RiRi Hearts MAC-Fall Release in October-UPDATED INFO!!

**UPDATE**

MAC tweeted last week that this collection will be available sooner than originally expected.  Instead, the collection will be available in MAC stores on September 26th and online September 30th.  The collection will then be available everywhere else on October 3rd.


Word on the street is that the Fall RiRi Hearts MAC collection will be released in early October (allegedly October 3rd).  This release is the largest of the RiRi Hearts MAC collection and will also feature "signature" packaging (which of course costs more).  The packaging is gorgeous! Pretty, gold, and covered with Rihanna's signature or "R" design.  The collages below are images borrowed from hausofrihanna.com!

The collection will feature:

• Lipsticks-$16.50
• RiRi Woo (retro matte blue red) (re-release) 
• Talk That Talk (retro matte deep plum)
• Who's That Chick (mid tone frosty orange)
• Nude Matte (nude cream)
• Lipglass-$16.50
• RiRi Woo will become a lipglass!!!!!!
• Blush
•  Bad Girl Gone Good (warm copper)
• Eyeshadow Palettes-Quad-$44.00
• Smoked Cocoa
• Grey/Champagne/Black w/silver/Charcoal
• Her Cocoa
• Bronze gold/Peach/Antique gold/Chocolate bronze
• Mascara $17.50
• Gigablack Extended Play
• Pro Longwear Lip Pencil-$21.50
• RiRi Woo
• Talk That Talk
• Blush/Bronzer Duo-$26.00
• Hibiscus Kiss (re-release)
• Veluxe Brow Liner-$21.50
• Deep Brunette
• Deep Dark Brunette
• Liquid Last Liner-$21.50
• Brushes 
• 187SE-$42.00
• 282SE-$32.00
• Lustre Drops-$20.00
• Barbados Girl (re-release)
• Eyelashes-$17.50
• #35
• #36
• Cream Color Base-$22.00
• Diamonds (soft pink beige w/gold)
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Smashbox Fall 2013 Collection: Fade to Black

Smashbox's Fall 2013 Collection, Fade to Black, features gorgeous warm colors, perfect for fall.  The collection has two lipsticks, two waterproof shadow liners, and two eyeshadow palettes.   You can view the collection here at Smashbox online.  The collection is also available at Sephora.  The entire collection is limited edition, so if interested, check it out sooner rather than later.

The collection: 

• Fade to Black Be Legendary Lipstick, retailing at $20: two shades: Cognac (warm raisin) and Black Cherry (deep cranberry). From Smashbox's website: Create any lip look from uptown to underground with these limited-edition shades of our best-selling Be Legendary Lipstick. Shades: Cognac, Black Cherry.
• Fade to Black Photo Op Eye Shadow Palette, retailing at $42: two shades:Fade In (warm) and Fade Out (cool).  Both of  these palettes also come with a brush, which is awesome! From Smashbox's website: Super versatile, seriously cool. This palette of neutrals starts with the most wearable nudes and ends with the fiercest blacks-all in a range of finishes, from matte to shimmer. Shades: Fade In, Fade Out.
• Fade to Black Waterproof Shadow Liner, retailing at $20: two shades: Black Gold (gold with a black undertone) and Blackest Black (matte black).  Per Smashbox's website, these are: Limited editions of our favorite stay-put shadow/long-wearing liner in fierce shades of black.

I stopped in Sephora today and swatched the lipsticks and shadow liners.  They are all pretty, but I have to say I'm most impressed with the shadow liners.  These babies DO NOT BUDGE.  I've been scrubbing my hands and cannot get them off lol...it takes a good amount of makeup remover and voila, gone.  The black is a matte black, and the black gold is unique, it is a gold color but because of its black undertone, it's grity and multi-dimensional.  I like it a lot, and am considering getting this one (when I have makeup budget money available lol). The black is nice as well, but for me, it is not unlike many of the other black pencils on the market.  The liners are thick pencils, so they give a pretty thick swatch on first application.  As for the lipsticks, they were both pretty, but they were not unlike many other shades already available on the market.  Neither of them screamed, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO BUY ME!  At least to me.

*Sidenote: the packaging for this collection is beautiful.  To go with the "Fade to Black" theme the package starts off a deep pink and darkens to black.  Super cute.* As far as the eyeshadow palettes, both were gorgeous.  I am impressed with the pigmentation of these, and was torn between which one I liked better.  At first it was Fade Out, because it has varying shades of purple, all of which were gorgeous.  The last color was a black color with cranberry glitter, that was so unique! But....after going back and forth between the palettes, Fade In is more 'wearable'.  The colors are all neutrals and again, super gorgeous and pigmented.  There is this one shade, that is absolutely stunning that makes the entire palette worth buying.  It's the fifth shade in the palette (there are seven overall).  It's a golden greenish color with a black undertone, similar to the Shadow Liner.  It's super pigmented and I can imagine a ton of looks with this one. 

From the website.

Picture not mine: from Google Images

Fade Out Palette

Fade In Palette

Left to Right: Cognac, Black Cherry, Black Gold and Blackest Black

NARS Fall Collection 2013

NARS Fall Collection 2013 is available now.  It's a nice collection, featuring warm pretty colors, but I'm not sure if it's cohesive (in my mind).  There are some standout items, but I'm not sure if the entire collection, for me personally, blends.  Or works together completely.  Sometimes collections seem random, or seem that not all the colors in a collection work well with each other.  And I kind of get that impression from this one.  Again, just my opinion.  Check out the details below.

This collection features:

• Pure Matte Lipstick-$26
• La Paz (Deep, orchid purple)
• Peloponnese (Ginger pink)
• Velvet Lip Pencil-$25
• Mysterious Red (Deep, crimson red)
• Paimpol (Pink Chiffon)
• Nail Polish (Opaque)-$19
• Fury (Regal Purple)
• Galathee' (Dove Grey)
• Larger Than Life Long-Wear Eyeliner-$24
• Las Rambas (Yellow Gold)
• Via De' Martelli (Chocolate)
• Eyeshadow-$24
• Bavaria (Shimmer-Deep sea blue)
• Yamal (Matte-Maple sugar)
• Namibia (Matte-Grey moon)
• Kamchatka (Matte-Navy smoke)

This collection is available now at Nars Cosmetics (online), and Nordstrom. These are some pics of the products from the website. Nothing fancy, just off my iPhone, sorry.