MAC Hey, Sailor! (Summer 2012) Discussion

Richelle83

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What's your usual foundation shade? From your photos, I get the feeling SI will look better on you overall than SLV, because you seem a little cooler toned.

You look waaaaay better in RR than I do - it made me look sallow, but on you, the blue undertone comes out really well and it looks brighter and richer. If you look better in SI than you do in RR, then SLV will probably come through with all of its orange and look a lot different than SI, but it's one of those colors that might look less vibrant and separate from red if your skin doesn't have enough yellow undertone to accentuate the orange.

These reds and oranges can be so tricky. I've got the sort of coloring where I need either really obvious yellow or blue undertones or I look like an old lady, while others can only get away with neutral, well-balanced shades and the extremes look all wrong. SLV is the most orange of all these new MAC LEs, more orange than even Watch Me Simmer, and the finish is very dense and opaque too. I hope it works on you, because it's OMG GORGEOUS when it does - I'll make sure to take a full face photo when I pick mine up next week, but I bet it's going to be hard to photograph. Try it in person first if you can, because I could see it being yuck for some people too - although fortunately, I think it'd be easy to doctor up with lip pencils and glosses to get the shade right, rather than be a total waste of money.

P.S. - Riviera Life on top of it was awesome - like a giant glass of juicy tangerine juice, but it's super yellow orange that way.
A juicy tangerine indeed! I have no idea what foundation shade I am, kinda gave up on that! Gosh, I took soooo many different pics and could barely tell the difference between the two. Found only one pic that you could see a slight difference in the two colors. Probably will have to go outside to see a difference.
 

Genn

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It is. They are still very pretty liners though, I just won't use them on my waterline anymore. Same story as the pearlglide intense liners. Still gorgeous, right?
I keep meaning to go back for a couple more pearlglides and yes they are Beautiful.
 

MACerette

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I keep meaning to go back for a couple more pearlglides and yes they are Beautiful.
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I know. I have got them all (from Vera) except for Blackline. Somehow that one didn't appeal to me as much as the others. Petrol Blue and Undercurrant are soooo beautiful.
 

LMD84

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yes I love urban decay ,but nyx glides are very good.hope you get to try them one day. Aqua creams ? Never heard of it?
the aqua creams are from makeup forever and are like paint pots but much more opaque and more importantly waterproof! you can use them on eyes, lips and cheeks :)
 

Carriee

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I keep meaning to go back for a couple more pearlglides and yes they are Beautiful.
Still gorgeous definitely. I keep meaning to get some pearlglides too but everything I want from the permanent line always gets postponed indefinitely when there's lots of lovely LE stuff!
 

Genn

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Still gorgeous definitely. I keep meaning to get some pearlglides too but everything I want from the permanent line always gets postponed indefinitely when there's lots of lovely LE stuff!
Thats why I haven't gotten them yet. lol. I keep thinking there has to a LE collection I'm not interested in soon and I will get them then. I want to get Lord it up and Undercurrant. I have Industrial and it is one of my favorite liners.
 

MACerette

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Thats why I haven't gotten them yet. lol. I keep thinking there has to a LE collection I'm not interested in soon and I will get them then. I want to get Lord it up and Undercurrant. I have Industrial and it is one of my favorite liners.
Those are pretty. Undercurrant, Petrol Blue and Black Swan are my faves.
 

Richelle83

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I've been debating what shadows to get from the collection, but I think the dilemma for me is barefoot, or old gold...although I tend not to use my pigments very often, I guess from convenience sake.
The avi is Red Racer!

This is the best I could do lol, Scarlet is on the left and Sail is on the right. I don't see a difference!
 

rosieposie75

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I just ordered Crew, Handforged, Riviera Life and Send me Sailing from the MAC website. When it launches on Nordies I'm going to pick up Jaunty, Red Racer and Sail La Vie. I decided against Barefoot because Temptalia listed Bare Minerals Remix as a pretty close dupe for it and I have that shade so I am resisting it for now. Of course now that I have crossed that off my list I am considering getting a Suntint to use at work over the summer. I'm a preschool teacher and we are outside most of the day and I have been noticing lately that my lips have been getting dried out/sunburned a little bit because I don't have time to apply a tendertone before running out the door. I think a suntint would work for me because I can just keep it right in my pocket and not have to worry about it.
 

PeachTwist

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I just ordered Crew, Handforged, Riviera Life and Send me Sailing from the MAC website. When it launches on Nordies I'm going to pick up Jaunty, Red Racer and Sail La Vie. I decided against Barefoot because Temptalia listed Bare Minerals Remix as a pretty close dupe for it and I have that shade so I am resisting it for now. Of course now that I have crossed that off my list I am considering getting a Suntint to use at work over the summer. I'm a preschool teacher and we are outside most of the day and I have been noticing lately that my lips have been getting dried out/sunburned a little bit because I don't have time to apply a tendertone before running out the door. I think a suntint would work for me because I can just keep it right in my pocket and not have to worry about it.
Sounds like a great haul! :)
 

Rinstar

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So Riviera Life and a sun tint are on their way to me, but now I'm wishing I picked up Sail La Vie as originally planned. I LOVE Neon Orange l/s, it's probably in my top 3 l/s ever. Does this mean I should stalk the Nordies site?
 

duckrodeo

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Here's a pic of me wearing the Rimmel Kate Moss shade, which I think is similar to Sail La Vie. Zero makeup otherwise (my brushes got a bath today and are drying) and my cystic acne in all its glory lol. Though my lips are naturally red, it seems to look more like a toned down version of Scarlet Ibis. I did MAC prep+prime, then Lasting Sensation liner, blotted then a coat of Rimmel #12:


Still on the fence about Sail La Vie with this in mind. I'm not quite sure if this kind of orange really does me any favors! Of course it's probably my green sweatshirt, plus my skin tone is very uneven without foundation, but it looks very contrasting with my eye color as well
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duckrodeo

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Ohh I really like the colors on you Richelle! You're right they do look the same! I can't even tell the difference even knowing you have two different lipsticks on!
The avi is Red Racer!

This is the best I could do lol, Scarlet is on the left and Sail is on the right. I don't see a difference!
 
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