Rihanna recently teamed up with MAC to create the RiRi Hearts MAC Collection for Fall. The limited-edition collection features four lip colors, a lip glass, a liquid liner, two sets of eye shadow quads, lashes, brushes, a cream base, a blush duo, a powder blush, a mascara and an eyebrow liner.
Rihanna, as “creative partner” (she’s the first celebrity collaborator to be given the title by MAC), went to town with the packaging—who can resist reflective rose gold and hot pink?—and the colors.
RiRi Woo, for instance, is a cool red inspired by the classic MAC favorite Ruby Woo. The lipstick colors are rich; even the Nude Matte is a lush color that works against a washed-out skin tone. Rihanna appears to be really particular about the texture of her lip colors, favoring a matte consistency throughout with the exception of Who’s That Chick, which comes as an orangey frost.
Rihanna’s Powder Blush Duo in Hibiscus Kiss combines cool coral with matte bronze. While the bronze is intense, it’s designed to look natural with no trace of orange in it. Her Powder Blush in Bad Girl Gone Good, meanwhile, is a satin-warm copper that will give you a flushed color that’s so luxurious, it’s destined to be your reliable favorite.
The star of the show is Riri’s Cream Colour Base in Diamonds. Its warm quality is so versatile, with a golden shimmery hue ideal for morena Filipinos. This base is a multipurpose
product that can be used in numerous ways—as a cheekbone highlighter, as a base for your eye shadow, as cheek color or lip color, or applied on your shoulders for that extra shimmer.
This is actually Rihanna’s second collection for MAC. Asked how makeup affects her, the singing superstar said: “Makeup is my superhero. It’s been part of my life for so long, I couldn’t do without [it]. I really love being natural, too, but sometimes, there’s nothing like a good makeup job. When I go out, I reach for a lipstick—a lipstick that is bright or extreme, like RiRi Woo or like something really dark and vampy, like Talk That Talk.”
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