MAC - Surf Baby Discussion
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me too! i had a quick look at the goodies at work. the teal piggie stack looks pretty but the darkest bronze colour was mega balled up! almost like poop! lol! and bus out looks really pretty and hibiscus looks crazy bright in the tube but i quickly swatched it and it was much sheerer on the hand - very pretty!
wishonastar
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Yay! Finally!my package finally arrived today! so that is great! but i left it at work! doh!! very stressful day for me today so i guess i am not shocked. sorry about the delay in swatches and stuff guys
hoshiakari_
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Awesome swatches, nunu!
You have just made me add MP to my list (again).
It looks so lovely swatched.
You have just made me add MP to my list (again).
It looks so lovely swatched.
gracie90
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I phoned up MAC to see how they were coming along with sending me my proper SB stuff, and they said that they STILL hadn't sent it and it'd be a week and a half before I'd get it due to delays in the warehouse! So I just cancelled it I'm gonna go to debenhams tomorrow and have a look at stuff instead. So frustrated with mac!!
I'm gonna go to debenhams tomorrow and have a look at stuff instead. So frustrated with mac!!
liba
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So, I got to try out Surf Baby today in the back room of my local store. 'Some quick notes (NC15, red pigmented lips):
Hibiscus - Blotted or after a few hours or wear, this color is a perfect dupe of XXXhibitionist Kissable Lipcolour. I have Hibiscus on my bottom lip and XXXhibitionist on my top lip and they're 99.5% identical in finish and opacity, as well as color - Hibiscus is just an infinitesimal touch redder. If you have XXXhibitionist and love it, you may want a tube of Hibiscus, but if you loved XXXhibitionist so much that you already have a back-up, like me, you may have to think twice. Of course, freshly applied, it's a bit different - has more of a brick red undertone, without being orangey at all. However, even then this is not even close to Toxic Tale and almost dupes XXXhibitionist.
This is a great color if Toxic Tale was just too bright and/or too matte for your taste or if you have medium or darker skin and want something that looks vibrant and bright. Like Heartless, this is a color that will look more subdued the paler you are. I think it's a very classy color, and will work on all skin tones, but then again XXXhibitionist was also my #2 favorite from the Kissables, after Flaunting It.
Surf Baby - the tester swatched rather sheer, but I'm sure applied directly to the eyes with a brush, you could easily get a strong pigmentation. It looked a little less green than a lot of our swatch photos, but it will definitely read as greener than the majority of the MAC teals and turquoises out there. No doubt in my mind about getting it.
Sun Blonde - Oh yes, this is the winner in the shadow department, if there has to be a top winner. Very soft and pigmented. This is a color that is going to make every eye color look great, bringing out any greenish or golden element. I actually applied it on top of Black Diamond Big Bounce shadow, which I came in the store wearing, and it even popped in a big way over that. If you're only going to buy one item from this whole collection, this would be it, if you can't get or don't want the Crushed Metal pigments.
Krazy Kahuna - well, wouldn't you know it.....this was the most unusual, coolest color in the whole collection. It's a medium brown with a distinct orange cast. If you are fair, this is the lippie that will look the wildest out of all of them. It's an almost exact dupe of one of the weird brown glosses from Ellis Faas, which is an avant guard european brand that is super $$$ and hard to get in the States. This is 100% a fashion forwards statement color and all it'd need is a little Sun Blonde or Surf Baby on the eyes, perhaps with the blue liner. Definite buy for me, but depending on your skin tone and how adventurous you are, you mileage is going to definitely vary ( some people will probably despise this color and think it looks like baby poop from a baby who eats a lot of carrots).
I've got to run for a bit, but I'll continue this later with my less must-have items, plus some special words about the pigment stacks......
Hibiscus - Blotted or after a few hours or wear, this color is a perfect dupe of XXXhibitionist Kissable Lipcolour. I have Hibiscus on my bottom lip and XXXhibitionist on my top lip and they're 99.5% identical in finish and opacity, as well as color - Hibiscus is just an infinitesimal touch redder. If you have XXXhibitionist and love it, you may want a tube of Hibiscus, but if you loved XXXhibitionist so much that you already have a back-up, like me, you may have to think twice. Of course, freshly applied, it's a bit different - has more of a brick red undertone, without being orangey at all. However, even then this is not even close to Toxic Tale and almost dupes XXXhibitionist.
This is a great color if Toxic Tale was just too bright and/or too matte for your taste or if you have medium or darker skin and want something that looks vibrant and bright. Like Heartless, this is a color that will look more subdued the paler you are. I think it's a very classy color, and will work on all skin tones, but then again XXXhibitionist was also my #2 favorite from the Kissables, after Flaunting It.
Surf Baby - the tester swatched rather sheer, but I'm sure applied directly to the eyes with a brush, you could easily get a strong pigmentation. It looked a little less green than a lot of our swatch photos, but it will definitely read as greener than the majority of the MAC teals and turquoises out there. No doubt in my mind about getting it.
Sun Blonde - Oh yes, this is the winner in the shadow department, if there has to be a top winner. Very soft and pigmented. This is a color that is going to make every eye color look great, bringing out any greenish or golden element. I actually applied it on top of Black Diamond Big Bounce shadow, which I came in the store wearing, and it even popped in a big way over that. If you're only going to buy one item from this whole collection, this would be it, if you can't get or don't want the Crushed Metal pigments.
Krazy Kahuna - well, wouldn't you know it.....this was the most unusual, coolest color in the whole collection. It's a medium brown with a distinct orange cast. If you are fair, this is the lippie that will look the wildest out of all of them. It's an almost exact dupe of one of the weird brown glosses from Ellis Faas, which is an avant guard european brand that is super $$$ and hard to get in the States. This is 100% a fashion forwards statement color and all it'd need is a little Sun Blonde or Surf Baby on the eyes, perhaps with the blue liner. Definite buy for me, but depending on your skin tone and how adventurous you are, you mileage is going to definitely vary ( some people will probably despise this color and think it looks like baby poop from a baby who eats a lot of carrots).
I've got to run for a bit, but I'll continue this later with my less must-have items, plus some special words about the pigment stacks......
aradhana
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from my experience, sometimes the products differ from one person to another and from the tester the person if you get what i mean. e.g. i found the tester for amazon princess really hard and sheer, but i i don't find that problem with the one i bought!
so maybe there's hope!
so maybe there's hope!
nunu
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me too! i had a quick look at the goodies at work. the teal piggie stack looks pretty but the darkest bronze colour was mega balled up! almost like poop! lol! and bus out looks really pretty and hibiscus looks crazy bright in the tube but i quickly swatched it and it was much sheerer on the hand - very pretty!
[/quote] The surf the ocean stack is gorgeous!! I am loving mine and i can't wait to wear it! Yes mine is quite like that as well, but i'm sure i can break it somehow with my brush lol. I love bust out so much, it's my first purple lippie. Hibiscus looks bright and scary in the tube but it's not as scary when you have it on.
me too! i had a quick look at the goodies at work. the teal piggie stack looks pretty but the darkest bronze colour was mega balled up! almost like poop! lol! and bus out looks really pretty and hibiscus looks crazy bright in the tube but i quickly swatched it and it was much sheerer on the hand - very pretty!
[/quote] The surf the ocean stack is gorgeous!! I am loving mine and i can't wait to wear it! Yes mine is quite like that as well, but i'm sure i can break it somehow with my brush lol. I love bust out so much, it's my first purple lippie. Hibiscus looks bright and scary in the tube but it's not as scary when you have it on.
shontay07108
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This collection is still on my mind. 
I am still set on Hibiscus and Sun Blonde, but nunu, your swatches got me thinking about the pigment stack again. It's nagging at me. I would like to see how sheer or bold these colors are in person, but I fear I won't have the opportunity. I need to make a "blind" decision. The texture and the packaging really turn me off. I wish they were in regular pigment jars. Anyone remember solar bits? Those things blew! Gross. I could get the color from the little plastic cap, but I just don't know. I don't wanna see anyone do a kick ass look with this pigment stack because then I'd have to kick myself in the face.
I am still set on Hibiscus and Sun Blonde, but nunu, your swatches got me thinking about the pigment stack again. It's nagging at me. I would like to see how sheer or bold these colors are in person, but I fear I won't have the opportunity. I need to make a "blind" decision. The texture and the packaging really turn me off. I wish they were in regular pigment jars. Anyone remember solar bits? Those things blew! Gross. I could get the color from the little plastic cap, but I just don't know. I don't wanna see anyone do a kick ass look with this pigment stack because then I'd have to kick myself in the face.
laylalovesmac
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I have decided to skip the pigment stack and just get Hibiscus, possibly two. I know it won't dupe Toxic tale or even come close, but I have been rocking corals lately, so I'll get my hands on any I can!!!!
nunu
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Shontay, i don't wear pigments often but the colours and the colour pay off these blew me away!! They are SO pigmented. I really like the gold and the darkest colour in there. Imagine having the dark greeny/blue on the lid with the gold on the lower lashline, it would look :eyelove: They are very pigmented and a little goes a long way and they will last a long time. They are sooo pretty dry, imagine how amazing they would be if used wet as well.
shontay07108
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Welcome to team coral, layla! :clap:
shontay07108
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[quote name="nunu" url="/forum/thread/172561/mac-surf-baby-discussion/2970#post_2118744"]I'm definitely going back for the teal nail lacquer and sun blonde eyeshadow.. I haven't hauled like this from a mac collection in a very long time..[/quote] I still shake my head over my Peacocky haul. Seriously, there's maybe 3 items I didn't buy. That's ridiculous. hboy:
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