Buying backups of LE items.. What do you buy backups of?

sexypuma

sexypuma

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pure vanity l/g (2)
wild 'bout you l/s (2)
sex ray l/g (1)
magnetique l/g (2)
viva glam V l/g (1)
shooting star (1)
natural msf in dark (2)
improper copper (2)
engraved pp (1)
i am still debating debating whether or not i should go for another deep attraction and warning ( i like them a lot and would hate to run out when they are d/c. it happened with magnetique)
Btw l/s and l/g can last up to 3 years opened or not according to MAC MAs.
 
eowyn797

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i have backups for the Light and Medium Natural MSFs but i'm slowly realising i am NEVER going to need them...i have been using the two that i have "in use" right now for two months straight and they still look brand new.

- Pink Apertif l/s because it is totally MLBB
- Dazzlelight e/s my favorite highlighter!
- Orange Tangent altho i don't know why i have a backup...i rarely use the pan i have even though it adore the color.
- Gleam...it originally seemed like i was going through this so quickly, but i have yet to hit pan despite using it at least 4 days a week over the past two months. and i have TWO backups. *headdesk*
- Luxuriate l/g
- Goldbit e/s, and i'm glad because i dropped my regular one the other day and almost half of it broke to bits. it's all crumbly and sad now
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cno64

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Quote:
Originally Posted by sexypuma
pure vanity l/g (2)
wild 'bout you l/s (2)
sex ray l/g (1)
magnetique l/g (2)
viva glam V l/g (1)
shooting star (1)
natural msf in dark (2)
improper copper (2)
engraved pp (1)
i am still debating debating whether or not i should go for another deep attraction and warning ( i like them a lot and would hate to run out when they are d/c. it happened with magnetique)
Btw a l/s and l/g van last up to 3 years.

Can I ever relate!
Right now, I'm torn between going for "Deep Attraction," which I *think* I'd love, or getting a back-up of "Wild 'Bout You," which I already own and love and don't ever want to be without.
Decisions, decisions ...
 
sexypuma

sexypuma

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Originally Posted by cno64
Can I ever relate!
Right now, I'm torn between going for "Deep Attraction," which I *think* I'd love, or getting a back-up of "Wild 'Bout You," which I already own and love and don't ever want to be without.
Decisions, decisions ...

I think if you like wild 'bout you, you will totally like deep attraction. Deep attraction imo is a more wearable wild 'bout you. The texture is creamier and they are in the same colour family, granted that DA is darker, which is why DA is my daytime version of WBY.
Maybe, we'll get lucky and they will repromote both colours (happened with magnetique).
 
redambition

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nothing LE, but i have select sheer powder backups - both loose and pressed. they were bought for me in the USA by SO while he was over there.

when it comes to buying fdnt, powder or other staples (like shroom) i buy backups long before i'm due to run out in case i can't get to a mac counter when it does. my fndts have a bad habit of running out when i've done half my face on a tuesday morning before work.
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when it comes to LE - i don't buy LE stuff often, and when i do, i'd like to think that once i use it up there'll be something else exciting and new to buy instead. i may crack this resolve on MSFs when the next lot are released. maybe.
 
color_lover456

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I have been going crazy over pigments!

I just backed up:
Gold Mode
Mauvement
Subtle
Sweet Sienna (x2)
Night Light
Golder's Green

and all these MSFs
Light flush
Warmed
Global Glow (x2)

And the following lippies
High Top
Hollywood Nights
 
Sabrunka

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Re: Backups of LE items

So far, none, because it takes me a VERY LONG time to actually finish a product, maybe a year or two or more!! So I find it useless to buy a second item lol.
 
genica

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Re: Backups of LE items

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Originally Posted by Sabrunka
So far, none, because it takes me a VERY LONG time to actually finish a product, maybe a year or two or more!! So I find it useless to buy a second item lol.

I totally understand! I just bought backups for the first time ever (for my Heatherette stuff).
 
NatalieMT

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I never buy backups, it takes me long enough to finish one product as it is! I think the only things I've finished so far have been foundations/blot powders.

I always figure that by the time I've finished any LE their will be another similar LE shade out with any collection that I'll like just a much, if not more. Also my style tends to change over time - what colours I like wearing one year will be different from the next sometimes.

Also I'd rather keep the money I'd have been spending on backups just incase something amazing comes out or I go to a pro store etc.
 
rocking chick

rocking chick

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I love MAC MES and MSF and also use & collect them, so I love getting backups. But only for items I truly love and use.

Mercurial x ?? (too many to be list down)
Ether x 5
Lovestone x 6
By Jupiter x 3
Quarry x 2
Tectonic x 1
Earthly Riches x 1
Playful x 1
Illusionary/Burning Ambition x 2
Gold Spill x 1
Light Flush x 3
Northern Light x 1
DressCamp Face Palette x 1
 
cno64

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Originally Posted by NatalieMT
I never buy backups, it takes me long enough to finish one product as it is! I think the only things I've finished so far have been foundations/blot powders.

I always figure that by the time I've finished any LE their will be another similar LE shade out with any collection that I'll like just a much, if not more. Also my style tends to change over time - what colours I like wearing one year will be different from the next sometimes.

Also I'd rather keep the money I'd have been spending on backups just incase something amazing comes out or I go to a pro store etc.

What you say makes extremely good sense.
I really ought to break myself of buying backups, since I have yet to completely use up any MAC product.
It's difficult to resist the urge to hoard, though, when there's a limited edition product that you really really really really really really LOVE, and don't ever want to be without! I'm always afraid that a lipstick or pressed shadow will break, or a pigment will spill.
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It's an insecurity issue, I think.
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damsel

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i don't buy backups because i am too fickle. in addition, i can always find a dupe of whatever color it is in the perm. or new collections.
 
NatalieMT

NatalieMT

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Yes I know what you mean cno64, I'm always tempted to go crazy and buy like 2/3 of each product but then the rational side of me says no and says I should use the money to buy another colour and expand my collection in a different way. I used to be a major hoarder but I'm sort of letting go of it now and it's pretty good. I just figure it's not going to be the end of the world if I run out of a product because MAC is constantly updating.
 
greeneyes81

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i never buy backups -- although, i have been very tempted to latley LOL. i think the only MAc item i've ever actually finished is black tied eyeshadow, but i find that even if i were to finish something thats LE, there's always another shade that's similar to take it's place...........or something new that's just as pretty
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spectrolite

spectrolite

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I used to think that I would never need backups of any product but I've seen the light. Now I have:

2 x Feline Kohl power backups
1 x spare Sugar Trance L/G
1 x spare Parrot - I thought it was nothing special but I now realize that I was just being foolish.
 
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