MAC Alluring Aquatic Collection (May 22, 2014)

MakeupQueen4

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Welp since it's prob not going to launch for another few hours ... bring on more cocksinsocks! Or soup talk. Because chicken tortilla.
 
maneater

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liba said:
878 new posts since this morning???? Oh helllllllllz no to reading all of it before posting.

I did see the whole collection today and will be somewhat brief:

First off, I dunno…the COMPACT didn't thrill me to death. Honestly preferred the Proenza packaging. I think I liked the way the packaging worked the best on the lipsticks, to tell the truth. But, packaging be damned - it's what in them that counts (to me!)

So, Aphrodite's Shell: I loved it. It's not quite as wonderful as my dearly beloved Lush Light Bronze, but it didn't pull orange on me at all (NC15), nor was it unmanageably dark, stiff, hard to blend or shimmery, glittery or even sheen-y. It's a fine addition to the Extra Dimension line. I wasn't going to buy a bronzer, but AS was really excellent, especially the finish on the skin, which was super duper natural, even less light reflective than the Careblend bronzers, but not matte or heavy looking at all. For someone who hasn't bought a new bronzer since Surf Baby and LLB, and wasn't planning on buying another unless I was very impressed - well, I'm buying it! It is good. It had a very classy and realistic, nude pink pale tan effect on me - even more subtle than LLB, in fact. I was sold.

I was really hoping Delphic would work too, since it doesn't look orange-y in the pan, but it did in fact pull a little too orange on me. My MA liked it, but I much preferred AS. Another gal was in there trying things on who was NC35 and Delphic looked PHENOMENAL on her - it was so beautiful on her. If you are NC35 or NC40, Delphic is for you and you will go bananas over it. These are the nicest bronzer finish MAC has come out with since the Careblend ones, imo.


  • The lipsticks didn't much work for me, sorry to say. Mystical had just a twinge too much brown although it was SO CLOSE to being a fantastic MLBB like my favorite One of a Kind. It could be dealt with with a pale pink lip pencil, but I don't need to hassle with that. If you're more medium skin toned, it'll be great and it will definitely look much pinker on deep skin tones for sure.
  • Siren Song reminded me very very much of Tropical Mist from Carine Roitfeldt. That wasn't the perfect nude for me and SS wasn't either, but if you are NW and fair, you will love it. It will be an excellent replacement for TM, perhaps just the teeniest bit warmer than that one, but not so much it'd be bad for NW.
  • Enchanted One was very similar to Cozy Up, but a little bit browner and darker (just by a hair). Cozy Up is better on me than EO, which is going to be a HG matte nude for people with deeper skin than mine. Again, if you're NC35-40, or even darker, this is one to give a major major look at. It might be OK for fair NC people if you wished Cozy Up was a little browner and less peachy - it's going to look more orange on NW, but not necessarily in a bad way - but buyer beware and try before buy and all that. Personally, I love Cozy Up, but Runway Hit is even better for me and I don't need EO.
  • Pet Me Please is the same old PMP - I love this one very much and it will look especially awesome under the very pearlescent lip glosses in this collection. I already have a tube of it from its first release, though. I've used quite a bit of it, but I'm not sure I need a BU. I'm considering it, since PMP is quite unique in it's frostiness and grey nude lilac undertone. It's best under lip gloss, but it's not a dry frost, it looks and feels moist.
  • I did looooove Goddess of the Sea, though. It's the only lipstick of the whole bunch I am going to get. On my pigmented lips, it looks the way my dearly beloved Flaunting It does, but with more violet and less brown. It's like a cooler, more violet Flaunting It or a less reddish, softer Bust Out, and for this, it is LOVE LOVE LOVE. Super soft and pretty and smooth. Looks amazing under some of the glosses, like Clear Water and Modern Lure. This is the lipstick for me!!

Those glosses….let me just say, this is the first MAC collection I can recall where I loved the glosses MORE than the lipsticks. Who would've thunk it? All of them, other than Peachstock, are either highly pearlized - like massively more than any others with that finish (which I love) or super glittery - they all reminded me of Lip Gelee style. Peachstock was the one I wasn't going to bother with, but after I tried it on, I decided it was on too - it's outrageously pigmented, didn't settle into the lip lines, looks like a wet look lipstick almost. I just ate dinner with it on and it's stayed on! I'll go on about everything else in the next post.
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20 aphrodite shell for me. lol Im totally scared of bronzers because everything pulls orange on me and im a NC20
 
stirfryedshana

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There's also a lot of people saying different times, so especially for people like me who aren't used to how MAC releases collections, it gets very confusing.
 
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mousygiggles

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stirfryedshana said:
There's also a lot of people saying different times, so especially for people like me who aren't used to how MAC releases collections, it gets very confusing.
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It is because there is no set time. It is always unpredictable and random. I do not think 2 collections have ever launched at the same time.
 
MakeupQueen4

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stirfryedshana said:
There's also a lot of people saying different times, so especially for people like me who aren't used to how MAC releases collections, it gets very confusing.
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Even for ppl who are used to MAC releases it gets confusing and no one ever knows for sure. And if someone ever said they DID know for sure I would STILL stay up all night stalking because I'm paranoid about it like that lol. When I want something I WANT IT haha
 
LiliV

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mousygiggles said:
It is because there is no set time. It is always unpredictable and random. I do not think 2 collections have ever launched at the same time.
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I always wondered how things would be if Mac collections always released like right at 12 once it officially turned launch day. I feel like it would be so easy, no stalking etc but also everyone might swarm the site at the same time then
 
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mousygiggles said:
It is because there is no set time. It is always unpredictable and random. I do not think 2 collections have ever launched at the same time.
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Nope they have not. Since I have been on here there has been 5a.m 8 a.m 6 p.m 9p.m and midnight. It is NEVER consistant
 
liba

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rae_rae21 said:
THANK YOU liba!!!

That does it...I'm getting ALL the damn lipglasses!!

ugh...my bank account is gonna hate me!
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I know I am! Although, it could be whittled down if necessary….


  • Like I was saying, Peachstock is the ultimate opaque nude gloss. It looks great on me and doesn't wash me out at all. A little AS and Seduced at Sea and voila! I've never bothered with nude beige lip glass in the past, but this one I will wear all summer.
  • Clear Water is really glittery and lovely, like the lip geleés from Cham-Pale, but without the heavy pearlized under-layer. It's sheer underneath, but there's so much glitter and sparkle that it looks almost opaque. It's honestly like a dazzleglass in standard lip glass formula. Awesome for summer and also will be great for holiday parties. Looks amazing over GotS.
  • If you're trying to cut your list, you could choose between Water Deities and Seducing Sound, they are both my type of lipglass though - super mega pearlized, makes your lips look huge. Might be a little too metallic for some folks, but I say embrace it! WD is paler, with a champagne pearlescence, while SS is more of a soft brown - it's very very similar to Rich Marron Huggable in color, but with tons of beige pearlescence and a touch of sparkle. I could wear either, personally. These are both way more pearlized than my faves Spree and Liqueur. WD is lighter than Spree, while SS is a tiny touch deeper than Liqueur. Over Pet Me Please, either of these will be outrageous, but honestly, they are so filled with pearl pigment, they are 99% opaque anyways, since the light is hitting the pearl at nearly every angle possible. I'll get them both rather than a BU of one or the other, but I don't think these will sell out super fast, because photos will have trouble capturing them and they seem pretty workaday. They are dramatic and awesome though, and a teeny bit retro-futurist robot. If MAC does some more lip glasses like these in different colors, I will lose my ever loving mind - it'd be better than the Dare to Wear glosses by a million miles. Think Cham-Pale Lip Geleés, but with only the frost and not the glitter too.
  • Lastly, Modern Lure is deep glittery goodness, just the same texture as VG Riri gloss, which I looooove. I didn't even bother to try it on by itself - I slapped it on over GotS and was "YEPPPPP". It did apply evenly on me, so I wouldn't worry too much about patchiness. I think it'll only get patchy if you over apply it.


I have to go out now, so I will talk about the blushes and shadows tomorrow or late tonight - quick word: the EDBs weren't what I'd expected - the lighter one pulled warm and orange-ish on me and looked like Pleasure Model, while the deeper one looked perfectly pink and pretty and soft and not dark at all, so go figure. NWs will have to beware these, I'd say and try them in person, because the way they look in the pan vs. the way they look on the skin are two different things.
 
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