MAC MAC Is Beauty Collection (March 30 / April 2, 2015)

MacNcheese

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Would you wear a lip liner with Real Redhead?  If so, which one?  I'm curious about Real Sexy. Oh I just pulled out Black Ivy and am searching for comparisons.  Do you have that one? I tried Preening on with no base.  I was surprised I could make out the green tone but I need a base.  I think I have a greenish paint pot.
Would you wear a lip liner with Real Redhead?  If so, which one?  I'm curious about Real Sexy. Oh I just pulled out Black Ivy and am searching for comparisons.  Do you have that one? I tried Preening on with no base.  I was surprised I could make out the green tone but I need a base.  I think I have a greenish paint pot.
I wouldn't wear any liner that I have with it. But then again I don't have a lot of neutral liners. I only have cork. As for reel sexy, that lippie is gorgeous. I wore it today with just the slightest bit of cork to outline any it was so pretty. I backed it up, LOL. We were running around today taking Easter pictures and Easter egg hunting with the little one so I didn have time to selfie.
 

NaturallyUrs

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Because of this particular blogger, I picked up Real Redhead, Call The Hairdresser, and also managed to grab a backup of Petit Red. I may get Reel Sexy down the line as I'm a little unsure about it at this moment.
Girl! Please let this be a parody!!! She said a lip color was nutmeg or coral. The one lip color for sure would give her color pay off (diva-ish) she didn't buy.... No liner on any of lip besides that last one.
 

allthingsglam

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Omgosh I have four new fl Couldn't decide which to try first Looking good won Don't like as a liner didnt pop But as a shadow its pure love
 

LauraLara

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Would you wear a lip liner with Real Redhead?  If so, which one?  I'm curious about Real Sexy. Oh I just pulled out Black Ivy and am searching for comparisons.  Do you have that one? I tried Preening on with no base.  I was surprised I could make out the green tone but I need a base.  I think I have a greenish paint pot.
Yeah honestly I think even a white base or pastel blue base would be fine, it just needs something to hang onto!
 

lyseD

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I tried Preening on with no base. I was surprised I could make out the green tone but I need a base. I think I have a greenish paint pot.
Yeah honestly I think even a white base or pastel blue base would be fine, it just needs something to hang onto!
Did you try it over Clearwater? I'm thinking of doing that.

Wow Factor looks great over Half Wild paint pot and Stormy Pink paint pot too.
 

LauraLara

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Did you try it over Clearwater? I'm thinking of doing that. Wow Factor looks great over Half Wild paint pot and Stormy Pink paint pot too.
Omg good idea! I have Clearwater and stormy pink! I'll try both of those and post later tonight
 

Marsha Pomells

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Because of this particular blogger, I picked up Real Redhead, Call The Hairdresser, and also managed to grab a backup of Petit Red. I may get Reel Sexy down the line as I'm a little unsure about it at this moment.
This was hard to watch once she started breaking the lipsticks :haha:  But it was hilarious! I'll be skipping. Lustres are not my thing. I don't do sheer lipsticks or glosses. She said she should have known better when the lipsticks weren't hard to get a hold of:rofl:  
That video was too painful to watch, first she was blaming MAC, then she was blaming her shirt. And de lipstick start break suh. No... Just no. That video should be labeled 'how not to use lipstick'
 

samanthadee1688

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I was just playing around with NM today laying it over more opaque lippies. I used a mid of faux, nouvelle vogue and NM and it made a nice lavender. Probably more trouble than you're looking for, lol. I'm gonna see if I can find an easier way to make it work bc on its own its a little scary.
Its beautiful over lavender jade also tried it on top of edge to edge liner and it looked gorge
 

samanthadee1688

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Call the hairdresser is amazing and pearl blossom I'm going to wear preening tomorrow with wow factor!! Hope everyone has a great easter!
 

rockin

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OK, so I've just watched that video. Didn't I just say the other day that I was waiting for a Youtuber to break a lipstick because they wound it out too far? Now I've finally seen it, and I can't believe she blamed MAC! She also blamed them for the colours not being 'made for her'. Sorry, but it makes me angry to see someone buy half the collection, try them all out then return them. She needs to find out what type of colours would suit her first, before buying. Those lipsticks are now wasted, and could otherwise have gone to a good home. No wonder prices keep rising.

The 'just return it if you don't like the colour' culture is so wrong to me, when it comes to cosmetics. We can't do that here if the product has been opened, because of hygiene issues, even if you say it hasn't been used. In fact some shops won't let you return makeup even if it's still sealed (Boots, I'm looking at you).
 

Marsha Pomells

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OK, so I've just watched that video.  Didn't I just say the other day that I was waiting for a Youtuber to break a lipstick because they wound it out too far?  Now I've finally seen it, and I can't believe she blamed MAC!  She also blamed them for the colours not being 'made for her'.  Sorry, but it makes me angry to see someone buy half the collection, try them all out then return them.  She needs to find out what type of colours would suit her first, before buying.  Those lipsticks are now wasted, and could otherwise have gone to a good home.  No wonder prices keep rising. The 'just return it if you don't like the colour' culture is so wrong to me, when it comes to cosmetics.  We can't do that here if the product has been opened, because of hygiene issues, even if you say it hasn't been used.  In fact some shops won't let you return makeup even if it's still sealed (Boots, I'm looking at you).
That blogger wasted her money and time on reviewing 10+ lipsticks, saying that she don't like them and breaking them in the process. I really do not understand people these days. If I bought 10+ lipsticks and didnt like a single one, I'll contact a few friends and they can argue amongst themselves which ones they want. This is why I rather go on a forum, look at swatches and say yes or no. At least then, I'm not wasting my hard earned cash on something that won't work on me. As for Boots, the amount of times I went in there in a rush to pick up something, only to find the item I've picked up and paid for has its seal broken or used or something and they won't let me exchange it...
 

ShareeA

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OK, so I've just watched that video. Didn't I just say the other day that I was waiting for a Youtuber to break a lipstick because they wound it out too far? Now I've finally seen it, and I can't believe she blamed MAC! She also blamed them for the colours not being 'made for her'. Sorry, but it makes me angry to see someone buy half the collection, try them all out then return them. She needs to find out what type of colours would suit her first, before buying. Those lipsticks are now wasted, and could otherwise have gone to a good home. No wonder prices keep rising.

The 'just return it if you don't like the colour' culture is so wrong to me, when it comes to cosmetics. We can't do that here if the product has been opened, because of hygiene issues, even if you say it hasn't been used. In fact some shops won't let you return makeup even if it's still sealed (Boots, I'm looking at you).
It's crazy how hygiene and safety standards are different across the world. In America you can sell an eyeshadow with colors not safe for eyes as long as you put a stick on it saying so (Urban Decay) but you can return basically anything. Then items banned in Europe can get sold here no problem.

Quote: Originally Posted by Marsha Pomells


That blogger wasted her money and time on reviewing 10+ lipsticks, saying that she don't like them and breaking them in the process. I really do not understand people these days. If I bought 10+ lipsticks and didnt like a single one, I'll contact a few friends and they can argue amongst themselves which ones they want. This is why I rather go on a forum, look at swatches and say yes or no. At least then, I'm not wasting my hard earned cash on something that won't work on me. As for Boots, the amount of times I went in there in a rush to pick up something, only to find the item I've picked up and paid for has its seal broken or used or something and they won't let me exchange it...
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God bless privileged, entitled America lol. I just remembered someone said a long time ago you can't return a lot of items in Europe. Can you imagine an American on vacation buying some makeup they didn't like at KIKO or someplace and going to return it? It would be a nightmare :( What do you mean I can't return this item? But I don't like it!
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I think there might be a fight smh. Either way I love our return policy as long as it works out in my favor :)
 

Marsha Pomells

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Yep I won't give her too much but she can't complain that she isn't pressing hard and then her lipstick breaks because it is twisted up too far and she's pressing it downwards at an angle smh. I had a good laugh though. The fact that she bought all those lipsticks before trying them on is sad. I don't remember if she said she even liked one :( It's crazy how hygiene and safety standards are different across the world. In America you can sell an eyeshadow with colors not safe for eyes as long as you put a stick on it saying so (Urban Decay) but you can return basically anything. Then items banned in Europe can get sold here no problem.  :werd:  God bless privileged, entitled America lol. I just remembered someone said a long time ago you can't return a lot of items in Europe. Can you imagine an American on vacation buying some makeup they didn't like at KIKO or someplace and going to return it? It would be a nightmare :( What do you mean I can't return this item? But I don't like it! :boxing: I think there might be a fight smh. Either way I love our return policy as long as it works out in my favor :)
[@]ShareeA[/@], do you remember the AA review video, that was posted on YouTube. Some woman went and buy the whole collection... And didn't like it because it wouldn't work on her skintone. This MIB lipstick review pretty much echoed that AA review sans damaging of products
 

rockin

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Yep
I won't give her too much but she can't complain that she isn't pressing hard and then her lipstick breaks because it is twisted up too far and she's pressing it downwards at an angle smh. I had a good laugh though.

The fact that she bought all those lipsticks before trying them on is sad. I don't remember if she said she even liked one :(

It's crazy how hygiene and safety standards are different across the world. In America you can sell an eyeshadow with colors not safe for eyes as long as you put a stick on it saying so (Urban Decay) but you can return basically anything. Then items banned in Europe can get sold here no problem.

werd.gif
God bless privileged, entitled America lol. I just remembered someone said a long time ago you can't return a lot of items in Europe. Can you imagine an American on vacation buying some makeup they didn't like at KIKO or someplace and going to return it? It would be a nightmare :( What do you mean I can't return this item? But I don't like it!
boxing.gif
I think there might be a fight smh. Either way I love our return policy as long as it works out in my favor :)


We can return makeup if it is faulty, or if it brings us out in a rash or something, but we can't return it just because we don't like the colour. Shops have testers for that purpose.

With brands like MAC, Illamasqua or ArtDeco, there is no counter near me, so I have to buy online, but I make sure to look at swatches (on real people, not computer generated images on their sites which are invariably way out) before I consider buying, bearing in mind that colours look different on different skin tones. Even then, something that looks bright pink on someone else can look orange on me for some reason. If I then don't like the colour on me when it arrives, it's not their fault.

Illamasqua are rather good - they show little videos of the products being applied on different skin tones on their website, along with actual photographic swatches, which is very helpful.
 

montREALady

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OK, so I've just watched that video.  Didn't I just say the other day that I was waiting for a Youtuber to break a lipstick because they wound it out too far?  Now I've finally seen it, and I can't believe she blamed MAC!  She also blamed them for the colours not being 'made for her'.  Sorry, but it makes me angry to see someone buy half the collection, try them all out then return them.  She needs to find out what type of colours would suit her first, before buying.  Those lipsticks are now wasted, and could otherwise have gone to a good home.  No wonder prices keep rising. The 'just return it if you don't like the colour' culture is so wrong to me, when it comes to cosmetics.  We can't do that here if the product has been opened, because of hygiene issues, even if you say it hasn't been used.  In fact some shops won't let you return makeup even if it's still sealed (Boots, I'm looking at you).
Yeah in America it's all about customer satisfaction. Not everything you order online you can try on first so if it doesn't work for your complexion, they basically encourage you to return it. And I'm sure they just throw it out. This released first online. I didn't watch the video and I personally don't return cosmetics once used. Though I would with drugstore foundation because you can't try. I rarely buy them for that reason. And tbh, in Canada I wouldn't have thought about returning it, but here it's done so frequently and people talk about doing it liberally. Stores take shoes back after being worn, I've never done it! But a coworker does it all the time. It's just how they do here, lol. But I return every damned thing else, lmao. Unworn/unused. I'm the queen of return and exchange.
 

ShareeA

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@ShareeA, do you remember the AA review video, that was posted on YouTube. Some woman went and buy the whole collection... And didn't like it because it wouldn't work on her skintone. This MIB lipstick review pretty much echoed that AA review sans damaging of products
No, I don't know what that is. What is AA? Do you mean Alluring Aquatic. I wasn't into MAC at that point.
 

Miss Dynamite

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That blogger wasted her money and time on reviewing 10+ lipsticks, saying that she don't like them and breaking them in the process. I really do not understand people these days. If I bought 10+ lipsticks and didnt like a single one, I'll contact a few friends and they can argue amongst themselves which ones they want. This is why I rather go on a forum, look at swatches and say yes or no. At least then, I'm not wasting my hard earned cash on something that won't work on me. As for Boots, the amount of times I went in there in a rush to pick up something, only to find the item I've picked up and paid for has its seal broken or used or something and they won't let me exchange it...
I couldn't even finish watching the video...they should ban that chick from all makeup stores.
 
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