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MAC Cosmetics Unveiled a Whitney Houston Line of Products

MAC Cosmetics recently unveiled that its newest project will honor the ever-famed Whitney Houston. The cosmetics brand aims to represent the singer's influential fame through a line of products. Currently, the collection is in the works and is expected to launch in December 2022.

The beauty brand inked a long-term and multi-faceted partnership with the Whitney Houston Estate to achieve the launch. The makeup line will coincide with the launch of Whitney Houston's upcoming biopic titled I Wanna Dance with Somebody. MAC plans to encapsulate and recreate some of the singer's most memorable beauty moments for the forthcoming film. Whitney's sister-in-law and former manager expresses that the team is excited to work with the beauty brand because Whitney would have loved it.

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