MAC - Surf Baby Discussion
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Some of my collection arrived today and the rest should arrive on Tuesday (late thanks to the holiday weekend, but I won't complain!). Nordy had Hibiscus so two of those and some glosses are making their way to me. Today I got 4 of the eyeshadows and wishing I had bought the saffron one now, but too late. And I got Bust out which is gorgeous! I love its gentle purple colour, deep but not overpowering against my pale skin.
And since I am newish to MAC I really appreciate the cute packaging. I wish they did 4 collections a year, with plenty to go around and spring, summer, fall and winter special packaging. I am mad at myself for not getting the Surf the Ocean pigment stack with the brown and pinks. The swatches are amazing! So is Sun Blonde and Swell Baby! Loving some of the unique colours in this collection!
And since I am newish to MAC I really appreciate the cute packaging. I wish they did 4 collections a year, with plenty to go around and spring, summer, fall and winter special packaging. I am mad at myself for not getting the Surf the Ocean pigment stack with the brown and pinks. The swatches are amazing! So is Sun Blonde and Swell Baby! Loving some of the unique colours in this collection!
liba
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Well, I hauled my haulage today and wound up adding a few things to my already huge pile. I got, as planned:
Krazy Kahuna (wildest brown in town)
Hibiscus (excellent color, but then again I was one of the biggest ravers over XXXhibitionist here too)
Surf USA (I usually hate teals, because they're too blue. This one is PERFECT.)
Sun Blonde (Great for green eyes)
Surf the Ocean (more on this later)
but I also snapped and bought:
Bust Out! (worked much better today, since I've got a little more color than I did when I swatched it last, plus I made sure to go in with bronzer on)
Blue Noon (darker and greener than last year's teal pencil, which I passed on - the green makes all the diff for me)
Summer Stash (they wound up getting a last minute shipment in yesterday and had tons of this - half a full drawer full of just pigments)
Lush Light Bronze Careblend (I am just too in love with the Careblend formula and my only other bronzer is a somewhat sparkling cream with lighter coverage)
Now, my thought process on Summer Stash worked like this...At first I was going to skip it, since how many neutrals do you need, blah blah blah. HOWEVER, I gave it a try on top of a coat of Reward Yourself Big Bounce and woah nelly....if anyone was scratching their heads over the point of the BBS, let me tell you something. Combined with these neutral and somewhat sheer colors in Summer Stash, you get the absolutely most gorgeous, multifaceted, iridescent wash of shimmer, like you are gazing into a magical crystal ball or a sun-dappled lake. The BBS brings out all the color in these pigments without adding anything to their opacity. For someone who is really into weightless transparency and light and smoothness, this is a spectacular combo. I decided that cost-wise I could either get this stack and get 4 colors that are made extra gorgeous from the BBS, or buy individual MES with Semi-Precious and spend twice as much for the same colors and effect I want. I've worn it all day with zero fallout or fading and I only needed the most minute amount of pigment. It's true that I use last year's Crushed Metal piggies a lot - the lavender is one of my go-to brow colors, so I'm already a fan. I've also had great luck with my BBS choices, thanks to patient, helpful MAs who gave me samples of everything. A lot of my old shadows are going on the back burner this summer in lieu of BBS + Crushed Metal, period. This combo just looks so much more modern than standard shadow or even the usual wet/dry MES. Your total love crush mileage may vary, but I for one am thrilled.
Krazy Kahuna (wildest brown in town)
Hibiscus (excellent color, but then again I was one of the biggest ravers over XXXhibitionist here too)
Surf USA (I usually hate teals, because they're too blue. This one is PERFECT.)
Sun Blonde (Great for green eyes)
Surf the Ocean (more on this later)
but I also snapped and bought:
Bust Out! (worked much better today, since I've got a little more color than I did when I swatched it last, plus I made sure to go in with bronzer on)
Blue Noon (darker and greener than last year's teal pencil, which I passed on - the green makes all the diff for me)
Summer Stash (they wound up getting a last minute shipment in yesterday and had tons of this - half a full drawer full of just pigments)
Lush Light Bronze Careblend (I am just too in love with the Careblend formula and my only other bronzer is a somewhat sparkling cream with lighter coverage)
Now, my thought process on Summer Stash worked like this...At first I was going to skip it, since how many neutrals do you need, blah blah blah. HOWEVER, I gave it a try on top of a coat of Reward Yourself Big Bounce and woah nelly....if anyone was scratching their heads over the point of the BBS, let me tell you something. Combined with these neutral and somewhat sheer colors in Summer Stash, you get the absolutely most gorgeous, multifaceted, iridescent wash of shimmer, like you are gazing into a magical crystal ball or a sun-dappled lake. The BBS brings out all the color in these pigments without adding anything to their opacity. For someone who is really into weightless transparency and light and smoothness, this is a spectacular combo. I decided that cost-wise I could either get this stack and get 4 colors that are made extra gorgeous from the BBS, or buy individual MES with Semi-Precious and spend twice as much for the same colors and effect I want. I've worn it all day with zero fallout or fading and I only needed the most minute amount of pigment. It's true that I use last year's Crushed Metal piggies a lot - the lavender is one of my go-to brow colors, so I'm already a fan. I've also had great luck with my BBS choices, thanks to patient, helpful MAs who gave me samples of everything. A lot of my old shadows are going on the back burner this summer in lieu of BBS + Crushed Metal, period. This combo just looks so much more modern than standard shadow or even the usual wet/dry MES. Your total love crush mileage may vary, but I for one am thrilled.
shontay07108
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I checked in with Macy's about my pigment stacks. I got standard shipping because I really hate giving Macy's my money. I should have the stacks between Fri and early next week(most likely next week). I am anxious. I always love getting a package in the mail. Also, I bought Stealing Kisses lipglass from one of the holiday lip sets at the wholesale site. I am so happy because that's the only gloss I wanted, but didn't want to pay for the set. It was like 12 bucks. :clap:
liba
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Now for my post of shame, because I also got carried away against my first instinct and got My Paradise. This cheek color has a beautiful texture and shimmer, but it's just wrong, wrong, wrong for my NC15 skin with some freckles. It just turns way too muddy on me and winds up looking like a splotchy tan, even with judicial use of bronzer, which I thought would undercut that potential.
Sure I can return it, but I feel bad because I never buy stuff, especially severely LE stuff, and turn around and bring it back. Even totally unopened, they're going to have to send it back as damaged, while someone else who would look great with it might have to go without. GUILT. I'm waiting for my NC25 friend to get home from work and see if she'd like it - at least that way I can recoup my $ and someone can look fabulous with it.
For my skin tone, even with bronzer, Utterly Game MB from Fab. Felines is so much more the better choice, even though it's lacking the really beautiful, wet-look shimmer and sparkle that's the best part of My Paradise. If only they did the exact same texture but with white shimmer/sparkle instead of gold and a little clearer shade - then I would be in blush heaven.
Just to be really accurate, it's not just that MP's color is "dirty" instead of true. It's that it's "dirtied" by adding olive green undertones to the coral, rather than adding blue or grey to dirty it down. Cool dirty looks great on me, but this is warm dirty and it starts looking like baby poo really fast. This is a blush for medium and darker skin tones or ladies with olive complexions or perhaps some light NW women where the yellow undertones cancel really ruddy cheeks (or women who don't mind the orange tan look, sorry to say).
Sure I can return it, but I feel bad because I never buy stuff, especially severely LE stuff, and turn around and bring it back. Even totally unopened, they're going to have to send it back as damaged, while someone else who would look great with it might have to go without. GUILT. I'm waiting for my NC25 friend to get home from work and see if she'd like it - at least that way I can recoup my $ and someone can look fabulous with it.
For my skin tone, even with bronzer, Utterly Game MB from Fab. Felines is so much more the better choice, even though it's lacking the really beautiful, wet-look shimmer and sparkle that's the best part of My Paradise. If only they did the exact same texture but with white shimmer/sparkle instead of gold and a little clearer shade - then I would be in blush heaven.
Just to be really accurate, it's not just that MP's color is "dirty" instead of true. It's that it's "dirtied" by adding olive green undertones to the coral, rather than adding blue or grey to dirty it down. Cool dirty looks great on me, but this is warm dirty and it starts looking like baby poo really fast. This is a blush for medium and darker skin tones or ladies with olive complexions or perhaps some light NW women where the yellow undertones cancel really ruddy cheeks (or women who don't mind the orange tan look, sorry to say).
liba
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Durr, Surf the Ocean. I'm having a senior moment here.
katred
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Aw, I'm sorry to hear that it didn't work for you. It's funny, because we're quite close in terms of colour and I do like how it looks on me... I'm thinking that it's because I have a fairly pink undertone that makes the colour more peachy on me. Hope that your friend is able to use it!
luvlydee
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My stuff came today.. hibiscus, swell baby, and refined golden,
hibiscus isnt as orange as i want but its still a nice color. I know I wont really reach for it a lot but i think i will have to play with it more to get used to the color on me. I tried it with Mac's mouth off liner underneath and it made the orange come out a lil better.
swell baby.. love itttt. I played with this one more when i got home. I tried it on bare lids and even with the nyx milk pencil underneath. it looks awesome layered over white... and i put Brun eyeshadow in the crease just for fun and it i love it. i want to keep experimenting but its late already and i have work tomorrow morning.
refined golden i know this is permanent but I wanted a powder packaging, and i have solar riche so i had to get this one. (didnt care for the careblends) I loooove it. omg i wore it on my cheeks and i just looked more awake. i don't know why i never tried this on before.
I am in a mac no buy unless its something i dont have anything similar of. I went through my makeup stash today and i just sat there like omg i have so much that technically i dont need to buy anymore (but of course something will always catch my eye) I hope i can resist
hibiscus isnt as orange as i want but its still a nice color. I know I wont really reach for it a lot but i think i will have to play with it more to get used to the color on me. I tried it with Mac's mouth off liner underneath and it made the orange come out a lil better.
swell baby.. love itttt. I played with this one more when i got home. I tried it on bare lids and even with the nyx milk pencil underneath. it looks awesome layered over white... and i put Brun eyeshadow in the crease just for fun and it i love it. i want to keep experimenting but its late already and i have work tomorrow morning.
refined golden i know this is permanent but I wanted a powder packaging, and i have solar riche so i had to get this one. (didnt care for the careblends) I loooove it. omg i wore it on my cheeks and i just looked more awake. i don't know why i never tried this on before.
I am in a mac no buy unless its something i dont have anything similar of. I went through my makeup stash today and i just sat there like omg i have so much that technically i dont need to buy anymore (but of course something will always catch my eye) I hope i can resist
LittleMaryJane
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I've got a busy morning tomorrow but I'm squeezing in a trip to my counter to get my stuff--I can't wait! (Also picking up some stuff for PinkBasset
)
I'm still on the fence about My Paradise so I'm going to see how I feel about it in person. Right now, I'm leaning towards not getting it.
I'm still on the fence about My Paradise so I'm going to see how I feel about it in person. Right now, I'm leaning towards not getting it.
UrbanSweetheart
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I've decided I'm going to go to Macy's right when they open so I can get my stuff, since I had such horrible luck trying to order everything I wanted online. Let's hope they have a My Paradise blush & Hibiscus lipstick waiting for me =)
ladyarwen
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That's also my plan! Leaving at 9:30 to get there before 10 so I'll probably be the first one in the store. I just need to remember to bring Fresh Daisy so I can make comparison swatches with Short Shorts. I have a feeling I'll be walking out with Short Shorts too. I'm so excited that I don't know how I'm going to fall asleep. I'm so weirdly excited for this collection. Probably because it's my first summer one.
UrbanSweetheart
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I'm also leaving at 9:30 to get there before 10
When I called yesterday, they told me they only had 3 My Paradise blushes, and they couldn't hold one for me
Soooo I'll be on a mission tomorrow morning! Lol!
laylalovesmac
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Hahaha- I felt so stupid today! I got in my car and headed to the mall to get a second Hibiscus. I was circling for parking when I realized they won't even have the collection out there until tomorrow since it's a counter! I didn't want to look completely insane and dash back to the MAC I had gone to before, so I'll just be going first thing tomorrow morning to get a backup. I should have just picked one up when I was there earlier, but I didn't completely fall in love with it until I wore it for a while. I thought it wouldn't hold a candle to my beloved TT, but it's pretty awesome. Slightly more muted and definitely more glossy so it's nice for everyday for me.
The rest of the collection didn't really stand out to me. The stacked pigments were super soft, but eh. Passable for me. Bust Out was (like Shontay said) pretty much the exact same color they've been pumping out for months now and completely not worth it in my opinion.
While I was there, I also looked at the MCLPs (I'll be getting one eventually), the Fashion Flower display again (just as unimpressed as I was the first time), and I saw the display for Flighty. I was about to pick one up (My Next Indulgence) and open it to swatch when the MA shot me a scared look. I looked down to see slight color stains on one of the cabinets. Guess they've had some spillage issues....
I also really liked Gold Go Lightly. If it's still available in a few weeks I may pick it up, but I won't stress over it.
I ended up with a brand new quad (yay!) with four colors I had been really wanting: Blanc Type, Kid, Soft Brown, and Charcoal Brown. Boring neutrals, I know, but I desperately needed new neutrals! So excited! Especially since they're matte.
The rest of the collection didn't really stand out to me. The stacked pigments were super soft, but eh. Passable for me. Bust Out was (like Shontay said) pretty much the exact same color they've been pumping out for months now and completely not worth it in my opinion.
While I was there, I also looked at the MCLPs (I'll be getting one eventually), the Fashion Flower display again (just as unimpressed as I was the first time), and I saw the display for Flighty. I was about to pick one up (My Next Indulgence) and open it to swatch when the MA shot me a scared look. I looked down to see slight color stains on one of the cabinets. Guess they've had some spillage issues....
I also really liked Gold Go Lightly. If it's still available in a few weeks I may pick it up, but I won't stress over it.
I ended up with a brand new quad (yay!) with four colors I had been really wanting: Blanc Type, Kid, Soft Brown, and Charcoal Brown. Boring neutrals, I know, but I desperately needed new neutrals! So excited! Especially since they're matte.
