MAC In Extreme Dimension (2015): Extra Dimension Eyeshadow in A Natural Flirt, Sweet Heat, Havana, Amorous Alloy, Stolen Moment, Smoky Mauve, Stylishly Merry, and Rich Core

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

This past Thursday, MAC released a collection called In Extreme Dimension, which features the comeback of Extra Dimension Eyeshadow. It is described as "a modern hybrid formula that combines the smoothness of a cream, the blendability of a liquid, and the finish of a powder with long-wearing colour and prismatic reflections. Its creamy, silky, near-fluid formula creates luminous, well-defined eyes in finishes from sheer crystallized light to stunning metallic." The collection includes 18 shades of Extra Dimension Eyeshadow (two of which, Ready to Party and Dark Dare, will not be reviewed here), all of which are re-promotes and will be added to the permanent range. Each Extra Dimension Shadow comes in regular black packaging, contains 1.3 grams of product, and retails for $24. Due to a higher price point, these are not applicable for the Back to MAC recycling program.

Clockwise from left: A Natural Flirt, Sweet Heat, Havana, and Amorous Alloy

A Natural Flirt, Sweet Heat, Havana, and Amorous Alloy

A Natural Flirt is a light peachy beige with gold shimmer and a soft satin sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's Glamour Daze collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly darker and more shimmery than Orb, and more peach than Dazzlelight.
Sweet Heat is a light-medium bronzed peachy pink with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's In Extra Dimension collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more bronze than All That Glitters, and more pink than Honey Lust. 
Havana is a medium-dark warm amber brown with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's In Extra Dimension collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Bronze, and less reddened than Mulch.
Amorous Alloy is a medium-dark warm terracotta copper with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2013's Magnetic Nude collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more reddened than Antiqued, and darker and more brown than Coppering.

Clockwise from left: Stolen Moment, Smoky Mauve, Stylishly Merry, and Rich Core

Stolen Moment, Smoky Mauve, Stylishly Merry, and Rich Core

Stolen Moment is a medium-dark warm plum-taupe with a silvered shimmer-sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's Glamour Daze collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly more plum than Satin Taupe, and darker and more grey than Sable.
Smoky Mauve is a medium pink-mauve with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2013's In Extra Dimension collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler and more silver than Star Violet, and more pink than Shale.
Stylishly Merry is a medium cool-toned fuchsia pink with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's Glamour Daze collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more pink than Stars 'n' Rockets, and lighter and more pink than Plum Dressing.
Rich Core is a medium-dark aubergine-brown with a metallic sheen in an Extra Dimension finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2012's In Extra Dimension collection, and is now permanent. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more brown than Star Violet, and lighter and more plum than Twinks.

Can I get a "huzzah!" because MAC finally, finally, finally decided to make these permanent? After five separate launches over three years, MAC finally listened to us and added these best-sellers to their eyeshadow range. The Extra Dimension Eyeshadow is very similar to their Veluxe Pearl finish eyeshadows in the more frosted, metallic finish and fantastic pigmentation and colour pay-off, except silkier and more lightweight rather than dense and buttery. You can use these wet or dry, of course (similar to NARS' Dual Intensity Eyeshadows), but I find that they give full colour pay-off just used dry and over a shadow base. There's no need to rush to get these now as with last year's limited edition version from Alluring Aquatic (which sold out in a matter of hours), but if you don't have these already, you need to take a look at them immediately because they are seriously one of MAC's most stand-out formulas in recent years and my favourite MAC eyeshadow formulation to date.
4 comments on "MAC In Extreme Dimension (2015): Extra Dimension Eyeshadow in A Natural Flirt, Sweet Heat, Havana, Amorous Alloy, Stolen Moment, Smoky Mauve, Stylishly Merry, and Rich Core"
  1. HUZZAH x 1000000000000

    I've been waiting for these and started with Legendary Lure already, lol. I want more but will have to see. Havana looks so rich and beautiful in the swatch! Noticed you don't have the black shade in the group shot -- is it not as good as the others?

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    1. I didn't bother getting Dark Dare because it's not the same metallic finish, it's more satiny, so it just looks like any ol' regular charcoal black. It didn't interest me when it originally launched, either. It's got a great texture and excellent colour pay-off, though, so if you're looking for a soft black, it's a nice one to look at. But the other shades are so much more worthy to spend your money on, IMO!

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  2. I need one of those peaches - those look like the kind of all-over lid washes that I love!

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    1. Sweet Heat! I wear it with everything. It's the In Extreme Dimension version of All That Glitters, lol.

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