I was heading out for summer vacation in the Caribbean with my husband last weekend and as we were departing I realized that I forgot to pack my Lancome Sable Eyebrow pencil – it’s my HG eyebrow pencil! So I decided to check out the Duty Free store to pick up a MAC Spiked brow pencil as a less costly alternative…and, I’ve always wanted to try it. While at the counter, I looked at the MAC Trip II collection and I was not blown away by what they had left – one eye palette and two lips palettes. So there I was checking out the counter – they had several items from older limited edition collections in stock – Dame Edna, Hello Kitty, Christmas 2008 and others.
I was looking around the counter and noticed a little tray of limited edition items that they still had in stock. They had the MAC Hello Kitty palettes, Tippy blush and some Rose Romance collection items. Anyhow, as I was sifting through everything I noticed a palette that reminded me of Spiced Chocolate, which I was never able to get my hands on because I didn’t make a big deal of it when I initially saw it last fall with the Cult of Cherry release. By the time I noticed it, it was out of stock everywhere. There it was!
All hail – The Spiced Chocolate quad!!!!!
My eyeballs just about popped out of my head. I couldn’t believe it. I politely asked the MUA at the counter if there were anymore left and she said – WE HAVE ONE MORE LEFT! Needless to say, I purchased it!!!! SCORE! She said three quads randomly showed up in their last shipment. It is a bit expensive ($36.00) and I wanted to ask if I could buy the display as well, but I really didn’t need to, so I resisted…
I didn’t end up buying or really needing a brow pencil.
My assessment of Spiced Chocolate:
The colors in Spiced Chocolate are beautiful! I don’t have swatches to show because many other sites have already provided them. I can see how many have said that there are dupes for the colors. I agree. I do think that this is one of the best color combinations that MAC has ever put together in one plaette. It’s right up there with the Pandomonium quad, in my opinion. Based on my collection, the dupes are Cranberry, Embark, Coppering and Shroom – they are not exact, but close enough.
Other items that I own from the Cult of Cherry collection: Liqueur Lipglass – Love it! I really regret not buying more from that collection when it was released – REALLY!
