“Hallo Possums!”: The new Dame Edna Collection for MAC

At first I thought the MAC-Dame Edna combination was ever-so-slightly weird. I mean, when was the last time any of us looked at Dame Edna and thought beauty icon????

Follow my beauty regime possums, and you’ll never be cosmetically challenged.

- Dame Edna

Well, that’s high promise: I am a beauty editor, and I’m cosmetically challenged just about every time I ready myself for a hot night out!

That said, I am a little fearful of embodying the beauty advice of a drag queen.

It’s a pretty comprehensive line though, all in mystical fairy-dust-like shades in a very retro lavender casing that is topped off with a signature red logo based on a pair of Dame Edna’s glases.

The line includes two shades of nail polish, a highlight powder, two eye shadow trios, three lipsticks and three lip glosses. Longtime MAC fans may see a lot of similarity between these shades and the Heatherette collection – but I’m loving it! The frosty pastels will really complement anything you acquire from their Chill looks. (More on that coming very soon!)

Here’s the Dame Edna Collection lineup:

Lipstick - $14
Gladiola Matte mid-tone blue pink
Coral Polyp Creamy mid-tone coral
Kanga Rouge Creamy dark blue red

Lipglass – $14
Hot Frost Sheer mid-tone blue pink with multi-dimensional pearl
Splendid Frosty pale pinky coral
Possum Nose Pink Sheer bright coral with multi-dimensional pearl

Royal Tour Eye Trio – $32.50
Royal Tour Mid-tone cool lilac
Dame’s Desire Frosty mid-tone reddish purple
Climate Blue Dark blue violet with pink pearl

Wisteria Eye Trio – $32.50
Fineshine Frosty true silver
Wisteria Frosty robin’s egg blue
Divine Night Frosty charcoal with silver pearl

Hi-Light Powder – $26.00
What a Dame! Pale clean orangey peach
Spectacle! Pale soft pink

Nail Lacquer – $11.00
Asiatique Creamy classic red
Varicose Violet Frosty Mid-tone pinkish purple

Images: MAC Cosmetics