My Picks from MAC Moody Blooms Collection, Eye Shadows in Deep Fixation, Green Room, Lucky Green, Hidden Motive, Blooming Mad and Artistic License, Fluidlines in Black Ivy, Nightshade and Copperthorn, Sheen Supreme Lipsticks in Moody Bloom and Quiet the Thing, Review, Swatch and FOTD

It must have been time to get into something colorful, matching to the name of the blog. Lately I caught a MAC bug and went crazy over their Alluring Aquatics collection (reviewed here and here) and Pedro Lourenco (reviewed here) became one of my go to makeup looks for professional settings. After having fun with Osbournes collection (Kelly's part reviewed here, Sharon's is coming up), I was convinced that nothing could excite me as much as these did. 

But there it was, Moody Blooms. First of all, I am loving the name, which I think, is a word play on Moody Blues, a band which I adore. Although they were active much before my time, I discovered their music during my late teens. Especially their album called Days of Future Passed has been my obsession over years. Maybe you know Night in White Satin? That one is from this album, together with other songs which take the listener to different times of the day. 

Moody Blooms Collection is composed of six eye shadows, five Sheen Supreme Lipsticks, five Sheen Supreme Lipglass Tints, two powder blushes and three Fluidlines. To me the eye shadows were the stars of the collection. Six eye shadows can be classified into three main color categories, brown/peach, green and purple. 

For the natural lovers, the collection offers a stunning peachy rose gold called Artistic License. It is very smooth and creamy and the shade shows up perfectly on the lids. It was love at first sight. A deeper bronze brown called Deep Fixation is a little drier to touch but applies beautifully. I like my crease shades a little on the drier side so this one is perfect for me. Both are very pigmented and apply beautifully. 

Two beautiful purples of the collection for eyes are Blooming Mad and Hidden Motive. Hidden Motive is a stunning deep warm plum/orchid with lovely pink shimmer. Blooming Mad is a mid-toned pinky lilac which is very iridescent once worn. Both of the shades are very radiant and beautiful, again the lighter shade is more creamy to touch and deeper shade is a little drier, I think the consistencies and pigmentation are great during application.

Two of the eye shadows I was not very keen on getting were the green ones. Green Room is a mid-toned forest green with a touch of teal. I was not very fond of Green Room since those green tones tend to look muddy on my complexion (and give me a punched eye). Since I really liked Lucky Green, I didn't want to pass the last one in the line so ended up getting Green Room too. The consistency of Green Room is a little drier but it is pigmented and works well once applied. Lucky Green, an acid green, is such a gorgeous shade, it looks very electric but on the lids, it blends beautifully and combines very nicely with the rest of the shades.

Here are all the shades together for those of you who still can't make up their minds. I have also swatched them all together for reference. The shades first look like uncoordinated but the magic happens when you start mixing and matching those. I can think of thousand possibilities with these, but first I took the challenge to apply all of that at once, you can see the results down below, but first Fluidlines...

I purchased all the Fluidlines of the collection. First I was thinking to get only Black Ivy, which is a deep teal with sparse beautiful shimmer. Then I have seen Nightshade and my plum loving heart couldn't skip it. That one is unfortunately a bit thin once applied and as a liner, it may not give the best definition but I thought I could use it also as a cream base to some of the eye shadows. Copperthorn is an interesting liner, it is very sparkly and I usually like sparkling eye liners. I thought of combining it with black ivy to add a little bit of something for a special occasion make-up or use it sparingly on the inner corner for a day make-up.

Here is the resulting eye look of the challenge of using all the eye shadows at once. 

Artistic License: Inner corner to the mid-lid

Lucky Green: Middle lid

Hidden Motive and Deep Fixation: Crease and outer corner

Blooming Mad: Blending above crease

Green Room: along lower lash line, blended with Urban Decay 24/7 Eyeliner in Mars

Black Ivy: Along the upper lash line

Copperthorn: Inner corner

There are many more things I would like to try with the eye shadows and Fluidlines, for example using the Fluidlines as base to eye shadows, such as shown in the following swatch. Nightshade and Blooming Mad looks gorgeous once layered.

I also picked up two lipsticks from the collection. Moody Bloom is a real stunner and I think is a very unique one, so a definite stand out of the collection for me. Quiet The Thing! is a lovely pink/plum. These are my first Sheen Supreme Lipsticks, the formula reminds me of YSL's Rouge Volupte lipsticks since these also have a great slip and they are relatively pigmented for a sheer lipstick. 

Here is the resulting look, I have passed on the blushes of the collection since I got way too many of those recently. I combined the look with MAC Ocean City on the cheeks and Chanel Les Beiges #30 as a subtle bronzer. Although I wouldn't classify Moody Bloom Lipstick as a nude on me, I really like how it combines with all the craziness going on on my eyes. 

Final thoughts: A lovely collection from MAC for all tastes, natural lovers need Artistic License and Deep Fixation as well as Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Moody Bloom, team purple needs Hidden Motive, Blooming Mad, Nightshade and Quiet the Thing! 

My personal favorites from the collection are: Moody Bloom, Artistic License, Lucky Green, Hidden Motive, Deep Fixation and Black Ivy in that order. 

The collection is available since one week in Germany and some shades are already sold out online but they can still be found if you call a few counters. On Saturday almost all the items were available in Stuttgart Breuninger and Douglas on Koenig Strasse. In the States, I see that most of the products can still be purchased online, from MAC Cosmetics or other stores such as Nordstrom. 

What are you thoughts on Moody Blooms?