MAC - Holiday 09: Magic, Mirth and Mischief (Holiday Sets Part I) Discussion

[scarlettholly]

man I just cant make up my mind about these sets!! I'm trying to save money (big nars haul the other day at the beauty.com FF sale) for the warm and cozy and all races collection, but these ones keep coming back to me.... Hmmmmmmmmm.

 

[chickatthegym]

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Originally Posted by scarlettholly man I just cant make up my mind about these sets!! I'm trying to save money (big nars haul the other day at the beauty.com FF sale) for the warm and cozy and all races collection, but these ones keep coming back to me.... Hmmmmmmmmm.

Stay away from this thread and the swatch threads if you re trying to save $ LOL... It will get you everytime!

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by Camnagem Yay Lou, I'm so glad you got your stuff!! I got my gloss sets too (Sexy soft and Frisky bright) and they're so pretty! My favorite is Poetic License in the soft set (why is this one not perm?!?! Boo!). It's so gorgeous, I just love it! The boxes are really cute too...I'm sure I'll do something crafty with them at some point. My hubby calls them "swiss cheese boxes" and thinks they'd be handy storing tools. Tools?!? Yeah, good luck with that!

my hubby called it a cheese box too!

quite amusing! and i am using them to store dirty brushes! because usually i lie dirty brushes flat in my make up cabinet which takes up space so this is much better for me!

here is a swatch of snowscene (left) and elle (right)

as you can see snowscene has lots of differnt glitter flecks wheras elle is mainly peachy with a bit of pink. both pretty but i prefer snowscene!

 

[princessjodie]

i had so much fun with this collection i have dropped ALL my wages i saved up in advance (knew a christmas collection was coming up hehe)

my sister paid for me and her to go to a christmas seminar my MAC held in celebration for the christmas collection on the 4th November everyone got a MAC goody bag which was nice got a set of some lovely lashes, mac notebook, mac pencil, face charts, brush book

so that was nice we were shown how some of the new products could be applied. i did not have any real desire to get the eyeshadow palettes BUT i ended up getting:
* Sorceress eyeshadow palette
* smoke and mirrors eyeshadow palette
* put a spell on you pink lip bag
* alakazam chocolate brown eye bag

while i was at my mac i was given a MAC access card .. something new to my MAC apparently so i was excited about that too

and then i enquired about the mischief makers sets and i was told my MAC isnt getting the pigment sets or lipglass sets untill 1st december and i couldnt wait that long (im impulsive, haha) so i went home and ordered them offline and they came this morning

i got all the lipglass sets and two of the pigment sets the sexpot pigment set and the haute high jinks pigment set

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by princessjodie i had so much fun with this collection i have dropped ALL my wages i saved up in advance (knew a christmas collection was coming up hehe) my sister paid for me and her to go to a christmas seminar my MAC held in celebration for the christmas collection on the 4th November everyone got a MAC goody bag which was nice got a set of some lovely lashes, mac notebook, mac pencil, face charts, brush book so that was nice we were shown how some of the new products could be applied. i did not have any real desire to get the eyeshadow palettes BUT i ended up getting: * Sorceress eyeshadow palette * smoke and mirrors eyeshadow palette * put a spell on you pink lip bag * alakazam chocolate brown eye bag while i was at my mac i was given a MAC access card .. something new to my MAC apparently so i was excited about that too and then i enquired about the mischief makers sets and i was told my MAC isnt getting the pigment sets or lipglass sets untill 1st december and i couldnt wait that long (im impulsive, haha) so i went home and ordered them offline and they came this morning i got all the lipglass sets and two of the pigment sets the sexpot pigment set and the haute high jinks pigment set

sounds like you had a fab time! and i can imagine how much all those babies set you back!

 

[princessjodie]

they did set me back a little but i knew about the other collections and they dont seem to appeal to me like the warm and cozy or the lillyland or the all ages all races all sexes collection or the love lace so i was like phew blow all my money on this one collection for once haha

 

[Boasorte]

I agree jodie, I think after these and the Colour COllection, I'm just gonna stock up on permanet items

 

[Yia]

OK,

I just got my Magic Mirth and Mischief Haul and I am so disappointed with the eye kit. That just can't be 5.3 g of product like last year. I was going to pick up the smoke and mirrors, sorceress and devil may care and I just couldn't. I only picked up the sorceress because the colors were so different. I decided to buy all the MES except Blue Sorcery (I do not wear teal). I live in the islands and roughly converted, I paid US 41.00 for the sorceress eyeshadow.

I know that I like to use a lot of colors, so that sets make the most sense for me, I tend to like the Christmas collection because it is economical, but even I couldn't bear to pay so much for so little.

So my haul looked like this
(1) Midnight Madness
(2) Mayhem (don't have it now, but I'm getting it next week)
(3) Devil May Care (Wasn't going to get that one, but I decided what the hey, it looks good on me)
(4)Under your spell (Same as above)
(5) It's a miracle
(6) Sorceress
(7) She Zam
(8) Conjure Up
(9) Phiff (My sister has this one for me)

I can't tell you how disappointed I was with the sets.

The brush set have no eyeshadow applicator brush. What sense does that make
The Fadacadabra set I was going to get before i decided to feed my MES addiction. I have warm blend MSF and it will do as a bronzer kit

I was also going to get Superdupernatural, but it just didn't show up enough for me and I prefer darker browns as I am an NW45/50.

So that's my rant.

But on the plus side, She-Zam makes it 17 Dazzleglass and 2 Glimmerglasses and counting.

Just call me VampMac

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by Yia OK, I just got my Magic Mirth and Mischief Haul and I am so disappointed with the eye kit. That just can't be 5.3 g of product like last year. I was going to pick up the smoke and mirrors, sorceress and devil may care and I just couldn't. I only picked up the sorceress because the colors were so different. I decided to buy all the MES except Blue Sorcery (I do not wear teal). I live in the islands and roughly converted, I paid US 41.00 for the sorceress eyeshadow.

when i got my palette i thought they were smalled than previous years. however i compared it to the past 2 years holiday compacts and the amount is the same. the palette is deeper so i can only assume the shadows are deep but smaller area covered

i wore my sorceress palette today. sooo pretty! i used the middle colour on the bottom row on my lid, the dark purple in the crease and the white one to highlight!

 

[Swirlgirl]

One of things that drives me crazy about this year's palettes is the *tiny* bush that comes with them - - I usually use my full size brushes anyway, but if I wanted to use the brush that came with the eyeshadow or lip palettes the handle of it is SO SMALL. Ugh. Why even bother putting one in there at all if it's that tiny. Forget carrying the palettes around for touch ups unless you bring other bushes.
Annoying.

/rant over....

that said, the neutral lip palette is my favorite thing from the holiday sets....it has the *perfect* nude/nude-pink colors. I am actually contemplating a backup. I have been wearing it all the time - so perfect for everyday.

 

[LMD84]

^ yes the brushes this year were stupidly small! shorter than previous years in fact. i never really use the mini brushes. they get chucked in a brush bag where brushes i don't use too often go!

 

[shontay07108]

I Just got back from bloomingdales and picked up the deep lip set (models misbehaving). It is GORGEOUS! All my brown girls run out and get this set ASAP! I am so in love with this set that I think I will get another one before it sells out. Unlike last year, every color is perfect and gorgeous. I skipped all holiday sets last year b/c there would only be one or two shades that I wanted and that pissed me off, so I passed. This set, though is a total winner and I love the name, Models Misbehaving.

This set, Utter Fun lipstick and Lucky Number Nail Polish are all I got from the Holiday Collection. I'm done, so bring on Warm & Cozy. I also got Touch lipstick and I'm in love with that also. On my pigmented lips, it's the perfect nude. It also adds a warmth and liveliness that my bare lips was lacking. I'm on a high now from my two perfect purchases.

 

[daisyxoxo]

I am limited myself to only 2 lip gloss/pigment sets this year. But which ones should I get??? I am def getting the sexy shenanigans set but am tossing up between the other two lipgloss sets or the sexpot pigment set. I have a tonne of lipglosses and dont own any piggies but I am such a novice at eye makeup....

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by daisyxoxo I am limited myself to only 2 lip gloss/pigment sets this year. But which ones should I get??? I am def getting the sexy shenanigans set but am tossing up between the other two lipgloss sets or the sexpot pigment set. I have a tonne of lipglosses and dont own any piggies but I am such a novice at eye makeup....

well the sexy gloss set is a good choice! as far as the other sets go i think the sexpot pigment set would be good if you don't have any. however pigments can be tricky to work with and i find the vials they come in hard work too because not many brushes will fit in the container. and equally it's tricky tipping product out to use because too much usually comes out! alot of the time i transfer my vials into sample jars for ease of use.

 

[daisyxoxo]

Thankyou for your advice...I think I might give the pigment set a miss, I prob wont get much use out of them anyways. Think I ll just get the sexy lipgloss set for now but temptation may get the better of me

 

[Aphrael]

I found a good use for those tiny little brushes that come with the palettes and I use it for smudging my liner either on my top lash line or my bottom lash line!

I never use it to pack on colour as I think it's too small to do so, so I thought of another use for it!

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by daisyxoxo Thankyou for your advice...I think I might give the pigment set a miss, I prob wont get much use out of them anyways. Think I ll just get the sexy lipgloss set for now but temptation may get the better of me

i got the frsiky and sexy kit and love them both! some fabulous colours!

and Aphrael - thanks for the tip on uses for the tiny brushes! will have to try it!

 

[purplerinne]

What collection was Elle in and is it similar to Phosphorelle from the Lure collection?

 

[darkishstar]

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Originally Posted by purplerinne What collection was Elle in and is it similar to Phosphorelle from the Lure collection?

Elle was from the Belle Azure collection. I missed out.

 

[chickatthegym]

^Totally off topic, but Darkishstar, what lipstick are you wearing in your avatar? That's gorgeous on you!