this FOTD. I actually groaned in appreciation at what the MUA had done to her lips and can’t wait to try this out on myself. I’m still not a fan of the glimmerglasses though and think they’re kinda pointless, but whatever.

As a result of these posts I hastily called the MAC store the following morning asking for more products to be put aside for me.

Final Style Black damage was as follows:

Volcanic Ash exfoliator
Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask
Greasepaint stick
Seriously Hip nail laquer
Gilt by Association e/s
Young Punk e/s
Midnight Media l/s
Night Violet l/s

The Volcanic Ash exfoliator feels less gritty than the original formula but the tube it comes in is less messy and user friendly. I used the Thermal mask for the first time after the VAE last night and it did the trick for my poor skin. I loved the warm (hot even!) feeling of the mask when it heated up on contact with my skin.

It did made my skin tingle and I feared that was a warning I’d be waking up this morning with a lovely reaction all over my face. Luckily I haven’t and the dryness my skin suffered on the flight home has gone. The Volcanic Ash products teamed with a rich moisturiser bought my skin back to life after it had been really neglected. They both get a thumbs up from me.

I see the Style Black stuff still isn’t officially up on the UK website (MAC, you’re slackin’ this month!) but you can search for products and add them to your basket. I spotted a couple last night.

What have you bought/are you going to buy, if anything?