The MAC Spellbinder Shadows. On the left from top to bottom: Aphrodisiatic, Blue Karma, Cosmic Clash and Mysterious Influence; on the right: Retrograde, Gravity?s Pull, Higher Power and Dynamically Charged

This is probably as close as I?m going to get to sci-fi makeup this week. They?re the new MAC Spellbinder Shadows, and they have magnetized particles ? which is weird and freaky and cool.
I held a paper clip above one of the pots, and you can see the particles cling to it?
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Ooh, science.
These eight new $22 limited edition loose powder shadows look kind of like cream shadows in their pots, but they aren?t. They?re loose, but they?re ionized and bound together by a magnetic charge.
The shades are all on the darker end of the spectrum, like dark blue, brown and plum ? so they?re very moody and very fall. They?re also very bling-worthy and shiny.
MAC Spellbinder Shadow

$22 each, available now online in eight shades

Available in-store October 20 through December 1, 2016

#MACSpellbinder

I gotta say, though?I expected these to be easier to work with than MAC?s other loose pigments because of the whole magnetic action, but they aren?t. When I did this look, I got shadow all over the place ? all over my desk, all over my hands, all over my face.
I should not have done my foundation first; it took a while to clean everything up?
But you do get high-wattage, super dramatic, super frosty drama with these, and incredibly enou...