MAC x Mariah Carey (December 8, 2016)

[Corally]

Thank God, no 'couture' prices. I can happily get the EDSF and a couple of lipsticks.

Yay! I don't know the Dutch prices yet but it seems like the US are getting couture prices (or close to) and Europe standard LE special packaging prices. So weird though.

I definitely want SSF blush and maaaybe Mcizzle but I think it's gonna be too light for me. I really want It's Everything quad but like I said I have similar stuff/dupes and I've already got my eye on the two new Zoeva eyeshadow palettes so I'm not gonna buy it. I hope.

 

[Marsha Pomells]

Yay! I don't know the Dutch prices yet but it seems like the US are getting couture prices (or close to) and Europe standard LE special packaging prices. So weird though.

I definitely want SSF blush and maaaybe Mcizzle but I think it's gonna be too light for me. I really want It's Everything quad but like I said I have similar stuff/dupes and I've already got my eye on the two new Zoeva eyeshadow palettes so I'm not gonna buy it. I hope.

SSF is a must, I might just add it to my list.

 

[Corally]

SSF is a must, I might just add it to my list.

Yes, you should.

 

[Marsha Pomells]

Yes, you should.

I'll let you know if I add it.

 

[stirfryedshana]

Going by BBB, the lipsticks are £17 each. That price is standard for LE packaging in the U.K. The collection isn't a skip for me after all. So, yeah... Standard LE packaging prices.

Yeah that's around $20 USD, so pretty much couture prices for us unfortunately. Even T's site said $20 for the lipsticks, I just don't get it.

 

[Shars]

Yeah that's around $20 USD, so pretty much couture prices for us unfortunately. Even T's site said $20 for the lipsticks, I just don't get it.

US$20 for a lipstick is not really couture, though. In the past MAC couture LE collaboration lipsticks retailed for like $25-30. Guo Pei last year was $30 for sure. A regular LE lipstick in special packaging is currently $18.00 so the Mariah Carey prices are slightly inflated but I wouldn't say they're MAC couture pricing. The Brooke Shields collection I didn't consider to be couture but her lipsticks were $22 and that was back in 2014 so these are still less even accounting for price increases for inflation.
Maybe the extra $2 is for all the glitter that will fall off in the box

 

[stirfryedshana]

US$20 for a lipstick is not really couture, though. In the past MAC couture LE collaboration lipsticks retailed for like $25-30. Guo Pei last year was $30 for sure. A regular LE lipstick in special packaging is currently $18.00 so the Mariah Carey prices are slightly inflated but I wouldn't say they're MAC couture pricing. The Brooke Shields collection I didn't consider to be couture but her lipsticks were $22 and that was back in 2014 so these are still less even accounting for price increases for inflation.
Maybe the extra $2 is for all the glitter that will fall off in the box

I wonder what the packaging is actually like, I don't think anyone that has samples has said yet? I'm hoping it's actual glitter attached to the tube, not just a print to look like glitter. For that price, it better be!

 

[Corally]

US$20 for a lipstick is not really couture, though. In the past MAC couture LE collaboration lipsticks retailed for like $25-30. Guo Pei last year was $30 for sure. A regular LE lipstick in special packaging is currently $18.00 so the Mariah Carey prices are slightly inflated but I wouldn't say they're MAC couture pricing. The Brooke Shields collection I didn't consider to be couture but her lipsticks were $22 and that was back in 2014 so these are still less even accounting for price increases for inflation.
Maybe the extra $2 is for all the glitter that will fall off in the box

That glitter better stick to the packaging! Don't want to be dealing with glitter EVERYWHERE.

 

[fur4elise]

US$20 for a lipstick is not really couture, though...Maybe the extra $2 is for all the glitter that will fall off in the box

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[stirfryedshana]

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@stirfryedshana ~ Love your new avi!

Thank you! My hair is in dire need of dyeing though

 

[nikkideevah]

I just cant pay $45 for the EDSF.. Im so trying to justify it in my head lol

 

[Shars]

I wonder what the packaging is actually like, I don't think anyone that has samples has said yet? I'm hoping it's actual glitter attached to the tube, not just a print to look like glitter. For that price, it better be!

I feel it will be smooth with glitter print based on the pics we've seen so far. Although, that time they did the black tube with silver glitter, you could feel the glitter raised on the tube. As long as they don't fall off, I'd be really happy with raised glitter particles.

That glitter better stick to the packaging! Don't want to be dealing with glitter EVERYWHERE.

I'm saying right! That would just be a hot mess!

 

[awickedshape]

I feel it will be smooth with glitter print based on the pics we've seen so far. Although, that time they did the black tube with silver glitter, you could feel the glitter raised on the tube. As long as they don't fall off, I'd be really happy with raised glitter particles.


I'm saying right! That would just be a hot mess!

I'd prefer that.

Alluring Aquatic was one thing, I wouldn't necessarily want embossed gritty glitter. Though I wouldn't be feeling it up so it's probably moot

 

[pinkcrush]

I just cant pay $45 for the EDSF.. Im so trying to justify it in my head lol

I just said the same exact thing, they have alotta damn nerve!!!

 

[Monsy]

do we know how much will the quads be?

 

[shellygrrl]

do we know how much will the quads be?

I updated the first post last night and added US and Canadian pricing. They're $41 USD each.

 

[rockin]

According to Britishbeautyblogger, the UK prices are:

Lipstick £17, Glass £16.50, Lip Pencil £17, Palettes £27.50, Eyeliner £17.50, Lash £11.50, Extra D £26.50, Powder Blush £20, Loose Powder £26.50.

Having now seen that the loose powder is dark like the EDSF, I think the only thing I'd be interested in is one of the palettes - the less gold one.

 

[Mac-Guy]

I feel it will be smooth with glitter print based on the pics we've seen so far. Although, that time they did the black tube with silver glitter, you could feel the glitter raised on the tube. As long as they don't fall off, I'd be really happy with raised glitter particles.



I'm saying right! That would just be a hot mess!

Raised glitter is terrible. I have the feeling the Nutcracker glitter is already coming off of mine. Let's hope Couture Mariah will be different.

 

[Mac-Guy]

According to Britishbeautyblogger, the UK prices are:

Lipstick £17, Glass £16.50, Lip Pencil £17, Palettes £27.50, Eyeliner £17.50, Lash £11.50, Extra D £26.50, Powder Blush £20, Loose Powder £26.50.

Having now seen that the loose powder is dark like the EDSF, I think the only thing I'd be interested in is one of the palettes - the less gold one.

I like both quads.

 

[Shars]

Raised glitter is terrible. I have the feeling the Nutcracker glitter is already coming off of mine. Let's hope Couture Mariah will be different.

Lol! Hopefully. I was more thinking raised like the water droplets from Alluring Aquatics or like the Holiday collection that had Salon Rouge and Sparks of Romance in it (I can't remember what it was called). But year, falling glitter is a no go!