MAC Give me Liberty of London Discussion

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It truly was the Perfect Cheek on me. I looked everywhere and reorganized all my stuff to no avail. Since it's no longer available, I'm going to cross my fingers that I can find it at the CCO I'm visiting in two weeks.

Re: Is STRKE A POSE a dupe for....

I would say so. If you look in the swatch thread for GMLOL, someone did a great comparison picture.

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Really I'm still on the fence with prim and proper...I have eversun and fun and games...do you have a comparison swatch that you could show me?

So after reading the many rave reviews and lemming on buying Shell Pearl b/p I finally caved in and ran to Macy's to buy it this morning!! I wanted to get Petals' & Peacock l/s too but they were already sold out of it. I guess I'll just have to order it online. *sigh* I'm NC45 and Shell Pearl looks great on me. It's soooo smooth and it does give a glow from within look. It leans more champange/peach on me so blending is the key to not have that ashy look. I swatched it against By Candlelight and BC is much more pink and the glitter is much more noticeable. I'm glad I have both and the white compact is just too cute!! Oh and Shell Pearl also works great for a subtle browbone highlighter!! HTH!

^^ I hope you can get your hands on Shell Pearl and P&P.

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So guess what? My list has just expanded to include Summer Rose. I want Shell Pearl and SR!


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Can't wait for your FOTD with the matching shirt!

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I'm predicting the next item to hop into my list will be EA.

Re: Is STRKE A POSE a dupe for....

Absolutely. That's why I skipped Birds and Berries.

Re: Is STRKE A POSE a dupe for....

I have Strike a Pose and skipped Birds and Berries as well.

Re: Is STRKE A POSE a dupe for....

So did I but now I keep wanting to go back and reswatch it. According to the pic that I saw its almost an exact dupe.

So my mom came with me shopping yesterday so I could see the collection in person since hubby doesn't see the need to drive so far for makeup I already have Shell Pearl and Prim & Proper coming in the mail Tuesday, and I went in definitely wanting Blue India. The store was sooo busy but everything was still in stock. This was at Glendale Galleria in CA. Anyways, I almost got it, but I never actually paid attention to how small the polishes are! So, I talked myself out of it since it's not really my color and I mainly wanted it because of the hype. But I did walk away with Dame's Desire and Bough Grey. So not too bad for this collection... only 4 things Ha.

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I'm really loving Bough Grey e/s. It's giving my everyday neutrals a kick! I wore it yesterday with birds& berries in the outer V. Also, I'm sooo so happy I went back to buy shell pearl! It even looks good as an eye highlight!

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Thanks


I got my goodies yesterday and I really wasn't expecting to get much from this collection, but I ended up coming home with more than half of it! I do have to say, though, that I ended up going home and playing with my goodies, and there are a few that I didn't like AT ALL! I think this will be the first collection that I'm returning a ton of stuff from. The most I've ever returned from a collection was one, if anything....2 tops!

Here's what I got:

All 4 lippies (I've never tried these formulas before so I didn't know what I was expecting)
Blooming Lovely- this shows up on me extremely purple, but like a dead corpse like purple . I'm going to try it with In Synch and a pink lipglass and maybe that will bring the pink out a bit. If not, this is going back! I'm not really a fan of having to make the extra effort to make a lippie work, but we'll see.
Ever Hip- swatched on my hand this color looked like a nice sheer coral color. I figured I'd love this since I really love Fresh Salmon (PERFECT everyday coral color BTW). But Ever Hip looks orange on me . This one's a no no!
Petals & Peacocks- I wasn't going to get this but my MA talked me into it. This was just way over the top on me! I saw some FOTDs with this that looked gorgeous! It looked like a nice baby pink on some! But on me it is just too bright, and has more of a violet tone to it. Both are out of my element, but if I had to choose between this or Show Orchid, I'd go with Show Orchid. These two aren't similar on me at all by the way.
Peachstock- From the beginning of this collection, this was the one lippie I thought for sure I wasn't going to get. But for some reason I bought it b/c of all the hype (shocker there huh lol ) and OMG I LOVE THIS LIPPIE!!!!! And Swirlgirl- YES, I DO like it as much as you do!!!!!! Wow, this lippie is incredible to create a nude lip! I can't explain what's so great about this lippie, but you just have to try it lol. This gives you the perfect nude lips without having to apply lip erase- AND this doesn't give you the nude look that makes your lips seem like you have concealer on them. I don't have anything like this in my collection! This is definitely a keeper!
Dame's Desire- a nice purple color! It reminds me of a more purple version of stars n rockets! Can't wait to use this and play with different looks!
Bough Grey- doesn't come across as being super pigmented when swatched, but if you pack it onto your brush, you get a ton of pigmentation. I'm still going to play around with this one. I love greys, but this one isn't wowing me just yet. But it does seem, however, like it would be great to use in smokey eye looks!
Prim & Proper- Need I say more??? Gives your cheeks a nice natural flush of color. This is COMPLETELY different from Eversun & Fun n Games. Fun n Games gives you that super light/just barely there tone to your cheeks. I usually wear FnG when I have no makeup on just to give me a natural glow since it's super light. Eversun gives you that flush of color that makes you look like you just got out of the sun. Prim & Proper is pure love!!!!! It met all my expectations!!!! This blush is AMAZING with.......Shell Pearl!!!!!
Shell Pearl- I was so AGAINST getting this b/c I have so many MSFs that are hardly even touched, and why would I need another highlight shade??? But of course, you guys were going crazy about it and it's sold out everywhere so basically that's why I got it When I tried this on alone, it actually has enough of a light peachy tint for me to wear alone as a natural looking, glowy blush. But with Prim & Proper it's gorgeous and seriously drool worthy . I actually like Prim & Proper better with Shell Pearl! It really changes the tone a bit. Is it bad of me for wanting to keep Shell Pearl only to use it with Prim & Proper??? lol
Blue India- This color didn't wow me but I bought it anyway thinking I'd like it. I don't usually wear darker shades, with the exception of black, so this was something different for me. Hubby liked it though! But guess what? I wore it yesterday, and now looking at my nails as I'm typing this, and.....it's already started to chip This is my first MAC polish and I am not happy about the chipping part!!!! I'm returning this!!!


It's 12am but I feel like playing with my makeup and not going to sleep just yet lol. I think I'm going to see what looks I can come up with from this collection. Maybe I could make the lippies work?........

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The paints are amazing! They need to bring back Architecture for us chocolate girls (or just me, whichever comes first)!

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I was wondering what you'd say about this collection since we're so similar in coloring, including hair (I've gotta update my avatar pic sometime so you can see what I mean). Blooming Lovely made me look dead and corpselike. English accents l/g made it look better on me but then again English accents can hold it's own. I think the reason EA l/g didn't make me look dead was because it had enough mauve in it.
Ever Hip turned orange on me. I'm surprised you liked peachstock l/s though. I didn't even swatch it since it looked like something that wouldnt work on me. Can you put up a pic of it on you? Also, I love your new youtube site!!! You mentioned on it that you're a skincare junkie, (me too) can you do a video on that?

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Aw, I'm sad that you don't like Ever Hip! I agree with you that I don't like to make lippies work but if you pair it over In Synch, it looks really nice! Hopefully you'll like it

And btw, I'm proud you didn't get Summer Rose BP! Atleast one of us has some restraint ..

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Knight vs. Knight Divine?
Is there a difference?

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Okay you were very right! I tossed my "give a-f*** what everybody else thinks" out the window and did the the dab and smoosh and topped my lips off with Lavender Wind l/g---for work! I had texture and black liner on my lid. Everything was very simple and sweet, I felt innocent and sexy! Thank you!

I've totally learned my lesson. I rushed to buy Birds and Berries, without looking through my complete stash to make sure I didnt have a dupe.

So after getting it today I go to look at my Urban Decay Book of Shadows I and II just to make sure there was no dupe in there and what do I find in the BOS II?.....
JINX eye shadow!!
It looked almost exact to Birds and Berries

When I put them side by side Jinx appeared ever so lighter than B&B but darn close. But then when I put then on my eyes to try for myself..... it was a dead on dupe. I put one on each of my eyelids and both of them looked the SAME. BAH!!!!!!

From now on I must check my COMPLETE collection for dupes before running out. I've told myself this before but apparently I'm hard headed.

The colors may come out different depending on your skin tones but on mine they are exact. Just a heads up to those who already have Urban Decay Jinx

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That's odd. There are completely 2 different colors for me but perhaps we have different skintones.

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You totally can! I love Blooming Lovely, I find it a very flattering muted mauvey color. Not purple or corpse like at all. I received alot of compliments on it.

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Yeah, thats why I was saying it may vary on different skintones. For me they are total dupes. I'm an NC44/ BE Tan