Today I went super early at the store and bought Scarlet Ibis lippie and Forever Marilyn bp. The bp is gorgeous!
I'm so glad that I bought it because it feels like I'm glowing in the spotlight or something (I'm NW20 for reference). It didn't felt chalky or super powdery. The MUA gushed about how it looked lovely on me. I won't buy a backup of the bp because where I live, it's pretty much of a heatwave 24/7-365 days and it's one of those items that will last for a long while in my drawer. However, I don't discourage anyone who's backing it up because it's really an amazing product and it
may not be re-promoted due to the name, unless they do but by another name.
I tried the other red lipsticks (Love Goddess, Charmed, I'm Sure, and Deeply Adored) in the store and here's my small review about them:
Scarlet Ibis was just as I excepted, orange and red toned, and tbh I'm a sucker for those kinds of shades. It was an instant buy for me.
Surprisingly, Love Goddess turned out pink on me instead of red. No berry nor red tones on me. It reminded me of Impassioned but darker, muted, and less bright. I don't know if it has anything to do with my pigmented lips, but it still looked gorgeous. However, I don't know if I should truly skip it or just buy it once and for all since it's still available at the store and at Macy's atm. I hope it's still around at least by Tuesday so that I can buy it if I ever make my mind up.
Charmed, I'm Sure looked like a standard red to me, but the MUA thought it looked gorgeous on me. Even though I agreed with her, it still didn't gave me the "oomph" to buy it since I have Russian Red and I thought it looked alike.
Deeply Adored was sold out in the store and the MUA told me that they were probably not going to be re-stocked since everything was going fast. I tried the sample of Deeply Adored and at first I was a bit shocked because I've never worn a dark red lipstick before, but it looked really cool and quite vampy the more I looked at the mirror and felt comfortable. The MUA told me that Deeply Adored is still available at the Macy's, but unfortunately I'm quite tight in money and I get payed next week.
If I had at least $20 atm, I would've gone to Macy's and buy that lipstick because it looks like something that may not be re-promoted soon. Maybe I can convince a friend of mine if he can buy me the lipstick tonight, but I'm not sure how that will go and if it's still available at Macy's.
I didn't try the blushes because I wasn't interested in them, but according to the MUA, The Perfect Cheek seems to be the hot pick on that collection along with the lipglosses, and Deeply Adored lipstick. There were running low on the lipglasses, bp (they are probably sold out by now or tomorrow), one of the eyeshadows (I forgot which one it was but it was one of the lighter shades), and many of the lipsticks except for Charmed, I'm Sure and Love Goddess. However, I doubt that most of the items will be on stock at the stores since the MAC store and the one at Macy's are usually full during the night and on weekends.
The MUA told me that the collection was released yesterday in the store (there's only one MAC store in my country, two if the Macy's one is included), which really surprised me, but not many people knew about it. People only knew once they saw the Marilyn promotion poster in the store and asked if they could buy from the collection. That's how Deeply Adored lipstick sold out super fast that day. I forgot to ask if they did a pre-sale of the collection.