Release date: August 20, 2009 North America, September 2009 International
Everything we do at MAC is built around the idea that anything is possible when self-expression is honoured, exalted, alowed to rise to its ultimate aria. This season MAC celebrates the idea of the Artist in every shade and stripe...makeup as art form. We've selected three individuals who eemplify this idea through both the subjects they choose, and the wildly individual styles and colours used to convey them. Bold heroic, big; giggly, playful, clever; dramatic, original, abstract: Fall '09 as seen by Richard Phillips, Maira Kalman, and Marilyn Minter. Be inspired!
Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 As Seen By Richard Phillips, Painter
Andy Warhol did a cameo on The Love Boat in 1985...and in the same spirit, Richard Phillips! 1998 painting, Spectrum, made its debut on the scandalous Gossip Girl - a sign of the times! Need we say more? Recycled and re-imagined '50s, '60s, and '70s ads and images, and every colourful issue ever considered when pondering the question of "identity" is what Richard Phillips is all about. Highly technical, a refinement of precise, acadmeic painting, his gold and beautiful portraits seem so relevant to everything MAC artistry is all about. A collection of eye shadow quads, lipsticks, Lipglass, and The Perfect Cheek Blush just leap off the canvas!
Cosmetosaur adds: You can find the original Phillips painting here that was then digitally altered by Pascal Dangin (celebrity & fashion photo-retoucher) to reflect the colours featured in this collection.
Painting info:
Der Bodensee, 2008
Oil on canvas
78 x 52 1/2 inches (198.1 x 133.4 cm)
by Richard Phillips
Follow up:
Lipsticks: $14.00USD/$16.50CAD
Full Body - Deep red plum (Lustre) (LE)
Hold the Pose - Brown plum with gold pearl (Lustre) (LE)
Front Lit - Light white yellow (Frost) (LE)
Lovin' It - Cool neutral with yellow undertone (Lustre) (LE)
High Strung - A deep pink silver (Frost) (Permanent)
Lipglass: $14.00USD/$16.50CAD
On Display - Purple with yellow pearl (LE)
New Spirit - Light yellow coral (LE)
Personal Taste - Mid-tone rose with pink gold pearl (LE)
Young Thing - Yellow neutral with gold pearl (LE)
Quads: $36.00USD/$43.00CAD (LE)
Photo Realism
Photorealism - Gold shimmer with gold pearl (Frost)
Fresh Approach - Cool mint green (Veluxe Pearl)
Image Maker - Mid-tone grey green (Frost)
Grey Range - Deep blue green (Veluxe Pearl)
In the Gallery
Lightfall - Pale pink (Satin)
Look at the Eyes - Light violet (Frost)
In the Gallery - Mid-tone blue pink (Matte)
Private viewing - Deep brown plum (Matte)
Notoriety
Skintone 1 - Light white pink (Lustre)
Skintone 2 - Mid tone gold (Frost)
Noteriety - Mid tone brown with gold pearl (Velvet)
Rich & Earthy - Rich coral bronze (Veluxe Pearl)
Mascara: (Permanent) $13.00USD/$15.50CAD
Plushlash Mascara in Plushblack - True black
Powder Blush: $18.50/$22.00CAD
The Perfect Cheek - Mid-tone pale pink (Matte) (LE)
Notable - mid-tone brick brown red (Satin) (LE)
Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 As Seen By Maira Kalman, Illustrator
We still chuckle (along with all of Manhattan) over the now-famous New Yorker cover illustration of "Newyorkistan." Cheeky, witty, always amusing, Maira's illustrations are cute and colourful, wonderfully child-like, playful...and sophisticated all at once. Technakohl Liners and Maira's Magical thinking Eye Shadows are made for the MAC Artist with a sense of mischief and a deep desire to be defiantly different. Warm and eccentric at the same time, Maira's faces are full of cock-eyed optimism, with the tiniest smidge of city-girl-snobbism...simply, scrumptiously, stupendously sublime!
Eye Shadows: $14.50USD/$17.00CAD
Crest the Wave - Rich yellow (Frost) (LE) (Repromote from Naughty Nautical's Stowaway quad)
Off the Page - Mid-tone mustard orange (Frost) (LE)
Haunting - Light turquoise blue (Satin) (LE) (Repromote from MAC for Alexander McQueen)
Violet Trance - Deep blue purple (Matte) (LE) (Repromote for Balloonacy's Pandamonium quad)
Purple Shower - Mid-tone magenta with silver pearl (Satin) (LE) (Repromote from Turquatic)
Maira's Magic - Yellow pink (Satin) (LE)
Technakohl Liners: $14.50USD/$17.00CAD
Full of Fuschia - Deep blue magenta (LE)
Artistic License - Bright turquoise blue (LE)
Obviously Orange - Mid-tone coral (LE)
Colour Matters - Bright lime (LE)
Graphblack - Rich graphic black (Permanent)
Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 As Seen By Marilyn Minter, Photographer
There's that famous close-up of Tom Ford's belly button, part of the "Pathology of Glamour" that this artist renders with luminous, almost hallucinatory colour and painterly photo-realism... Erotic imagery that zooms in on a succulently wet, red lip, a dappled, sequined eye, or a silverized stiletto splashing in the mud. The Whitney Biennial Artist says she's "Never met a model who actually thinks she's beautiful," and that observation goes a long way to explain how she connects to what MAC wants to say about all-inclusiveness - we're ALL beautiful sometimes. Pigments in Push the Edge and Copper and Gold Glitter have the power to make anyone feel like they WILL be seen - and desired.
Cosmetosaur adds: Wondering what close-up they're referring to? Look here.
Pigments: $19.50USD/$23.50CAD
Brash & Bold - Bright magenta (LE)
Push the Edge - Deep bright purple with pearl (LE)
Cocomotion - Dirty gold with olive undertone and gold sparkle (LE) (Repromote from Rushmetal)
Heritage Rouge - Deep burgundy with red and brown pearl (Permanent) (Pro) (Also a repromote from Overrich)
Glitters: $19.50USD/$23.00CAD
Fuschia - Sparkling fuschia (Permanent) (Pro)
Gold - Sparkling chunky gold (Permanent) (Pro)
Reflects Rust - Sparkling warm red (Permanent) (Pro)
Reflects Copper - Sparkling saffron (Permanent) (Pro)
Gloss Texture: $18.00USD/$22.00CAD
Clear (Permanent) (Pro)
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