MAC Naughty Nauticals: First Impressions

Shockingly I didn't rush out to my counter yesterday to purchase MAC's newest collection, Nauguty Nauticals. I'm unsure whether I should be proud of myself for showing such willpower or maybe just honest and admit that I just got too busy to actually get to the counter!

However, today nothing could hold me back, not even Prom! It appears it's Prom Night for some schools in my area tonight! Who would have guessed? It's so bloody early for Prom isn't it?? Prom Night has caused mayhem at the MAC counter this evening! I was happily doing a little jig at the array of yum that was Naughty Nauticals while patiently waiting for my regular MA to help me with my selections. Even though my mate Jamie was nagging me about having to wait I wouldn't let anything ruin my first glance at Mutiny! It was love at first sight!

I just stepped in from seeing Iron Man and going to dinner with friends (more on Iron Man later) and it's really late and I'm really tired but I can't help but blog this now for you guys!

MAC's Naughty Nauticals is a fantastic collection and there are absolutely a few essential items you'll most definately want to pick up from this! I was very pleased in particular with the pigment selection! A total of four pigments were released with the collection but only three are brand new. Lovely Lily was a previous release so I safely skipped it. If you missed Lovely Lily the last round you'll definately want to grab a jar as it's a gorgeous, shimmering Lilac. My absolute favorite pigment of the bunch and the one I highly recommend you grab would be Mutiny (you might need two as this is a brilliant color!). Mutiny is described as sky blue on the MAC site but I beg to differ! It's much more of a tranquil, light aqua. It reminds me of the ocean in the Caribbean! Simply gorgeous and by far the best of all the pigments in this collection! Bell Bottom Blue has a few folks scratching their heads and wondering if they really need it. It's a bit of an intimidating color as it's such a dark, true navy blue but I'd say definately pick it up as it goes wonderfully well with one of the shadows released with the collection and will also compliment well with any Blue Storm shadows you might have hauled! It is dark but it can easily be tamed down! Lastly I got Lark About which I originally thought might be a shimmering white but I'm happy to report it's more of a dirty white, almost gray with iridescent blue running through it! Lark About is also worth picking up in my humblest as it compliments the other pigments in the collection (aside from Lovely Lily) perfectly and will make a rather good base to tone down Bell Bottom Blue!

Lovely Lily


Bell-Bottom Blue


Lark About


Mutiny






I was a little stingy when it came to making my lippie and lipgloss selection simply because I was also hauling DazzleGlass today and decided it was best to be a bit caution as I knew I'd be doing a bit of damage with DazzleGlass as well!

4 Lustreglass were released and 4 Lipsticks. I ended up with two of the lipsticks and one Lustreglass. The first lipstick that deserves to be mentioned is Port Red. You might know that I don't favor reds so well and only ever fell in love with one red from MAC which was released this Holiday entitled Queen's Sin. I am now officially in lust and love with Port Red. It's actually a very good dupe to Queen's Sin so if you missed the color now is your chance to own a pretty nice dupe of it. If you already own Queen's Sin I'd say pick up Port Red anyway as it has little differences that are actually very pleasing! Queen's Sin feels to me more like a maroon where as Port Red is a truer, bright red with a metallic sheen! It's absolutely stunning and will look gorgeous with a blue eye look! The other lipstick I purchased was Party Mate which is an off color pink! For me these were the two best colors in the lot of colors released!

Party Mate


Port Red






Port Red Vs Queen's Sin




I only ended up with one LustreGlass which was Hey, Sailor. I think paired up with Party Mate this will look rather fantastic! It's a plummy pink that reminds me of some of the Viva Glam releases. This style of pink is always very flattering with my skin tone! The other Lustreglasses were very nice but I was saving myself for DazzleGlass so I only got the one!

Hey, Sailor!


Sadly, I wasn't too thrilled with the eyeshadow selection. Meet the Fleet was a matte dark purple that I couldn't see myself wearing and I know I'd have a bloody hell of a time blending with it and Pandemonium is a repromote so I skipped that!



Shore Leave


Illegal Cargo


Submarine Blue


I'm in love with Shore Leave. I'm always on the hunt for a perfect highbrow highlighter and Shore Leave fits the bill perfectly. It's a frosty cream that will go wonderfully with all the colors in this collection! Submarine is my second favorite shadow from the releases. It's a clean, off blue color that reminds me of MAC eyeshadow in Freshwater. And finally I picked up Illegal Cargo which is my least favorite of the eyeshadows but I thought it would go well with Lovely Lily. This is a dirty lilac color with traces of gray!





The entire collection has some sincerely wonderful items and I'm quite pleased with what I ended up purchasing! MAC did an excellent job with this Color Story!

MAC Naughty Nauticals is most definately Muse Approved for purchase!



How about you?

What did you haul from this collection?

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