Wednesday, January 25, 2012

MAC - Endless Night

Today I have for you 'Endless Night' by MAC . For christmas, I was lucky enough to get a $100 MAC voucher and I was so excited because I've never tried MAC products before. I did a little research and the recurring theme seemed to be that MAC nail polishes can be a little "iffy" in terms of formula. I thought seeing as I had the voucher I might as well form my own opinion. So here it is....

MAC 'Endless Night' is part of the 'Daphne Guinness for MAC' collection for Winter, released in America in December...



MAC, Endless Night, swatch
 'Endless Night' is a pinky grey with a very fine micro-shimmer that leans very slightly to the purple side of pink. The shimmer is very subtle and seems to just give the polish a slight glow or sheen.




MAC, Endless Night, swatch
You can see here, when seen indoors without direct light, you tend to lose the shimmer and the polish appears to look more like it has a crème finish. The colour also becomes a little more "nude" without a lot of light hitting it. I found the true colour of this polish in shade really hard to photograph. In reality 'Endless Night' is a little less tan and a little more mauve.



'Endless Night' is a nice polish but I'm not overly inspired by it (hence the slightly shorter and less excited post). I've been wearing colours lately that excite me, that I will catch myself looking at during the day, but this one... not so much. So... nice, that's how I can describe it. I generally really like these sorts of colours - the nudes/beiges etc - as I think that your nails can become a beautiful extension of your hand rather than making a feature of them, so for that purpose this colour is perfect.

As for the formula... I was all ready for it to be a bit of a nuisance to apply. But with a sigh of relief, it was not half as bad as I expected. It was a little streaky and tended to want to pull a wee bit around the cuticle area, but I've learned that these are things that pale polishes are often prone to. This was three coats in order to have an even covering and a decent opacity. I used Essie 'Millionails' for my base and Essie 'Good To Go' as the top coat.

Overall I'm happy with MAC so far. I have two other colours that I got at the same time as 'Endless Night' - they are 'Hyperion' (also from the 'Daphne Guinness' collection) and 'Nightfall', which I will no doubt be showing you at some point soon. I also got a new 'penultimate' liquid eyeliner which, I'm happy to report, I love, but I think as far as reviewing make-up goes I'm definitely not your go-to girl so I'll leave that up to the many fabulous beauty bloggers out there!

4 comments :

  1. Pretty nude, but what an odd name? Shouldn't it be 'endless day' or endless beach?

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    1. Ha! I never even thought about the name! But now you mention it...

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  2. I have three MAC polishes, but they chip so quickly. I love their colors, but am hesitant to buy more because of it. Have you ever tried Rescue Beauty Lounge polishes? They are pricey, but worth every penny. Then best polish I've ever used. :)

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    1. I can't remeber how well this one wore... I usually change my polish every couple of days anyway so I don't mind too much.
      I actually just bought my first RBL's a couple of weeks ago. Only tried Halcyon so far and it is absolutely GORGEOUS! Will be posting it shortly. It's the cost of shipping that's the super pricey bit as that's the same price as the polish! ($20). But I got 4 so it kinda made it slightly better...

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