MAC Alluring Aquatic Collection (May 22, 2014)

[Genn]

I blame you for me buying the new Too Faced melted lipsticks. Yup. It's your fault!

Did you get the Fig one? I'm drawn to that one but I haven't seen them in person.

 

[jchait]

Are the melted lippies awesome? I've heard a few good things about them, but I know they're fairly new as well. I want to know about longetivity!

 

[MissElle12]

Well poop. I just got my b/u Lorelei & Legendary Lure shadows in...and LL fell RIGHT OUT of the pan as soon as I opened the damn thing!

BOO!

Happened to me too! I was all excited because the MAC counter at my job released the collection 3 weeks early and I ran and got FD...as soon as I got back to my desk I opened it and it fell right out the pan.

Some other specktrettes mentioned EDES have a tendency to do that, especially over time.

Luckily I was able to return it...and like an addict I bought it again 2 weeks later when it launched online!

 

[jenise]

You should submit a formal email complaint with their customer service.  I did that when Talk That Talk came out because a Nordies told me they had it in the store ready for launch the next morning, so I drove an hour away to that store only to be the first person in line and find out that they did not actually receive their shipment.  I emailed them about my disdain and they actually forwarded the email to the manager of the local store who in turn called and emailed me numerous times explaining what happened.  She got a hold of a TTT two weeks later and mailed it to me free of charge!  Their customer service is usually pretty on point, so I would try sending a formal complaint.

Thanks for the idea! I'll try that

 

[smileyt06]

I don't feel bad for her. She didn't do her homework, and now she's wasting a ton of product because of it. She's an idiot. I blame you for me buying the new Too Faced melted lipsticks. Yup. It's your fault! :haha:

Ahahahhaha you know we have to spend, spend, spend lol

 

[Pretty Honeybee]

Here's SS on me! Ignore the bitchface. That's what bitchy cousins do to me!

Perfection! SS compliments you so well Dolly. Your hair is just beautiful!

Using my new eyeshadows today! Legendary Lure in the crease and outer edge, and Silver Sun on the lid, with a little bit of Modern Pewter and Omega to blend it out. Love it! Also, popped a tiny bit of Sea Me Hear Me and Delphic on .

You look beautiful! The eyeshadows are so pretty!

Was playing around with Pet Me Please and different liners to see what I came up with (I like it alone but I'm a tweaker lol). This was one of my fave mixes. PMP with Lasting Sensation lip pencil

This is a nice combo. I liked it alone as well.

 

[Dolly Snow]

This is a nice combo. I liked it alone as well.

Thank you

 

[abbygal]

Well I'm convinced, Sirens Song is a must have for me!

 

[CrimsonQuill157]

I finally caught up with the thread!!

So many gorgeous swatches! I am ignoring the hype for Siren Song... lol.

 

[Dolly Snow]

So after hearing from my uncle again, he told me they won't know know anything till tomorrow.
So as a stress breaker I am heading to my counter......
Going to swatch and see if I need anything else!
If nothing catches my eye, I will be backing up SS!
I am literally in love with this lippie!

 

[Dolly Snow]

I finally caught up with the thread!!

So many gorgeous swatches! I am ignoring the hype for Siren Song... lol.

Lol girl stop playing and give into the hype

 

[walkingdead]

I'm going to post my other swatches in the swatch thread, but if wanted to post this here for some of you who are having bad days. Look closely- I have a tiny black kitty in my fingers! Just being silly.

LOL!

 

[Kristin Bacon]

I got Siren Song at the last min while ordering online from Macys and im so glad i did. I wore over half of my altered beige from temp rising last summer, so i knew i would love this type. i love it with clear water over it, and with what comes naturally lip liner. i think if u dont like that kind of shade your jus not gonna get the hype, and if u dont like it dont waste ur money, cuz there are so many lipsticks in the sea lol.

 

[abbygal]

YES! You must! It is approved by me lol  IKR! I saw how beautiful it looks on you & just ordered it!

 

[lipstickaddict]

LOL! Thanks for the laugh---the swatches are awesome too! Let us know what you think of SS when you get it

 

[abbygal]

I got Siren Song at the last min while ordering online from Macys and im so glad i did. I wore over half of my altered beige from temp rising last summer, so i knew i would love this type. i love it with clear water over it, and with what comes naturally lip liner. i think if u dont like that kind of shade your jus not gonna get the hype, and if u dont like it dont waste ur money, cuz there are so many lipsticks in the sea lol.

Lipsticks in the sea, haha!

 

[Pretty Honeybee]

Dummy forgot to put the names lol left to right Tarte Blushing Bride, Milani Fantastico Mauve, Mac feeling Flush, Mac Plum foolery, and Mac SMHM sorry

Very nice swatches!

If I would get a penny for every SS that has been sold... :sigh:

SS is beautiful....:eyelove:

Goddess of the Sea and AS on my cheeks in person AS is more rosy!

Beautiful you are woman!

Aargh! Now i'm "only" 700 messages behind. I give up. (throws hands up into the air, then catches them) So i got to my local MAC this AM around 9:15. I was the first one there. Whew! But, what do i see? The Allluring Aquatic display is already out! And some of the slots are not filled? How can this be? Another woman shows up around 9:30. She's on her cell. She walks to the door and peers in, then crankily asks when it opens. She's in front of the sign on the door that tells the hours. I say, "10 AM." She gets even crankier, "Why can't the open sooner?" Then she goes to sit in her car and wait. I'm still sitting out in the cold and i left my hot coffee in my car. What was i thinking? A young woman shows up and sits not far from me on the bench, face down into her cell phone - i think she's Facebooking, but i'm not sure. I recognize a MAC SA coming down the street. She recognizes me and says "Hi!"... then she tells me that the collection went on sale YESTERDAY!!!! Wednesday! Yesterday!?!?! I hope they aren't sold out of anything i want... Maybe that explains all the empty slots in the display... Why didn't know!?!?!? I make the face in the Edvard Munch painting, "The Scream". It's not much different from the face Macaulay Culkin made in "Home Alone". I feel a faint sense of panic. I have been Low Buying all year so far - skipping some collections, buying one or 2 things from others. I get out my cell phone and check Alluring Aquatic stock at Nordstrom, Macy's, Bloomingdales, maccosmetics.com. Nearly everything is sold out, even the nail polish i want!!! Another young woman arrives to wait in the cloudy cold. Finally it's 10, the doors open, and i rush in waving my list. My intention is to have the SA pull the stuff, then i'll swatch and put a bunch of it back. The cranky woman who was on her cell comes in after everyone else. The young women are swatching. She's still on her cell, and she is even crankier. In a loud and crotchety voice she complains that she was there ahead of everyone but me (which is true) and she *demands* to be waited on. And she is still on her cell. Meanwhile my SA is pulling my stuff and I am swatching lipsticks and lipglosses and AS ED bronzer. I make one change - i ask her to put Water Deities back and get me Seductive Sound instead. Otherwise, i don't ask her to put anything back, and i buy waaaaaaay too much beautiful stuff -- think i may even have gotten the last Aphrodite's Shell, which will work on my neutral toned skin. Except for one thing... they were OUT of Fathoms Deep ED e/s. Nooooo! Aargh! But the SA is sweet and calls another MAC counter. They have Fathoms Deep, but they won't hold anything because it's a new collection. It's about a 30 minute drive there at best - and today is not the best. There's plenty of crazy traffic. I finally see the mall but i take the wrong exit, because i've never gone to that mall. I drive around looking for it, for what feels like a long time, through suburban style residential neighborhoods. Finally, i see some businesses and, in desperation, i enter a fast food drive-thru and ask the girl who takes orders how to get to the mall. I'm sure it isn't far away. She sounds a bit puzzled by my request, but she tells me. Meanwhile i have to wait for the guy in front of me in the giant pickup truck to get his order. I finally get to the mall and find the Macy's. I park near a door. But there's a sign on the door saying for MAC Alluring Aquatic people should line up at another door far far away. I walk into that door anyway, through the men's wear dept., through most of the cosmetic department and finally see the MAC counter. They want to help me. They want me to buy more, more! All i want is Fathoms Deep and i get it. The traffic is still crazy in the other direction going back. Fathoms Deep is beautiful. Still I suspect it may not have been worth driving through crazy traffic for a total of about 70 miles.

Oh lilinah what a day for you! The things makeup makes us do! I'm glad you were able to get Fathoms Deep after that fiasco!

 

[Dolly Snow]

Oh yay! lol glad I could help

 

[Dolly Snow]

Oh lilinah what a day for you! The things makeup makes us do! I'm glad you were able to get Fathoms Deep after that fiasco!

Thank you!

 

[Pretty Honeybee]

Thank you! 

Your welcome.