A moment of silence, please. The MAC Formal Black holiday collection is available for your perusal (but not for purchase...yet) on the MAC website, and it is just gorgeous.




















Each compact is named for its decoration (i.e., the Pleats compact is dressed up in pleated black fabric), and is adorned with an elegant little bead chain. Some of these compacts are prettier than an evening purse! And check out the special Lipglass packaging with the lace overlay...just gorgeous.

These compacts will make lovely holiday gifts; you'll just need the willpower to keep from using them yourself!

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Top row, from left:

Fishnet: 6 Warm Lips: Expensivo, Fetish, So Romantic, Mellowarm lipsticks; Lame and By Moonlight glosses

Eyelet: 6 Cool Lips: Syrup, Fluid, Wine List, A Deux lipsticks; Oyster Girl and Wild Girl glosses

Lace: 6 Warm Eyes: Embark, Woodwinked, Valet, White Tie, Sable Wrap, Limo

Pleat: 6 Cool Eyes: Fineshine, Pink Freeze, Nocturnelle, Chillblue, Dovefeather, Formal Black

2nd row, from left:

Velvet: 6 Smoked Eyes: Malt, Vex, Club, Black Tied, Satin Taupe, Gentle Fume

Suedette: 6 Intense Eyes: Smut, Phloof!, Gallant, Nightbird, With a Twist, Till Daybreak

Viva Glam: 6 Lips: All 6 shades of Viva Glam lipstick

Fringe: 3 Pink Lips: Plum Dandy and Angel lipsticks; Rose Champagne Lipglass

3rd row, from left:

Ruffle: 3 Tan Lips: Embrace and All Revealing lipsticks; Headliner Lipglass

Pleat: 3 Peach Lips: Ramblin' Rose and Strapless lipsticks; Enchantress Lipglass

Beaded: 3 Red Lips: Dubonnet and Casanova lipsticks; Cherche la Femme Lipglass

Fringe: 5 Basic Brushes: 129SE, 219SE, 239SE, 266SE, 316SE

Bottom row, from left:

Pleat: 4 Face Brushes: 168SE, 187SE, 190SE, 194SE

Ruffle: 5 Eye Brushes: 209SE, 212SE, 217SE, 252SE, 275SE

Satin: 5 Basic Brushes (box): 129SE, 219SE, 239SE, 266SE, 316SE

Pret-a-Porter Brush Collection: 8 brushes; for face, 129 powder/blush, 187 duo-fibre face, 190 foundation; for eyes, 213 fluff, 219 pencil, 224 tapered blending, 266 small angle; for lips, 316 retractable lip brush.