MAC - Falling In Love Again

[Richelle83]

LyseD suggested that we have a thread talking about past collections/singular items that were once forgotten but now are being loved again.

Thanks NinaInHouston for the title help!

So here it is, tell us what are some old MAC collections/items that are back in regular rotation!

 

[lyseD]

I've been using some older MAC because I have seriously cut back this year and to tell the truth I'm loving it.

I forgot how may gorgeous things I have.

Yesterday was cornflower blue pigment -- I think it's been 18 months at least since I pulled this beauty out.

 

[pemily]

Mine isn't old but because I buy so much all the time things get unused. I wore silly lipstick last night loved it! It was sitting in a box for 6 weeks! So wearable and unique!

 

[singer82]

Its hard to say cause I'm constantly rotating what I use in my stash. But I do want to start using my Posh Paradise paint pots more before they go bad. I've barely touched them since I got them. And still got a few other p/p's and the Gareth Pugh X-metal shadows that are sitting in the fridge waiting to be used. Bad me!

I've been using some older MAC because I have seriously cut back this year and to tell the truth I'm loving it. I forgot how may gorgeous things I have. Yesterday was cornflower blue pigment -- I think it's been 18 months at least since I pulled this beauty out.

Oooo I love that piggy! It's one if my favs, it's so purty

 

[lyseD]

Oooo I love that piggy! It's one if my favs, it's so purty

I have a purple from Posh Paradise too -- I need to wear it again.

edit - half wild, I just looked it up.

 

[chola]

I love old MAC items. I started with MAC 4 years ago and two years ago i started to collect very very old items-back from early 2000 and 90ties.

I m more excited when i can get hold of an old mac item which i tried to get for an long time than an new MAC LE item.

Anyone else who collect really old MAC stuff?

 

[Copperhead]

I came across something this week that I keep forgetting I have. Violet Lipmix. Since I found it I wore it at least three times this week on top of NYX's Prune lip pencil.

 

[Mizani]

Within the past year I got a new appreciation for my MAC Charred Red Lipstick. When I first got it, I thought it was just okay. I wore it once every now and then and eventually neglected it for like a couple of years. Then last year I rediscovered it and now think it is great! If I knew then what I know now, I would have bought a 2nd one before it was discontinued. And since it was a PRO lipstick, not that many of them are in circulation like on eBay for purchase.

 

[jsparkle]

Its hard to say cause I'm constantly rotating what I use in my stash. But I do want to start using my Posh Paradise paint pots more before they go bad. I've barely touched them since I got them. And still got a few other p/p's and the Gareth Pugh X-metal shadows that are sitting in the fridge waiting to be used. Bad me! Oooo I love that piggy! It's one if my favs, it's so purty

Does the fridge really help preserve?!!

 

[Audrey C]

I've been buying MAC for 20 years, but until I went on my binge last year I mainly just bought a few lippies and an occasional quad and used them up. My oldest items are a couple of years old, so I don't feel like anything is ancient. The official shelf life on lippies is 2 years but I've never had one go bad, even when I've used it for 3 or 4 years.

I'm quite proud of myself for scaling back my buying so much in 2013: Shell Pearl, Once Upon a Time and Aztec Brick from YOTS, Flatter Me and Oh, Oh, Oh from AG's, Definitely Defined, Fiery Impact and Opalesse from ED2, Heroine and Ablaze from Fashion Sets, Eclair from BB, Bare My Soul Quad, Caliente and Feel My Pulse from TR, Adored, Fever Isle and Narcissus and two HG items from Erine - Marine Life and My Paradise. Twentiesh items - lots to those who don't love makeup but very sane compared to last year's damage. I don't count items like foundation/tinted moisturizer, primers, mascara or powder since they're staples and get replaced regularly. I just got back from the US and stocked up on all of these while there.

As for falling in love again, I'll always love Viva Glam 1. I can understand why they're relaunching it for a whole new generation. I remember the launch - it was my first ever MAC purchase. I also wore all my EDES again in a single week - still love those. I've been working on rotating my makeup all year since I'd only tried some items a handful of times. Apart from some bright e/s and lip pies that I don't wear often but am happy to have for when I want them (they get called into service for performance makeup for my daughter and her friends), I try to make sure most items get regular love. I do have some blush that I almost never reach for and could probably let go of:

Early Morning
Plum Foolery
Fleet Fast
NARS Joie de Vivre Palette

I'll make an effort to pull these out more this fall. If they don't get more use, I'm purging them. I'll give my youngest the NARS palette and hand over the other items for my 18 year-old's friends. Every time I do a trimming of my collection my daughter puts a pic on one of her Facebook groups and it's like feeding time at the shark tank. LOL

I love my collection but like it even better when I keep things to what I really enjoy.

 

[lyseD]

I've been buying MAC for 20 years, but until I went on my binge last year I mainly just bought a few lippies and an occasional quad and used them up. My oldest items are a couple of years old, so I don't feel like anything is ancient. The official shelf life on lippies is 2 years but I've never had one go bad, even when I've used it for 3 or 4 years.

I'm quite proud of myself for scaling back my buying so much in 2013: Shell Pearl, Once Upon a Time and Aztec Brick from YOTS, Flatter Me and Oh, Oh, Oh from AG's, Definitely Defined, Fiery Impact and Opalesse from ED2, Heroine and Ablaze from Fashion Sets, Eclair from BB, Bare My Soul Quad, Caliente and Feel My Pulse from TR, Adored, Fever Isle and Narcissus and two HG items from Erine - Marine Life and My Paradise. Twentiesh items - lots to those who don't love makeup but very sane compared to last year's damage. I don't count items like foundation/tinted moisturizer, primers, mascara or powder since they're staples and get replaced regularly. I just got back from the US and stocked up on all of these while there.

As for falling in love again, I'll always love Viva Glam 1. I can understand why they're relaunching it for a whole new generation. I remember the launch - it was my first ever MAC purchase. I also wore all my EDES again in a single week - still love those. I've been working on rotating my makeup all year since I'd only tried some items a handful of times. Apart from some bright e/s and lip pies that I don't wear often but am happy to have for when I want them (they get called into service for performance makeup for my daughter and her friends), I try to make sure most items get regular love. I do have some blush that I almost never reach for and could probably let go of:

Early Morning
Plum Foolery
Fleet Fast
NARS Joie de Vivre Palette

I'll make an effort to pull these out more this fall. If they don't get more use, I'm purging them. I'll give my youngest the NARS palette and hand over the other items for my 18 year-old's friends. Every time I do a trimming of my collection my daughter puts a pic on one of her Facebook groups and it's like feeding time at the shark tank. LOL

I love my collection but like it even better when I keep things to what I really enjoy.

Hmm, think I'll start doing that.

 

[OctoberViolet]

I just pulled out my Mattene lipstick in Deliciously Forbidden. I know it's not that old, but I forgot how much I love mattenes. I hope MAC will come out with some new ones soon.

 

[Lipstickdiva420]

Today I'm wearing Ravishing lipstick which I haven't worn since last year lol and I forgot how great of a nude lipstick it is.

 

[CydYoshi]

My first MAC lipstick was "Patisserie". I found it a few weeks ago when I was tidying up my stuff...
I had forgotten how beautiful the color was. This is still a beautiful color (swatched on my hand) but it smells weird now.

 

[lyseD]

My first MAC lipstick was "Patisserie". I found it a few weeks ago when I was tidying up my stuff...
I had forgotten how beautiful the color was. This is still a beautiful color (swatched on my hand) but it smells weird now.

Patisserie is on my wish list, it looks so lovely.

 

[Lipstickdiva420]

I would never have guessed Ravishing to be a nude.
I have that one too, haven't worn it in forever.

Patisserie is on my wish list, it looks so lovely.

It does have color to it, but on me it looks like it could be in the nude family.

 

[katred]

Every time I wear "Desire" lipstick, I'm reminded of all the things that I really like about Mac. I've gone through many tubes of that shade and I never want to be without it. To me, it's a perfect autumn colour that's deep and dark on the one hand, but has some translucency, so it doesn't get to that full-on vamp level of more opaque shades. I have to stop myself from using Manila Paper more often as well. It's a gorgeous warm highlighter- I find it much easier to use than Nylon, which looks too frosty on my eyes.

 

[lyseD]

Just looked up Desire swatches. It is beautiful and it might work on me because it's sheer.

Thanks katred

 

[MissKittie]

I have NEVER worn my Violetta lipstick since I purchased it three years ago when the Venomous Villains collection came out! I was just sooooo caught up in the hype of that collection that I just had to buy everything that came with it. I ended up selling the things that I didn't wear. Anyway, I wore Violetta last week with Currant lipliner and BOOM! I'm in love! I have over 100 MAC lipsticks and I'm trying to start wearing all of them

 

[liba]

I found my ancient tube of Isis a little while ago while going through some boxes of random stuff. That one is definitely going back into the rotation when we get into fall/winter. I think it's going to look great with Zestful on the eyes.