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Meet the MAC Power Hungry Palette From the New MAC Girls Collection

August 2nd, 2017 by Karen 19 Comments

mac power hungry palette
The MAC Power Hungry Palette from the new MAC Girls collection, coming to select MAC counters August 3rd

I keep telling myself, “Karen, let it go, girl. LET IT GOOOOOOO.” But I just can’t! So this one’s for my fellow word nerds who also noticed an absence of alliteration in the name of the new MAC Power Hungry Palette and can’t let that sh*t go (oh, gawd, please tell me I’m not the only one!).

13 Alternate Alliterative Appellations for the MAC Power Hungry Palette

  1. Power Perfectionist
  2. Power Professional
  3. Power Player (thanks, Kim, for mentioning this one in the comments!)
  4. Power Performer
  5. Power Participant
  6. Power Producer
  7. Power Provider
  8. Power Protagonist (my personal pick)
  9. Power Partner
  10. Power Principal
  11. Power Person
  12. Power Professor
  13. Power Patrician

I mean…a little alliteration never hurt anyone. 🙂

Power Hungry is the second palette I’ve played with from the MAC Girls collection (I really liked the first one, Rockin’ Rebel), and it’s the neutral palette in the girl gang.

mac power hungry swatches
I’m an NC42 for reference.

It’s sort of like MAC’s take on a UD Naked palette, except without a black or gray shadow, and with an additional big pan of highlighter.

mac power hungry swatches
Hungry for swatches?

Lots of layering

I have mixed feelings about it… Browns are my jam — you know this — and I like how soft these feel when I touch them, but I need to do A LOT of layering for them to show up.

mac power hungry palette k closeup
Check the highlight, though!

Even for this natural-ish eye makeup look I’m wearing, I must’ve put on six or seven layers of Bling Mistress, Bossing It and Something’s Fishy. I actually lost count!

It was a lot… Let’s just say that.

Frowsy Foils

Even then, I wasn’t very happy, because the powders, which are in MAC’s Foil formula, aren’t as finely milled as the Foils in Rockin’ Rebel. The grains are larger this time, and they reeeeeeally like to drop from my lids and my brush onto my cheekbones.

The highlight is the highlighter

I do love the highlighter, though! It’s more blinged-out than my preferred soft and glowing highlight style, but I like the soft opalescent effect I get from using a tiny touch on my skin.

You can also reach spotlight status easily, too, if brighter, bolder boss-lady bling is more your thing (the look is similar to what you get from the MAC Extra Dimension Skinfinishes).

mac power hungry palette k
That’s Power Hungry on my lids, my upper cheekbones and down the bridge of my nose.

I really love the colors themselves, but you might have to bust out a base like the Paint Pots if you’re an NC42 or darker to get them to translate truthfully on your skin. Maybe something beige…like Painterly or Bare Study. Soft Ochre would work, too.

Power Hungry arrives with the rest of the MAC Girls collection August 3rd at select MAC locations and online. Like the other palettes, it’s $39.50 and will only be available for a limited time.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

Meet the MAC Power Hungry Palette From the New MAC Girls Collection / Originally published August 2nd, 2017

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  1. LindaLibraLoca says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 6:26 am

    Hm, no, not my kind of palette I guess. Despite the shades looking that pretty.
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  2. Jane says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 7:34 am

    Those neutral tones are pretty nice, too bad you have to put so much effort to get your look. I have found the same with the Chanel Les Beiges neutral eyeshadow palette in that it works better on me with a cream base shade. Since I started using it, I have been wearing the brown shades on top of the Premiere cream shadow in Undertone and the highlight shade in the corner of my eye. My skin tone is not deep , but I do think the shadows show up better with the base.

    Hope all is good.

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:18 pm

      I’m so glad you like that palette! I really enjoy it and have been keeping it in my go-to makeup bag. I’ll try it with a beige base shade soon!

      Speaking of Chanel, I’m testing the fall collection this weekend, which I’m SUPER stoked about.

      Hope everything on your end is great. When does your baby (because he’ll always be your baby) start school? Can’t believe it’s August already…

      Reply
  3. Chris25 says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 9:25 am

    I love my neutrals, but it’s a pass for me. That highlighter is really pretty, though.
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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:16 pm

      Yeah, the highlighters in the palettes have all been great so far.

      Reply
  4. Michaela says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 11:07 am

    Hi Karen, if MAC had collaborated with you and used your alliteration alternative names, they’ll be selling like HOT-cakes! Have a good day!

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:15 pm

      LOL, thanks Michaela. 🙂 Hope you had a good day. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday. It can’t get here fast enough!

      Reply
  5. Lexi says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    Thanks for your honest review – happy to pass on this and save myself $40! I’m a POWER PROTAGONIST, as well!

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:15 pm

      I would want a palette with that name, FOR SURE! 🙂

      Reply
  6. Eleni says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 12:21 pm

    ? at the alliteration comment!! Don’t think that’s for me even if I like neutrals, but I love the look you created x
    Eleni recently posted … Dior Metallics Collection for Fall 2017: Review, Swatches & Make-up look

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:14 pm

      Thanks, Eleni!

      Reply
  7. Brooke @ Blushing Noir says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 1:43 pm

    Oh man… I’m going to need that one too… I got Mischief Minx and know I need Basic Bitch and now this one… *sigh* they’re killing me!
    Brooke @ Blushing Noir recently posted … MAC Girls Mischief Minx Palette Swatches, Review + EOTD

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:14 pm

      Mischief Minx is really pretty! I wore that today. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Michele DiCola says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 3:03 pm

    I actually only liked one color . The brown shimmer ; nit sure of the name .
    Michele

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  9. Michele DiCola says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 3:04 pm

    I actually only liked one color . The brown shimmer ; not sure of the name .
    Michele

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  10. Tatiana says

    August 2nd, 2017 at 5:00 pm

    I really like the hues in this palette. Considering I’m not a highlighter type of girl and I lack the patience to do any layering to obtain a color pay off, I think I’ll pass. Too bad, because it really is pretty. Ah well, money saved for some other fall/winter release which I feel is just around the corner. How did it get to be August so quickly?

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    • Karen says

      August 3rd, 2017 at 5:13 pm

      Seriously, I don’t know. Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner?!

      Hope it wasn’t too hot down there today. It was overcast and muggy here in the North Bay, which makes it seem even hotter than it really is.

      Reply
      • Tatiana says

        August 3rd, 2017 at 7:21 pm

        It is so hot and so darn muggy I cannot stand it. I walked home from the gym at noon, less than a mile, and it was like I took a dunk in a hot tub. I was sweatier and wetter than I was during my workout. Ugh. It’s so cloudy there’s no hope of any of this heat or humidity escaping overnight either. For all my complaining about the hot weather, I’m worried we’ll have a cold winter and I’ll complain about that, too.

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  11. Kim says

    August 3rd, 2017 at 5:52 am

    Bummer on the palette quality because the colors are very nice. You know I’m always with you on the grammar/literary OCD. 🙂

    Reply

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