A Look Back At My Favorite MAC LE Collections

There's something about these limited edition makeup collection that just makes us line up for much-coveted items in pretty packaging and shades which enchant us. How many of us have ordered online for that one lipstick and pray to the world that it makes it in your checkout counter and cried when something gets sold out?

There are some LE (limited edition) collector's items which I have lined up for as they are close to my heart. They stay with me for a time, up until it's time to Back to MAC the containers with a heavy heart.

So here are my favorite MAC limited edition collections of all time, in no particular order.

Barbie Loves MAC (2007)

•Barbie loves MAC limited edition collection from ages ago. It still looks stunning to me😍 •La coleccion de edicion limitada Barbie loves MAC de hace (parecen) decadas. Aun me parece una preciosidad! #mac #barbielovesmac #barbie #makeup #limitededitionmac

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Every little girl went through their Barbie doll phase. My Barbie dolls were of the 80s and 90s - the round, blue eyes, big blond hair, and curvy Barbie dolls and the boxes that screamed pink. My Barbie dolls were like characters out of my make-believe storybook. I wasn't much of the fashionista kid who would do fashion shows and all. I'd make stories and fairy tales and even fan fics from my dolls. Yes guys, before blogging actually existed, I was somewhat "blogging" in my head with fan fics out of my dolls. This collection holds something dear to me because its launch marked the time when I began with makeup.


MAC Hello Kitty (2008)

Buenos dias hermosas!!! #machellokitty #macjunkies #milkamireille #rebmakeup33

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I love Hello Kitty! I'm a cat lady, come on! The packaging was as gorgeous as the contents. The collection can actually create a lot of looks from natural and pretty to funky. Most of the accessories though were not carried by the Philippines from what I remember but I was already happy owning the makeup. Fun and Games was my favorite warm peach blush.


MAC Alexander McQueen (2007)

This collection did not reach the Philippines but I was oohing and aaahing at the swatches online. The cool colors and the Egyptian-inspired lookbook were just absolute beauties. I still have the iconic Egyptian eye look as a reference peg and I'm just waiting for the right shoot to be able to execute this.


MAC Venomous Villains (2010)

Disney takes a darker take in this collection. I love my Disney princess (my ultimate favorite is Ariel, with Mulan and Elsa being runners up) but the Villains make my heart skip a beat. This and Maleficent were both collections I went for. I went to the mall in Makati from Manila for my Cruella lipstick. The villains are such complex characters, and really guys, without the villains, the story would be so flat.


MAC Wonder Woman (2011)

Who doesn't love Wonder Woman? Yes, I am talking to the friends of mine who love this invisible jet-driving superhero. The packaging brings us back to the retro era of Wonder Woman that's just so hard to let go when it's time to go Back to MAC. Who has bought Russian Red in this packaging even though Russian Red is here to stay forever? This collection made me wear plummy lipstick (Spitfire), and I was surprised I could actually pull it off.

Do you have a favorite MAC Collection? Which item was your favorite? Let me know in the comments below.

Wonder(ful) Wonder Woman Day

Normally, 10 am-ish is a dead day in the mall but yesterday, at the MAC counter in Glorietta, it was a busy, busy, busy time as MAC Artists get ready for the much-awaited launch of the Wonder Woman Collection. You've seen it in blogs, you've seen it in the MAC website, and now it's here. With a WHAM!! and a POW!!! all black gets all comic as it pays tribute to the most iconic superheroine in comic book history.

Speaking of iconic, MAC's iconic red lipstick that made waves, Russian Red, gets a revamp as it joins the Wonder Woman Collection in a va-va-voom packaging.

Still in her signature Russian Red color, counter manager Kang shows us that Russian Red will always be the way to go.

The little nook of Wonder Woman makeup. ZOOOINNNGGGG!!!!!!

Displays Displays!

Even mascaras are revamped too. The first thing that got totally sold out by the time I got there (take note that I got there early) were the nail lacquers, which leaves me getting if not the supersize MSFs, the blush aside from the lippie. Everyone literally was oh-so-excited the line was so busy.

Happy-ness in me went home with two hauls, since I really, really behaved with my makeup purchases. I really missed my home-base.

Wheeee!!!!! Girl power!

I was supposed to get my all-time favorite Russian Red again, since it's my favorite shade and I'd love to see it in the Wonder Woman packaging. However, Al told me that since I have Russian Red already and I could get Russian Red anytime at any day of the year, to get the LE color Spitfire, which was a bright, creamy magenta color.

It's such a purty color!

Another pretty thing in the vanity is the powder blush in Mighty Aphrodite, which is a mix of a peachy coral with gold pearl which goes on as a sheer warm kiss of pretty color and to add a little accent is a coral pink for a pop of color on top. Not too glittery or shimmery that it could be used by anyone.

It's time to head off to work in a few minutes! I'll see how these two new toys fare as I take them with me to work.