MAC Veluxe A Trois Collection (August 13, 2015)

pixi

pixi

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rachelizabethx said:
I got it because of you, thank you! I also picked up a cucumber Fix+. I'm gonna feel so freshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Also can someone please tell me how you pronounce Heaux? Is it like hoe, or whore, either way they're both kinda taboo to brag about? Or like you're about to be sick kind wretch-noise..? So many negative connotations for such a pretty lipstick.. :shock:
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yay! glad to hear it :) i almost picked up a rose fix+ but my cart was too full. maybe I'll grab one in store.
 
montREALady

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GreenEyedAllie said:
Gotcha! Just checked that, and while the box says Amp creme, the tube is plain amp. Thanks for clarifying! Maria moretti and Heaux for reference. I think it's plain amp, then. Sorry for confusing people...like I said, relatively new to this rodeo. :)
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Don't apologize, it is confusing. I remember the first time I noticed a box said "Amp Creme" I thought it was something new too. Wouldn't be far-fetched.
lipstickaddict said:
Well I just caved and ordered heaux from Mac USA! It's not available in Canada as of yet, and I don't know if it will be. Glad I read this thread because the amplified finish is what sold it. Yay! Thanks everyone for the great info and pics!
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Still?? I was going to order one from there for my sis but she hates amp, she finds it shifts too much on her lips whereas mattes stay put. She struggles with Impassioned. She admits it could be her base but she doesn't want to be bothered, lolll.
 
montREALady

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iShadow said:
I have a feeling that if it were going to be available in store, we'd have known that it was an Amplified a lot sooner. I could be totally wrong, but there's no way an employee would swatch an Amplified and think it's a Cremesheen. Tons of MAC products are like this. For example, Scene eyeshadow is a Satin. On the top of the box (what you see when you're grabbing a product from a shelf) half it time it's labeled Scene, half the time it's Scene with "Satin" printed directly beneath it. There are tons of packaging variations, they're just very subtle and completely random. Like, there's no universal print button fort a Scene eyeshadow box. However, It will be consistent within batches. (All Scene eyeshadows printed with XYZ will all have that same packaging, even if it's different from the batch before them.) Specifically in regard to Amplifieds, there are any kind of box and bottom sticker variation of Amplified/Amplified Creme. It's just how (someone at) MAC rolls lol. In all honestly, maybe the variations make it more difficult for counterfeiters? So, SO not your fault! MAC is a legit rodeo with clowns running around and cowboys getting bucked off all over the place. It's impossible to keep everything straight, especially when labels vary!
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I meant on a store's website, like Macys.com, Nordstrom.com...not in their physical stores :) . But I'll take that to mean it's only on maccosmetics.com. Exclusive to them, so a MAC and maccosmetics.com exclusive.
 
hitchcockblonde

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My Heaux comes today. Maybe I'm the only one but I'm actually disappointed it's not a cremesheen. I don't really like amplifieds much. But we'll see how I feel about it when I get a chance to try it tonight.
 
montREALady

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hitchcockblonde said:
My Heaux comes today. Maybe I'm the only one but I'm actually disappointed it's not a cremesheen. I don't really like amplifieds much. But we'll see how I feel about it when I get a chance to try it tonight.
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This is my perspective. Heaux already has a rep of being a pretty, pigmented, opaque, matte berry, unique. Making it a creamsheen is like a diss. They should have just named it something else and just leave the og Heaux alone. But since they chose not to do that, amp is the next best thing since the finish is just as pigmented and opaque. I was thinking satin would have been better, but maybe amp will pack more punch. I have one creamsheen, the CDN from W&D which I don't mind since it's a nude anyway...
 
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montREALady said:
This is my perspective. Heaux already has a rep of being a pretty, pigmented, opaque, matte berry, unique. Making it a creamsheen is like a diss. They should have just named it something else and just leave the og Heaux alone. But since they chose not to do that, amp is the next best thing since the finish is just as pigmented and opaque. I was thinking satin would have been better, but maybe amp will pack more punch. I have one creamsheen, the CDN from W&D which I don't mind since it's a nude anyway...
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I mean cremesheens can be pretty damn opaque, if it was like Yield to Love from A Novel Romance collection I think it would have been perfect. I don't begrudge everyone being happy about the different finish but I find amplifieds kind of drying which is not something I'm really prone too so that's why I don't like them.
 
montREALady

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hitchcockblonde said:
I mean cremesheens can be pretty damn opaque, if it was like Yield to Love from A Novel Romance collection I think it would have been perfect. I don't begrudge everyone being happy about the different finish but I find amplifieds kind of drying which is not something I'm really prone too so that's why I don't like them.
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You know more than me on the cs front! I think it's more of the "shiny" or sheen factor I couldn't wrap my head around for Heaux...because then it's like any other berry lipstick, imo. I also only have 3 amps, I prefer mattes for MAC. I have had issues with Pure Heroine from the Lorde collection with patchiness but love Happy-Go-Lucky from Playland and Make Me Gorg from MIB. I don't remember them being drying though...
 
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mercede466

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I'm wearing how tropical today. I used a old nude colored lip liner I found to make it a bit more wearable on me. I'm loving it. I'll try to post a pic on my lunch break!
 
LouGarner

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hey ladies. what items are you all loving. i haven't been online in a while. i ordered heaux. are you all loving it.
 
DLuxJessica

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Well, my Amplified Heaux (anyone think about a bunch of hos getting turnt?) and Cremesheen Quelle Surprise are here!
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They're both
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. QS isn't quite as dark as I would like (but I'm sure it'll be fine over Nightmoth or something... or maybe as a topper over Rebel?), but Heaux is *stunning*. I'm trying to tell myself I don't need to back it up, since I rarely finish a tube of lipstick.
 
Miradan

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Damn, I didn't need to know that Heaux was an amplified. Somehow, I just placed an order. Y'all are such enablers.
 
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