Introducing MAC alice + olivia. If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary-wise, what it is, it wouldn’t be. What it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”— alice + olivia = Stacey Bendet, New York native, downtown-fashionista, all-around fun girl, and the sum total of design line alice + olivia, MAC’s latest collaborator. A frump-fighting, pro-pixie, anti-seriousness collection of colour that includes new takes on Dazzleglass Crème. So Rich So Pretty Nail Lacquer and Partylicious Pigments…hip + happy = alice + olivia for MAC.

T to B: MAC alice + olivia Dazzleglass Creme ($18 ) I. Want. Candy hot yellow with soft multi dimensional pearl. Sparklicious creamy pale pinky with soft multi dimensional pearl. If it’s pink…hot pink with soft multi dimensional pearl. Makeup Tip: “Transform your matte red lip by applying I.Want.Candy Dazzleglass Creme on top. It will literally change into a chic orange red with shine and luster.”-MAC’s Director of Makeup Artistry Gregory Arlt.

L to R: MAC alice + olivia Nail Lacquer ($12) Military black matte with sliver suede pearl. Morning. After creamy turquoise. So Rich So Pretty bright purple with pearl.

L to R: MAC alice +olivia Pigment ($19.50) Partylicious turquoise with silver pearl. If It Sparkles…white with transforming pink pearl. Later. black with transforming purple pearl.

If Alice fell down the rabbit hole and met a Makeup Artist instead of the Mad Hatter, MAC alice + olivia is the curiously gorgeous collection she’d be rocking! Hip, playful, unpretentious and unabashedly fun, MAC is thrilled to announce the latest collaboration with the most adorably fabulous fashionista we know, designer Stacey Bendet of cult-fave line, alice + olivia. Celebrities, socials and all-around cool girls from coast to coast are obsessed with a + o’s uptown-meets-downtown aesthetic and colourful, playful vibe, so the inspiration for the makeup collection was a cinch!

“It’s all in the details…and what stands out,” says Jennifer Balbier, Senior Vice President MAC Global Product Development. “Just like Stacey, where every detail is important, so are the punctuated colours of this collection…current, cool and a must for fashion this season. Pearls and pigments mixed exclusively for alice + olivia.”

Three mouth-wateringly delicious new shades of Dazzleglass Creme, three absolutely shimmering, colour-saturated Pigments, and Nail Lacquer in three “it” shades were made to totally compliment any party frock. Sooo alice + olivia. Now get out there and play!

“I can happily say that the collection embodies the very spirit of alice + olivia; effervescent, happy and fun!” says MAC Director of Makeup Artistry Gregory Arlt, who personally road tested the exclusive collection and has oodles of tips for playing with these vibrant shades.

MAC alice + olivia is available July 8th, 2010 only at MAC retail stores. International August 2010 at select MAC locations.