Products mentioned in Marta’s Vlog:

MAC Greaspaint Stick in black purple
MAC Dazzleglass Creme in Soft Dazzle
MAC Dazzleglass in Luscious Spark

MAC Style Black
MAC Style Black: MAC Young Punk Eye Shadow

Q: What’s so special about Halloween?
A: Halloween is exhilarating makeup time! It’s the time of year when you can let all your alter egos come out! Whether your thing is drag, scary monsters or celebrity impersonations, just have fun!

Q: What are you planning to be for Halloween?
A: I don’t dress up! I just love watching all the action in the streets. I live in the East Village in New York, and the fun part is just watching everybody come out and play. Even if sometimes it’s hard to tell if it’s a Halloween look or just a colourful neighbour.

From villainous vamps to dolled-up demons, M∙A∙C Senior Artists Bianca Alexander, Luc Bouchard, Keri Blair, Sandy Joseph and Chantel Miller revel in the ghouls – and glamour – of Halloween

Q: What are the products you most often use during Halloween?
A: I would say I love MAC Studio Finish SPF 35 Concealer as a base. That way, you basically have a blank canvas and you can create anything you want. Also, all the MAC Pro Lipmix colours are great if you want very rich, creamy colours that will make a statement. Prep + Prime finishing powder can set anything into place and make it last all night.

Q: What’s the most difficult look you have ever achieved with makeup?
A: Last year, my MAC Halloween video look was some sort of a water creature. It was very challenging for me, because it was about recreating the illusion of movement with shine and shapes.

Q: What is your biggest piece of advice to all MAC fans as they get ready for Halloween?
A: Prepare in advance. Start researching what you want to do so you can gather as much info as possible, and then practice your look at least once. That way you can see what works and what needs to be fixed. Remember, you can always just go to your favourite MAC counter and ask for help.

From villainous vamps to dolled-up demons, M∙A∙C Senior Artists Bianca Alexander, Luc Bouchard, Keri Blair, Sandy Joseph and Chantel Miller revel in the ghouls – and glamour – of Halloween.

Q: Of all the Halloween makeup looks you have ever done, which is your favourite?
A: The last one that I have done is always my favourite!

Watch: Luc Bouchard backstage interview with Marta Walsh at Thuy Spring 2010 Collection in New York City

Spooky-kooky to ga-ga gorgeous, the top looks of Halloween are here as five MAC Senior Artists demonstrate how monstrously fun and devilishly do-able our looks can be! For more inspiration, go to Photos tab http://www.facebook.com/MACcosmetics … and pick your look from our monster roster of 21 Face Charts.

Here are some highlights of how to get some of MAC’s top Halloween makeup looks or faces: 

From the album: “TOP HALLOWEEN LOOKS + FACE CHARTS” by MAC Cosmetics

Exotic Zea (look featured in the video)
Look created by M·A·C Artist: Franklin Betancourt
Location: Shaumburg, IL, USA

Follow the step-by-step and M·A·C products listed below to achieve that look.

Click here for a printable version of this look to bring to a MAC Artist in a store near you; links to the products used are also included: http://www.maccosmetics.com/halloween1

Or visit http://bit.ly/maccosmetics  to purchase these products online or find a store near you. Pro products can be purchased in any MAC Pro store.

Step-By-Step Instructions:

1. By crushing Gesso eye shadow mixed in with Eye Liner Mixing Medium, you can paint your face white. Another option is to use white Paintstick from the M·A·C PRO line.
2. It is important to have references of zebra stripes handy to study the pattern. I used Blacktrack Fluidline with a #210 brush to create the pattern of zebra on my models face.
3. Doubling up on #37 lashes can create a doe eyed animalistic eye.
4. Prep+Prime Transparent Finishing powder will seal the deal.

FACE
Green Gel Cleanser
Studio Moisture Cream
Prep+Prime Skin
Face & Body
Select Moistureblend
Studio Sculpt Concealer
Eye Shadow – Gesso & Eye Liner
Mixing Medium
Prep+Prime Transparent Finishing powder

EYES
Fluidline – Blacktrack
Eye Kohl – Fascinating
Penultimate Liner
Eye Shadow – Carbon, Vanilla
Plushlash – Plushblack

LIPS
Lip conditioner mix with Powerpoint Eye Pencil – Guilded White
Lipstick – Pretty Please, Black Knight (Style Black Collection)

Modern Contrasts
Look created by MAC Artist: Pauline Chang Y. Wei
Location: Malaysia

Follow the step-by-step and M·A·C products listed below to achieve that look.

Click here for a printable version of this look to bring to a M·A·C Artist in a store near you; links to the products used are also included: http://www.maccosmetics.com/halloween2

Or visit http://bit.ly/maccosmetics  to purchase these products online or find a store near you. Pro products can be purchased in any M·A·C Pro store.

STEP-BY-STEP

1. Prep and hydrate skin with Prep + Prime Skin and Studio Moisture Fix.
2. Perfect skin with Studio Fix Fluid Foundation and a light dusting of Studio Fix Powder Foundation. Apply Mineralize Skinfinsh in Soft and Gentle over the high planes of the face for a soft highlight.
3. Use PowerPoint Liner in Engraved to draw linear and rectangle details over the forehead, eye and cheek.
4. Shade in rectangle and squares with Carbon Eye Shadow, and fill in negative space with White Frost Eye Shadow, using Brush #208.
5. Create the singular smokey eye by lining through the upper and lower lashline with Smolder Eye Kohl, and smudging over with Carbon Eye Shadow and Brush #239.
6. Continue to blend smokey effect over the eyelid, through the crease, and lower lashline with Print Eye Shadow.
7. Apply Lipmix White over lips, and shade through the center with Black Knight Lipstick to finish.

FACE
Cleanse Off Oil
Studio Moisture Fix
Prep+Prime Skin
Studio Fix Fluid SPF 15 Foundation
Studio Fix Fluid SPF 35 Concealer
Studio Fix powder
Mineralize Skinfinish – Soft and Gentle

EYES
Eye Kohl – Smolder
Eye Shadow – Carbon, White Frost, Print
Powerpoint Eye Liner – Engraved
Zoomlash – Zoomblack

LIPS
Lipmix – White Frost (PRO)
Lipstick – Black Knight (Style Black Collection)

Madame Mask
Look created by MAC Artist: Sylvester Jack
Location: Sabah, Malaysia

Follow the step-by-step and MAC products listed below to achieve that look.

Click here for a printable version of this look to bring to a MAC Artist in a store near you; links to the products used are also included: http://www.maccosmetics.com/halloween3

Or visit http://bit.ly/maccosmetics  to purchase these products online or find a store near you. Pro products can be purchased in any MAC Pro store.

STEP-BY-STEP

1. Use Brush #188 to prep and perfect skin with Prep + Prime Skin.
2. Use Brush #191 to apply Chromacake in Pure White to the entire face, including the neck area.
3. Lightly sketch the “wave” design on the face with Fascinating Eye Kohl.
4. Outline and shade the design details with Smolder Eye Kohl and Blacktrack Fluidline, using Brush #212.
5. Use Brush #217 to apply Carbon Eye Shadow over the design in order to set with a matte finish.
6. Use Brush #208 and Blacktrack Fluidline to elongate and define eyes. Follow by using Brush #239 to blend Carbon Eye Shadow over both eyelids.
7. Apply Lash #36 on the upper lashline and Lash #33 on the lower lashes to open up eyes.
8. Define the lip with Blacktrack Fluidline.

FACE
Lightful Foaming Cream Cleanser
Studio Moisture Fix Lotion
Prep+Prime Skin
Chromacake – Pure White (PRO)
Eye Kohl – Fascinating

EYES
Eye Kohl – Smolder
Eye Shadow – Carbon
Fluidline – Blacktrack

LIPS
Prep + Prime Lip
Lipstick – Black Knight (Style Black Collection)

Brush Bags

The Magician’s tricks are all in the bag – a sleight of hand that provokes the question, “How did you do that?” The answers have been gathered together in three different techniques, with three different effects: Do-the-Trick Buff and Line Brushes, containing 168SE, 187SE, 209SE, 219SE and 252SE tools; Wave Of A Wand Sweep and Define Brushes, holding 129SE, 190SE, 212SE, 227SE, 275SE tools; and finally, Morning, Noon & Knight Everything Eye Brushes with 194SE, 204SE, 224SE, 266SE and 275SE tools. All sparkle with the irresistible spirit and decorative shine of the season.

Lip and Eye bags

The Fete Set needs their party favours – little pick-me-ups and help-me-alongs that keep the swish in swing, the glamour going all night long. High-tone metallic bags for Lips and Eyes, everything you need to make mirth, all in one place. Get your hands on Put A Spell On You Pink or House Of Mirth Deep Lip Bags, all with Lipstick, Lip Pencil and Dazzleglass in tow. Add Naughty Noir and Alakazam! Chocolate Eye Bags, both with Fluidline and 209SE Brush, Pigment and Zoom Lash accoutrements. lip eye and face kits Eight precociously pretty new holiday kits, presented and packaged with bubbly optimism, sophisticated and amusing as a New Yorker cartoon. For Eyes: 6 Devil May Dare Warm Eye Shadows, 6 Mystic Cool Eye Shadows, 6 Smoke and Mirrors Eye Shadows, and 6 Sorceress Eye Shadows. For lips: Heavenly Dish Neutral Lip Kit and Possessed by Pink! Lip Kit. Finally for face: Hocus Focus Colourful Face Kit and Fab-racadabra Bronze Face Kit. Each a world of wonder, to collect and give – but only to the most delightful of the deserving.

Heavenly Dish Neutral Lip Kit

Floating Lightly Pale neutral pink beige (Lustre Lipstick)
Heavenly Dish Sheer mid-tone neutral pink (Satin Lipstick)
Barely Visible Gloss y pale nude with pearl (Lipglass )

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $22.50 U.S./$27.00 CDN

Possessed By Pink! Lip Kit

Tickled Dark plum (Lustre Lipstick)
Laugh A Lot Creamy mid-tone blue pink (Lustre Lipstick)
Sweet Smile Gloss y mid-tone pink with pearl (Lipglass )

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $22.50 U.S./$27.00 CDN

6 Sorceress Eye Shadows

Magnetized Light frosted lavender (Veluxe Pearl)
Altered State Deep frosted blue purple (Veluxe Pearl)
White Rabb it Frosted soft white (Frost)
Edge of Dark Charcoal with silver pearl (Lustre)
Hold My Gaze Mid-tone cool green grey (Satin)
Hypnotizing Frosted grayed mauve (Frost)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

6 Devil May Dare Warm Eye Shadows

Dare Ya! Light frosty peachy pink (Veluxe Pearl)
Devilishly Dark Rich brown with gold pearl (Veluxe)
Oh My Darling Pale frosty cream (Satin)
Prankster Mid-tone frosted olive (Veluxe Pearl)
Sorcery Blackened burgundy (Satin)
Gold Tease Frosty mid-tone gold (Frost)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

6 Mystic Cool Eye Shadows

Cool Incantation Opalescent white gold (Frost)
Shhh, Don’t Tell Pale neutral pink (Frost)
Blue Enchantment Dark frosted turquoise (Satin)
Rose Potion Mid-tone frosted rose (Veluxe)
Deep Secret Deep frosted indigo (Frost)
Violet Vow Deep cool brown (Satin)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

6 Smoke and Mirrors Eye Shadows

Fire in Her Eyes Frost neutral beige (Frost)
Black Magique Black with gold pearl (Veluxe)
Deception Frosty golden brown (Frost)
Spell No. 9 Soft muted pink beige (NEED FINI SH)
Wide-eyed Wonder Mid frosty grey taupe (Frost)
Smoke & Mirrors Dark chocolate brown (Satin)
SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

Hocus Focus Colourful Face Kit

Pretty Baby Soft baby pink (Beauty Powder)
Peachykeen Mid-tone peach with pearl (Sheertone Shimmer)
Sunsparked Pearl Frost warm beige with pearl (Beauty Powder)

SUGGESTED RETAI LPRICE $38.00 U.S./$45.50 CDN

Fab-racadabra Bronze Face Kit

Golden Muted gold tan with gold pearl (Bronzing Powder)
Sunbasque Gilded peach with pearl (Sheertone Shimmer)
Buffed & Polished Frosty bronzed gold (Press ed Iridescent)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $38.00 U.S./$45.50 CDN

Wave of a Wand Sweep and Define Brushes

129 SE Powder/Blush Brush
190 SE Foundation Brush
227 SE Large Fluff Brush
212 SE Flat Eye Definer Brush
275 SE Medium Angled Shading Brush

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $49.50 U.S./$58.00 CDN

Do-the-Trick Buff and Line Brushes

168 SE Large Angled Contour Brush
187 SE Duo Fibre Brush
209SE Eyeliner Brush
219 SE Pencil Brush
252 SE Large Shader Brush

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $49.50 U.S./$58.00 CDN

Morning, Noon & Knight Everything Eye Brushes

194 SE Concealer Brush
204 SE Lash Brush
224 SE Tapered Blending Brush
266 SE Small Angle Brush
275 SE Medium Angled Shading Brush

SUGGESTE D RETAIL PRICE $49.50 U.S./$58.00 CDN

Put A Spell On You Pink Lip Bag

Satin Lipstick in Dream Dirty pink w/intense pearl
Dazzleglass in Baby Sparks Pale pink with violet pearl
Lip Pencil in Dervish Pinky-mauve

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

House of Mirth Deep Lip Bag

Lustre Lipstick in Fantasia Deep rose
Dazzleglass in Get Rich Qu ick Warm yellow brown
Lip Pencil in Cedar Pink coral

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

Alakazam! Chocolate Eye Bag

Pigment in Melon Soft bright golden peach
Fluidline in Rich Ground Reddened cocoa with frost
Zoom Lash in Zoombl ack Rich black
209 Brush SE Eye liner brush

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

Naughty Noir Eye Bag

Pigment in Shimmertime Pale peachy shimmer
Fluidline in Blacktrack Solid flat black
209 Brush SE Eye liner brush
Zoom Lash in Zoomblack Rich black

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $36.00 U.S./$43.50 CDN

Lipstick

Pervette Soft bright pink with violet opalescent shimmer (Glaze)

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Utter Fun Fuchsia cherry pink (Lustre)

Surprise Me Mid-tone peach (Lustre)

Total Wow! Blue pink berry (Glaze)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

Dazzleglass

She-Zam Sheer silver with silver and red pearl

Jingle Jangl e Sheer yellow peach

Phiff! Yellow pink with red and sapphire pearl

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $18.00 U.S./$21.50 CDN

Cremesheen Glass

Ever So Rich Sheer lilac

Partial to Pink Light creamy yellow pink w/light gold pearl

Boy Bait Light neutral beige with pearl

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $18.00 U.S./$21.50 CDN

Softsparkle Eye Pencil

Iris Accents Pale violet with silver pearl

Nightsky True black with silver pearl

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

Pro Lash

Coal Black Honest-to-goodness black

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $13.00 U.S./$15.50 CDN

Mineralize Eye Shadow (Duo)

Devil-May-Care Base: Rich light violet Crescent: Silver (Frost)

Under Your Spell Base: Light yellow peach pink Crescent: Rich copper (Frost)

Mayhem Base: Dirty brown gold Crescent: Silver (Frost)

Midnight Madness Base: Dirty grey brown Crescent: Gold (Frost)

It’s A Miracle Base: Deep blue burgundy Crescent: Gold (Frost)

Blue Sorcery Base: Bright Turquoise Crescent: Silver (Frost)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $19.50 U.S./$23.50 CDN

Mineralize Blush

Superdupernatural Mid-tone coral (Frost)

Conjure Up Dirty, mid-tone plum (Frost)

SUGGESTED RETAIL PRICE $21.00 U.S./$25.00 CDN

Nail Lacquer

$$$$$ Yes Metallic silver foil (Frost

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Lucky Numb er Metallic blue pink (Frost)

SUGGESTE D RETAI L PRICE $12.00 U.S./$14.50 CDN

MAC Holiday Colour:

Magic, Mirth, and Mischief

Inspired by a holiday spirit that’s impromptu, unstuffy and informal, this Holiday collection focuses on FUN! Cheeks are coloured with Mineralize Blush featuring a crescent full of sparkle to add Holiday wonderment. Choose from two of the most popular glosses: lusciously moist Cremesheen Lipglass or startlingly sparkly Dazzleglass, each creating a polished pout that stands out. Or choose from seven pouches to target eyes or lips or fulfill all your makeup brush fantasies. And there are Lip, Eye and Face Palettes that put a bevy of glorious colours in your palm. Available October 15, 2009 at all MAC locations.

MAC Viva Glam: Gifts That Give Back:

Miracles Can Happen Viva Glam Lip Kit

Believe in miracles large and small, in magic of all kinds, and give a gift that also helps others. Featuring Lipstick in Viva Glam V and VI and Lipglass in Viva Glam V, this deep red compact contains some of our most popular shades. Every cent of the selling price of Viva Glam Lipstick and Lipglass is donated to the MAC AIDS Fund to support men, women and children living with HIV and AIDS. Available October 15, 2009 at all MAC locations.

Kids Helping Kids

A kaleidoscopic of expressions of Hope, to be used whenever the spirit moves you, year-round. Creative little explosions of Magic, Mirth and Mischief!, Kids Helping Kids Cards are made to stimulate smiles. All illustrated by children, for children affected by HIV/AIDS everywhere, with 100% of the proceeds going directly to paediatric AIDS/HIV organizations. Available October 15, 2009 at all MAC locations.

MAC Holiday Gift Ideas:

Mischief Makers. Good things come in small packages. Miniature versions of MAC Lipglass/Lustreglass and Pigments/Glitter, encased in shimmering silver. Each one has 5 bite-sized delights. Available November 5, 2009 at all MAC locations.

Baroque Boudoir

Lustrous seduction with a vintage exterior. The luxe, silvery metallic, erotic and elaborate designs on the outside of these Lipsticks, Lipglass and Sheer Mystery Powders belie their lush contents. Available November 25, 2009 at select MAC locations.

 
M∙A∙C Holiday Collections are available OCTOBER 15th – DECEMBER 2008 at M∙A∙C locations, www.maccosmetics.com  and 1.800.588.0070.

Ultra-luxurious, no sticky smack or drag, Aloe and Vitamin E enriched, keeps lips lightweight but strong-willed, for long-lustre, ultimate luminosity. Wear it alone for medium-sheer, dewy coverage…. For dazzle with absolute comfort, it’s better than brilliant. And the accompanying applicator brush is a dream.

Dazzleglass creme

Sublime Shine Light coral brown with gold pearl

Soft Dazzle Mid-tone peach pink with gold pearl

Perfectly Unordinary Bright yellow pink with gold pearl

My Favourite Pink Light blue pink with pearl

Do It Up Bright blue pink with pearl

Luscious Spark Light orange with gold pearl

Totally Fab Bright yell ow red with pearl

Creme Allure Bright yell ow plum with pearl

Amorous Deep brown red with pearl

Suggested Retail Price $18.00 U.S./$21.50 CDN

This is the deep end of the Dark View, the night charm of every neo-Goth night crawler, and the most dramatic statement black could make for the Film Noir way of life. Day or night, sweep it on, and don’t stop there…a second coat before twilight will make the evening all the more exciting. It’s intense. Fast. And blacker than black. Zoom!

ZOOM FAST BLACK LASH
Deepest black

Suggested Retail Price $13.00 U.S./$15.50 CDN

“DSquared² and MAC are on the same trip!” says Dan. It starts with a strong, sooty, blackest-ever wild-child eye… a new Greasepaint Stick also in blue and violet versions, and Pro Gloss to create it. Neutral and perfected skin will get more drama with highlighting and low lighting from Sculpt and Shape Powders and the 165 Tapered Cheek/Highlight Brush all the better to achieve it. And finally, the totally nude Pro Lip Erase does its stuff, followed by a light Lipstick and Lip Conditioner to put the lilt and lift back in…. But the cynosure of this season’s scintillating collaboration is the daring, dramatic, slightly demented DSquared² eye. Have fun with it!

LIPSTICK
Nude rose Sheer light neutral pink (lustre)

Blood Red Clean deep berry (lustre)

Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

TINTED LIP CONDITIONER SPF 15

Fuchsia Fix Deep pink sheen

Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

GLOSS TEXTURE
Clear

Suggested Retail Price $18.00 U.S./$22.00 CDN

SCULPT AND SHAPE POWDER

Bone Beige/Emphasize Palest cream/Tan

Acentuate/Sculpt Pale blushed beige/

Soft taupe brown

Suggested Retail Price $21.00 U.S./$25.00 CDN

GREASEPAINT STICK

V Bright blue violet

B Bright yellow blue

Intense black

Suggested Retail Price $17.50 U.S./$21.00 CDN

KOHL POWER PENCIL
Feline Rich black

Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

LIP ERASE
Dim Similar to N37

Suggested Retail Prie $16.00 U.S./$19.00 CDN

BRUSH
165 Tapered Cheek/Highlight Provides perfect blending and application of all face products

Suggested Retail Price $34.00 U.S./$41.00 CDN

The ever-overlapping worlds of Fashion and Art may choose to revel in a Technicolour dream or a day-glo fantasy from time to time, but deep down, as Amy Winehouse likes to say in her wicked, wobbly way, it’s always “Back to Black.”

We first saw it in Milan for Jil Sander, in the spectacular living sculptures Raf Simmons chiseled from supple, constructed ebony curves and seams, each with an occasional fiery ruffle and flourish. We loved it at Calvin Klein, in boxy structures that echoed artist Richard Serra’s epic shapes in their steely, outright boldness, eyelashes like the black widow spiders of sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ sexy, sinister giant tarantulas….She mates, and she kills! And we were bouncing like black espresso beans at the New Goth youthquake we saw stomping down the runway at Gareth Pugh in London – the black market equivalent of a boot-leg Clash LP, all slick black vinyl and cool indignation. Quite simply the most intriguing new take on what “Goth” can be in the New Century, the Modern Black-o-Sphere.

Enter the NEW GOTH, a hybrid of Fashion and Art, and a fixture on the glamorous, modern gallery scene. No longer a ghoul, but a sophisticated, international creature with makeup that changes the mood to permanent midnight around the clock. M·A·C calls it STYLE BLACK.

Lips, nails, eyes, there’s no more dramatic way to declare your desire, separate your sensibility, celebrate your sexual magnetism. Something’s smoldering. Mad, bad and delirious. Danger boy. Androgynous girl. Explicitly erotic, whip-smart exotic, and in-your-face expressive. Wicked ideas, archly executed with a slash of Greasepaint Stick and a slightly-curled upper lip.

How to begin? With skin perfected and purified, whitened and brightened, virgin-pure, clean and chaste. Use M·A·C Volcanic Ash Exfoliator and the Volcanic Ash Thermal Mask to smooth skin into obsidian perfection. The eruption will rock you – these are essential earth elements, modern alchemy – to prep and prime the canvas for the Dark Knight Power of Style Black.

How Goth will you go? Your choice. You can ‘Paint it BLACK’ a la L’Wren Scott, the uber-stylist turned designer who may just have created the best little black dress collection in the world. Her own personal ‘Morticia’ lash and ebony eyeliner an essential accoutrement… where there’s smoke, there’s ire! Twilight will bring it out in you! Or, if you choose, opt for something subtle, allude to the dark side without crossing over; flirt with a little danger, or simply satisfy a secret craving for a tiny taste of darkling drama…. there’s a Style Black technique for every attitude, and you can take it where you want to.

The Style Black trend in makeup picked up steam as the fashion machine gathered momentum around the globe. M·A·C artist innovation made it happen backstage, as the Pro Team ventured into the deep end of the dark view with new M·A·C signature shades. From Charlotte Tilbury’s night-charm way with Glimmerglass in Bling Black at Donna Karan; to Pep Gay’s Cinderfella androgynous Eye Shadow, bewitching with a touch of Blue Flame for Vivienne Westwood; to Polly Osmond’s dramatic use of the season’s indispensable Greasepaint Stick on the runway in the exotic milieu of designer Yigal Azrouel. CNC Costume Nationale was the inked with pen-ultimate Style Black. Even fast and furious Diesel got into the neo-Goth night crawler, distressed just the right way, with the smoldering look of M·A·C Black Knight Lipstick paired with the dare of a Blackware Glimmerglass.

What’s in it for you? Pure seduction. A little… or a lot! They WILL surrender to a Blackfire Glimmerglass for lips with depth and hot-fire smolder; Rapidblack Penultimate Eyeliner, the epitome of spontaneous, undone eroticism; and if you’re naughty but not attempting haughty, the hot scratch of Baby Goth Girl Nail Lacquer is all it takes. From 18 to 88, anyone with a dark desire can take the trend by the hand and completely nail it. Style Black is a way of life, a shadowy and mysterious figure of fantasy, even for just one dark and dangerous night.

It’s nice to be pretty, but it’s so much more fabulous and interesting to be a Persona. Something once out-of-grasp has, through the power of makeup artistry, become thrillingly real. Black-and-white Period portraiture inspires us. Film Noir, the glamour of Hollywood, the smoking gun, is thrilling to us. Black is the beginning, the Original Seduction. And paradoxically, the simplest thing you can reach for to change your game, up the ante, start a new story – the possibilities are endless. Above all, Style Black is evanescent and artful, from Bette Davis Eyes to Andy Warhol’s Factory Girls (and boys). No tribute to the modern Gallery Scene, and its fascinating cast of black-clad kooks, conspirators, and brooding, contemplative geniuses, would be complete without an after-midnight Black-Out….Grab your Edie Sedgwick eyeliner and come to the party! Style Black is everything and nothing – it’s all any girl needs this season, maybe ever.

AVAILABLE North America September 24, 2009. International October 2009.

Images below were taken for Talking Makeup’s Twitter!

From left: Young Punk Eye Shadow, Glimmerglass Blackfire, and Greasepaint Stick

The MAC Greasepaint Stick is an amazing eye liner! If you are looking for The eye liner you might want to give this one a go. It has a bit of a thick point, yet super easy to apply and to get that perfect line on top of lids, or even bottom lids. And the pigment is to die for. It’s super dark purple with black. This MAC eye liner takes the black eye liner into a whole new level.