MAC salutes Aaliyah with new cosmetic collection

HOUSTON – It might feel like one in a million years since M.A.C Cosmetics announced it would release a collection honoring the late R&B legend Aaliyah, but it’s finally in stores. 

M.A.C first teased us with the idea of the line in August. The makeup collection rolled out first online on Wednesday and hit store shelves Thursday.

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Almost as soon as M.A.C made the call, the $250 Aaliyah Collector’s Box was sold out in stores and online.

The new collection features shades inspired by the singer’s life, legacy and music, with “Try Again,” “More Than a Woman,” and “Street Thing” lip colors, “Age Ain’t Nothing” eye shadow pallets and “Brooklyn Born” lipglass lip gloss.

The collection comes 17 years after Aaliyah died in a plane crash while returning to the U.S. from a video shoot in the Bahamas for her hit song “Rock the Boat.” She was 22.