cakewannaminaj
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Is the right one fake? MAC Blush
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I have a feeling there are a lot of fake blush duos from the In the Groove collection floating around. I was looking for Hang Loose on ebay some time ago, and there are a lot of them and the prices are too good to be true a lot of the times, as well as being sold by sellers who have other suspisious products. So I would say Band of Roses could indeed be fake.
Ruca
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In short: YES, that Band of Roses is fake as a $3 bill. The biggest tell-tale sign of a fake from anything that originated in the In The Groove collection is the batch code--that was an early collection tht had all stamp impressions/embossing style batch codes, NOT the fading ink stamps. All In The Grooves face products should have a batch code you can feel with your fingernail, never one that appears to be an ink stamp.
Also, when authenticating MAC by the label, look for the white ring around the label that shows the edges of PAPER. Legit MAC does not have paper labels. Notice, the legit blush does not have that. Legit MAC has labels that appear to be made of some sort of fibrous material. I always think of resume paper or cash, both of which are cotton, not paper. The lipsticks have a laminate label that lifts off easily with a pair of tweezers or a fingernail; counterfeit MAC lipsticks often have scraps of torn paper on the bottom where the Chinese number label is ripped off.
Based on the apparently paper label and the incorrect style of batch code, this is a fake. I am not surprised, as the duo mineralize blush from In The Groove were heavily counterfeited, and they still flood the market. Last year, I stopped a friend from buying a fake A Little Bit of Sun, and I was able to find an image of a legit label that verified the batch code is a pressure stamp, just like the rest of my ITG face products.
Also, when authenticating MAC by the label, look for the white ring around the label that shows the edges of PAPER. Legit MAC does not have paper labels. Notice, the legit blush does not have that. Legit MAC has labels that appear to be made of some sort of fibrous material. I always think of resume paper or cash, both of which are cotton, not paper. The lipsticks have a laminate label that lifts off easily with a pair of tweezers or a fingernail; counterfeit MAC lipsticks often have scraps of torn paper on the bottom where the Chinese number label is ripped off.
Based on the apparently paper label and the incorrect style of batch code, this is a fake. I am not surprised, as the duo mineralize blush from In The Groove were heavily counterfeited, and they still flood the market. Last year, I stopped a friend from buying a fake A Little Bit of Sun, and I was able to find an image of a legit label that verified the batch code is a pressure stamp, just like the rest of my ITG face products.
Ruca
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Also, the font on the fake appears WHITE. MAC does not use a white font, they use a thin, grey font. Every fake piece I have seen that is passable to most has white print, not grey.
I also noticed after my first post that the legit blush you are using for comparison has the same impression-style stamp batch code I am talking about. Many MAC products do have a black ink stamp and no impression, and that ink seems to fade away into oblivion after you handle it a few times; there is absolutely zero consistency to when MAC will use the impressions or the fading ink. It's one of my biggest pet peeves, actually. But the In The Grooves collection was ALL impression stamped, as it fit their "groove" theme. I cannot say with certainty that this is why they did it, but it's an easy way to remember it!
I also noticed after my first post that the legit blush you are using for comparison has the same impression-style stamp batch code I am talking about. Many MAC products do have a black ink stamp and no impression, and that ink seems to fade away into oblivion after you handle it a few times; there is absolutely zero consistency to when MAC will use the impressions or the fading ink. It's one of my biggest pet peeves, actually. But the In The Grooves collection was ALL impression stamped, as it fit their "groove" theme. I cannot say with certainty that this is why they did it, but it's an easy way to remember it!
cakewannaminaj
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The white ring around the label are you talking about the back where it has all the code and name etc?
I did have a feeling that it's fake but I just didn't wanna believe it. I have throw them away now, lesson learn!
I did have a feeling that it's fake but I just didn't wanna believe it. I have throw them away now, lesson learn!
