A passion for fashion is generally accompanied by a love of art, colour, beauty, photography or any combination of these elements. For Chen Man, Beijing's fashion photographer darling, water and love itself top her list of most-loved. Interpreted into vivid pinks and blues, Canadian superstar makeup brand MAC Cosmetics has created a collaboration collection with Man and the results are definitely something to love.

The reigning star of China, the 31-year-old photographer wowed the world with her unique talent of created images with a 3-D effect, retouching everything herself with the use of Photoshop and 3D rendering. Beginning her career shooting the cover for Vision magazine from Chinese, Man is much more in demand these days and her work can be seen in the likes of Chinese Vogue, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire and Esquire.

The 18-piece collaboration is no doubt influenced by the photographer's profession and superb colour and image manipulation skills. The love and water theme stems from Man's personal interests and likes. Three eye shadows in various shades of pink and blue in the shape of a Yin-Yang is housed in a sleek package and stamped with Chen Man's own calligraphic signature of the Chinese symbol for love. Navy blue pigment powder and a sparkly blue light-reflecting loose powder round off the water-inspired pieces. A shimmery lavender-pink shade of lipstick, appropriately named Budding Love, is the quiet counterpart to the bold, matte coral-pink shade Force Of Love. A creamy shade of cotton candy pink and a muted royal blue make up the two limited-edition nail lacquers.

The artist's fascination with love and water is equally reflected in the ad campaign, which features stunning images of the products set to look like islands in the middle of the vast blue sea and a gorgeously done-up model in shades from the collection. The model's shoulder has a swirling blue-silver collage of water, mountains and clouds that were surely inspired by Chen Man's works.