Your first Selena fun fact of the day: One rainy spring day during my senior year in college, I sat, bawling my eyes out, while parked in my red Honda Civic listening to Selena sing I Could Fall in Love on the radio. LIKE, FULL-ON EMOTIONAL BREAKDOWN IN MY VEHICLE.
Don’t mind me! I’m just crying in my car! ?
Your second Selena fun fact of the day: The new MAC Selena La Reina collection is available now on the MAC website, and it’s a follow-up to the MAC Selena collection released in 2016. (Wow, it’s been four years already?)
The new collection is BIGGER! — and unlike the 2016 release, it leans toward lip products, with three liquid lipsticks, four lipsticks, three glosses and two lip pencils. (There is also an eyeshadow palette, a very Chanel-esque highlighter and a bejeweled bag.)
Plenty to make your heart sing. ????
LIPSTICKS, $20 each
- Amplified Lipstick in La Riena – a brown
- Cremesheen Lipstick in Selena Vive – a light pinkish nude
- Frost Lipstick in Inolvidable – a pinkish peach with pearl
- Matte Metallic Lipstick in Queen of Cumbia – a metallic true red
LIPGLASSES, $18.50 each
- Bidi Bidi Bom Bom – a bubblegum pink with silver pearl
- Hey Dad Pizza! – a golden brown with multicoloured pearl
- The Washing Machine – white with pink pearl
LIP PENCILS, $19 each
- Selenaville – a scarlet red
- Entre a Mi Mundo – a brownish nude
RETRO MATTE LIQUID LIPCOLOUR, $23
- Siempre Selena – a vivid blue red
- Dame Un Beso – a raspberry pink
- Big Bertha – a dark brown
EXTRA DIMENSION SKINFINISH, $36
- La Leyenda – a rich golden pearl
MI SIENTO…MUY EXICITED X8 EYE SHADOW PALETTE, $35
- Dazzle Eye Shadow in Mi Siento…Muy Excited – a bronze with pink pearl
- Dazzle Eye Shadow in It’s a Texas Thing – mauve with multicolour pearls
- Matte Eye Shadow in Live in Concert – a deep blackened plum
- Matte in Te Amo – a deep peachy brown with slight shimmer
- Frost in Captive Heart – a bright warm pink with pearl
- Matte in 25 – a soft cool red
- Matte in Los Dinos – a yellow nude
SELENA MAKEUP BAG, $35
AVAILABILITY
- April 21, 2020 in North America at maccosmetics.com
- April 23, 2020 online at ulta.com, nordstrom.com, macys.com, dillards.com, belk, saks and bloomingdales.com
What do you think? I’m diggin’ the lipsticks and liquid lipsticks… Those are some classic, wearable colors. Nothing too “out there” or flashy. As for the red eyeshadow in the palette, I don’t see myself wearing it often at all, but I’d sure as heck get down with the warm browns and bronzes (BIG surprise, LOL).
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
Ash says
This collection is sooo pretty! I bought the two red lippies, the brown lipstick and the palette. I love that they put Dazzleshadows in the palette! I wanted the bag but it was sold out in 2 seconds. 🙁
Christine says
It’s wonderful they continue to honor La Reina with this beautiful, accessible collection. Yeah, nothing out-of-this world as far as the colors and some of the finishes feel outdated to me but I know this palette would look very flattering on a wide range of skin tones.
Now they need to bring back some Aaliyah. 😉
Rachel Runyan says
This is such a pretty collection. Better than the first one.
Lexi says
By the time I was allowed to shop the collection on the site, most of what I wanted was gone. I did score two lipsticks, Queen of Cumbia and Selena Vive. Yes, I’m going to wear red lipstick while working from home!
Sissi says
Wow! ? This collection looks so pretty!!! The eyeshadow palette is lovely as are the lipsticks! Packaging is beautiful too! Would love a Make-up look on your pretty face, Karen! ??
Michele DiCola says
I could be full on w Selina lipstick ?
I have gift card I can use ,
That 300 lipsticks .
Stay safe .
Love to Connor Claire
Michele
Joanna Rufino says
Yasssssss Push through with the first swatches online!
Thank you! I ordered almost the whole collection, so pretty.
Thanks for always coming through for us.
Jennifer Emmett says
I want “Hey Dad Pizza” for the color and the name.