I’m so not loving the imagary in this range – it’s an ironic take on the romance novel but I honestly just don’t like it at all. That said, there are some interesting colours in the range – I have a few here to show you in swatch form. First up is the Novel Romance Quad, £30.
MAC A Novel Romance Quad is kind of olivey-brown based with a couple of sheeny neutrals (from left to right: My Fantasy, Fall In Lust, Dance In The Dark and Rising Passions) in a mix of veluxe pearl, frost, matte and velvet. For my colouring (brown eyes, olive tone) this is a really useful palette.
There’s a selection of Lipsticks (six) of which I have Good Kisser above – a vivid pink in matte format. Lipsticks are £15.50.
The one product that I’m really going to get a lot of wear from is the nail polish in Midnight Ocean. It’s a dusky mid blue – little bit denim in my opinion.
It’s so well pigmented that I’ve only used one coat on the nail wheel swatch. It’s £10 and there’s a selection of six shades.
It’s always really hard to tell with MAC what colours are new, brought back or existing when they do these collections – MAC fans always know, but in honesty, I end up in all kinds of confusion! MAC A Novel Romance is a big collection, comprising Fluidline Pencils, a set of Electric Cool Eye Shadows (all limited edition), Nails, Lipsticks (limited edition), Lipglass (limited edition) and brushes. The collection starts off on-line from 28th August and goes into all MAC locations from 4th September.
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Love the shades in the eyeshadow palette – so useful for everyday wear!
Josie XOXO
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Fallen in Lust is such a beautiful colour!
Nicole♥ | Just a bit of Nicole
Really like the quad, just a let down they haven’t done limited edition packaging with the collection x
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Oh that’s interesting. The collection is called “A Novel Romance” in the U.S., not “model romance.” It’s a really nice collection with solid pigmentation and great texture across the board! I ended up liking a lot more than I thought I would.
argh… doing far too much and none of it well.. thank you so much for pointing that out..changing now!
I’m not getting the irony really and considering that quite alot of romance novels are hugely sexist it doesn’t seem like a great choice for MAC.
I REALLY want to treat myself to that quad, those shades have my name all over them!
Sarah 🙂
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I love that quad!
Megan x
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