Get the 1st Look at the MAC X Whitney Houston Ultra-Glamorous Makeup Collection
usmagazine.comPrepare to get emotional! The long awaited MAC x Whitney Houston collection drops on December 8 and every product in the line embodies the iconic beauty and spirit of the late songstress.Named for Nippy (the nickname Whitney’s father gave her as a child) and inspired by the diva’s favorite glam shades and looks, the twelve limited-edition capsule products include lipsticks, high shine lipgloss, blush, a golden highlighter aptly named Just Whitney and an eyeshadow palette meant to recreate the singer’s trademark shimmering smoky eyes.
An ‘80s-fabulous disco makeup bag and set of lashes round out the group.How will you know if you’ll really love it? These shades are exact replicas of the singer’s signature musts.
MAC collaborated with Pat Houston, the Executor of the Estate of Whitney E. Houston (and Whitney’s sister-in-law and longtime manager throughout her life) to develop the products — even helping to name them — giving the collection a decidedly personal feel. “Whitney loved working with colors on the lips and eyes,” Houston says. “That iconic red lip was always a favorite of hers.
If she wasn’t wearing anything else, going out of the house, she had to have a red lipstick,” she reveals. The songstress loved glam from a young age “practicing doing her makeup in front of mirrors with a broomstick in her hand,” Houston says.
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