I walked through the MAC store at Yorkdale this weekend, and was taken aback—there’s all black everything (Jay’s been peppering my speech a little bit everyday as of late… you’ll have to forgive me).

The MAC Style Black collection has arrived and it is BAD!!! (ALL CAPS and 4 exclamation points BAD!!!). I have a thing for black makeup; although I wouldn’t wear some of it—like black lips, maybe not—but I wanted to just try on and play with everything.

You have to respect someone who can do it though, don’t you? Someone who can walk around with black gloss and just make it work. Who wants to be “simply beyond”, and completely dramatic, eccentric, and noticed. Just like a bald head—some can do it, others won’t.

This looks to be one of the many trends of F/W ‘09. Remember Alexander McQueen’s show earlier this year? Ugly. Beautiful.

There are the year-round staples like Nocturnelle nail lacquer, and eye liners, but the Style Black collection features complementary mineralized eye shadows, the Greasepaint Stick (a long wearing liner), and lip colours in a cream, matte, or gloss. You may also partake in a volcanic ash exfoliator with sugar crystals from Vanuatu or a volcanic thermal mask if you so desire.

As usual, the collection is only here for a limited time, so hurry to your nearest outlet MAC lovers. You know what to do: www.maccosmetics.ca