MAC Strength Collection Discussion (December 2012) - Page 57

I was able to preorder Strong Woman and Absolute Power Lipsticks from this collection!! I will be stalking the website for you guys whenever MAC puts it up.

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Originally Posted by aradhana 

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Originally Posted by Prettypackages 

strong woman reminds me of red dwarf. am i the only one that bought that color? LOL

i didn't get that colour but i'm pretty sure you are not alone, because it was pretty!

 

from memory and online swatches i think strong woman is more purple...a red purple, but def purple.  i'll try to take a pic later this aft....

Red Dwarf is more of a berry pink.  I don't see any similarity to Strong Woman.

I just came back from Pro- if you're around my skin tone nw45, and you have Heroine, save your money and don't get Strong Woman. 

From the left

Strong Woman, Party Parrot, Firm Form

The Right

Hot Chocolate, Apres Chic, Warm Companion

ETA the red gloss is the rosy mineralize tinted balm thing whatever- they suck

^^ i like how hot chocolate looks on your skin tone.

....it looks very beautiful!

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

^^ i like how hot chocolate looks on your skin tone.

Is that the pro liner at the top

what do u think of itk?

thanks for swatch

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

I just came back from Pro- if you're around my skin tone nw45, and you have Heroine, save your money and don't get Strong Woman. 

From the left

Strong Woman, Party Parrot, Firm Form

The Right

Hot Chocolate, Apres Chic, Warm Companion

 

ETA the red gloss is the rosy mineralize tinted balm thing whatever- they suck

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

I just came back from Pro- if you're around my skin tone nw45, and you have Heroine, save your money and don't get Strong Woman. 

From the left

Strong Woman, Party Parrot, Firm Form

The Right

Hot Chocolate, Apres Chic, Warm Companion

 

ETA the red gloss is the rosy mineralize tinted balm thing whatever- they suck

that would definitely look purple on me

Nudibelle- I didn't pay much attention to the liners, but that black pro liner is very nice, very smooth

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

Nudibelle- I didn't pay much attention to the liners, but that black pro liner is very nice, very smooth

So whats in the bottle in your avatar??? Maybe its something good & strong enough to share with the rest of us to get us through waiting

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Originally Posted by kimibos 

^^ i like how hot chocolate looks on your skin tone.

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Originally Posted by MACina 

....it looks very beautiful!

 

thanks ! It looks terrible on my lips though. Le Sigh. 

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Originally Posted by Lipstreet2 


I just got back from the Pro store too. I don't have Heroine so I picked up Strong Woman. I also picked up Pink Pigeon and Absolute Power. From Apres Chic I picked up Stereo Rose and Hot chocolate. Hot chocolate is beautiful. The mineralized eyeshadows were gorgeous but I have seen colors like them before. The pressed pigments collection was beautiful too but they were hard to work with when I was in the store.

I loved Strong Woman but I really had to think- " did I really need another purple lippie?" I'm Team Purple all the way but I have 2 Heroines and a Seductive Intent, and I plan on buying this purple lipstick from MUFE, I needed to be smart, decided not to get it. Since SI looks just like Heroine on me too, it would be a waste of money. I picked up Party Parrot though- so prettttyyyy

thanks!

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

So whats in the bottle in your avatar??? Maybe its something good & strong enough to share with the rest of us to get us through waiting

Elegant one! How are you? It's been way too long since I've been on here and I miss the familiar people from when I posted regularly. It's Manishewitz wine in the bottle, lol. I drank the whole thing last Rosh Hashana. Very very sweet wine. I was waiting online too but I got impatient and just went to Pro.

Did you look at the blushes, how are they for WOC?

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

Elegant one! How are you? It's been way too long since I've been on here and I miss the familiar people from when I posted regularly. It's Manishewitz wine in the bottle, lol. I drank the whole thing last Rosh Hashana. Very very sweet wine. I was waiting online too but I got impatient and just went to Pro.

  Hi doll! Missed you too  Doing well & crazy as always. Hope you & yours are doing well too.

Thanks for  the swatches. So do you have a favorite from this collection?

The blushes were - ok.... I didn't look at them nor the MES for too long as I was concerned about the lipsticks. I am not a huge fan of MAC blushes, as I prefer my NARS and La Femme. The lipsticks from both collections and the MES are WOC friendly, however the quads were hard to swatch- not very pigmented.

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Originally Posted by elegant-one 

 

  Hi doll! Missed you too  Doing well & crazy as always. Hope you & yours are doing well too.

 

Thanks for  the swatches. So do you have a favorite from this collection?

 All if well with me :). My favorite is hands down Party Parrot- from either collection. And even though this doesn't count Candy Yum Yum is also a favorite, lol . I finaly got to try on this famous lipstick and it's awesome.

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

I just came back from Pro- if you're around my skin tone nw45, and you have Heroine, save your money and don't get Strong Woman. 

From the left

Strong Woman, Party Parrot, Firm Form

The Right

Hot Chocolate, Apres Chic, Warm Companion

 

ETA the red gloss is the rosy mineralize tinted balm thing whatever- they suck

Thank you for the swatches!

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Originally Posted by Naughtyp 

Hot chocolate looks like the color I've been wanting!! yes!! now of only I can get my hands on it
from this collection I need to pick up Absolute Power when I go pick up my preorder of SW, PiPi and PaPa

It looks gorgeous isn't it? I was worried it would be too warm but it doesn't look warm all. It's perfect!

Thanks I was just about to ask about the other lippies from the Apres Chic collex.

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

The blushes were - ok.... I didn't look at them nor the MES for too long as I was concerned about the lipsticks. I am not a huge fan of MAC blushes, as I prefer my NARS and La Femme. The lipsticks from both collections and the MES are WOC friendly, however the quads were hard to swatch- not very pigmented.

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Originally Posted by MsWestchesterNY 

 

Thanks for the swatch pictures!

FYI, Hot Chocolate didn't look anywhere near as lavender pink on me (NC15), especially on the lips - it read taupe with a medium rosy plum undertone. Haute Altitude gave my coloring more of this look, but a little pinker. Both of these and Apres Chic are going to look really different on different skin tones. 

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Originally Posted by CartoonChic 

There are a bunch of lipsticks posted in the LE section, but I don't know where they're from. I think they were permanent shades that have been changed to LE.

 

Gleam

Shag

Chic

Coconutty

Sheer Plum

Naked Paris

Spice Is NiceI

I also noticed that! It leads me to believe that these shades will be discontinued in 2013. I'm glad that none of those are my favorite shades but i am sure they are favorites for someone.