MAC Après Chic Collection Discussion (December 2012)

Naynadine said:

Some swatches:

[MAC] 루미너스하게 빛나는 피부를 연출해주는 '아프레 시크' 실제 발색을 공개합니다. :: 네이버 블로그

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Naynadine said:

Some swatches: [MAC] 루미너스하게 빛나는 피부를 연출해주는 '아프레 시크' 실제 발색을 공개합니다. :: 네이버 블로그

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Naynadine said:

[MAC] 루미너스하게 빛나는 피부를 연출해주는 '아프레 시크' 실제 발색을 공개합니다. :: 네이버 블로그 . Well après chic lipstick doesn't really look how I thought it would,

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liba said:

Can you wear Sheer Mandarin sheen supreme? Warm Companion is softer and paler than that one, less overtly yellow orange, and easier to war, but it's in the same general family. How about Delectable mattene? I'm NC15 with noticeable yellow undertones and it looked amazing on me, especially with Frost at Midnight MES. I looked awful in Innocence, btw - WC is what I was hoping that one would be for me. If you like wearing pale lipsticks, I think you will love it - it doesn't have a white, pastel base, so it's not milky pale, which makes it much more wearable across lighter or darker skin tones, imo - but you have to like that look. Absolute Power miiiiiight be a little too bluish for you, and will certainly look really bright - I'm really picky with reds, though. I'd be a little careful with that one. You definitely should consider Hot Chocolate - that one will look amazing on deeper skin tones - like a taupe nude MLBB. It's not as light as Warm Companion….it's a really unusual color, unless you remember the 90's; then, it'll be super nostalgic!

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ALivingDoll said:

Same here..here to hoping once more swatch pictures become available and trying it in person may look different

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duckrodeo said:

Thanks for the link Nayadine!

I'm kinda interested in AC, but more swatches are needed! Haute Altitude is still on a bigger maybe than AC.

AC is kind of reminiscent of Viva Glam Cyndi by the looks of that link, though! I wonder how close they really are in comparison.

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ALivingDoll said:

I guess that's what "pinky brick red" looks like!

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ALivingDoll said:

I don't know what i thought pinky brick red would look like but i do know it wasn't that lol.

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Naynadine said:

Some swatches:

[MAC] 루미너스하게 빛나는 피부를 연출해주는 '아프레 시크' 실제 발색을 공개합니다. :: 네이버 블로그

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Naynadine said:

More swatches:

em.tiny blogs: MAC Apres Chic Collection swatches December 2012

I'm not liking the shimmer in the MBs too much, but I still want them.

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Naynadine said:

More swatches:

em.tiny blogs: MAC Apres Chic Collection swatches December 2012

I'm not liking the shimmer in the MBs too much, but I still want them.

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liba said:

She only did hand swatches, as she says….

These blushes look very shimmery on the hand, but the shimmer disappears (where, I do not know) when you apply them to your face. Wow, this collection is going to totally suck for good photos and proper reviews, I'm afraid…..

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liba said:

These new ones are unusually great - they're closer to EDES than any previous MES - not powdery and apply very smoothly, with a lovely shimmer dry or high wet-look metallic when applied with a damp brush.

The lipsticks are great daily colors - you'll get tons of use out of any of them! Which did you have in mind?
It's pinker, a little more blue undertone and a little lighter, but not much…overall it's the "cute" Mehr. You of all people will love it!

Amber Glow is more of a nude to even out the skin tone, sort of like a Forever Marilyn for blush. It's not a sparkly or shimmery highlight, more of a "finishing" color for looks where you're not using a lot of cover-up products like foundation or heavy powder underneath. A little BB Cream or tinted moisturizer or just a bare face plus Amber Glow is how to think about it. It's quite a modern idea.

Meanwhile, Alpine Bronze is more versatile, because it's a great contour color that looks healthy, but not orange but is also light enough to use as a blush too. If you can only get one, I'd say Alpine Bronze, but the two together with AB in the contour and AG above to accentuate is a heck of a look….looked awesome on my NC15 skin without anything underneath.

Also, I think we're going to see more colors like these through the year, so if you can try first and aren't totally smitten with either, I think you could skip them and wait for something else, especially if you have a deeper skin tone or MBs break you out, etc.

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Mac-Guy said:

IMO, it works better on NC complexions. On pale NW, it is far too orange (and sparkly) to work as a contour. However, if you have yellow undertones, the caramel is a great fit.

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