Happy hauling everyone
Thanks to everyone here for warning about the early launch. MAC at The Bay here is launching as scheduled tomorrow.
I couldn't make it to the stand alone store here until 1 pm, and there were almost sold out of Surf USA and some of the lipglasses.
I tried to love Sun Blonde, but it came out far to ochery on me, almost the same colour as when a bruise turns yellow. Not at all attractive. I swatched Surf USA, and WOW is it pigmented! I was trying to find a more neutral shade to go with, and found that Swell Baby is one the nicest mixes. The mua tried them on me, and I was sold. I'm going to have to come back for the Swell Baby because I only had enough for 2 items today.
I also very much wanted to love Hibiscus, after seeing so many swatches and how great it looked on Shontay. It pulled very very orange on me, and looked similar on me as Eager does, so I decided to skip it. It looked okay on me, but it didn't pop. I did find the closest lip pencil to match it was Redd.
I thought Bust Out was going to be like so many of the other purples I have, but as Katred mentioned earlier in this thread, it really is in a league of it's own. I was so excited I forgot to look for a matching lip pencil. Bust Out looks nice with the Swell Baby/Surf USA combo too. I was the first person to try on Bust Out, and all the mua artist were coming around to see how it looked on someone. It was cute.
It was also wonderful to shop a new collection when there was hardly anyone in the store, because the launch was going to be tomorrow. The staff had much more time to serve you. And I finally got to see the new paper bags. They are so pretty with the nice yellow interior.