MAC Packed To Go

Packed To Go is small collection that was just released on the MAC website this week, a collection of palettes that are perfect for the upcoming summer vacation season.  These have been released only on the MAC website (according to the email that I was sent this morning from the company) so I wouldn't bother looking for these at your local counter and just order straight from the website.  It doesn't appear that MAC has released any new shades in these palettes so I am guessing these palettes combine some of the best selling and most universal shades already in the collection.

"Ready, Set, Jet!  Then grab these connecting flights - Look in a Box: Girl Next Door, Look in a Box: A Very Stylish Girl, or Look in a Box: Rocker Chic.  Also includes Eye Shadow, :Lip/Powder compacts and Brush Kits...all great portable palettes for touching up on-the-go."  There are several selections in each category; eye, lip, face, and brushes.  I have been all about lip lately so that is the cateogory that I am most excited for.

Here are the new palettes...

Packed To Go: 6 Cool Smokey Eye Shadows - If you like it cool, intriguing, with a waft of smoke, then make this your get-away choice.  Enjoy the sultry impact created by Satin Taupe, A Brown Suit, Beauty Marked, Carbon, Tendersmoke, and Seedy Pearl.  Brush.  Includes the 213 SE Mini Brush.
- Seedy Pearl - chilled lavender pink (Frost)
- Tendersmoke - muted silver lilac (Frost)
- Satin Taupe - taupe with silver shimmer (Frost)
- A Brown Suit - rich deep red (Frost)
- Beautymarked - black/red with silver pearl (Velvet)
- Carbon - intense black (Matte)

Packed To Go: 6 Warm Smokey Eye Shadows - A coordinated palette of six shades offering you the variables you need to create that warm and smoky look.  Features: Shroom, Stormy Love, Naked Lunch, Greensmoke, Tempting, and Showstopper.  Includes the 213 SE Mini Brush.
- Shroom - soft beige with shimmer (Satin)
- Naked Lunch - minimal pink with shimmer (Lustre)
- Tempting - sinfully rich coco (Lustre)
- Greensmoke - tarnished olive (Frost)
- Stormy Love - dirty brown with green frost (Frost)
- Showstopper - deep blackened brown (Matte)

Packed To Go: 3 Assorted Black Liners - To line the eye, a choice of three very different eye liners, all of them black.  The versatility lies in the application and the graphic quality of the line.  For cognoscenti of the cat's eye and beyond: Engraved Powerpoint, Feline Kohl Power, and Penultimate.
- Engraved Powerpoint - black
- Feline Kohl Power - black
- Rapidblack Penultimate - black

Packed To Go: 3 Lipsticks - A triple mix array of Lipstick that conveys the potential of pink in three amazing lustre-finished shades.  This packed-to-go assortment contains MAC must-have shades of pink: Pretty Please, Plumful, and Hug Me.
- Pretty Please - blossoming rose pink (Lustre)
- Hug Me - flesh pink (Lustre)
- Plumful - pale pink pearl (Lustre)

Packed To Go: 3 Lipglasses - MAC Lipglass C-Thru, Lust, and Cultured boxed to go - anywhere!  Carefully selected to be universal and glamorously good for all, this is a mix that works every day, everywhere, on everyone.
- C-Thru - peachy beige with shimmer
- Cultured - opalescent mauve pink
- Lust - soft muted pink

Packed To Go: 3 Cremesheens - Triple the Cremesheen!  This three-in-a-box does just that!  The utter indulgence of this fabulous creamy shine found in popular shades of Boy Bait, Overindulgence, and Double Dare.
- Boy Bait - light natural beige with pearl
- Double Dare - coral red
- Overindulgence - neutral brown

Look in a Box: Girl Next Door - She's fresh, natural, the Girl Next Door.  This is her look, and how she achieves it.  This Look in a Box provides neutral through peach colourways in two Eye Shadows, an Iridescent Powder, Cremesheen Glass, and Zoomlash.  Limited edition.
- Eye Shadow in Grand Entrance - soft peachy nude
- Eye Shadow in Smoke and Diamonds - silver taupe
- Zoom Lash Mascara in Zoomblack - black
- Cremesheen Glass in Deelight - mid tone neutral
- Iridescent Powder in Belightful - gilded peach bronze

Look in a Box: A Very Stylish Girl - For the high-style girl who understands the art of bronzing.  An all-in-one Look in a Box featuring two Eye Shadows, Bronzing Powder, Cremesheen Lipglass, and Zoomlash.  Limited edition.
- Eye Shadow in Dreamaker - light gold (Starflash)
- Eye Shadow in Glamour Check - deep copper (Starflash)
- Zoom Lash Mascara in Zoomblack - black
- Cremesheen Glass in Looks Like Sin - sheer deep beige
- Bronzing Powder in Refined Golden - finely spun golden powder with soft pearl

Look in a Box: Rocker Chick - The powered-up eyes and shocking pink lips of the contemporary Rocker Chick given an all MAC twist in this one-of-a-kind Look in a Box.  Features Dazzle Lash, two Eye Shadows, Eye Kohl, Lipstick, and Lipglass.  Limited edition.
- Eye Shadow in Electra - silver with icy shimmer (Pearl)
- Eye Shadow in Black Tied - black with silver sparkle (Velvet)
- Dazzle Lash in Black Dazzle - black
- Eye Kohl in Smolder - intense black
- Lipstick in Hue - soft pale pink (Glaze)
- Lipglass in Oyster Girl - freshwater pink

Packed To Go: 4 Lips & Pressed Powder - A double-decker compact featuring an all-you-need selection for the lips and face.  On the top, poured versions of Lipglass Rosehips, Quick Change, and Rivera Ready and Lipstick, Poetic License.  On the bottom, Iridescent Pressed Powder in Belightful.
- Iridescent Pressed Powder in Belightful - gilded peach bronze
- Lipglass in Rivera Ready - warm light nude
- Lipglass in Rosehips - mid tone rosey pink
- Lipglass in Quick Change - mid tone cool blue rose
- Lipstick in Poetic License - pale apricot

Packed To Go: 5 Shape & Perfect Brushes - The five brushes required to shape and perfect your look in one packed-to-go box.  An essential everyday mix!  Includes 168 SE, 187 SE, 212 SE, 219 SE, and 275 SE.

Packed To Go: 5 Define & Blend Brushes - The five essential brushes needed to perfect the define-and-blend of makeup.  Eyes, lips, face, these brushes have them covered.  Includes 129 SE, 190 SE, 224 SE, 242 SE, and 266 SE.

I like many of these sets however one got my hopes up and let them down about five minutes later.  I was most interested in the Cremesheen Glass set since I don't own many of these and was hoping that this would give me a chance to work them and try them out.  However, I dislike all the shades that are in this set so this one isn't a choice for me.  I was very disappointed with this one.  My favorite piece of the collection is divided into two; the Rocker Chick set and the 3 Lipsticks set.  Three pink lipsticks fit my mood and look of this season and I love MAC pinks on top of it.  I already own two pieces of the Rocker Chick, the Eye Shadow in Black Tied and the Eye Kohl in Smolder, and I love both of them and actually use them together.  I really love the Lipstick in that collection (yet another MAC pink!), that is worth me buying this whole set for new shades and back ups.

The Warm Smokey Eye Shadows are also on my radar from this group, Naked Lunch is almost always sold out at my local counter and I am beginning to wonder if buying this set is one of the only ways that I am going to get my hands on this shade.  The good news is that I also like every other shade in that set and I will get lotes of use from the palette.  The last piece that I really want from this collection is the set of the black liners. 

The major pieces that I am skipping are the other two Looks (one is too warm for me and the other is too bronze).  I also don't put much faith into the brush sets since I prefer to buy a brush or two as it is recommended with my color purchase.

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