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Home » New on shelves » MAC Dress Camp Collection – tested

MAC Dress Camp Collection – tested

March 30, 2008 Paris B 6 Comments

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I was out today at Isetan in Lot 10 when I remembered that the MAC Dress Camp collection had launched. My main intention was to check out the Dress Camp face palette.

The face palette comes with a blush (Dress Camp Pink) and 3 eyeshadows and a brush in a palette that looks pretty much like what you see in the picture. As I expected, it looks quite tacky in terms of packaging. But how does the product measure?

Dress Camp Pink blush is very bright in the pan. I swiped it to test and it went on very pigmented. You would be advised to use a light hand with this one. The pink is a warmed pink which I was quite surprised as I thought it looked cool. I think it would look nice on, with a light hand.

The 3 eyeshadows, Sunny Girl, Trend and Golden Girl are surprisingly sheer. Sunny girl showed up sheer gold on my arm whilst I couldn’t get Trend to show up at all! I kept rubbing away at the tester but nope. Nothing. Golden Girl was also a sheer deeper gold. Definitely nothing as pigmented as what you see in the picture. So, all in all, I’d say that you are getting a pretty wearable palette although it looks garish.

The Dress Camp lipstick (Too Fab) is a bright fuschia. I found it too bright to be worn together with the face palette. However, the sales assistant assured me that it was nicely toned down with the use of the lipglasses She-Gold (gold with glitter) and Fashion (bright pink).

As I don’t use MAC cosmetics at all anymore, I have nothing to compare the textures or finish with. The blush would be lovely if sold separately. As a palette, its too bright for those with light skintone (but the eyeshadows would work well) and it would be nice on those with darker skintone (but the eyeshadows will fail miserably) so its just too complicated for me to get my head around!

I however, had a very pleasant browsing experience at the MAC Counter in Lot 10 (located in Isetan). I was attended to by Baby (a guy) and he was friendly and helpful. Through him too, I found out that Heatherette (MAC’s upcoming collection) is due in Malaysia at the end of April or early May 2008 and Baby assures me that that eyeshadow palette is worth waiting for, so look out for that one!

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  1. reeka says

    March 30, 2008 at 8:14 pm

    hi PB….what time were u in MAC lot 10? I was there at 2 p.m. Served by Zoey, and she’s nice as well. I bought the all items of dress camp for my friend in Indonesia, & for myself…I just bought the l/s. Love the packaging! **yess…i’m the packaging sucker hahhahah**

    The e/s’s didnt show up on me….**thx God ahahha**.

    so the Heatherette will come in town on end of april? cant wait….I’ve heard some raves about it…much better than FAFI they said.

    btw..Christy from MAC KLCC is nice also. Not like the others who were snob sometimes…:)

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  2. Nikki says

    March 31, 2008 at 9:22 am

    hey PB, I have some not so nice experience at MAC Counters here in Manila as well, that’s what put me off! I got a wrong shade of MAC Studio fix (but it’s still ok, i have to apply sparingly as it’ll get too dark on me). And I bought an eyeshadow (without help at all) for my brows and I bought a Face Contour duo from MAC as well yesterday and I literally had to go to this beauty consultant to ask for advise, that’s why I’m leaning to Paul & Joe because of the nice and friendly and super helpful staffs 😀

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  3. beetrice says

    March 31, 2008 at 11:13 am

    *LOL*…Baby!! He’s the makeup artist that did my face for Rose Rose…gave me plenty of tips on MAC’s range as well.

    (if he says its good, I’m game… :D)

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  4. Shryh says

    March 31, 2008 at 2:49 pm

    The Heatherette eyeshadow palettes are quite beautiful, and I’m partial to Trio #1. But there is a beautiful pink lipstick with a green gold shimmer called Lollypop Loving — doesn’t quite go with my skinstone, but if it did, I’d totally buy 5 in one go.

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  5. ParisB says

    April 1, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    Reeka: Yes the eyeshadows are terribly sheer to my surprise. I’m so glad I’m not a MAC fan LOL…

    Nikki: Service staff make all the difference don’t they? They could make or break a sale! I’ve never tried any Paul and Joe though…

    Beetrice: He looked like someone who knew what they were talking about. Respect!

    Shryh: Wow! That is good to know. Mac lippies don’t work for me however *whew* but I’m sure this will make someone happy!

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