MAC 2012 "Making Pretty" Couture Collection Discussion (December 2012) - Page 11

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Originally Posted by MACina 

3N and Runaway Red on temptalia.com:

 

http://www.temptalia.com/mac-3n-runaway-red-lipsticks-reviews-photos-swatches-making-pretty

Thanks for the link

Runaway Red looks more like the Shop/Cook version, which I already have. Had it been closer to the original I might have considered it.

re: 3N - I honestly can't see what the fuss is about. It doesn't strike me as anything special. Or maybe it's one of those lippies one has to see in person to appreciate

Yay! I'm chuffed to bits that I'm skipping a MAC collection!

And finally the Brush Set on temptalia.com:

http://www.temptalia.com/mac-making-pretty-brush-set-136-and-282-brushes-review-and-photos?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Temptalia+%28Temptalia%29

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Originally Posted by jenntoz 

I've always thought the balls packaging was cardboard?

EDIT... OK I checked & they stopped using cardboard in summer 2010 & switched to tin packaging since then

I have some ballz in cardboard and I love them.  But I wish I would have waited for the tin container...

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Originally Posted by PRESIDENTslim 

I'm returning my powder. I'm very disappointed. It's 100% cardboard.

In the immortal words of Bathgate, "Nah, f**kt that"

I didn't realize T has reviews on the products. Thanks for the links.

So the lipsticks do contain more product then the regular ones?  Can someone who bought one confirm?

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Originally Posted by MACina 

And finally the Brush Set on temptalia.com:

 

http://www.temptalia.com/mac-making-pretty-brush-set-136-and-282-brushes-review-and-photos?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Temptalia+%28Temptalia%29

 

 

 

Do her readers lack reading comprehension skills? She explained the value of the brushes alone to be minimally $92 w/o considering inflation, specialty packaging, nor the case yet a quarter of the comments are balking at the $100 price tag. 

 I wouldn't have the patience to run a blog of that magnitude.

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Originally Posted by MissTT 

Do her readers lack reading comprehension skills? She explained the value of the brushes alone to be minimally $92 w/o considering inflation, specialty packaging, nor the case yet a quarter of the comments are balking at the $100 price tag. 

 I wouldn't have the patience to run a blog of that magnitude.

       just realized that?? i usually go directly to the comments to have a laugh. they are all extremely negative, and hate mac. 

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

       just realized that?? i usually go directly to the comments to have a laugh. they are all extremely negative, and hate mac. 

It makes me glad that I belong to the community here where everyone is so understanding and nice :)

im thinking about the brushes, they are a good deal. but then the cheap me tells me i can get more from strength or apres chic. oh and all my brushes wont be the same. im building my mac and nars collection in slow motion. 

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Originally Posted by gracie90 

It makes me glad that I belong to the community here where everyone is so understanding and nice :)

      i agree one should respect what others like and never call the products trash, garbage or in any other bad language. 

I want those brushes too

T's cost analysis is actually making me want to get the brushes now since it's essentially just regular price, but the good girl in me is saying wait until CCO since I actually just want the 136. Although another person says that will be in about 9 months. Do you realize that is in August/September???

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

I want those brushes too

me too

Went to the pro store today and they said NOPE to any pre-orders for this collection. Oh well!! guess i wasnt meant to have 3N....but i think it might be too light anyways. Maybe i will get pure zen instead since T said it was a lil darker and pinker . and half the price!! lol

we will see if i show up early next week to try n get it tho! lol

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Originally Posted by Naughtyp 

Went to the pro store today and they said NOPE to any pre-orders for this collection. Oh well!! guess i wasnt meant to have 3N....but i think it might be too light anyways. Maybe i will get pure zen instead since T said it was a lil darker and pinker . and half the price!! lol

we will see if i show up early next week to try n get it tho! lol

Same here, Pure Zen seems more wearable to me. I don't understand the buzz around 3N, I don't think it does anything for T's lips

Love the rose gold ferrule but not the faux leather.   I could see me getting over that and snapping the brush set up at the CCO discount price, however.

Do any one have video of these items ?

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Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

Thanks for the link

 

Runaway Red looks more like the Shop/Cook version, which I already have. Had it been closer to the original I might have considered it.

 

re: 3N - I honestly can't see what the fuss is about. It doesn't strike me as anything special. Or maybe it's one of those lippies one has to see in person to appreciate

 

 

 

Yay! I'm chuffed to bits that I'm skipping a MAC collection!

Which collection was the origional Runway Red?

I got my during MAc Me Over collection....

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Originally Posted by ForeverJenn 

Same here, Pure Zen seems more wearable to me. I don't understand the buzz around 3N, I don't think it does anything for T's lips

ya i guess i bought into the hype lol i still might go check in person, but i probably wont get it....(3N)  and maybe one day ill get pure zen when im not buying all these LE products!

Wow....the brush set is sold out now!

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Originally Posted by Naughtyp 

Which collection was the origional Runway Red?

I got my during MAc Me Over collection....

It was first released in Mac Me Over, IIRC.

You're so lucky to have the MMO version! I love the SC version too but the MMO one had that extra ooomph.

Both lippies are sold out now.And also the medium plus Sheer Mystery Powder (+ the brush set).

I did not expect a Mystery Powder to sell out that fast (it is already sold out for a few days)!

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Originally Posted by MACina 

Both lippies are sold out now.And also the medium plus Sheer Mystery Powder (+ the brush set).

 

I did not expect a Mystery Powder to sell out that fast (it is already sold out for a few days)!

Its a marketing gimmick to drive up the demand, methinks...

my location got very limited quantities of this. 9 3n 1 will be made a tester 6 runaway red 1 will be made a tester 3 brush sets 1 will be a tester 15 silver dusk and 3 of each mystery powder. and im very happy about this because the pricing on the couture collections tend to scare customers so now its easier for the artist to get rid of the products 

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Originally Posted by martiangurll 

Its a marketing gimmick to drive up the demand, methinks...

Even though I know that this is a marketing gimmick, I still fall for it. 

When MAC had the brush set on their website, I didn't buy it because the case and brush handle looked cheap in bloggers' pictures.

Then, I found out that the brush set was sold out and I went frantic and kept stalking the site to see if they would restock.

When Nordstrom posted the collection on their website, I immediately placed an order for the brush set, but then they cancelled my order and said the brush set was unavailable, which is weird because they still allow you to add the brush set in your cart and checkout.