Back in January, MAC Cosmetics sent a super-secret missive to a slew of beauty bloggers (including yours truly) inviting them to create a shade; today, the winners were announced! (Will you forgive me if I admit that I’m now kicking myself for not putting more effort into this? Let’s keep it real: I can be happy for my friends and also just a smidge jealous, no?)

But c’est la vie! The colors they picked to create are all gorgeous: even more amazing are some of the backstories, such as Patrice Yursik‘s All of My Purple Life, and Karen Monterichard’s Evolution Revolution. (Go read Karen’s post where she breaks down her inspirations; it’s fantastic.)

Here’s the lowdown on the MAC Bloggers’ Obsessions collection:

Eye Shadow $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

• Beauty Blogging Junkie – Amber Katz: Sparkle Neely, Sparkle – A deep rusty brown with champagne-colored sparkle
• Temptalia – Christine Mielke: Jealousy Wakes  - A seething emerald green with teal and gold pearl
• Lipstick Powder N Paint – Lesley Ellen Mirza: Parisian Skies– A muted grey-blue
• The Makeup Girl – Lianne Farbes: Hocus Pocus – A dark sooty grey with silver pearl

Lipglass $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

• Makeup and Beauty Blog – Karen Monterichard: Evolution Revolution – A warm peachy pink with subtle purple, green and blue micro glitter
• Afrobella – Patrice Yursik: All Of My Purple Life – A deep purple/grape with subtle sparkle
• Beauty Maverick – Lily Nima: Caqui - A persimmon orange
• The Shades of  U – Aileen De Los Angeles: Sonoran Rain – A deep coral-red with gold and silver pearl
• Nitrolicious – Wendy Lam: Nitro:licious 2046 – A intense shiny red

The limited edition collection will be available online only in North America from June 21, 2011 at www.maccosmetics.com.