Throw Back Thursday with MAC

I feel old and out of the loop!

Today I decided to make a collage of my favorite past MAC collections for "throw back Thursday" on Instagram.

(my Instagram)

Well when I start digging for pictures I realized all the collections that I loved so much were between 5-10years old. 

How did this happen? *Pretend you didn't hear this* but I still have the makeup from these collections and I use them! (please don't judge, I've never had any issues but if you choose to use older makeup, use at your own risk)

I haven't kept up with ALL of the new collections that have come out in the last 4 years or so because I don't work for MAC anymore. There are a few that stick out in my head and of course I still swoon over certain collections but I can honestly say I have become a lot more reserved in my purchases.

Today I also realized how many collections I haven't even paid attention to over the last few years and while digging around on the good ol web for images I had this familiar feeling slowly creep back into my artistic shopaholic heart with a voice whispering to me:

 *I don't remember this collection, ooo it looks pretty, how could I have missed this, maybe I should go on eBay and see if I can torture myself to try and find pieces from this collection, I have to have this now, oh no what have I done I need this!*

The further I dive into google images the louder the voice gets! I need to suppress it!

So while I'm yearning after these new collections I realize I cant find many images of the collection I do know and love and didn't miss out on. 

-INSTANTLY FELT OLD-

It's not often that Google can't help me! Even Specktra.net was filing away all the 'good ol' collections so deep that I couldn't find them anymore. I quickly felt even older when I realized "live journal" was just about the only thing around when these collections were born. These are pre-facebook days people! 

I thought to myself "surely there is someone out there that loves these collections just like me. Surely they have archived them somewhere! SURELY!"

Then.....sure enough, I found my new hero! I found someone who cared enough to hold on to what has made MAC....MAC!

INTRODUCING

http://colorstorycollections.blogspot.com

Thank you Linda for your hard work and dedication on preserving MAC collections are beautifully as you do! 

As I scrolled ALL THE WAY BACK to 2000! (yes she has archived that many years!) I reminisced over the "good ol" days (when I was a young fresh faced wanna be makeup artist swooning over new collections at my local MAC counter and hanging on to the every word of the talented artists who "little did I know-could only dream" would be my co-workers one day!) I fell back in love. The shopaholic hoarder subsided in me and the artist came out. I then felt appreciation for the fact that I remembered these collections, the collections that built MAC into what it is today. When 'lustre' lipsticks were new, when Viva Glam was just a baby. There is this new generation (who know more about recent items than I do) that has no idea that THIS is what made MAC-MAC. I was reminiscing over the births of the classics again and I loved it. I didn't feel so prehistoric anymore but felt more tenured and appreciative that I remembered and I was present during those times. 

I don't need to scour through eBay to find collections that are a couple of years old and try to backtrack and collect them. I may not know every more recent collection but that's OK. I can go to Linda's site and sell ALL of them. Besides, it will take far less time and research for me to fall in love with the "post-facebook" "post-social networking" collections. 

I don't mind if I feel a *little* older when people ask me "what collection is that from" or "Ive never heard of that" or "Ive never seen this, where did you get it" (and then I tell them the lipstick is 10 years old!:) More than anything, I feel lucky! I guess this is what getting older is all about? People mark their age and knowledge with many different things, mine just happens to be MAC color stories. 

(Here is the collage I made. Photo credit is below. Aren't they beautiful?)

Again, thank you Linda for making this blog. I appreciate so very much!

You all go check her out and look to see how MAC has evolved as a brand, with their products, and most of all visually! (that was my favorite thing to see on her blog.) It is laid out very well and is super organized! 

If you all have any questions about the collections above please feel free to ask in the comments section!

*Photo above credit to MAC Cosmetics and some images borrowed from Linda*

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