MAC All About Orange, part two

After finding out that Singapore was getting the All About Orange collection before the official USA launch date, I was extremely keen to try out this MAC collection for myself. 

MAC AAO Sushi Kiss  (left upper lip is left bare on purpose)

I didn't managed to try the products on the first day of their launch, but I did pop by the stores yesterday and swatched a few lipsticks. 

I personally liked the look of Tart & Trendy and Neon Orange when I saw the pictures online at MAC Korea's blog (access it on the mobile phone to see the names of products in English, somehow Google Translate doesn't work on the desktop). Alas, I had no time to swatch them on my lips.

For more information, you can refer to Mag's blog or Hijin's blog. 

MAC All About Orange

MAC's All About Orange is going to be launched in Singapore on 22 May. USA is expected to get it on 6 June and UK is also supposed to receive it in June. Singapore is getting it ahead of USA and UK!

Score one for Team Singapore! 

After years of seeing collections and products come late to Singapore and Asia (or never coming at all), I'm heartened by this news. Not too sure if MAC will launch All about Orange in all the MAC counters/boutiques islandwide, but I do know that Tangs Singapore will have this collection on this date. 

If the collection is only available at Tangs Singapore (at the start), it would mean that MAC views Tangs, possibly the doyenne of departmental retail in Singapore, as a worthy partner. MAC has often partnered with Nordstrom (USA) to launch MAC exclusives and *fingers crossed*, perhaps a similar collaboration is not far off in Singapore?

MAC Chromographic Pencil and Baking Beauties

Despite MAC being a beauty staple brand (its foundation shades are almost universally used by beauty bloggers to reference their skin shades), I've actually never owned a single MAC product. 

Oh, I've been attracted before. Like Nordstrom-exclusive MAC collections and various bits and bobs here and there. 

But this might be just the season to change that. The coral hue of Lasting Sensation (MAC Chromographic Multi-Use Pencils) seems an excellent addition to my current collection of bright/orange lippies. I can only find the swatch of Lasting Sensation here inspite of the fact that it should be available in USA before UK. Perhaps the USA bloggers have different press samples?  

On another note, the Baking Beauties MAC collection (available for sale in USA) bears a striking resemblence to Etude House's Sweet Recipe.  

Have spotted only one item from both collections I actually might consider buying. 

Pearlmatte Face Powder (MAC Baking Beauties) 

Baby Choux Base (Etude House Sweet Recipe)

There is no available information on when Baking Beauties will arrive at MAC counters in Singapore (if they follow to form, since USA is getting them now and UK has not received them yet, we might get them in late May/Jun? If we're lucky). Etude House's Sweet Recipe collection is available at Etude House shops. 

Update 16 May: Baking Beauties arrived in Singapore sometime in early May. I saw the visuals and the counters were stocked with the collection.