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PixieDancer

PixieDancer

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MAP being sold out gives me renewed faith in the duos! Normally they stick around FOREVER! Maybe this will be a clue to MAC that if they make a great duo people WILL buy it! So, stop putting one great shade and one dud in the duos MAC and we will show it the love like MAP!
I got MAP and REALLY need to give it a try!
 
Mac-Guy

Mac-Guy

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The issue with the last duos was that they did not have names. Giving the products fancy, silly, or sexy names is part of the MAC branding. It doesn't come as a surprise then when a product named "Duo 1" will not sell well. Who wants a generic name if you can have a fancy one as Marche aux Puces?! Big marketing fail!

Another issue was (and still is) that fashion trends are moving away from eye make ups with too many colors. In the past year or two, we have seen increasingly a very different application of e/s, i.e. only one or two colors, often taken up to the brow bone.* It seems that it takes people much longer to adopt this trend. And with this new fashion, the duos came along. I'm not saying that multi-color e/s make up can't be beautiful, but it has become an old hat. The new trends are much more subtle, but still very intricate and detailed in their application. Contouring the eyes with neutrals is really an art. I love it!



* Alternatively, we have also seen quads were the colors are very similar rather than contrasting.
 
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CartoonChic

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Mac-Guy said:
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Another issue was (and still is) that fashion trends are moving away from eye make ups with too many colors. In the past year or two, we have seen increasingly a very different application of e/s, i.e. only one or two colors, often taken up to the brow bone.* It seems that it takes people much longer to adopt this trend. And with this new fashion, the duos came along. I'm not saying that multi-color e/s make up can't be beautiful, but it has become an old hat. The new trends are much more subtle, but still very intricate and detailed in their application. Contouring the eyes with neutrals is really an art. I love it!



* Alternatively, we have also seen quads were the colors are very similar rather than contrasting.
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Who would've thought that my laziness in slapping on only two colors and running out the door is a fashion trend. I'm fashion forward and didn't even know it!
 
Mac-Guy

Mac-Guy

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CartoonChic said:
Who would've thought that my laziness in slapping on only two colors and running out the door is a fashion trend. I'm fashion forward and didn't even know it!
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Consider yourself at the forefront of make up.
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OT, but... I remember when chipped nail became trendy in the early 2000s. It was this kind of "otherness" that really stood out in a good way, moving away from the perfectly French-manicured nails, but embracing the fact that nail polish will eventually chip. There were nail salons in London where you could get a chipped manicure.
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Anyway, I love that trends are changing. If I became stuck in the applying the same colors, products, and textures as I did five, ten, or fifteen years ago, I should probably stop caring about make up. What I love most about make up is that it is so dynamic!
 
MissTT

MissTT

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Same here, CartoonChic. I actually tend to use 3 colors, but more than that makes my head spin. I could maybe do more on a night out, but during the work week fuggedaboutit.
 
sss215

sss215

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aradhana said:
I saw marche aux puces was sold out online...I guess it's been getting great reviews! Made my own marche aux puces this morning - saddle + the orange shade in the natural flare mes from way back when...I think the arts and crafts collection don't remember the name. Not having seen the duo irl, the combos serving me well! I wore it with dark diversion on top lash line, rich ground on bottom, supercontinental on apples, hidden treasure to ' contour' and legendary mattene. I was going to wear fashion nomad, but on my skintone it's a no-go with hidden treasure! Makes my skin look yellow green. No nice. Otherwise a lovely colour, so I'll wear it without red tones!
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Thes colors seem to do well. They are safe colors and popular with browner girls. I have colors like this from way back.
 
AniBEE

AniBEE

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If anyone is still wondering about Avenus and Local Wares Fluidline being dupes they really are close to each other.


Can you guess which ones which?
http://www.warpaintandunicorns.com/2012/08/mac-styleseeker-cremesheen-pearl-mini.html
 
PixieDancer

PixieDancer

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Mac-Guy said:
The issue with the last duos was that they did not have names. Giving the products fancy, silly, or sexy names is part of the MAC branding. It doesn't come as a surprise then when a product named "Duo 1" will not sell well. Who wants a generic name if you can have a fancy one as Marche aux Puces?! Big marketing fail!

Another issue was (and still is) that fashion trends are moving away from eye make ups with too many colors. In the past year or two, we have seen increasingly a very different application of e/s, i.e. only one or two colors, often taken up to the brow bone.* It seems that it takes people much longer to adopt this trend. And with this new fashion, the duos came along. I'm not saying that multi-color e/s make up can't be beautiful, but it has become an old hat. The new trends are much more subtle, but still very intricate and detailed in their application. Contouring the eyes with neutrals is really an art. I love it!



* Alternatively, we have also seen quads were the colors are very similar rather than contrasting.
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Agreed... Hence the uber popularity of those UD Naked Palettes! I do admit Naked1 is my most used day-to-day go-to palette!!
Also stated here is why I LOVE my Loreal Infallibles! They are GREAT for that one-and-done look you are describing Mac-Guy!
 
Paisly

Paisly

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Ok, my goodies arrived today! I am LOVING SC blush! It's soo beautiful and soft and perfect. I'm considering getting a backup when i go check out the eyshadows. Any ladies debating on that blush... GET IT! I'm NC15 for reference.
 
aradhana

aradhana

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I guess I'm kinda thinking of the promo pic for office hours when I say ths, but I think with neutrals, esp matte ish ones, wearing the colour up to the brow becomes much more wearable for the common man...that's what I'm wearing today to the office, which I wouldn't do with a sparklefest bright...
 
HppyLittleNinja

HppyLittleNinja

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Paisly said:
Ok, my goodies arrived today! I am LOVING SC blush! It's soo beautiful and soft and perfect. I'm considering getting a backup when i go check out the eyshadows. Any ladies debating on that blush... GET IT! I'm NC15 for reference.
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Ok. Ok. Ok.
You've twisted my arm.
I am going to get it now. (I'm NC 20/25).
Is it dupable? Do you have anything that compares? I am/was (?!) debating between Laura Mercier Lush Nectarine and MAC SC.
The problem is: I've become infatuated with MAC SC though I have yet to see it in person!
I'm usually immune to new MAC collections. What is it with this one that gets to me?
 
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