MAC Punk Couture Collection (December 26, 2013)

[pleasantmacabre]

 

[matchachoco]

OK NO MORE NEED FOR BOOB TALK (although I sure could add a few giant boob sagas of my own here) PUNK COUTURE INFO IS GO. All right, I got to see swatches and descriptions of the collection today. Strap yourselves in before proceeding. No arms or legs out of the compartment at all times. THERE ARE TWO PURPLE LIPSTICKS IN THIS COLLECTION. Plus the black and the red. Yes, that's right. There are two. One is straight up grape purple. Not blue violet, but not reddish or magenta-ish or any of that sh-t. GRAPE. It's just insanely beautiful. Then, there is a more red purple. It's still 100% purple. It's less red than something like Strong Woman, and it's not like Violetta at all. It's basically the color Heroine would be if it was brighter and clearer and a little less dark. Also, possibly a teeny bit  more purple than even Heroine. This one is called Instigator, which I remembered because I think that's a very cool name. I'd call it what Heroine looks like in the tube. The other purple (forgetting the name) is so beautiful too. Again, these are nice clear colors that are rich and deep, but not dark only because someone put a ton of black into the pigment mix. They are deep due to beautifulness and careful color mix, not due to a bunch of black. Very vibrant. All these instagram photos basically make them all look like poo poo caca doo doo compared to the paper swatches, so prepare your wallets big time. Both purples and the red are retro mattes. The black is listed as retro matte in the book, but they just got a memo from upstairs saying it's actually going to be a matte. I was delighted to hear this, because a matte black will be infinitely more modern and awesome to an old 80's/90's gal like me than a retro matte black, which would be way too flat and heavy. The red, btw, is really gorgeous and again, is not so blackened as all these photos might lead us to believe. It's not a brown or wine base like FOD and it's not purplish or berry like TTT. It is RED. It's a clearer neutral red than Absolute Power. We honestly have seen a lot of reds but this one isn't like any of them - not blue based like Runaway Red, not bright and pink like Ronnie Red. More glowing and bright and rich than Deeply Adored or Charmed I'm Sure, which are much more retro style, classic reds than this one. I can't wait to try it on my lips. It will be very intense. The black is looking great too - it's not too warm, but it doesn't pull blue either. Just straight neutral black. Very thrilled. There are 3 cremesheen glasses. They're all less sheer than the glimmer glasses from Style Black but two are similar - there's a sheerish black with subtle pink sparkle, a sheer-ish black with I want to say silver sparkle (but it might have been gold and I'm spazzing out - I'm 85% sure it was silver) and a non-sparkly, much more opaque straight black (MAJOR LOVE THERE). The sheer ones are on the sheer side for csg, but still not quite as sheer as the glimmerglasses. There are also 3 pigments - one perm one that's escaping me right now, Magenta Madness is back and then there's a new one that's described as a flat, bright chartreuse. That is going to be awesome. There were a couple more descriptors for the chartreuse one (matte? yellow?) I can't quite recall, but yeah, we're in business. There's also a quad that's made up of some semi-beloved repromotes plus carbon, lol; all in the smokey purple zone. Maybe there was one color that wasn't a repromote. Idol Eyes is in there and also Magic Moor. It's out the 26th. Serious LOVE. We were tripping out in a huge way.

Thank you SOOOO much for the info!! I'm gonna have to keep the mac website open on my browser from now until NYE just to be safe!!

 

[ForeverJenn]

:thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: :thud: Every single lipstick will be backed up + all the Csg's! I might've just died and gone to heaven

 

[Corally]

Itsbcuzirock, U ROCK BIG TIME!! Is Hautecore really black or a really dark purple? All the lippies are breathtaking. :drools:

 

[itsbcuzirock]

My Faves!

 

[matchachoco]

Oh my gosh, the PICTURES! I'm so behind! Itsbcuzirock, thank you! PURPLE.

 

[Dolly Snow]

Every single lipstick looks amazing! Will be BU for sure! Thank you so much for the pictures!

 

[itsbcuzirock]

Is Hautecore really black or a really dark purple? All the lippies are breathtaking.

A really dark stunning vampy purple!

 

[Corally]

Itsbcuzirock, U ROCK BIG TIME!! Is Hautecore really black or a really dark purple? All the lippies are breathtaking. :drools:

A really dark stunning vampy purple!

AWESOME. TEAM ALL THE LIPPIES!! And I NEVER want all the lippies from one collection. Btw, No Apologies looks so pretty too and I think I need it in my life. And I'm NOT even a gloss gal! I'm sooo excited!

 

[princessjest]

HOLY.COW.

 

[StrongWoman]

Punk Couture :cheer: ompom:

You rock!!!!

 

[BuickMackane]

Me + punk coture =

You're lucky. In my case it's more like "Me + Every MAC Collection"

 

[Copperhead]

itsbcuzirock you are the bombdotcom! Can't wait to see swatches.

 

[KMQE716]

*Shouts out loud* take me to glory!

 

[TwistedFaith]

Itsbcuzirock rocks!!! Thanks so much for the pics! I will be gettin ALL lipsticks, every last one of those suckers. No Apologies and Dark Outsider CSG's too. I love the names of the products as well! I can't wait for 12/26!

 

[pinkpaint]

Thanks so much, itsbcuzirock! Your pics/swatches are always such a huge help

Is there really no black lipstick? We've seen so many instagram pics of black lips and Liba's description. That's a little disappointing. Other than that I'm still excited.

 

[SavannahLovely]

You are amazing itsbcuzirock!!!!! I want the two purple and red, and that's it! Thank goodness this is a small haul, more money for Magnetic Nude!

 

[jennyap]

Itsbcuzirock you are awesome, thank you! Looke like I won't be able to skip this after all. No Apologies and Instigator will be mine, maybe Studded Kiss too.

 

[Audrey C]

Well, shit. You just did me in, girl.

I NEED that purple CSG. And at least a couple of those lippies. And I was SKIPPING this one.

I'm also getting sucked into Magnetic Nudes. The coral EDSF, Superb, that red-brick CSG.

You do know I don't have room for any of this crap, right? Sigh. Well, my birthday is right after Christmas. What the hell.

Swatches please.

 

[itsbcuzirock]

Thanks so much, itsbcuzirock! Your pics/swatches are always such a huge help

Is there really no black lipstick? We've seen so many instagram pics of black lips and Liba's description. That's a little disappointing. Other than that I'm still excited.

Hautecouture is the darkest, I just swatched it, but it`s not totally black, I see some dark purple in it, I will get you girls swatches soon