LEVEL UP ESPRESSO MAKEUP WITH
CHESTNUT
CHESTNUT
May 1, 2024 by Cat Quinn
First came Latte, then Espresso – and now it’s time for Chestnut Makeup to shine. With rich monochromatic browns and expensive brunette hair on the rise in beauty and fashion, it makes sense that we’d see a chestnut revival. But for M·A·C, chestnut never left.
“Lip Pencil in Chestnut has been legendary since the early 90s — it’s one of those colours that put M·A·C on the map,” says Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry. “From early hip-hop videos to today, it’s a timeless classic shade that’s part of every new generation’s makeup staples and is constantly getting reinvented.” This month, that reinvention includes a brand-new product extension: MACStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack. Like the lip colour, this chocolate brown mascara has all the makings of an icon. “With brown mascara, I usually think, ‘Why bother?’” says Barber. “But there’s a certain colour tone in this new Chestnut shade that does something quite magical. It brightens, it sharpens the whites of the eye and it intensifies any eye colour.”
Paired with juicy brown glossy balm and a soft smoky eye, the sultry makeup look goes way beyond neutral. “In addition to being an absolute timeless classic, Chestnut Makeup carries an attitude with it,” says Barber. “It just gives you a bit of swagger.”
“Lip Pencil in Chestnut has been legendary since the early 90s — it’s one of those colours that put M·A·C on the map,” says Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry. “From early hip-hop videos to today, it’s a timeless classic shade that’s part of every new generation’s makeup staples and is constantly getting reinvented.” This month, that reinvention includes a brand-new product extension: MACStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack. Like the lip colour, this chocolate brown mascara has all the makings of an icon. “With brown mascara, I usually think, ‘Why bother?’” says Barber. “But there’s a certain colour tone in this new Chestnut shade that does something quite magical. It brightens, it sharpens the whites of the eye and it intensifies any eye colour.”
Paired with juicy brown glossy balm and a soft smoky eye, the sultry makeup look goes way beyond neutral. “In addition to being an absolute timeless classic, Chestnut Makeup carries an attitude with it,” says Barber. “It just gives you a bit of swagger.”
MACStack Mascara
£20.25
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
Why stop at the lips? Go for a full face of Chestnut Makeup for an elevated take on monochromatic makeup.
Trade out your go-to black mascara for the brand-new M·A·CStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack.
MACStack Mascara
£20.25
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
Chestnut Makeup elevates your neutral makeup look.
HOW TO GET THE TREND
LOOK 1: Pair a soft smoky eye with shades of M·A·C Chestnut for a sultry makeup look
- Even out your skin tone with Studio Radiance Serum-PoweredTM Foundation.
- Line your upper and lower lash lines using Eye Kohl in Teddy.
- Then smudge out with shade La Vida Mocha from the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Future Flame.
- Define your upper lash lines with Brushstroke 24-Hour Liner in Brushblack.
- Stack on infinite layers of MACStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack, using tweezers to gently squeeze bottom lashes together for a spiked effect.
- Line your lips using Lip Pencil in Chestnut
- To finish, smooth on Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Lower Cut.
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation
£29.25
A moisturising foundation with buildable coverage in 56 luminous shades. Features a 10% hyaluronic acid solution to deliver plump, hydrated skin with all-day radiance, it smooths skin texture and evens out skin tone.
Connect In Colour Eyeshadow Palette: Future Flame
£34.50
A fiery 12-pan eyeshadow palette innovated with our most pigmented formula to date. Create limitless makeup looks – from limitless chic to those that bring the heat.
Brushstroke 24-Hour Liner
£16.50
A liquid eye liner pen with a precision brush tip that wears strong all day long for 24 hours.
MACStack Mascara
£20.25
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
Lip Pencil
£15.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
£16.50
Looks like a lip balm. Shines like a gloss. Explore lustrous pops of sheer colour with our plumping gloss stick. This non-sticky, lightweight formula nourishes lips and glides on to create a glossy, wet-lip look.
TREND TRY-ON TECHNOLOGY
WATCH THE
CHESTNUT
MAKEUP TUTORIAL
DIRECTLY ON YOU
CHESTNUT
MAKEUP TUTORIAL
DIRECTLY ON YOU
Use our award-winning tool to learn how to play up shades of M·A·C Chestnut with step-by-step instructions – all virtually demonstrated directly on your face by a real MAC Artist.
Pair the timeless Lip Pencil in Chestnut with a slick of Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Lower Cut for a juicy look.
Lip Pencil
£15.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
£16.50
Looks like a lip balm. Shines like a gloss. Explore lustrous pops of sheer colour with our plumping gloss stick. This non-sticky, lightweight formula nourishes lips and glides on to create a glossy, wet-lip look.
Lip Pencil
£15.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
MACStack Mascara
£20.25
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
LOOK 2: Create a sultry makeup look with shades of M·A·C Chestnut.
- Even out your skin tone with Studio Radiance Serum-PoweredTM Foundation.
- Press Pro Longwear Paint Pot in It’s Fabstract onto your lids.
- Stack on infinite layers of MACStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack.
- Line your lips using Lip Pencil in Chestnut.
- Then tap Locked Kiss Ink 24HR Lipcolour in Teaser onto the centre of your lips.
- To finish, Smooth on Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Lower Cut.
Studio Radiance Serum-Powered™ Foundation
£29.25
A moisturising foundation with buildable coverage in 56 luminous shades. Features a 10% hyaluronic acid solution to deliver plump, hydrated skin with all-day radiance, it smooths skin texture and evens out skin tone.
Pro Longwear Paint Pot
£22.00
A long-wearing blendable eye primer and/or cream shadow that can be worn alone or with other products.
MACStack Mascara
£20.25
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
Lip Pencil
£15.00
An ultra-precise lip liner with a creamy formula in a wide range of shades, designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Locked Kiss Ink™ 24HR Lipcolour
£24.00
A luxurious kissproof, transferproof and waterproof Liquid Lipstick. Beautiful colour with an ultra matte finish and weightless 24-hour wear.
Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
£16.50
Looks like a lip balm. Shines like a gloss. Explore lustrous pops of sheer colour with our plumping gloss stick. This non-sticky, lightweight formula nourishes lips and glides on to create a glossy, wet-lip look.
Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry, shares his perspective on the Chestnut Makeup trend.
