MAC Venomous Villains Haul, Swatches and Comparisons ~ ! ♥

Hi everyone! As promised, here is my haul from the MAC Venomous Villains collection, along with my quick reviews and some comparison swatches. Be warned, this is a long and picture-heavy post! Enjoy~ !

I wanted to get 1 lipstick from each villain, so I got Toxic Tale, Heartless and Violetta.

Toxic Tale is a bright opaque pinky coral colour, that really reminded me of Coral Polyp from the MAC Dame Edna collection. I'm in-love with coral shades at the moment so I did not hesitate to pick this up.

When I swatched, Toxic Tale is just one shade lighter than Coral Polyp, but they are very similar.

Heartless is Cruella de Vil's signature bright red lipstick. Its an opaque red, which I find to be quite neutral: neither blue nor orange-based.

Violetta is a bright opaque pinky-purple with subtle shimmers. Its available in the pro store. I had quite a difficulty choosing between this or Dark Deed, which is an opaque dark vampy red, as part of Maleficent's collection, but I think I might pick Dark Deed up when the collection officially launches.

Apart from Dark Deed, I didn't pick up Sinister and Innocence, Beware! lipsticks. Sinister is a sheer brownish-red which just looked blah to me. Innocence, Beware! is a milky baby pink, which isn't terribly unique and accentuates every flaw on your lips. It would probably look alright under a lipglass, but I like my products to look good on their own.

I also got Bite of an Apple blush from the Evil Queen's collection. It is a matte reddish-pink blush. It is quite pigmented, so I suggest applying this with a skunk brush such as the MAC 188 especially if you're fairer skinned.

Bite of an Apple compared to other blushes:

Illamasqua Excite, MAC Marine Life (dark side), MAC Dainty, MAC Bite of an Apple, MAC Hipness

I love my MAC Greasepaint sticks; I use them everyday. They are smooth to apply, and once put on, they dry and last until the end of the day. I tend to have slightly greasy lids as the day goes by, but these stay put and don't smudge at all. I love them a lot, and so I wanted to pick up the new shade that came with this collection, French Quarter. French Quarter is a slightly greenish grey colour. I thought it might be similar to Dirty greasepaint stick from a previous release, so I compared the two:

French Quarter is definitely darker than Dirty, which is definitely more taupe. In real life, it also appears more green.

I tried to smudge them off after 15mins of application, and see they don't budge at all! The rubbing just lightened the colour up a bit. *LOVE!*

I also got a few gifts to take home from the event. I was given the Magically Cool Liquid Powder in Truth & Light, and Zoom Fast Black Lash mascara.

Truth & Light magically cool liquid powder is a peculiar product. Its a powder that does feel liquid to the touch and dries to a powdery finish, and it feels so good to apply! Truth & Light is a light beige colour with tiny gold sparkles as you can see below. I suppose this would be a good highlight powder.

Zoom Fast Black Lash mascara is a very black mascara with a thin wand. I love mascaras with thin wands as it makes mascara easier to apply. I've tried it only once so far, and I really do like it. I think that it really defines and thickens the lashes. But if a falsies effect is what you want, I think you could use this with a lash primer underneath.

Well I hope you enjoyed my haul guys, and I hope this review was helpful.

What is your one must-have product from this collection?? ♥