If you were a kid of the nineties/early aughts, you most certainly remember the thrill of firing up Napster. Waiting 10 minutes for each song to download was absolutely worth the indelible feeling of coming up with a great name to Sharpie on a warm, freshly burned CD. In terms of nostalgia, it’s high up there with Steve Madden’s stretchy sandals and anything Britney. Which bring us to this: MAC and designer Jeremy Scott are teaming up on collection of palettes that look exactly like mixed tapes—down to the scrawled-on handwriting that only came with meticulous practice.

Given pop culture’s current obsession with all things from the era and the fact that Scott is the one behind the recent Ugg resurgence, the line isn’t all that surprising. Nonetheless, the packaging is so cute it’s pretty hard not to love. Starting with the Acoustica Cheek palette ($35), every detail is spot on: It’s got everything from the delightfully punny name (“Cheeky Mixtape Vol. 1”) to the bubble-dot “I”.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of brand

For the full experience, the exterior packaging is also a relic with realistic CD sleeves. The cheek colors inside are just as good, a peachy pink blush, warm bronzer, and shimmery champagne highlighter.

That attention to detail keeps up through the Future Emotion lip palette ($35), a set of nine lip colors packaged in a cassette case. Sharpie alias: Bumpin Jamz with a squiggly underline, in true nineties style. Like the cheek colors, the colors inside are likewise timeless. They run from crimson, to fuchsia, to wine, and hit a vibrant purple along the way.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of brand

And here’s where things go seriously AV club (or Say Anything). The collection’s last piece is the boombox-packaged Lo-Fi eyeshadow palette ($75), with 29 shadows inside. Picture club neons in shades of gold, pink, blue, green, purple, and orange, plus a center set of work-appropriate cool neutrals. The front is again beyond accurate, from the mixboard where you could pump up the bass to the cassette slot with a mini, faux version of the lip palette.

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PHOTO: Courtesy of brand

The line starts rolling out to select MAC stores on February 8, which gives you just enough time to painstakingly put together the perfect getting-ready playlist—and not a minute sooner. What Spotify?

And Because Nothing’s Gone Forever:
–Ariana Grande Is Making Scrunchies Great Again
–Brace Yourselves: Uggs Are Getting the High-Fashion Treatment
–Steve Madden Is Now Selling Those Stretchy Platform Sandals You Had in the ’90s

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