MAC - Semi Precious Discussion

[wishonastar]

Liba, are Clarity and Jade's Fortune different enough to get both? If you had to pick one, which one would you pick? I don't want to overspend on this collection. They look so beautiful in the pans and I'm finding it difficult. Would I definately be able to use the separate colours in Jade's Fortune? I wish we had some really good swatches, in Karla's swatches they both look really grey.

Semi Precious Pearl
Semi Precious Rose Quartz
Golden Gaze
Unsurpassable
Mineral Mode
Gem of Roses
Geo Pink

Maybe
Jade's Fortune
Clarity

 

[Mac-Guy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQwc6hM_Yc&feature=channel_video_title
Haul vid with lots of swatches! Now i'm wanting some mes again.

Thanks for posting this. I like that she usually buys and reviews most products of a collection.

 

[MACcrazy]

just watched the video and its really good. I wasn't going to get smoked ruby because I generally get alot more use out of lighter colours but on the video she mentioned that this would be a great coour for green eyes. I have green eyes and nw10-15 skin. does anybody know if this colour might suit me and if so how would you recommend wearing it?

that is how i am. I have nw15-20 skin and (take my opinion for what it's worth) i think it would look great on us! we could use it as an all over smokey eye for night or if your getting golden glaze (my FAVORITE) i'm gonna put that in the lid of the eye while smoked ruby gets to pop out from the crease and with a nice neutal lipstick or gloss (a color like one of a kind if i think would look great!) hope this has helped and i can't wait till i get all my goodies!

 

[Pinkdollface]

Thanks for posting this. I like that she usually buys and reviews most products of a collection.

Me too and her lighting is really good too in her last couple of vids.

 

[Mac-Guy]

Me too and her lighting is really good too in her last couple of vids.

She changed it, right? I also like her "blant" personality as you can really tell when she doesn't like a product. It's awesome!

She doesn't seem to impressed with the brushes (which is probably good for me).

 

[Edelmc]

She changed it, right? I also like her "blant" personality as you can really tell when she doesn't like a product. It's awesome!
She doesn't seem to impressed with the brushes (which is probably good for me).

yeah i really liked her video and noticed she wasn't too keen on the brushes but I was trying to ignore that cause I am so excited about the brushes! Although I am curious about the duo effect of the brushes I am mainly hoping to get them due to their size. The face brush looks like it would be a great cheek highlighter - one side powder and the other side cream/liquid. The slim eye shadow brush seems a bit slimmer and longer than any of the eye brushes I usually use ie. 239, 242 & 217 so I think it would be good for detailing and I normally use the 182 to buff my foundation on so I am hoping that the new kabuki gives a different finish/effect due to the different hair. I just hope they are standard mac brush quality (not like the christmas sets) and if they are typical quality I will get them and any additional uses that having two different types of hair on the one brush gives me is just a bonus.......

 

[Mac-Guy]

I would think that they are hand manufactured and not machine-made.

 

[xasperadastra]

Brushes at the store where I've preorderd them where already sold out (today is the launch day!).. Of course I'll have them because I've preordered them fiuuuuuu. I also called a store "near" my city ad ask them to keep dark indulgence for me (I'll go and take it in the middle of july) and I guess that's all unless when I go to the counter there is still something interesting such as geo pink ^^

 

[Mac-Guy]

Wow, I didn't know that the MAC hype is as crazy in Italy as it is in the US. I'm glad you got your brushes though.

 

[Edelmc]

Brushes at the store where I've preorderd them where already sold out (today is the launch day!).. Of course I'll have them because I've preordered them fiuuuuuu. I also called a store "near" my city ad ask them to keep dark indulgence for me (I'll go and take it in the middle of july) and I guess that's all unless when I go to the counter there is still something interesting such as geo pink ^^

Did you go to a pro store or is it launching early in Italy?

 

[Edelmc]

That's what I am thinking too...hopefully!

 

[mtrimier]

okay. i think i did well. i finally clicked the checkout button and only bought the brushes. i am telling myself i have more than enough MSFs for now and I don't need any more lipsticks that are pinks or nudes. Same for glosses.

of course this resolve of mine could totally disappear at any time, but i want to get some non makeup stuff so i'm using that to bribe myself to stay away.

 

[xasperadastra]

Wow, I didn't know that the MAC hype is as crazy in Italy as it is in the US. I'm glad you got your brushes though.

it is really crazy indeed!!! But it depends on collections and city where you buy and of course on products themselves! After two weeks surf baby was still at the counter near here (Florence) but in Milan (bigger city) a lot of things were sold out and in other cities some things have never arrived -____- (my paradise, hibiscus, some people here have never seen flaunting it from peacocky, sold out everywhere!) Mineralize collections and special packaging are the most wanted here! venomous villains was almost completely sold out the second day of the launch T____T I also have noticed people here prefer products with cool udertones... lucky me, I love warm colors XD

 

[LMD84]

it is really crazy indeed!!! But it depends on collections and city where you buy and of course on products themselves! After two weeks surf baby was still at the counter near here (Florence) but in Milan (bigger city) a lot of things were sold out and in other cities some things have never arrived -____- (my paradise, hibiscus, some people here have never seen flaunting it from peacocky, sold out everywhere!) Mineralize collections and special packaging are the most wanted here! venomous villains was almost completely sold out the second day of the launch T____T I also have noticed people here prefer products with cool udertones... lucky me, I love warm colors XD

yeah sometimes countries get stupidly low stock on things too which doesn't help. i know germany tends to get very few items which sucks in the uk we have a few more sites stocking mac now so that makes things a bit easier for us.

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[clslvr6spd]

OMG, I haven't been on here in forever! Seems like I pop in for a couple days & I go MIA for a couple months! I have missed you all...
Any-who, I have been drooling over this collection for months. I have been a MSF whore since they first hit the scene years ago! It finally seems that MAC has stepped up their game on MES, I still have a couple from Flashtronic, goddamn those are just glittery messes.
I am contemplating getting the brushes, they're a great idea, but I just don't know...

Momma-spy if you're lurking today, I missed you & love you lots!

 

[shadowaddict]

^^ Hi, good to see you back. I did the same thing and pulled out some of the older mes and remembered the reason they stay shoved in the back of a drawer. Try in to put some product on the brush was impossible. It was glitter and chucky and giant mess.

I look forward to these new ones. I'll only get a few as my e/s collection is beyond silly.

 

[Mac-Guy]

it is really crazy indeed!!! But it depends on collections and city where you buy and of course on products themselves! After two weeks surf baby was still at the counter near here (Florence) but in Milan (bigger city) a lot of things were sold out and in other cities some things have never arrived -____- (my paradise, hibiscus, some people here have never seen flaunting it from peacocky, sold out everywhere!) Mineralize collections and special packaging are the most wanted here! venomous villains was almost completely sold out the second day of the launch T____T I also have noticed people here prefer products with cool udertones... lucky me, I love warm colors XD

Have you tried out the brushes yet?

 

[xasperadastra]

Have you tried out the brushes yet?

nope, they'll arrive here on monday or tuesday!!!

 

[Laura21]

I totally can not wait for this collecction...I have my list made out already.

It's kinda annoying cause I hear this collection launches the same time as Fashion Flower launches in Ireland. I really want items otu of both collections so I see myself being broke fast.

Some products I want out of the Semi Precious Collection are the Geo Pink Cremesheen Gloss, Gem Of Roses Lipstick, Rare Find and Smoked Ruby Eyeshadow. I'll probably have a look through the rest of the collection at the counter.

I really think this collection is going to sell fast. What will everyone be picking up??

Laura<3

 

[PinkBasset]

I saw this collection today and let me say I'm very disappointed. They got so little stock that they were selling testers, so many of the items didn't have testers for them. I got the last Warmth of Coral (without testing it because there were no tester), so it better be good. I also got GG, SR and DI, they were the only decent ones from the MES. All the other MES were almost awful in my opinion, not appealing at very least. I don't know how Karla made them look so pretty, but when I swatched them they were gritty, patchy, uneven and many of the colours were dirty in a bad way. I kinda went straight back hating MES.

I wasn't interested in the MSF's so I only swatched one (I think it was the rose one) and it felt gritty and grainy too. Pressed Amber on the other hand was pretty in person, and it wasn't too dark on my pale skin. It reminded me of Darkly My Dear too much so I left it. But it could be nice alternative if someone missed DMD or Sur.

The glosses did nothing for me (this is a first! ), nor the lipsticks.

So my final haul was Golden Gaze, Dark Indulgence, Smoked Ruby, Warmth Of Coral and Charged Water. In a whole, a collection this big, it was a huge miss. Don't feel bad if you don't get anything, I think there's not one must have product.