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Re: Things you do, and don't like about Antiquitease.
EDIT: Okay so I know you guys don't want intense, in-depth reviews like this but... I got in the ZONE!! xD Sooo I'm real sorry if I'm cluttering up your thread, but I got so excited writing about all the products. This is just how I am everyday at MAC working... xD A kid in a candy store.

Antiquitease Colour

Every day I come into work feeling more and more excited over this collection. The lipsticks are pretty nice. Gilty Kiss is a beigey gold. A very nice color. Since it is a lustre, it has a golden pearl to it, but it is very sheer so it allows the pink/red/brown of someone's lips influence the color, making it much more wearable than a gold that was either a matte or satin formula. Her Fancy is a very pretty pink in the tube, but it is a glaze so it goes on super super super sheer. Not a big fan of this lipstick, reminds me intensely of Hue glaze lipstick. Antiquitease is a very unique shade, a gorgeous frosted copper with a bit of coppery red pearl in it. Totally gorgeous. Queen's Sin is my favorite of the bunch, an amazing red with frosty red pearl. Basically Rocking Chick (from Barbie Loves MAC)'s classy sister. Very sophisticated but modern because of the frost. Budding Lust is a very sheer plum. In my opinion Budding Lust is the most wearable lipstick in this collection, since it seems like it can suit almost anyone, since it's not too dark or too light and not too pigmented, so it lets anyone's natural color shine through but tint it a beautiful plum.

The Lipglasses are equally as pretty. Majestic is the perfect compliment to Gilty Kiss, a warm golden with subtle golden shimmer. Also great for warming up cool lipsticks. Trifle is the Lipglass version of Tongue-In-Chic, super pale pink with a pinky-blue opalescence, and with a slightly lower coverage. Gorgeous paired with pale or nude lips. It was included in the collection to go along with most likely Her Fancy, though in my opinion it's prettier without it. Red Romp is definitely my FAVORITE Lipglass in this collection. The perfect glass to go over Queen's Sin, Red Romp is an intense high coverage red with red shimmer. Definitely my favorite Red Lipglass in a long time. Corsette is, I believe, a repromote from Lingerie. A pretty greyish-brown with a bit of golden shimmer. Almost a Lipglass form of Satin Taupe. A very pretty Lipglass, and especially pretty on Budding Lust. I wish included in this collection was a nice intense copper Lipglass to go along with Antiquitease, but Corsette proves to be very nice over it anyway.

Mineralize Eyeshadow duos make an appearance in this collection as well, now with veining like the shadows from Flashtronic. Each is very very sparkley and shimmery metallic powder and give a sheer or medium but buildable color payoff. Silversmith is a pretty light blue and dark blue, veined with silver. At first I wasn't a fan because Silver-Blue is so generic, but it's really grown on me. The two are very very pretty, but they seem pretty unnattractive when you're looking at the visual I must admit. I especially love it with the light blue on the inner lid, then blended into the darker on the outer lid, along with some Contrast and/or Carbon in the crease. Earthly Riches is a dark grey and deep plum duo with a Cranberry-like veining. It's pretty in the pot, but I find it hard to work with. It's hard to make it work, because I feel like it goes on sort of muddy on some skins. I really like it for an intense smokey eye though. This is one that I do not own, but I'm finding that I want it: Engaging. Engaging is a light beigey pink and very yellowy gold with pink veining. The gold is very very vibrant and the pink is a great highlight color. Perfect for a fan of gold, and for proms/formals. Family Silver is FANTASTIC. I love this one. It's a bright white-silver, and a darker grey-silver, and gold veining. The gold veining makes the colors look much warmer and the color payoff is very bright and noticable. I especially like the colors with Rondelle (from Danse, Smoke Signals, and the Metallic Palette 07) and Carbon. A great silvery smokey look. Mi'Lady, many people's favorite including me, is a vibrant purple and bright red duo with silver veining. The colors are sheer enough to be wearable on many people, but they are also very buildable for the intensity that the shadows are in the pot. Mixed together they make this gorgeous red-magenta that is AMAZING. With Cranberry and (of course) carbon, it is beautiful. These Mineralize Eyeshadows are so versatile and large that anyone can enjoy them for a long time and get great use out of them. I would not suggest these shadows for extremely textured lids or some older skins because all the shimmer and metallic sparkles may emphasize the texture. They are sheer enough to add oomph to matte and satin shadows though, which is what I would use on older women.

Pigments are also in this collection. Gold Stroke is a chocolate brown with gold and red pearl. It is very similar to Twinks in my opinion. I have not swatched them next to each other, but seeing one reminds me of the other. I do love Twinks though, so Gold Stroke definitely catches my eye, but at the same time it doesn't feel like something new if you know what I mean. Your Ladyship is a fabulous pigment, a smooth creamy shade with alot of golden microglitter. Beautiful on the eyes, and it would make a gorgeous sheer Lipglass or nail polish. Sweet Sienna is my FAVORITE pigment though, from this collection, and possibly out of all the pigments that have come out this year. It is a dirty grey-brown taupe with grey microglitter. It's like a pigment form of Satin Taupe, but instead of being a frosty metallic, it's a subtle metallic with intense glitter. I LOVE IT. Great for the lid for a smokey eye.

We have a new Fluidline called Uppity, a bright yellow-gold. I would NEVER use this as a top liner like on the visual on myself, and only on a customer if they insisted, but the other day my friend was golding me up for our Gold/Silver Antiquitease Event, and she added a little on the inner corner as liner on the bottom, and it is a fabulous gold. It is so smooth and pigmented. I really need to get it. I'm sure it'd be a perfect base for an intensely gold eye makeup.

I'm not really feeling either of the Nail Lacquers. Vestral White is an opaque, full coverage white which is almost blinding when on. Trashy in my opinion, though I'm sure if worn right it could look beautiful. Gold Veneer is a green-gold that is very metallic. Again, it is just a strange nail color. It would be beautiful as an eyeshadow color, but on the nails I'm just not a fan. The visual girl's nails look really cool, but really gross at the same time.

So basically, I really really like this entire collection, with the exceptions of a few things. Hope you guys found my loooong review thing helpful!! I do own all of the eye palettes from Antiquitease: Royal Assets, so I suppose I'll go over my opinions of them in the near future!

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