MAC - Alice + Olivia Discussion

[kpenn]

In light of new information about amazing collections, I'm just looking for If it's Pink DGC, I.Want.Candy DGC and Morning After lacqueur (x2 so I can send one home to my little sisters where we don't have a freestanding store). I might even pass on If it's Pink unless it's quite unique, because it seems like I've been on pink lipgloss overload lately.

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by DollyGirl92 I'm really hoping to try full n soft when I'm in the US, it's meant to be amazing

yes you should stock up! it's my fave mascara. it used to be sold in the uk because i wore it all the time from the age of 14-18!

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Originally Posted by LittleMaryJane I like Covergirl mascara--would you guys say Maybelline is better? The one thing I don't spend an arm and a leg on is mascara.

i got the lash blast when i went to the states last month and i'm dissapointed. i much prefer maybelline.

 

[InspiredBlue]

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Originally Posted by marusia Customs forms always confuse me. I ALWAYS put gift...it's not a commercial sample, and it's not a document. Who even knows what a "other" is. I guess since I always give a freebie, it qualifies as a gift! No, seriously. What am I SUPPOSED to be putting on there?

Well, presumably "other" is everything that doesn't fit into the specified categories.

I really don't know. But as long as you don't get into trouble for it, I am sure all your international customers appreciate you marking things as "gift".

Honestly I have noticed that a number of e-taliers that have big "we will not mark packages as gift, so don't ask us" disclaimers on their sites, do in fact mark things as "gift" when they ship things to me. I think they do this because they know it generates more return customers.

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Originally Posted by LittleMaryJane I like Covergirl mascara--would you guys say Maybelline is better? The one thing I don't spend an arm and a leg on is mascara.

We don't have Covergirl here, but I am happy with my Maybelline mascaras. Before I used the The Colossal Volum' Express in the yellow tube and lately I've been using The Falsies Volum' Express in the purple tube. Both are very good mascaras IMO.

For waterproof days I use L'Oreal Voluminous.

 

[riotlove]

oooh i keep wanting to try teh falsies one. my favorite mascara was the stila fiber optics buti guess it was dc or something

the little fibers were perfect!

 

[omgitzstephanie]

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Originally Posted by LittleMaryJane I like Covergirl mascara--would you guys say Maybelline is better? The one thing I don't spend an arm and a leg on is mascara.

I prefer Covergirl over Maybelline. Comparing Lash Blast to the Colossal, I personally find Lash Blast has more volume and a better brush. And with Lash Blast Length and Define a Lash, LBL has a better formula IMO, doesn't clump and gives me a lot of length.

 

[panther27]

I want some pics and swatches already!This is released in less then a month

 

[Hypathya]

^^ I'm dying for pictures and swatches too!!

I need them so I can figure what I can't live without from this collection!! It's killing us poor, sad non-US, non-Canada, non-japan, non-korea MACaddicts!!

 

[BadBadGirl]

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Originally Posted by LMD84 OMG!!! i need that mascara! where is it from??

It's a Japanese release. I couldn't find much information.

 

[LittleMaryJane]

Hee! Look at HK's eyelashes

Love it.

 

[peachsuns]

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Originally Posted by BadBadGirl I'm a huge Hello Kitty fan and there are brands/items sold in other countries that aren't sold in the USA that I've been dying to get my hands on. Something this simple like Maybelline I can't get my hands on!

This Maybelline Hello Kitty Mascara is limited edition in Japan. It was released on May 29th.

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[misha5150]

Where are the swatches for this collection!!! It's past due!!!!!!!!

 

[Hypathya]

OMG!! Japan has the coolest stuff!

 

[Gonzajuju]

Wow that's so cool! I want hello kitty mascara!

 

[Susanne]

For those who want a CP for this collection, you can organize it here:

http://www.specktra.net/forum/f187/c...olivia-164999/

 

[erine1881]

so, i was totally gonna get 2 of each pigment and put them in the old jars (so they fit in with all my other pigments and glitters of course), but i just transferred both a new container pigment and glitter into old jars, and they filled right up to the top, just like the old containers did.

looks like i just need one of each pigment then!

this goes to show you that they're filled by weight, not volumn.

 

[riotlove]

i wish i woulda known so much longer before they changed. i woulda bought a ton of the empty pigment jars from the pro store.

 

[Hypathya]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 so, i was totally gonna get 2 of each pigment and put them in the old jars (so they fit in with all my other pigments and glitters of course), but i just transferred both a new container pigment and glitter into old jars, and they filled right up to the top, just like the old containers did. looks like i just need one of each pigment then! this goes to show you that they're filled by weight, not volumn.

Thanks for the info dear!!

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by Hypathya Thanks for the info dear!!

of course!

oh, and two vials fill one new jar too.

 

[PlatinumV]

Ok, here I am. Sorry, been away a while for job, so we now have 2 entire pages of posts since my latest comment. However, I would like to summarize the mail situation for shipping in Italy, so other people can easily understand the situation.
1) the mail service in Italy is DREADFUL!!! Even when I send a postcard from here (Venice) to Padua (about 30km). So, postal service is SLOW, extremely slow.
2) there are bigger problems when you are sending something from outside Europe to here, due to the custom for freight. Which is the normal schedule? Well, if the officers at the C.F.F. are not checking the package, no problem. You usually get your package in about 2x (number of days usually needed), just for the slow service.
The problem arises when they actually CHECK the package. They keep about 10 days to check it (read: open it and send you a form that must be filled). In this form you have to write absurd things like the chemical components of the product. Well, I AM NOT A CHEMIST! You must specify where the product has been made, if it goes against laws, etc. Now, how am I supposed to know this kind of details? Easily, since MAC pigments are imported in Italy, there should be no problem. But you have to write all the info in the form, info that I simply don't know. Then, you have to send back the form. So other 10 days. Finally, at the CFF, officers SHOULD, in theory, send you your package. This is the big question: why do they take about 2 months in doing that???

Moreover, sometimes, after all these steps, the package simply disappears!

So, please, if you send things in Italy, write that it is a gift!!!

 

[marusia]

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Originally Posted by PlatinumV Ok, here I am. Sorry, been away a while for job, so we now have 2 entire pages of posts since my latest comment. However, I would like to summarize the mail situation for shipping in Italy, so other people can easily understand the situation. 1) the mail service in Italy is DREADFUL!!! Even when I send a postcard from here (Venice) to Padua (about 30km). So, postal service is SLOW, extremely slow. 2) there are bigger problems when you are sending something from outside Europe to here, due to the custom for freight. Which is the normal schedule? Well, if the officers at the C.F.F. are not checking the package, no problem. You usually get your package in about 2x (number of days usually needed), just for the slow service. The problem arises when they actually CHECK the package. They keep about 10 days to check it (read: open it and send you a form that must be filled). In this form you have to write absurd things like the chemical components of the product. Well, I AM NOT A CHEMIST! You must specify where the product has been made, if it goes against laws, etc. Now, how am I supposed to know this kind of details? Easily, since MAC pigments are imported in Italy, there should be no problem. But you have to write all the info in the form, info that I simply don't know. Then, you have to send back the form. So other 10 days. Finally, at the CFF, officers SHOULD, in theory, send you your package. This is the big question: why do they take about 2 months in doing that??? Moreover, sometimes, after all these steps, the package simply disappears! So, please, if you send things in Italy, write that it is a gift!!!

Thanks for that. I just had someone buy something from Italy. I was scared it would get lost. I put it as a gift though, so hopefully everything is fine.