Barbie collection dupes...

[jpohrer]

Here are my dupes:

Beautyburst- Earthly Delight, Folie
Whistle- Pale Out, Gateaux
Skipper- Golder's Green + Lucky Jade SS
Magic Dust- Vanilla + Provence
Playful- Gracious Me SS + Living Pink

Real Doll- Miss Bunny, Cultured; Fabby or Bunny Pink for pigmented option
Style It Up- Charm Factor
Sweet and Single- Nico; Tease Me for pigmented option
Modern Ms.- Estee Lauder Fig is dead ringer, Rage

Malibu Barbie- Pink Poodle, Prescriptives Planetary; Flashmode for sheer option
Sweetness- Snowgirl; Bait for pigmented option
Happening Gal- Tres Cher, Pop Mode
Fashion Pack- Love Nectar

Don't Be Shy- Pink Swoon + Shy Angel/Shimmertime/Pearl Blossom
Fab- Plumfoolery, EL Fresh Plum

Pearl Sunshine- Lancome's Miel Glace, Jest e/s, Stila AOS #9
Pearl Blossom- Shy Angel

 

[BlahWah]

^ I'm glad about Whistle being similar to Gateau, tho it was lo on my list. Anything to kill these darn lemmings, big and small!

I haven't seen the collection in person yet, but Style It Up looks a bit lighter than Charm Factor? Or greyer? I think of Peachstock and Charm Factor together, but still doesn't seem right.. I'll check it out tonight. And with Tres Cher... it looks more berry-ish to Happenin' Gal but again, I'll check that out.

 

[User40]

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Originally Posted by AudreyNicole Springtime Skipper is almost a dead on dupe for With a Twist, the green shadow in the Intense eyes palette. Fashionpack Lipglass is similar to Purr Lipglass. Malibu Barbie Lipglass is very similar to Sweetiecake Lipglass.

I didn't get Springtime Skipper for that very reason. With a Twist seemed very similar.

Is there anything similar to Moth Brown? I gather from it's popularity it is one of a kind!

 

[Fairybelle]

How about 'Steamy' nail polish? Is there a good dupe for it out there?

 

[MAC_Pixie04]

well i think different colors have different dupes on different skintones
Playful=Sushi Flower on me
Springtime Skipper=Juxt, but I didn't have Juxt so I bought it.
I couldn't think of anything substitutable for Mothbrown, except for maybe a combination of Knight Divine and Anti-Establishment (From Rebelrock, July 2005)
Beautyburst could be duped with Swiss Chocolate on some skintones, but Swiss Chocolate has a different finish, and it turns up a bit ashy on me, and Beautyburst does not.
Fashion Pack lipglass=Prrr
Malibu Barbie lipglass=Sweetie Cake lipglass
I dunno what would sub for Fab except maybe NARS Oasis, which is a little more pink, so I got it.

This collection really disappointed me, so I only picked up three shadows and a blush. Good news for my wallet, though.

 

[aziajs]

Springtime Skipper = Juxt (But I knew that from the first pics I saw of the shadow and from its description)

Magic Dust = Retrospeck (on my skin)

Moth Brown = Something. I can't put my finger on it.

Playful = Budding Beauty

Whistle = Some shadow I swatch from the perm. collection but I can't remember the name.

 

[MAC_Whore]

Whistle ES is a spot on ringer for Pink Couture SS on me.

 

[charismaticlime]

Fashion Pack looks nothing like Prrr, and I own both. It's more of a cool pink (even though its described as a neutral peach) and would have to say it's more similar to Nymphette.

 

[jpohrer]

I just noticed that Read Doll is almost identical to Bunny Pink!

 

[yakkoooew]

Hi all, I have been playing with Magic Dust to see if I can justify buying a backup since it looks so pretty with Beautyburst-- I can't find my Dazzelight to compare, but I just tried Retrospeck with pink freeze and with Whistle, and it gives a similar effect as Magic Dust. Retrospeck is more glittery, however, and Magic Dust has more pink in it (similar to Dazzlelight) which is why you need to layer Retrospeck with a pink tone to create the MD effect

Anyway, I've had Retrospeck for a long time and haven't really used it, so I can't really justify the MD backup... I had a hard time finding a good brown for me like Beautyburst, so I think I will buy an extra of that one instead. I thought Beautyburst was a bad purchase until I played around with it for a bit-- now I can see why they included it in this collection!

 

[Starbright211]

I have both Sweetie Cake, and the Malibu Barbie Lipglass, and they may look similar in the container, but they are completely different on my lips. The consistency is also different.

 

[OnaFyre]

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Originally Posted by MAC_Pixie04 well i think different colors have different dupes on different skintones I couldn't think of anything substitutable for Mothbrown, except for maybe a combination of Knight Divine and Anti-Establishment (From Rebelrock, July 2005)

Ditto on skintone note-
Mothbrown is Softwash Grey (Sundressing). On top of UDPP there is a slight difference in the finish as Softwash Grey has that chunky glitter texture.

 

[Katial8r]

On my skin tone (NW 15-20), mothbrown is close to french grey (Danse). But definitely, not exact.

Left to right: french grey, softwash grey, moth brown, anti-establishment, flirty number

HTH!

 

[giz2000]

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Originally Posted by neeshie Does Fab blush have any dupes? From pictures it looks like plum foolery or flirt and tease, it may be different irl.

On a darker skin tone (NW/NC40 +), Sweet as Cocoa is very similar to Fab blush...slightly more brown (but just barely)

 

[giz2000]

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Originally Posted by divaster Magic Dust and Nylon look exactly the same on me. Even the MA told me not to bother with Nylon after seeing them both on my hand.

I have to agree....Magic Dust and Nylon are very similar

 

[M.A.C.tastic]

IMHO, Malibu Barbie looks just like Standing Ovation from Danse...at least on my skin when swatched.

 

[Showgirl]

I didn't buy "Rockin' Chick" cos it looked quite similar when I swatched it on my hand in the store to a $3 Milani lipstick I own called "Fuschia Freeze" - both are frosty blue-toned fuschias with a reddish tinge IMHO - bear in mind I can't swear they're *ALL* that close as I didn't swatch the two side by side (having decided NOT to buy the MAC l/s) but if you missed out on Rockin' Chick it might be worth having a look at that one....

 

[little teaser]

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Originally Posted by neeshie Does Fab blush have any dupes? From pictures it looks like plum foolery or flirt and tease, it may be different irl.

i know when they ran out of fab at my counter they were trying to replace it with sweet as coco and plum foolery.. saying that they were dupes

 

[little teaser]

then when they ran out of rocking chick they replaced it on the display with girl about town

 

[charismaticlime]

I added a bit of Teal to my Golder's Green sample, and mixed it almost looks like a dupe of Springtime Skipper. Then again, I can't say for sure, considering I didn't buy the shadow.