MAC Year of the Snake Collection Discussion (February 2013) - Page 13

Arrrrgh, those swatches are making me want Plumful again. *sigh*

whew there should be a warning label to this thread, i can deal with the MAC design snakes but the pictures of the real life snakes in here have me in tears 

can someone send me a link with swatches that do not involve real life snakies 

just typing the word has me weak ;(

Can anyone tell me how Freckletone compares to Pure Zen? Pure Zen is too light and too peach for me for some reason "/ (NC30-35)

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Originally Posted by erine1881 


Pigments are always $21. They must be increasing large shadows $1 come the feb 1st price increase.

GOT DMN IT MAC ANOTHER PHKN PRICE HIKE!!!

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Originally Posted by ladyarwen 

Stupid price increases...*grumbles*

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Originally Posted by aradhana 

I love freckletone! I have a lot of yellow in my undertone, but nudes can be difficult for me....this one has a decentt amount of peach and isn't too grey...

See noooow im thinkin i need to add freckletone!! its actually just another reason to get another lippie wit the snake design!!

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Originally Posted by TheLadyDanger 

 

I agree. It's on of my favorite nudes from MAC. It doesn't lean too pink, yellow or grey -- it's just right!

urrrggggh yall makin it hard for a pimp!!

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Originally Posted by Jol0 

Sorry if this was posted! So beautiful!
http://www.theasianbeautyblog.net/2013/01/review-mac-year-of-snake-collection.html?m=1

uh oh...im lovin the swatch of that shadow!!

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Originally Posted by KathyHC 

Can anyone tell me how Freckletone compares to Pure Zen? Pure Zen is too light and too peach for me for some reason "/ (NC30-35)

i have pure zen but i'd like to see the comparison too!!

crud now i want stuff from this collection too! i want Shell Pearl,bp, Plumful l/s and  Altered State es. but it sux that its online only, i dont know if i will have any way of ordering this online. =/ guess ill see what happens. What is meant to be will be!!

I've been stalking since Tuesday, but MAC NL take their sweet time

Ugh...

My order has arrived but my Aztec Brick e/s came without the special edition sleeve. (It's not even a box btw, just a sleeve.) :( Disappointed. At least I did get one with the other e/s.
 

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Originally Posted by Naughtyp 

crud now i want stuff from this collection too! i want Shell Pearl,bp, Plumful l/s and  Altered State es. but it sux that its online only, i dont know if i will have any way of ordering this online. =/ guess ill see what happens. What is meant to be will be!!

I kind of want Altered State too but I know I don't need it. I hope I'll be able to keep it off my cart when the time comes 

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Originally Posted by MACerette 

I've been stalking since Tuesday, but MAC NL take their sweet time

Ugh...

Typical. In the meantime I keep changing my mind! Snakey SP or Archie SP? Aaaargh!!! 

It would be amazing if someone saw/swatched both products and gave us some info as to how similar/different they are. 

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Originally Posted by Anitacska 

My order has arrived but my Aztec Brick e/s came without the special edition sleeve. (It's not even a box btw, just a sleeve.) :( Disappointed. At least I did get one with the other e/s.

That really is disappointing. For me the packaging is partly what makes special edition products, erm, special particularly when the colours are repromotes. But it does have the snake print right?

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Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

 

I kind of want Altered State too but I know I don't need it. I hope I'll be able to keep it off my cart when the time comes 

 

 

Typical. In the meantime I keep changing my mind! Snakey SP or Archie SP? Aaaargh!!! 

 

It would be amazing if someone saw/swatched both products and gave us some info as to how similar/different they are. 

 

 

That really is disappointing. For me the packaging is partly what makes special edition products, erm, special particularly when the colours are repromotes. But it does have the snake print right?

Yes it does, but to me that's not actually that interesting. At least the eyeshadow looks nice. Haven't swatched it yet in case Mac ask me to return it in exchnage for one with a sleeve, although I'd prefer it if they could just send me a sleeve.

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Originally Posted by KiKi Kontour 

See noooow im thinkin i need to add freckletone!! its actually just another reason to get another lippie wit the snake design!!

urrrggggh yall makin it hard for a pimp!!

This is how freckletone looks on me without a lip liner which makes it such an easy nude to wear.

(from my blog)

Im thinking about buying it again with the snake print only if its the same price as the regular one because ill use it so much the snake print wont last that long lmao

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Originally Posted by Naughtyp 


u kno now that I think about it, I'm not gonna get the eyeshadow. I'm getting too many from UD which I Iike better.
I'm sure T will compare both but I'm not sure she'll post pics of it. I wanted the snake and Archie powders but for now Im just getting the Archie one. if the snake one is around still at the end of the month I will get that one too. if I get it then I will order the lipstick too. otherwise I'm going to pass on everything. the snake print will eventually wear away......
trying to talk myself out of this .......

That's a very good point . In my case it's not so much a choice between the snake print and the cute hearts. It's between a pure BP (if that makes any sense) and one with blush. I like to use larger brushes with my BPs and I don't know if I can avoid getting some of the blush colour on the brush if I just want to use the BP. And the hearts look a bit on the small side for a brush to pick up the colour without getting some BP on it as well.

I'm not making any sense am I? 

Happy hauling, everyone!

I'll probably skip this collection. I'm interested in Cockney l/s, but I know I would never use the one with the beautiful snake print. I know I would not touch it. It's too beautiful. I'm glad Cockney is permanent. No need to rush for this lippie. More for you guys. Enjoy!

Somehow I get the feeling this one will not release this weekend...

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Originally Posted by MACerette 

Somehow I get the feeling this one will not release this weekend...

Me too. We should have known better 

have we seen any woc pics/swatches w the bp?

i'm most interested in that and the shadows. but i'm kinda bummed it's going to be online only around here.

the lipsticks are very pretty with the snake print, but i already have all three.

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Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

 

Me too. We should have known better 

This blows. What a waste of time... Geez... And I am absolutely positive that the minute I relax, walk away or whatevs it launches and SP will be sold out. 

When MM released here PDF checked and it wasn't up. I checked 30 - 40 minutes later: what do you know, it was up and the lipsticks were sold out (or perhaps PZ wasn't at the time). Really gave me the feeling the l/s were sold out when they put it up. Oh brother...

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Originally Posted by MACerette 

This blows. What a waste of time... Geez... And I am absolutely positive that the minute I relax, walk away or whatevs it launches and SP will be sold out. 

 

When MM released here PDF checked and it wasn't up. I checked 30 - 40 minutes later: what do you know, it was up and the lipsticks were sold out (or perhaps PZ wasn't at the time). Really gave me the feeling the l/s were sold out when they put it up. Oh brother...

 

You're right. I got the same impression with CYY and Moxie too. Possibly even MB?

Even if SP does sell out before we get the chance to buy it we still have Flatter Me to fall back on 

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Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

You're right. I got the same impression with CYY and Moxie too. Possibly even MB?

 

Even if SP does sell out before we get the chance to buy it we still have Flatter Me to fall back on 

True... True :)

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Originally Posted by jennyap 


It might not be so bad as you think. This collection launched on Thursday in the UK (and the email came out almost immediately!) and SP is still in stock.

Yes I noticed that. I was flabbergasted because I think that was the first... I hope MAC NL and MAC US will follow and that this will be a new trend as it should be...

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Originally Posted by MACerette 

Yes I noticed that. I was flabbergasted because I think that was the first... I hope MAC NL and MAC US will follow and that this will be a new trend as it should be...

MAC UK seems to get the lion's share of the European stock. The BR and MM stuff stuck around for ages too. Even the really coveted items like FM and CYY were available for days on end.

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Originally Posted by BuickMackane 

 

That's a very good point . In my case it's not so much a choice between the snake print and the cute hearts. It's between a pure BP (if that makes any sense) and one with blush. I like to use larger brushes with my BPs and I don't know if I can avoid getting some of the blush colour on the brush if I just want to use the BP. And the hearts look a bit on the small side for a brush to pick up the colour without getting some BP on it as well.

 

I'm not making any sense am I? 

Makes total sense to me.  This is exactly why I'm planning on getting SP from YotS and not FM from AG.

me too! then it will be a ? of ruin the snake or hearts first.?