Mariah Carey and MAC Cosmetics are teaming as much as create each a limited-edition lipstick due in December and a full MAC Icon collection slated for spring 2016.

But don’t expect red lipstick.

“Here’s the thing,” Carey said during a phone interview with WWD, speaking of All I Want, the lipstick which will probably be available in December online. “Most individuals would have expected me to have created a shiny red lip for the vacations, but one thing most individuals don’t learn about me is that’s something I never wear and that I hate on myself. I find it irresistible on other people, but I just can’t do a red lip. It just doesn’t work on me. So, we were talking about doing something for the vacations, and I said, ‘Let’s do a Champagne shimmer.’ It’s form of a throwback color, but I believe it’s really beautiful. We called it ‘All I Want’ because that’s my hottest Christmas song and certainly one of my hottest songs ever. It’s definitely a celebration lipstick. Wear it along with your winter white.”

This isn’t Carey’s first time at the wonder rodeo. “I’m actually a beauty school dropout,” she said with fun. The star attended, but didn’t graduate from, beauty school — a backup plan in case the singing didn’t work out, she said.

In 2006, she inked a fragrance take care of Elizabeth Arden that resulted in 2007’s M by Mariah Carey, 2008’s Luscious Pink and 2009’s Eternally scents, in addition to 2010’s Lollipop Bling trio of fragrances. She also has worked with OPI on nail colours up to now.

“I’ve been an enormous fan of MAC ceaselessly — they’re my go-to makeup brand, each onstage and off,” Carey said. “I at all times carry at the least a number of MAC products in every single place. After we sat right down to discuss this deal, it was something that was just natural.”

Carey’s creative process for songwriting and cosmetics creation are similar, she said. “Creating makeup is only different from songwriting since you’re a product, somewhat than writing something and recording it,” Carey said. “But this is analogous, since you’re using creative energy, channeling it into what you want. All the pieces from the packaging to the colours — it’s been such an incredible experience for me. It’s a labor of affection.”

Of the forthcoming Icon collection, Carey noted, “I’m not purported to talk an excessive amount of about it, nevertheless it definitely won’t disappoint. I believe it should be each commercially successful and an accurate representation of who I’m.” Past MAC icons have included Brooke Shields and Catherine Deneuve.

Carey was also recently named an icon by Harper’s Bazaar. “I’m undecided I actually have specific icons, but I’ve at all times admired Marilyn Monroe,” Carey said. “She’s been my favorite since I used to be a little bit girl. I actually have her white piano from when she was a little bit girl, and I collect all things Marilyn.”

Added James Gager, senior vice chairman and group creative director of MAC Cosmetics, “Mariah is the over-the-top pop and wonder icon. Throughout the years we’ve all watched her with admiration and feel without delay she is at her ultimate best. She exudes elegance, glamor, sophistication or sense of fun.”

Carey noted that she’ll be back in Las Vegas in February. “People have been coming from everywhere in the world,” she said. “It hasn’t been the everyday Las Vegas moment. It’s really a lovefest with a bunch of great fans.” She’ll also make her directorial debut later this yr for a Christmas movie on the Hallmark Channel. “I’m starting prep for that very soon,” she said. “That’s going to be exciting, because I really like all things holiday. I’m also going to do some shows on the Beacon Theatre before I am going back to Las Vegas — so I’m going to be pretty busy.”