MAC Temperature Rising Eyes & Lips – swatches and review

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It’s getting hot in here…

First things first, I hate to create a frenzy…oh, who am I kidding? I love creating frenzy! But if you want anything from MAC Temperature Rising you MUST act quick.

This collection launched a couple of days earlier than its May 23 release date and is nearly sold out at MAC online, and going fast at other online retailers (Nordstrom, Macy’s etc.) I’m talking, “stop by your local store this weekend” kind of quick. And let’s just get this out there – if you see the Bare My Soul quad, buy it. I’d bet money that you will not be sad that you did. Consider your frenzy created.

If that intro wasn’t an indication, I love this launch. LOVE! I’m a huge fan of MAC’s summer releases. Hey Sailor!, Surf Baby! and To The Beach hit it out of the park for the last three years. And as a counterpart to the daytime beachy coral romps that those collections were, Temperature Rising is steamy, bronze and magenta nocturnal crawl. And I, for one, am hot and bothered.

Prince would totally love this…

And can I get a huzzah for special packaging? These are as sexy as what’s inside them; a slightly rubberized gradient bronze with a bright purple interior on the boxes. Very sultry.

Let’s get right into the Eye and Lip products (Bronzing review coming soon)…

Temperature Rising and Bare My Soul

Temperature Rising is the quad that you can still easily find. Don’t dismiss it simply because it’s partner is so damn hot; this quad is a little hottie too! It’s a subtle plum affair that plays really well with bronze. Let’s call it summer plum.

Performance Art, Temperature Rising, Swelter, Beauty Marked

Performance Art (veluxe pearl) – plummy taupe with a very slight gold sheen
Temperature Rising (lustre) – peachy tan with bronze micro glitter

Swelter (frost) – dirty medium greyed plum
Beauty Marked (velvet) – black with red micro glitter

Very nice pigment and consistency all around.

Ah, there you are my pretty. Bare My Soul is my favorite palette since Burmese Beauty from Fabulous Felines. It’s got buttery pigment and an interesting color pairing that just makes me happy every time I reach for it. Star of the launch, I tell you.

Romantico, Bare My Soul, Friendly, When in Rio

Romantico (veluxe pearl) – light taupe brown shimmer
Bare My Soul (lustre) – bronzey gold shimmer

Friendly (veluxe pearl) – rich, dark chocolate shimmer
When in Rio (frost) – blackened teal with a metallic teal sheen, breathtakingly pretty if you’re a teal lover!

New to the launch is the Powerchrome Eye Pencil, chubby pencils with uber-creamy metallic and glittery color. They set quickly, making them not so easy to blend, but very long wearing.

Rich Glance, Polished Jet

Rich Glance is a light champagne and Polished Jet is a dark charcoal with silver shimmer. These are a “meh” for me. If I’m going pencil, I want a liner. But I know there are a lot of chubby stick fans out there.

The lip products fit the line perfectly; there’s bronze, there’s magenta, then there’s bronze AND magenta. And just like the nail lacquers, I love them best when they’re paired. Wait ’till you see (hold on, we’re getting there).

First, another peek at that sultry packaging. I wish you could stroke your screen and see how good it feels!

Sheer Seduction is a dazzle finish coppery bronze glitter scattered with super fine magenta glitter. As is the case with dazzles, you’re really just laying down glitter, not much pigment. But whew, there’s a lot of glitter to lay down!

And although everything about the bright magenta purple of Feel My Pulse is normally wrong for my warm tone skin, the sheer cremesheen texture makes it work for me. Not only just work, I’m kind of crazy for it.

Feel My Pulse, Sheer Seduction

Undressed couldn’t be considered a lipglass version of Sheer Seduction lipstick; a bronze and gold glitter base with a scattering of magenta glitter. Liquid Passion is a light to medium milky nude.

A closer look at Undressed. Seriously, just bow down for that glitter!

Undressed, Liquid Passion

Feel My Pulse and Sheer Seduction lipstick, Undressed and Liquid Passion lipglass

And now for the pièce de résistance: Feel My Pulse lipstick with Undressed lipglass over it…

The cool lipstick makes such an interesting base for the warm glitter of the lipglass. It’s not a pairing I would have tried had MAC not put that smattering of magenta glitter in the bronze lip products. But that really is the amazing thing about the whole collection; totally unexpected summer beauty!

we heartsters, are you feeling the Temperature Rise with the latest MAC summer launch? What are your must-haves?

Disclosure: This review includes products that were provided by the manufacturer/PR firm for our consideration. For more info, or any questions, please see our disclosure policy.

Lipstick
Altered Beige – creamy yellow beige (lustre)
Feel My Pulse – vivid magenta violet (cremesheen)
Sheer Seduction – super dazzle bronze (dazzle)
Caliente – super dazzle violet (dazzle)
$16.50 US/$20.00 CDN

Lipglass
Liquid Passion – creamy nude
Soft Serenade – mid-tone neutral pink with pearl
Rhythm – vivid magenta violet with pearl
Underdressed – bronze plum with multidimensional pearls
$16.50 US/$20.00 CDN

Powerchrome Eye Pencil
Rich Glance – light gold
Copper Strip – frosty mid-tone copper
Life’s Luxury – deep bronze brown
Polished Jet – charcoal with pearl
$21.00 US/$25.00 CDN

Eye Shadow x 4
Bare My Soul
Bare My Soul – frosted gold (lustre)
When in Rio – deep green with copper pearl (frost)
Friendly – deep bronze chocolate (veluxe pearl)
Romantico – light taupe bronze (veluxe pearl)

Temperature Rising
Performance Art – frosted gold mauve (veluxe pearl)
Swelter – mid-tone grey violet (frost)
Temperature Rising – light warm tanned peach (lustre)
Beauty Marked – Charcoal black with red pearl (velvet)
SRP $44.00 US/$52.00 CDN