liba
Well-known member
I saw a few pieces from this collection today too, along with Playland.
I have to go to bed, so I'll have to talk more tomorrow. Just saw the red and pink lippies, the red/coral nail polish, and the lip and eye pencils - the blushes and rest of lippies and polishes weren't in yet.
The packaging is just like that heavy metal style like in Gareth Pugh. This is good and bad - good because it feels really good in the hand, but bad because it's heavy and will get annoying to lug around in your purse. The Gareth Pugh lipstick packaging actually was lighter and more plastic feeling than the lippies here, which feel solid and heavy and metal. The anodized rainbow coloring is gorgeous. Looks great in person, very striking.
The polish was way better than the norm with MAC - one coat and you're done, perfectly self-leveling and dried really fast with lots of glossy shine. Not the most unique color, but nicer than just a straight red or coral. The packaging of the bottle was really WOW, but no point in buying it for that. I'll probably hold off, but it's not a boring color - it's very high fashion sophisticate.
The red lipstick Mangrove was also the same sort of thing - yes it's a warm, matte red, but it's got subtle touches that make it much more high fashion than the norm. It's warm and very pigmented and matte, BUT it's got this slightly dull aspect to the color that screams RUNWAY. It's bright and dull at the same time, rather than just being cutesy-poo bright. Again, very tempting but it's still red. The difference it has is super subtle. If you're wearing it, I think people will instinctively know it's not the same old same old, but won't know quite why. It's a very sly statement red. I am sure everyone has a near dupe in their stash and then the question is, do you want to pay what this costs for such a subtle difference, no matter how unique?
The pink satin lipstick was totally WTF. Have you ever seen a satin that applies sheer like a lustre????? This was so bizarre. It's not a particularly unique pink either - it's close to Be Fabulous Mineralize lipstick or maybe Rose Lilly or Fearless patent polish - light blue pink. We've been there. It wasn't a satin like Just a Bite - it was just weird - it acted exactly like a buildable lustre.
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the collection and those blushes. They will be in that heavy packaging, so they won't be so great for on the go, but by the way things are looking, they will be very high quality. This is 100% a MAC couture collection.
I have to go to bed, so I'll have to talk more tomorrow. Just saw the red and pink lippies, the red/coral nail polish, and the lip and eye pencils - the blushes and rest of lippies and polishes weren't in yet.
The packaging is just like that heavy metal style like in Gareth Pugh. This is good and bad - good because it feels really good in the hand, but bad because it's heavy and will get annoying to lug around in your purse. The Gareth Pugh lipstick packaging actually was lighter and more plastic feeling than the lippies here, which feel solid and heavy and metal. The anodized rainbow coloring is gorgeous. Looks great in person, very striking.
The polish was way better than the norm with MAC - one coat and you're done, perfectly self-leveling and dried really fast with lots of glossy shine. Not the most unique color, but nicer than just a straight red or coral. The packaging of the bottle was really WOW, but no point in buying it for that. I'll probably hold off, but it's not a boring color - it's very high fashion sophisticate.
The red lipstick Mangrove was also the same sort of thing - yes it's a warm, matte red, but it's got subtle touches that make it much more high fashion than the norm. It's warm and very pigmented and matte, BUT it's got this slightly dull aspect to the color that screams RUNWAY. It's bright and dull at the same time, rather than just being cutesy-poo bright. Again, very tempting but it's still red. The difference it has is super subtle. If you're wearing it, I think people will instinctively know it's not the same old same old, but won't know quite why. It's a very sly statement red. I am sure everyone has a near dupe in their stash and then the question is, do you want to pay what this costs for such a subtle difference, no matter how unique?
The pink satin lipstick was totally WTF. Have you ever seen a satin that applies sheer like a lustre????? This was so bizarre. It's not a particularly unique pink either - it's close to Be Fabulous Mineralize lipstick or maybe Rose Lilly or Fearless patent polish - light blue pink. We've been there. It wasn't a satin like Just a Bite - it was just weird - it acted exactly like a buildable lustre.
I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the collection and those blushes. They will be in that heavy packaging, so they won't be so great for on the go, but by the way things are looking, they will be very high quality. This is 100% a MAC couture collection.
ooh: Mangrove looks really pretty!
