RiRi Hearts MAC Summer Collection (June 18, 2013)

NaomiH

NaomiH

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internetchick said:
Yeah, it's killing me. How am I supposed to know if I need 6 or 12 of each? ;P
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I know right!
 
lilinah

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lilinah said:
There was a time when Revlon was about where MAC is today, in terms of quality (at the time) and market.
Back in MY day. Mid-late 70's, early 80's when I was a young girl trying to get her first taste of makeup (gloss, shadow).
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I have a rather worn but still excellent makeup brush - fairly large paddle brush with a lacquered wooden handle and all natural hairs. Revlon - late 60s or early 70s. The best lip brush i own is Revlon - in a luxurious looking "gold" container - it's retractable - slide the lid on the bottom and it pushes the brush up, take it off and the brush slides down.

I know that the quality wasn't quite so good by the 80s, compared to department store brands. Before then European brands weren't so readily available in the US.
 
lilinah

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lilinah said:
stila $22 Right. They are NOT a luxury brand so they shouldn't try to start pricing themselves as if they were. Before you know it they'll be $20, then $22, then $25. I'm not expecting things to stay the same because I know prices go up, the cost of living, all of that. But will the prices go up while the brand stays the same?
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Well, they aren't priced like a luxury brand, they're priced like mid-range brands (available at sephora) i left in my quote. The real luxury brands are nearly twice as much or more than MAC. I own a couple higher end lipsticks (in the $30+ range), but i'm not convinced the ones i have are worth twice as much as a MAC lipstick. And I'm really not ready to fork out $50 or more for a Guerlain,Tom Ford, Sisley, La Prairie, or Cle de Peau lipstick. It'll take some seriously detailed information to convince me that one Cle de Peau is really worth 3 or 4 MACs.
 
lilinah

lilinah

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Quote: Originally Posted by Dimmie Arnold
I honestly don't think so, atm I think AUD $50 is US $48 or something similar, and from what I understand the average salary is similar.
The key reason is importing charges ): Majority of the big companies don't have factories here so they're all made overseas and sent here ): It's ridiculous MAC lipsticks are $36, Blush is $42, e/s is $28. Even drugstore brands are pricey ($22 for Revlon lip butters, $30-40 on average for maybelline, revlon, rimmel etc foundations) it sucks!!! ):



Usually governments also levy import duties or taxes, so those could also be contributing to the insane prices outside the US and Canada.
 
Copperhead

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lilinah said:
I have a rather worn but still excellent makeup brush - fairly large paddle brush with a lacquered wooden handle and all natural hairs. Revlon - late 60s or early 70s. The best lip brush i own is Revlon - in a luxurious looking "gold" container - it's retractable - slide the lid on the bottom and it pushes the brush up, take it off and the brush slides down.

I know that the quality wasn't quite so good by the 80s, compared to department store brands. Before then European brands weren't so readily available in the US.
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Wow. You still have it? That's likely because you've taken really good care of it.
 
butterflyeyes

butterflyeyes

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lilinah said:
I have a rather worn but still excellent makeup brush - fairly large paddle brush with a lacquered wooden handle and all natural hairs. Revlon - late 60s or early 70s. The best lip brush i own is Revlon - in a luxurious looking "gold" container - it's retractable - slide the lid on the bottom and it pushes the brush up, take it off and the brush slides down.

I know that the quality wasn't quite so good by the 80s, compared to department store brands. Before then European brands weren't so readily available in the US.
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I think the oldest brush I have is my Prescriptives foundation brush...I've had that for 16 years! I thought that was pretty good but you definitely have me beat!
 
Serenityy

Serenityy

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Hey all. I'm currently visiting family in Jamaica. I finally got some wifi down here so I won't miss out on this collection after all :) However I do need some advice. I brought a few of my lipsticks down here to wear, including my beloved RiRi Woo. I noticed all of my lipsticks are sweating, this is probably due to the fact we have no AC and it's 90 degrees here. Did I goof up bringing my make up here? Is there a way preserve my lipsticks? I thought of leaving them in the fridge but I'm not sure how long I should do so. Thanks in advance!
 
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