MAC Holiday 2012 Glamour Daze / Fabulousness / Guilty Passions Collection Discussion

[singer82]

Finally something to pass on besides the glosses! Lol Don't think I'm getting any of the blushes. I was really hoping the pink one was lighter. One day I will find a pastel pink blush. :nods: Was going to skip the polishes but the black one sounds awesome! Did you see her comment at the bottom of those blush swatches? LMAO

 

[Lisianthus]

Now that I've seen most of the swatches from this collection, I feel like I can safely pass this collection without regrets. I love blushes and these ones don't look particularly unique. I'm trying not to buy any more MAC until next year but the cute packaging of the sets will be hard to resist.

 

[singer82]

I wore Liquid Diamond Infallible yesterday on my lids...it is nice isn't it?  I hadn't though about pairing it with Hocus Pocus.  I paired it with Naked Pigment. It looks great on you!

Thanks girl It looks great with Moth Brown too!

 

[Naynadine]

I'm not sure about the lipsticks. I really like Beauty and Innocence, but if I get all the face and eye stuff I want I can't get any of them. I'd like to see comparison swatches of Beauty and Hue. I've been meaning to order Hue for years now, but for some reason never did. If they are similar I can skip Beauty and get Hue some time later. And also 3N coming out with the couture collection makes me hesitant to get Beauty - 3N will be really pricey here if we get the collection. I don't think I need both.

Yes, you can. It might not be identical to Mischievous Mint but it's durn close. I got MM dupes from Revlon, from Essie, and Nicole by OPI. The Nicole was probably LE, but Revlon and Essie still have the colors i got. I think Essie is better in quality than Revlon, but I got the Revlon on a Two-fer, so it was quite the bargain.

I have several MAC Nail Lacquers from 2009, 2010, and 2011 and they go on awfully sheer, need 2, or sometimes even 3, coats, and tend to wear quickly -- and i usually use a base coat and a top coat. I don't know if MAC has improved their nail polish formula recently. Unless the color is highly unusual (like Frayed to Order from the Jeanius collection), i look for less expensive, more durable dupes. But if the formula has improved along with the increase in price, well, i might consider MAC nail lacquers more seriously.

I got Everything That Glitters because it is REALLY nice - the micro-glitter is very very fine - none of that chunky stuff. I do have chunky glitter polishes - i like glitter - but i do get a bit tired of how scratchy it can be. ETG is quite refined - and great for the holidays.

I'm really curious about that one, can't wait to see swatches.

ETA: Just saw the pic of it: Twitter / Neueste Bilder von @MissMauiMac

Looks really nice! In the Limelight looks a tad more greenish than MM to me.

ETA2: OK, found swatches: Photo by maliacali • Instagram

 

[cucumbers]

I'm not sure about the lipsticks. I really like Beauty and Innocence, but if I get all the face and eye stuff I want I can't get any of them. I'd like to see comparison swatches of Beauty and Hue. I've been meaning to order Hue for years now, but for some reason never did. If they are similar I can skip Beauty and get Hue some time later. And also 3N coming out with the couture collection makes me hesitant to get Beauty - 3N will be really pricey here if we get the collection. I don't think I need both.

Beauty is much, much lighter than Hue.

I have Everything that Glitters on one nail, but I can't get a good picture of it!




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That's one coat OVER the green you see on the other nails, so you can tell the polish is pretty opaque since you can't see any green underneath! The glitter is purple, blue, and gold, but I can't get it to photograph well to save my life.

 

[Naynadine]

Beauty is much, much lighter than Hue.

I have Everything that Glitters on one nail, but I can't get a good picture of it!




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Without flash

That's one coat OVER the green you see on the other nails, so you can tell the polish is pretty opaque since you can't see any green underneath! The glitter is purple, blue, and gold, but I can't get it to photograph well to save my life.

Thanks! I'm really tempted to get it.

 

[singer82]

Dayum! *Adds All that glitters to list* I keep trying to take things off but end up putting things on instead! Lol

 

[MACina]

Thank you so much honey on boost!

Flight of Fancy looks gorgeous....really dark

OF and DE are my faves amongst the lipsticks!

Here are some more swatches from Instagram

 

[MACina]

......EtG is adorable!!!!

Beauty is much, much lighter than Hue.

I have Everything that Glitters on one nail, but I can't get a good picture of it!




With flash




Without flash

That's one coat OVER the green you see on the other nails, so you can tell the polish is pretty opaque since you can't see any green underneath! The glitter is purple, blue, and gold, but I can't get it to photograph well to save my life.

 

[dancepig]

Does anyone has a price for the travel bag? I am interested in that but it seems to be very elusive

 

[Mac-Guy]

Does anyone has a price for the travel bag? I am interested in that but it seems to be very elusive

I believe it was 40 bucks.

 

[lmcmullen]

Wow, the lipsticks are a skip for me I think. Glamourdaze is so brown, and I think it might look like Offshoot from one of last years collections. Outrageously Fun looks interesting but might be too bright for me...

Sort of an odd batch of colors...

 

[Corally]

OMG I want Everything That Glitters! :shock: I really hope the formula sucks because I don't want to buy MAC nailpolish. Too expensive >

 

[dancepig]

Thank you MAC-Guy, that is helpful. I like to hang one of these on a hook in my bathroom and use them to store the smaller items that seem to get lost in the other containers. The one I've been using for the past 6 years is getting a little worn.

 

[OctoberViolet]

Thank you, Honey on Boost! I'm so confused now. I think I am going to limit my buying to only two or three items. Since the other collections have more purple in them and I'm a purple lover and will buy no matter what when it comes to that color.

I am sticking with the Beauty l/s even though it's light. It's unique enough and different for me since I usually buy darker shades. I'm considering Dramatic Encounter since it's so dark, but with Firm Form coming out I may skip this one.

I still want Ready to Party EDES and maybe one other. Skipping the blushes since Unconvential (lavender) is coming out soon enough.

 

[honey on boost]

Beauty is much, much lighter than Hue.

I have Everything that Glitters on one nail, but I can't get a good picture of it!




With flash




Without flash

That's one coat OVER the green you see on the other nails, so you can tell the polish is pretty opaque since you can't see any green underneath! The glitter is purple, blue, and gold, but I can't get it to photograph well to save my life.

It reminds me of Butter London Black Knight which I loveeee.. I just hate the chunky glitter but Gelous topcoat evens it right out.

 

[luvlydee]

Ok my final list os outrageously fun and whisper of gilt. Very small but im happy about that

 

[xasperadastra]

I'm almost sure to get Easy manner blush since I skipped every coral/peach blush this year (supercontinental, legendary, Stay by me, we didn't get tres cheek in Italy etc..).. I don't have a shade like that in my collection!
I guess I may skip all the ED stuff this time
My maybes:
Glamourdaze (if it's not a brown but a plum)
Mystery
a fluidline??

 

[Rinstar]

I think my final list is:
Innocence l/s
Raven e/l
Mystery e/l
possibly Stolen Moment EDES if I can get over the price for a mini
Everything that Glitters n/p

Not too bad! I'm skipping all the lip glasses because I want to get the purple cremesheen gloss/dazzleglass set. I'm skipping the blushes because I've barely used my Tres Cheek blushes!

 

[Supercoolstephy]

I believe it's Gaiety. I'm going to skip that one and get the other too. The old me would have gotten all 3 but my blush collection is out of control right now.
It reminds me of Butter London Black Knight which I loveeee.. I just hate the chunky glitter but Gelous topcoat evens it right out.

Yes. Thats exactly it. I have Gaiety from the Nars Nordstroms Anniversary set or it was from the DanMari Set. Either way... I dont have a full size of it and I think I'd like some version of it. Wait maybe I do have the full size of it. I don't know. I have too many blushes.