MAC Alluring Aquatic Collection (May 22, 2014)

mousygiggles

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I am glad too. I was at mac earlier and some girls were talking about AA and how temptalia reviewed the lipsticks. All of them said SS is a mess and they hate it thanks to her review. That it wasn't for them lol and I laughed to myself and whistled away.....muhahaha mine mine mine all mine
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Yeah buddy. I am backing it up. Hopefully.
 

lipstickaddict

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LADIES!

I need your help/advice. I ordered on Thursday morning on the Canadian MAC site when the collection launched and got two lippies and a shadow. I wanted to buy two more shadows and a gloss, but I wanted to do that at the store so that I could use my gift cards (HBC/store GCs).

I haven't rec'd my shipping confirmation yet and it's a long weekend here as Monday is a holiday, so it seems I won't get my confirmation until next week now. Yet, MAC confirmed on FB that they are launching the collection on Monday at HBC stores (MAC Counters in dept. stores) on May 19th, Monday.

During Punk Couture I ordered Instigator on Dec 26th and it was shipped on JANUARY 10th!!! YES. I know. Ridiculous. When I rec'd it, it was broken and I had to return it and pay for postage. More ridiculousness. I was not impressed.

I'm nervous about waiting for them to ship it. If I miss the launch in stores next week and my stuff is broken/sold out from my online order, I'll be pissed.

What to do??!???? I don't know if I can cancel my order or not. I don't have a lot of online ordering experience with LE collections.
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I'm so sorry that this happened! I would say buy in store too so that you can make sure you get what you want. Did you call your local department store about the launch? I just did, and they said it was launching on the 22nd (this is at the Bay), but I just called back and they are looking into it. They also said that they received limited stock and to make sure I was there at opening---how stressful is that!

I really hope that you get what you want and that it all works out! And yes, you can call and try to cancel your order if it hasn't shipped.
 

allthingsglam

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I am married but it is ok. Husband type is here and said I can look and dream. I think he still has a man crush on GB too from 300.
hehe I always say nothing wrong with looking when I was married I could care less if my husband looked at a beautiful women because I sure looked not stare my husband wasnt having that lol at a fine man and he had to be to die for because my husband was so fine
 

ILoveMakeup84

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a look I did today with golden bronzer on my cheeks, loreli, silver sun, and legendary lure on my eyes and clearwater on my lips... Let me just say these eyeshadows are a dream to work with and so stunning in person no regrets at all! And I know everyone bashes on golden bronzer but its perfect for nc15.
 

pretty_melody

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a look I did today with golden bronzer on my cheeks, loreli, silver sun, and legendary lure on my eyes and clearwater on my lips... Let me just say these eyeshadows are a dream to work with and so stunning in person no regrets at all! And I know everyone bashes on golden bronzer but its perfect for nc15. <3
Why hello new IG friend You rock it all girl!
 

Dominique33

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hehe I always say nothing wrong with looking when I was married I could care less if my husband looked at a beautiful women because I sure looked not stare my husband wasnt having that lol at a fine man and he had to be to die for because my husband was so fine
Wise and true. I am a very jealous woman so..... To me looking at other women meant cheating. Sad, I know.
 

Mac-Guy

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Amen, so AS is much safer in store and from the department store launches.
I'm not even sure how one can track how long a product lasts/fades. What are the parameters? There are so many factors that need to be considered: activities during the day, lighting (is the light under which you are "trying" to see when it faded consistent throughout the day, how does your moisturizer performing with the product that you are reviewing, etc. I could make a VERY long list.

But as you said correctly, AS will be much safer in store (and hopefully Lorelei too).
 

veronikawithak

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Well, this time she really did me a favor. Chapeau! Piling on SS - and by doing so making it look like a frosty mess - allowed my favorite Specktrettes to order SS without the fear of selling out in a few minutes like some of the other lippies. I'm sure that her die-hard fan base wouldn't wear SS after her swatch. I really see the bright side here: bad T swatch = bad review = more products for me.
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Thanks for the recommendation on that by the way. I ordered one after I read your review and saw everyone's pics.
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mousygiggles

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Wise and true. I am a very jealous woman so..... To me looking at other women meant cheating. Sad, I know.
I was like that when I was a lot younger, then I realized it was ok and a waste of my time to try to stop it and that it meant more if he looked and did not touch rather than to never be tempted.
 

pretty_melody

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Well, this time she really did me a favor. Chapeau! Piling on SS - and by doing so making it look like a frosty mess - allowed my favorite Specktrettes to order SS without the fear of selling out in a few minutes like some of the other lippies. I'm sure that her die-hard fan base wouldn't wear SS after her swatch. I really see the bright side here: bad T swatch = bad review = more products for me.
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I'm excited that this lipstick has become like "The insider HG" more for us!
 

mousygiggles

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I'm not even sure how one can track how long a product lasts/fades. What are the parameters? There are so many factors that need to be considered: activities during the day, lighting (is the light under which you are "trying" to see when it faded consistent throughout the day, how does your moisturizer performing with the product that you are reviewing, etc. I could make a VERY long list.

But as you said correctly, AS will be much safer in store (and hopefully Lorelei too).
Exactly. there are too many factors to determine an accurate wear time, especially over other things. Oh well, I am just glad it helps us out in the end.
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Debbs

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I agree that a lot of Temptalia's review on Mac products now seem to be harsh and mostly against the brand versus for it. I frankly do think that she has some unrealistic expectations and possibly compares Mac products the same quality of the luxury brands that she has become accostomed to. I may be wrong but please don't "Mac attack me". A old saying is "take it with a grain of salt" meaning read, look then make your own decision based on all the gathered evidence. It is also highly misleading that some bloggers for are just plain happy and content with everything. A fun review is always good and entertaining but everything cannot be so perfect either. When in doubt, try it for yourself, if you can. Happy to have combined opinions, reviews and feedback with early swatches etc!!! One can never please all the people all the time.
 
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