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Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 as seen by Maira Kalman, Illustrator

Make-Up Art Cosmetics
Fall '09 as seen by Maira Kalman, Illustrator

We still chuckle (along with all of Manhattan) over the now-famous New Yorker cover illustration of "Newyorkistan." Cheeky, witty, always amusing, Maira's illustrations are cute and colourful, wonderfully child-like, playful...and sophisticated all at once. Technakohl Liners and Maira's Magical thinking Eye Shadows are made for the MAC Artist with a sense of mischief and a deep desire to be defiantly different. Warm and eccentric at the same time, Maira's faces are full of cock-eyed optimism, with the tiniest smidge of city-girl-snobbism...simply, scrumptiously, stupendously sublime!

Eye Shadows $14.50USD/$17.00CAD (LE)

Crest The Wave - Rich yellow frost (Frost) (Repromote from Stowaways 2008)

Off the Page - Mid-tone mustard orange (Frost)

Haunting - Light turquoise blue (Satin) (Repromote from McQueen 2007)

Violet Trance - Deep blue purple (Matte) (Repromote from Balloonacy 2007)

Purple Shower - Medium-tone magenta with silver pearlized pigments (Satin) (Repromote from Turquatic 2006)

Maira's Magic - Yellow pink (Satin)

Technakohl Liners $14.50USD/17.00CAD (LE)

Colour Matters - Bright lime (Cream)
Obviously Orange - Dirty coral (Frost)
Artistic License - Bright turquoise blue (Frost)
Full of Fuchsia - Deep blue magenta (Frost)
Graphblack - Rich graphic black (Cream) (Permanent)

Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 as seen by Richard Phillips

Make-Up Art Cosmetics
Fall '09 as seen by Richard Phillips

Andy Warhol did a cameo on The Love Boat in 1985...and in the same spirit, Richard Phillips' 1998 painting, Spectrum, made its debut on the scandelous Gossip Girl - a sign of the times! Need we say more? Recylced and re-imagined '50s,'60s, and '70s ads and images, and every colourful issue ever considered when pondering the question of "identity" is what Richard Phillips is all about. Highly technical, a refinement of precise, academic painting, his bold and beautiful portraits seem so relevant to everything MAC artistry is all about. A collection of eye shadow quads, lipsticks, Lipglass, and The Perfect Cheek Blush just leap off the canvas!

Lipsticks: $14.00USD/$16.50CAD (LE)

Front Lit - Light white yellow (Frost)
High Strung - Deep pink silver (Frost) (Permanent)
Lovin' It - Cool neutral with yellow undertone (Lustre)
Hold the Pose - Brown plum with gold pearlized pigments (Lustre)
Full Body - Deep red plum (Lustre)

Lipglass: $14.00/$16.50 (LE)

Young Thing - Yellow Neutral with gold pearlized pigments (Frost)
Personal Taste - Mid-tone rose with pink and gold pearlized pigments (Frost)
New Spirit - Light yellow coral (Frost)
On Display - Purple yellow with pearlized pigments (Frost)

Eye Shadow x 4: $36.00USD/$43.00CAD (LE)

Photo Realism Quad

Photo Realism - Gold shimmer with gold pearlized pigments (Frost)
Fresh Approach - Cool mint green (Veluxe Pearl)
Image Maker - Mid-tone grey green (Frost)
Grey Range - Deep blue green (Veluxe Pearl)

In The Gallery Quad

Lightfall - Pale Pink (Satin) (Repromote from Cult of Cherry 2008)
Look at the Eyes - Light violet (Frost)
In The Gallery - Mid-tone blue pink (Matte)
Private Viewing - Deep brown plum (Matte)

Notoriety Quad

Skintone 1 - Light white pink (Lustre)
Skintone 2 - Mid tone gold (Frost)
Notoriety - Mid tone brown with gold pearl (Velvet)
Rich & Earthy - Rich coral bronze (Veluxe Pearl)

Plush Lash Mascara: $13.00USD/$15.50CAD (Permanent)

Plushblack - Black

Powder Blushes: $18.50USD/$22.00CAD (LE)

The Perfect Cheek - Mid-tone pale pink (Matte)

Notable - Mid-tone brick brown red (Satin)

Make-Up Art Cosmetics Fall '09 as seen by Marilyn Minter, Photographer

Make-Up Art Cosmetics
Fall '09 as seen by Marilyn Minter, Photographer

There's that famous close-up of Tom Ford's belly button, part of the "Pathology of Glamour" that this artist renders with luminous, almost hallucinatory colour and painterly photo-realism... Erotic imagery that zooms in on a succulently wet, red lip, a dappled, sequined eye, or a silverized stiletto splashing in the mud. The Whitney Biennial Artist says she's "Never met a model who actually thinks she's beautiful," and that observation goes a long way to explain how she connects to what MAC wants to say about all-inclusiveness - we're ALL beautiful sometimes. Pigments in Push the Edge and Copper or Gold Gliter have the power to make anyone feel like they WILL be seen - and desired.

Pigments $19.50USD/$23.00CAD (LE)

Brash & Bold - Bright magenta (Frost)