Biggest Disappointments of 06

[Shawna]

My biggest disappointment were the xmas palettes. Seriously, a bunch of repromotes, blah colours, and the interesting colours were so close to existing ones that I could do without. I loved the palettes last year with all the unique colours, but this year was such a let down. I didn't get one single thing from the xmas collection

 

[MAC_Whore]

One more vote for the Sweetie Cake Petite Glosses. I made the mistake of buying one.

Night Affair LG from Nocturnelle. I put it on and thought, Wow..what's the point of this? On my colouring, it just disappeared and looked boring.

I am a bit disappointed with Turquatic as well. I expected the shadow to really be sensational, but when I saw it....meh. Just OK. With the names they gave those glosses, I figured they would knock my knickers off as well. Alas....not so much. Although I LOVE Crystal Rose LG. That is one of my all time fave LGs!

 

[electrostars]

Danse was a big let down for me.

 

[Brianne]

-Holiday palettes (too many repromotes)
-Most of the LE items, especially the e/s and lip products, NOTHING was terribly unique. I hauled lots in '05, not so much in '06.

 

[SandMantas]

I only really got into MAC around Lure, but have browsed around enough online looking at older collections.
Sweetie Cakes could have been wonderful, but just seems kind of bland to me. Those glosses? Yuck. They had one at my CCO and I could barely stand to look at it.
Technacolour was a bit of a disappointment also. And Jewelescent. I normally love love love bright colours, but Velvet is so hard to work with.
I saw nothing I could even really use in Jewelescent, although a lot of it was pretty.

 

[MACboy]

Those glosses in a pot from Sweetie Cake (petite glosses)...what, they were supposed to look like some sort of food? Well, my counter just sent them back after sitting on them for almost an entire year.

I did like the see-thru color collection, but it just did not go over well with the customers.

And, if I have to take home one more of those light pink lustre or velvet shadows I'm going to puke. I think we've had one in almost every collection this past year.

 

[Sti43]

I didn't really like Lure-- I bought 1 blushcreme and swapped it away. Other than that, I thought Danse was a huge disappointment.

 

[..kels*]

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Originally Posted by Kim. The fact that Mac is whipping out so many collections in a month and that they are always sold out within 2 days everywhere...

ohh i agree with you big time on this one!! give our wallets a break MAC!!

the biggest disappointment for me was the liquidlast liners. the applicator is the worst thing ever!!

 

[liv]

Well I didn't get into MAC until fall, but I was expecting more from Nocturnelle. I think they could have come up with a better collection if they were using Ms. Dita Von Teese. I wanted to like a couple of the shadows, like Innuendo, but it just looked like a lighter Shale or Satin Taupe to me.

 

[Viva_la_MAC_Girl]

I totally agree about the L/L's -- they sure did market the "last" right..lol I really LOVED the colors.. but damn you are right you need to pressure wash them off...LMAO.


And as for there mascara - I hate them all. lol





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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore We have had a lot of threads talking about what where the best products of 06, but what do you think tanked? Personally my big let downs were: Liquidlast Liners-Gorgeous colours, but so cumbersome to apply and you need a pressure washer to blast them off your eyes. Out Loud Lash Mascara-Meh...sucked. Think that's about it. What's on your shit list?

 

[Viva_la_MAC_Girl]

You know I bought this color & then I got it home played with it.. and um yeah.. where is the gold? I took it back - IMO - i'm happy they threw it away! ( I can't believe I just said that!!!! )


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Originally Posted by XoXo Suspicion eyeshadow- Its just black, you cant see the gold ..

 

[MAC_Whore]

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Originally Posted by Viva_la_MAC_Girl .....i'm happy they threw it away! ...

Murderer! You are so heartless!

 

[Pascal]

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Originally Posted by Cocktail_party My disappointment of the year was not so much a particular product persay, but the how I wish I had bought more from the Sweetie Cake collection because I really loved it. Meh.

I know how you feel, I bought the Sweetie Cake Quad after the collection was nearly sold out, I got the last quad at Macy*s and they had plenty of Sweetie Cake Lipglass left over, I bought only three of the Softsparkle Eye Liners, I wish I had bought them all. And Pink Merengue Lipglass , man I'm still not over having not bought it...

 

[Viva_la_MAC_Girl]

I know, I know..lol I only did it once.. lol it was gross!!! I did however exchange it!!!!!!



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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore Murderer! You are so heartless!

 

[MAC_Whore]

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Originally Posted by Pascal .... And Pink Merengue Lipglass , man I'm still not over having not bought it...

They are rereleasing it with the Balloonacy collection that launches 12 April.

No more crying!!

 

[Rowan]

Lip Varnish - I like the colors I bought, but it's annoying how they separate in their tubes.

Too many recycled colors, IMO. Although many of them were exact color matches, many from the limited collections were similar to permanent or previous limited colors. I agree with those who said MAC releases too many limited collections. I think these two are related.

 

[AudreyNicole]

For me, the sweetie cake soft sparkle eye pencils. I wanted to love them. I had two and swapped them away. I couldn't get a good color payoff and the glitter kept falling into my eyes and bothering them.

There were ALOT of collections I skipped all together in 2006. I am making up for it with Barbie though! LOL!

 

[cno64]

My biggest gripe about 2006 is the discontinuation of my all-time-favorite red lipstick, "Powerhouse," and of "Moxie," which I think I'd have loved, but didn't get a chance to order before it was history.

Products I did get but in which I was disappointed:
LoudLash: This is not my idea of "dramatic."
Turquatic eyeshadow: What was I thinking? I never wear blue-green eyeshadow!
B-Rich eyeshadow: I expected "cocoa brown," but it is "gingerbread brown," and not flattering.
HOWEVER, MAC more than made it up to me with "Subtle" and "Sunnydaze" pigments and "French Grey" eyeshadow.
Now if they'd just bring back "Powerhouse ..."

 

[cacaptitsa]

technacolour for me. and nocturnelle as well. boo

 

[Brumbjorn]

Wish I had read this thread BEFORE I went ot the CCO today.

**puts Zeal in purse to return**