elegant-one
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MAC and Iris Aphel Discussion
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Mac-Guy
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OMG!!!! I am in LOVE with Flamingo...go figureIf I could, I would get more BUs
It should just be perm.
I LOVE how the color looks on my lips............sooooooooooooooo much woot!
Isn't Flamingo amazing?! I never BU-ed any l/s so many times. But there's a first for everything.
Is it more than 6 now?
After all the raves about Flamingo I had to get one too, even though I really shouldn't buy any more MU right now
kimbunney
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Grrr I totally need Flamingo in my life. Hopefully MAC re-stocks I'm going to have to stalk the site now. Totally glad I passed on Scarlett Ibis because its too orange, not a fan of orange lippies on me. I got CYY and barely put it on as is so I don't need any bright pinks.
jenntoz
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Elegant! I am shocked! You got a pink and you liked it?!? I never would have guessed!!!
OMG!!!! I am in LOVE with Flamingo...go figureIf I could, I would get more BUsIt should just be perm.
I LOVE how the color looks on my lips............sooooooooooooooo much woot!
liba
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Hauled big time today!!!
Scarlet Ibis!!!! Not only is this a fantastic color....holy s**t is it a phenomenal formula. I've been wearing it all day and let me tell you - it feels light as a feather, as if you're not even wearing any lipstick, it hasn't become drying in the slightest after hours of wear, AND OMG so completely non-transferrable - i just drank a giant glass of water and there isn't even the slightest ring of color deposited around the rim and zero fading or product removed from my lips. ALL IN A MATTE??!!!?? I feel like I went to the Alternate Dimension of Matte Lipsticks! I haven't had a chance to wear Party Parrot or Pink Pigeon all day yet, but if they've got this same formula, it really doesn't matter one jot if you have dupes for them - nothing will stack up to these mattes. I would say it's got all the good features of the mattenes, but with much superior smoothness of application and lasting power. Very psyched! This is about as close to fancy high end lipsticks that go for 3x the price as MAC has managed, other than with Amplifieds.
As for the color, on me - NC15 with green eyes/black hair - it reads more red than orange, but it's the perfect level of vibrant, without being too cartoon-y and it really brings out the green in my eyes. That's a great feature of orange leaning lipsticks for all you green and hazel eyed folks out there. I backed this baby up without a second thought. Between this and Runaway Red, I feel like I've finally got my perfect MAC reds.
Party Parrot is exactly like Impassioned on my skin tone, but again.....this formula is so awesome, it beats Impassioned hands down - and we're talking a color that I've never been without for 10+ years. Same thing goes for Pink Pigeon - it's a touch less garish with less white undertones than Candy Yum Yum, but it's a little bit more brilliant with more blue than Rare Exotic mattene (which is the closest comparison, imo), but the formula is spectacular - even if you have dupes, you shouldn't miss it if you love brights.
Flamingo is very adorable too, although I felt like it was a touch too darling and sweet and virginal to require a back up for my tastes. I know, I know...I'm a bad old broad!
It is that great new lustre formula that's more opaque than in the past - the same one as in Semi Precious. In any case, it's far superior for a soft lip look than any of the lipsticks from Naturally, which were all very pretty, but not quite the perfect tones on me. They were just serviceable, rather than sensational, while Flamingo is a color that is above and beyond the norm of soft, gentle colors.
The nail polishes, while not an absolute necessity, are really well matched with the lipsticks. If you feel like having a perfectly coordinated look, SI plus Oriele Orange is so incredibly chic and fun at the same time. Same thing for Toco Toucan with Pink Pigeon. I actually wound up buying Sandpiper, though, because it's the closest nude polish to my skin tone out of all the nude polishes I've seen from MAC and Essie this year - I've been holding out for the perfect mannequin hands and Sandpiper is it for me. I will probably wind up with the other polishes as well, especially Oriele Orange, since I love Scarlet Ibis so much.
As for the eye shadows - Diamond Dove is a fantastic soft matte and very easy to work with. That came home with me along with Early Bird. 'Dunno why people were dissing this one. It's so far beyond Free to Be, which I refused to buy every time it was in a collection even though I loved the color, since it just was a little bitch, application-wise. Meanwhile, Early Bird is just perfect - soft and lovely, with an easily buildable and controllable pigmentation. Remember how I was raving about Aurora on my large, puffy browbones? Well, this is the gorgeous matte coral equivalent. It just brightens up my eyes, rips the years right off and really brings out the green. I think this is a must-have if you have green, hazel or grey eyes and have prominent puffy browbones that most highlight colors are a little too light or too shiny for. I wanted to like Robin's Egg, but the application was a little more demanding than Early Bird, plus it's obviously not as versatile. I might break down and get it plus Silver Gull, which is another beautiful soft color with the sort of sparkle that's more easily managed for older eyes. If you liked that brown Velvet formula shade in the Leopard Luxe quad, it's worth it to take a look, especially if you do well with cool tones on your eyes.
All in all, a very winning collection! The lipsticks are to die for and I am officially gonna grab any more mattes MAC decides to put out in this formula. It's technology at its finest!
Scarlet Ibis!!!! Not only is this a fantastic color....holy s**t is it a phenomenal formula. I've been wearing it all day and let me tell you - it feels light as a feather, as if you're not even wearing any lipstick, it hasn't become drying in the slightest after hours of wear, AND OMG so completely non-transferrable - i just drank a giant glass of water and there isn't even the slightest ring of color deposited around the rim and zero fading or product removed from my lips. ALL IN A MATTE??!!!?? I feel like I went to the Alternate Dimension of Matte Lipsticks! I haven't had a chance to wear Party Parrot or Pink Pigeon all day yet, but if they've got this same formula, it really doesn't matter one jot if you have dupes for them - nothing will stack up to these mattes. I would say it's got all the good features of the mattenes, but with much superior smoothness of application and lasting power. Very psyched! This is about as close to fancy high end lipsticks that go for 3x the price as MAC has managed, other than with Amplifieds.
As for the color, on me - NC15 with green eyes/black hair - it reads more red than orange, but it's the perfect level of vibrant, without being too cartoon-y and it really brings out the green in my eyes. That's a great feature of orange leaning lipsticks for all you green and hazel eyed folks out there. I backed this baby up without a second thought. Between this and Runaway Red, I feel like I've finally got my perfect MAC reds.
Party Parrot is exactly like Impassioned on my skin tone, but again.....this formula is so awesome, it beats Impassioned hands down - and we're talking a color that I've never been without for 10+ years. Same thing goes for Pink Pigeon - it's a touch less garish with less white undertones than Candy Yum Yum, but it's a little bit more brilliant with more blue than Rare Exotic mattene (which is the closest comparison, imo), but the formula is spectacular - even if you have dupes, you shouldn't miss it if you love brights.
Flamingo is very adorable too, although I felt like it was a touch too darling and sweet and virginal to require a back up for my tastes. I know, I know...I'm a bad old broad!
The nail polishes, while not an absolute necessity, are really well matched with the lipsticks. If you feel like having a perfectly coordinated look, SI plus Oriele Orange is so incredibly chic and fun at the same time. Same thing for Toco Toucan with Pink Pigeon. I actually wound up buying Sandpiper, though, because it's the closest nude polish to my skin tone out of all the nude polishes I've seen from MAC and Essie this year - I've been holding out for the perfect mannequin hands and Sandpiper is it for me. I will probably wind up with the other polishes as well, especially Oriele Orange, since I love Scarlet Ibis so much.
As for the eye shadows - Diamond Dove is a fantastic soft matte and very easy to work with. That came home with me along with Early Bird. 'Dunno why people were dissing this one. It's so far beyond Free to Be, which I refused to buy every time it was in a collection even though I loved the color, since it just was a little bitch, application-wise. Meanwhile, Early Bird is just perfect - soft and lovely, with an easily buildable and controllable pigmentation. Remember how I was raving about Aurora on my large, puffy browbones? Well, this is the gorgeous matte coral equivalent. It just brightens up my eyes, rips the years right off and really brings out the green. I think this is a must-have if you have green, hazel or grey eyes and have prominent puffy browbones that most highlight colors are a little too light or too shiny for. I wanted to like Robin's Egg, but the application was a little more demanding than Early Bird, plus it's obviously not as versatile. I might break down and get it plus Silver Gull, which is another beautiful soft color with the sort of sparkle that's more easily managed for older eyes. If you liked that brown Velvet formula shade in the Leopard Luxe quad, it's worth it to take a look, especially if you do well with cool tones on your eyes.
All in all, a very winning collection! The lipsticks are to die for and I am officially gonna grab any more mattes MAC decides to put out in this formula. It's technology at its finest!
elegant-one
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hugs doll!!!
purplerinne
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glad I finally got my Flamingo...my usual store couldn't find the one they had on hold for me so they called another store. so i rush to the other store during rush hour traffic yesterday and they were like oh we can't sell it to you until tomorrow. weird cuz they should've said it when I called that store to see if they even had it. anyways, rushed over there this morning and the store literally has NO parking (i hate the city sometimes)...then get to the store and i wanted to b2m for my Flamingo and they wouldn't let me! they even pulled out the sheet (laminated) from corporate and read it to me. i was like ok this ISN'T special packaging and it states NOWHERE on there about no new collections. ya..i won that fight HAHA i was like call your manager and she was like well that's what he told me...and I told her well if 1 store let's me b2m for new collections all the time why can't you? shall we call corporate?? HAHAHAHA don't mess with a Specktrite =)
rubytitania
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I got my Party Parrot today, along with my Daphne Guinness haul. It's a great colour but it seems really, really close to Impassioned which I have and hardly ever wear. I do agree about the formula of these mattes though - I've been wearing Scarlet Ibis all day and it doesn't feel heavy or drying at all! Someone in the US is trying to get hold of Flamingo for me so hopefully I will have that soon 
Honey&LemonGirl
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Aw mannn... Pink Pigeon is a dupe for Nars Schiap. :\ My black box came today and I whipped my Nars lippie out to compare swatches and they're almost identical. I checked it in all kinds of different lighting. If I'd have to point out a difference, I'd say that PP is the tiniest (and I mean, TINIEST) bit bluer. I guess that's going back to Mac. If any of you missed out on PP, don't be too disappointed.
In better news, the formula of these is amazing. SO smooth and pigmented.
If any of you missed out on PP, don't be too disappointed.In better news, the formula of these is amazing. SO smooth and pigmented.
sephoraholic
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I'm sooo pleased with these lippies! Formula for the matte lipsticks is so smooth and not drying at ALL. Flamingo really looks like a lipstick version of pink lemonade on my lips, SO GORGEOUS. Also, it seems like pink pigeon is the favorite by far (A lot of the MUAs at the Yorkdale location were wearing it and it looked gorgeous on all skin tones, plus it sold out at Sherway by like 1pm-ish!)
elegant-one
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I'm really really liking Sweet Sunrise! I used Flamingo over it & it becomes this lovely lighter soft version of it. Very pretty color.
bambiraptor
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I love my Pink Pigeon on me. Of course, I'd love a backup but it is far toooooo late =(.
sinergy
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so got my lippies today, and PixieDancer, you were right about PP..that sucka is one bright mutha! lol. Its such a pretty color though, I patted some Rose Pigment over it and it looked good..also tried it with just a darker lip liner that was pretty also, seems so bright i dont want to wear a gloss over it unless maybe something sheer and corally? i dunno its very pretty though cant wait to see some combos with it..
also Flamingo...*sigh* I knew this was going to be a winner I am so glad i got it when I did!!!!! It reminded me right away of one of my absolute fave LEs Utterly Frivolous(also a lustre) from Fafi so I swatched them together and sure enoug they are pretty close, Flamingo is just a little lighter and brighter and UF is a bit deeper..I think thats what drew me to Flamingo though this is going to be an awesome color to wear with purples, pinks, greens, blues..I cant wait!!!
also Flamingo...*sigh* I knew this was going to be a winner I am so glad i got it when I did!!!!! It reminded me right away of one of my absolute fave LEs Utterly Frivolous(also a lustre) from Fafi so I swatched them together and sure enoug they are pretty close, Flamingo is just a little lighter and brighter and UF is a bit deeper..I think thats what drew me to Flamingo though this is going to be an awesome color to wear with purples, pinks, greens, blues..I cant wait!!!
Face2Mac
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I wore Pink Pigeon to CVS today. I matched the Always Ultra Thin with Flex-Wings packaging. Love it.
sinergy
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Richelle83
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Party Parrot stains BIG time! Now I want to wear Scarlet and see what that does, but it will have to wait until tomorrow.
SMMY
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Quote: Originally Posted by PixieDancer
I HAVE to ask... Where will all of you wear these bright lipsticks!?????
My birthday suit, of course.
I was naughty and ordered Party Parrot last night along with Aurora pigment. I blame the funny prescription cough syrup I took before placing said order.
I HAVE to ask... Where will all of you wear these bright lipsticks!?????
My birthday suit, of course.
I was naughty and ordered Party Parrot last night along with Aurora pigment. I blame the funny prescription cough syrup I took before placing said order.
