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is it crazy that my favorite lippie of this collection is pure zen!!?? i love LG but  the fact that i found my perfect nude is epic!! 

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

is it crazy that my favorite lippie of this collection is pure zen!!?? i love LG but  the fact that i found my perfect nude is epic!! 

Thank you for posting that because I got PZ even though I didn't think it was "all that" compared to the reds, but now I am glad I went ahead and threw it in the cart.

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Originally Posted by gracie90 

 

I'm surprised it's still in stock everywhere online other than HoF. Maybe there aren't many of us pale people in the UK?The girl in front of me in Debenhams today bought NW35 foundation, despite multiple MAs telling her it was waaaaaaay too dark! She was maybe NW20-25 and had the dreaded face-neck mismatch disease... Random fact about my day - when I was in ICU this morning a nurse offered me a flu jab, so I got stabbed with a needle and now have a dead left arm. Got a sticker though :p

Oh it's gone on HoF?  Didn't know!  I just ordered 2 on Debenhams and will be ordering another 2 soon.  To be honest - I don't think there are many of us pale people in the UK.  Almost everyone I know fake tans or isn't into make-up so isn't interested!  I don't understand why girls use the wrong foundation for "colour", 'tis why we have blush/bronzer/contour etc!  Damn people!  I swear I never noticed any of that happening until being in the UK.

Haha aw!  I think I'm getting sick.  Not happy.  Thought I'd avoided it but everyone in my house has it so it was inevitable I'd get it!

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

is it crazy that my favorite lippie of this collection is pure zen!!?? i love LG but  the fact that i found my perfect nude is epic!! 

I'm actually really liking the look of pure zen!  But because it's permanent I'm not rushing out to buy it.  I have yet to find a nude lipstick I like.  I was debating Viva Glam II but can't quite decide and I love the look of Mehr too.

Honestly though, as much as I love my MM items, I'm thrilled about Rebel l/s that I bought too.  I just love it, I've wanted it for years and always delayed due to LE collections.

I went to my counter yesterday morning and just like everywhere else they were practically out of everything. So no BU beauty powder which is what I wanted. Its all just madness.

I have an extra Love Goddess if any ones still wanting one.

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Originally Posted by martiangurll 

Thank you for posting that because I got PZ even though I didn't think it was "all that" compared to the reds, but now I am glad I went ahead and threw it in the cart.

       your welcome, i hope you luv it!! 

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Originally Posted by PeachTwist 

 

I'm actually really liking the look of pure zen!  But because it's permanent I'm not rushing out to buy it.  I have yet to find a nude lipstick I like.  I was debating Viva Glam II but can't quite decide and I love the look of Mehr too.

 

Honestly though, as much as I love my MM items, I'm thrilled about Rebel l/s that I bought too.  I just love it, I've wanted it for years and always delayed due to LE collections.

      ohh i forgot about mehr, i have to get that one too!! and i may try shangai spice.

PM'd you about the Beauty Powder!

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Originally Posted by Kimmy13 

I went to my counter yesterday morning and just like everywhere else they were practically out of everything. So no BU beauty powder which is what I wanted. Its all just madness.

I have an extra Love Goddess if any ones still wanting one.

Yep I need it at some point.  Trying not to over-buy lipsticks as I feel like I won't get them used.  Silly, I know.  Hahaha.

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

       your welcome, i hope you luv it!! 

 

      ohh i forgot about mehr, i have to get that one too!! and i may try shangai spice.

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Originally Posted by Dreaming Dancer 

I have a couple shades of the Guerlain meteorites and i do think FM is really similar. I feel like FM shows my pores a little more than the Meteorites. The neat thing about he meteorite perles is that you can take out colors of the pearls you don't want in there. All of mine have a peach shade in there so you could make it more peach or more white or whatever by taking some out sometimes. they are really fun to play with.

I noticed the Meteorites comes in 3 different shades? What shade do you think would be most similar to FM? Also, the meteorites comes in the loose formula and in a pressed compact formula...Is one formula closer to the FM powder?

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Originally Posted by Supercoolstephy 

Long time stalker but wanted to put in my story about the collection.
So I went to nordstroms on Wednesday because my Mac girl and the Mac counter manager told me I could prebuy multiple times.... Well the makeup dept manager said no one could prebuy. That totally put a damper on my plans because I was flying to CA at 6 am on the Marilyn day. So I flew out yesterday morning and could not get any colors. Ugh. I tried ordering online at Belks today but my card kept getting declined because for some reason it kept adding my condo building name to my billing address, I even called and we couldn't get it to work even after trying two different cards from two different banks.
Well.... I asked my mother in law to run by our local Belks to see if they could order it for me and she ended up getting The Perfect Cheek and Pure Zen for me. They were all out of LG which sucked because it was in my cart originally in the website. But oh well. I'm just happy to have gotten anything. Oh and she's not making me pay her back. Amazing!!
Still keeping my fingers crossed ill be able to get LG somewhere later. I called my local TN nordstroms and asked them to do a search for me... Since I've been saving my Nordstrom notes for this collection (guess ill be using them for the Glamour Daze collection) and she said that if she were able to find LG that most stores are not selling for other stores. But she said she couldn't find it. So who knows.

Welcome to Specktra!

Your mother in law is awesome!  Glad you managed to get something!  PM Kimmy13, she said she has a spare LG, and if not I think Gracie90 does too!

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Originally Posted by aradhana 

I guess you always want what you can't have!
I skipped perfect cheek yesterday when I had the chance, and now it's sold out everywhere round here! Please tell me it's like blushbaby...

It looks like BB in swatches.  Probably not a significant difference.  Well, except for that packaging.

so i went to nordstrom's last night to spend my $50 gift card...wandered over to Chanel and a guy who works for mac but helping someone at Chanel saw me and asked if i got my MM stuff...i said no cuz i got it last week at pro. then he was like did u know that ladies were CRYING because we sold out? and i'm standing there like WHATTTTT!!!!!! and he said yes we sold out so fast that grown woman just started crying like the world ended....and i said hmmm now THAT is sad. I understand if you're upset because u waited but sheesh it isn't the end of the world....and the holiday collection is coming up and i think it's SO much prettier hahaha....

CARAZZZZYYYYYY!!!!!

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Originally Posted by purplerinne 

so i went to nordstrom's last night to spend my $50 gift card...wandered over to Chanel and a guy who works for mac but helping someone at Chanel saw me and asked if i got my MM stuff...i said no cuz i got it last week at pro. then he was like did u know that ladies were CRYING because we sold out? and i'm standing there like WHATTTTT!!!!!! and he said yes we sold out so fast that grown woman just started crying like the world ended....and i said hmmm now THAT is sad. I understand if you're upset because u waited but sheesh it isn't the end of the world....and the holiday collection is coming up and i think it's SO much prettier hahaha....

 

CARAZZZZYYYYYY!!!!!

That really is absolutely freaking nuts!  I think now I've gotten my items and BU'd the BP I'm done with this collection.  I kind of want the other l/s's except SI and possibly Legendary but I'm not paying the higher prices for them due to packaging so I'll be waiting until GlamourDaze!

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Originally Posted by gracie90 

Time to share my second Marilyn story! I felt like such a MAC ninja today, sorting out all my CPs! I ordered 6 BPs in the past 24 hours (2 for me, 4 for CPs), and phoned up my MAC store to see what they had in. When I called at 4.30pm they still had everything in stock! I reserved a DA for Audrey, and asked about LG just for the hell of it. Well, the MA found one lurking in the regular l/s drawer and set it aside for me :) I posted Lou's LG, got the bus into town and went straight to MAC to pick up my lippies and a Showgirl e/s. Well, they had none of the e/s left :( So I power-walked to the Debenhams counter and got the last Showgirl for Audrey :D I feel like such a CPing machine haha Side-note - as there are only these 2 places to get MAC in Wales, I wiped out an entire country's stock of Showgirl and LG. It made me laugh at least

You're the best! 

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Originally Posted by PeachTwist 

 

That really is absolutely freaking nuts!  I think now I've gotten my items and BU'd the BP I'm done with this collection.  I kind of want the other l/s's except SI and possibly Legendary but I'm not paying the higher prices for them due to packaging so I'll be waiting until GlamourDaze!

hey which lippies did you missed??? 

Hiya ladies - got my little Marilyn haul up on the blog: Below with 'The Perfect Cheek' blush and 'Deeply Adored' lipstick

I didn't think I'd like 'Deeply Adored' so much but it's quite the sexy siren/secretary red! A grown up more sophisticated red!! 

P.s loving all the chit chat and photos' hunnies! xxx

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Originally Posted by Bliur 

You look gorgeous!

I've been wanting Dipdown fluidline for a long time now and when I made my order this morning it was out of stock 

Do you guys know anything that can compare to it?

 

By the way, I ordered the BP and I'm NC25-ish, I hope it doesn't look ghostly or ashy on me, I thought that at least now in winter I can pull it off because I'm much paler.

I am sure Bobbi Brown must make one.  Or for drugstore the Maybelline ones are good.

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Originally Posted by Supercoolstephy 


Thanks. I am so happy that she got it for me. Super surprised about it too. Thanks for the info. Gracie90 pmd me.
Ps. What does CP mean? Clearly I'm new here too. Haha.

Custom Purchase!

You paypal someone the money who is able to get the item, they order/collect it for you and you pay the cost of shipping to you!  :)  It's basically an epic favour!

I only have one MAC store in the entire state of Oregon, and the two Nordstrom counters closest to me told me "absolutely not" for pre-orders. I usually work until the early afternoon, but even then, I avoided the counters and the MAC store like the plague yesterday! I work within driving distance of the one MAC store, butttt parking is iffy, so there really wouldn't be an ample opportunity to "pop on by" on my lunch, and when I'm done with work, I'm ready to go hooome.

Anyway, aside from my own personal grievances and time restrictions, I wasn't about to set foot in an area launching the MM collection yesterday!

I'm so sorry this is such a big mess for a lot of people! I think it's ridiculous out little stock the stores seemed to have gotten. My own stores in the area said they were really limited too, hence the no pre-order policy. And usually, I hit them up for pre-orders if I truly feel antsy about getting certain products. 

I ordered all my stuff online, pending multiple shipments.

I placed my original order at MAC.com because sheer luck would have me be up getting ready for work and randomly checking the MAC site and having the MM show up in the sitemap.

Then I got some BP from Macy's and a BU of DA and CIS. I got Showgirl and Silver Screen eyeshadows on Nordstrom.com - I love my highlighter shades. 

Today I splurged on Belk and got Pure Zen and Scarlet Ibis - it's making me super curious to see if there's a difference between MM Scarlet Ibis and IA Scarlet Ibis. And Pure Zen was just pure dumb skipper's remorse lol. I knowwww I can pick it up any ol' time, but I figured if I was gonna go broke, I was gonna go home (and have some perty lipsticks while I was at it).

I tried on CIS and DA and I fell in LOVE with CIS. It's no Ruffian Red or Red Racer but a girl can never have too many kick ass reds! I like Red Racer for its cherry yet still a little yellowy look and Ruffian Red is just bright as hell which I adore. CIS is like a fall version of both of them having a baby. 

CIS on the left, DA on the right - both of them paired with Cherry l/l.

DA doesn't look nearly as dark on me as I expected - it's definitely not like Rocker on me at all. Excuse the somewhat sloppy application of DA - I literally tried that on after CIS. 

I do like both of them, and I think DA will get more use out of it knowing it's not a dark vampy shade, and is more in my comfort zone. 

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Originally Posted by DynoPupBeauty 

Hiya ladies - got my little Marilyn haul up on the blog: Below with 'The Perfect Cheek' blush and 'Deeply Adored' lipstick

 

I didn't think I'd like 'Deeply Adored' so much but it's quite the sexy siren/secretary red! A grown up more sophisticated red!! 

 

P.s loving all the chit chat and photos' hunnies! xxx

 

You are rockin' DA!  Gorgeous!  So glad I picked up TPC!

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Originally Posted by duckrodeo 

I only have one MAC store in the entire state of Oregon, and the two Nordstrom counters closest to me told me "absolutely not" for pre-orders. I usually work until the early afternoon, but even then, I avoided the counters and the MAC store like the plague yesterday! I work within driving distance of the one MAC store, butttt parking is iffy, so there really wouldn't be an ample opportunity to "pop on by" on my lunch, and when I'm done with work, I'm ready to go hooome.

 

Anyway, aside from my own personal grievances and time restrictions, I wasn't about to set foot in an area launching the MM collection yesterday!

 

 

I'm so sorry this is such a big mess for a lot of people! I think it's ridiculous out little stock the stores seemed to have gotten. My own stores in the area said they were really limited too, hence the no pre-order policy. And usually, I hit them up for pre-orders if I truly feel antsy about getting certain products. 

 

I ordered all my stuff online, pending multiple shipments.

 

I placed my original order at MAC.com because sheer luck would have me be up getting ready for work and randomly checking the MAC site and having the MM show up in the sitemap.

 

Then I got some BP from Macy's and a BU of DA and CIS. I got Showgirl and Silver Screen eyeshadows on Nordstrom.com - I love my highlighter shades. 

 

Today I splurged on Belk and got Pure Zen and Scarlet Ibis - it's making me super curious to see if there's a difference between MM Scarlet Ibis and IA Scarlet Ibis. And Pure Zen was just pure dumb skipper's remorse lol. I knowwww I can pick it up any ol' time, but I figured if I was gonna go broke, I was gonna go home (and have some perty lipsticks while I was at it).

 

 

I tried on CIS and DA and I fell in LOVE with CIS. It's no Ruffian Red or Red Racer but a girl can never have too many kick ass reds! I like Red Racer for its cherry yet still a little yellowy look and Ruffian Red is just bright as hell which I adore. CIS is like a fall version of both of them having a baby. 

 

CIS on the left, DA on the right - both of them paired with Cherry l/l.

 

 

 

DA doesn't look nearly as dark on me as I expected - it's definitely not like Rocker on me at all. Excuse the somewhat sloppy application of DA - I literally tried that on after CIS. 

I do like both of them, and I think DA will get more use out of it knowing it's not a dark vampy shade, and is more in my comfort zone. 

You're actually making me like the look of DA more than CIS.  How weird.  Are either of them blue-based reds?

duckrodeo looking hot as always!! i love your skin!!! i expected deeply adored to be darker like rocker too  and then didnt get Charmed im sure because i have such flare! 

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Originally Posted by duckrodeo 

DA is more blue-based and it seems that CIS is a "dark true red" - but on me it's looking like it's leaning on the warm side.

Hmm interesting.  Shame I missed it!  Am loving the swatches everyone is showing though.  Ohhh wellll!

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Originally Posted by shades of blue 

 

I noticed the Meteorites comes in 3 different shades? What shade do you think would be most similar to FM? Also, the meteorites comes in the loose formula and in a pressed compact formula...Is one formula closer to the FM powder?

I have both and I think the loose ones.  The pressed one I have is a little more mattifying.  I am not sure about color.

so annoyed...got one of my orders (from Macy's online) received my beauty powder and two eyeshadows from this collection and a lipstick box with NO LIPSTICK INSIDE UGH!!!!!