MAC - Love that Look Discussion

[sleepyhead]

i think it has more to do with "limited edition hype" than production cost though. seems to me whenever mac makes a something new that cost more to produce, they'll increase the price (eg: dazzleglass vs regular lipglass, the annual coutour collection)

so many us are buying so many of these eyeshadows because they are LE. they do have a lovely texture, but if the starflash finish is permanent, a lot of us would just wait til we "have the funds" to buy them. since mac has a new collection coming out every other week, most of us will forget about it quickly and most of the time we don't even look at the permanent range (besides trying to find dupes and buying things we already had before). so that's probably also why mac has been making a lot of things permanent then discontinuing them a few months later (like a lot of matte2 eyeshadows, slimshines, and paintpots)

speaking of DCing things, i'm pissed that mac is discontinueing so many matte2, fluidlines, paintpots, and cremestick lipliners. these are all the things i love. i want them to make new ones, not discontinue more

 

[Babylard]

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Originally Posted by gigglegirl the only one im missing from this year is rated r.......dare i pull the trigger online?? i just dont know!!!

dooooooo it! LOL

 

[TISH1124]

Sleepyhead, I am only speaking from the Mfg side..that is my experience ...I know which items are more difficult and costly to produce...I can't of course speak for MAC's side...But I know that items that fly off the shelves are the ones all clients want to make as perm sellers if it is cost efficient to do so....it's better to make money all year long than one time only...they have $$$ #'s to meet

 

[purrtykitty]

*joins in the enabling* Dooo itttt Hannah!!

Yeah, and they should make the pearlglides permanent, too!

 

[shops2much]

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Originally Posted by LMD84 oh dear! it happens to all of us at some point! i'd bought a pro pan blush from the pro shop and was showing my hubby. he stupidly nicked it with his nail. damaged before i even got it home!!!

My friend did that to me to a brand new NYX trio I bought. It took me forever to find it, then, bam she opens it and her butter fingers slip right into it. Not just a nick on the top, but the front edge of her nail got in about 1/4 of an inch. I lost a good chunk of product from it. So mad at her still, she never even apologized for it.

 

[User27]

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[iheartwarpaint]

Ok, I caved and just ordered the rest of the e/s that I was missing from this collection. I got Ego and due to some enabling I also got Rated R, Glamour Check, and Unbasic White. I'm hoping I'll get a lot of use out of Unbasic White. It's the only one that I was iffy about since it seems to bright to use as a highlight or on the lid. Then again I've never used a white e/s before so I should probably shut up until I get the chance to play around with it. Thanks to all the enablers!

 

[User27]

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[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by romi79_2008 I added Ego to my collection. There`s nothing else left that I don`t have a dupe for but the texture makes me want them all

I adore Ego! I now have 3.

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by dreamer246 I'm so sad, there is a fingernail nick in my brand new Smoke & Diamonds, because I was watching TV while depotting and somehow I accidentally scratched it.

I've done that too. It looks terrible in my palette, but what can we do?

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 its still suppose to be up, but we took ours down too cuz we had sold out of so many of them. when it starts to look a bit sad from all the empty holes we're supposed to take em down, even if its before they really should be.

They fill the empty spaces with dupes, usually something form the permanent line... so disappointing when you go a few weeks later to look and get excited that the LE is still in stock when it isn't!

Do you do that as well?

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by shops2much My friend did that to me to a brand new NYX trio I bought. It took me forever to find it, then, bam she opens it and her butter fingers slip right into it. Not just a nick on the top, but the front edge of her nail got in about 1/4 of an inch. I lost a good chunk of product from it. So mad at her still, she never even apologized for it.

well that's just rude!

 

[User27]

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[Ggxox]

I loooove Glamour Check. I got Smoke and Diamonds too but I don't know how well it will work for me. I have very fair skin and auburn hair. Hmmmm.

ETAS: I am so, so, SO in love with this formula and I'm so sad these shades are LE.

xoxo

 

[Ggxox]

Oh and I'm still wondering whether to get Fashion...please tell me it's horrible

xoxo

 

[Karen_B]

Fashion isn't horrible, but very similar to Silverthorn. So if you have Silverthorn, you won't need Fashion.

Rated R is lovely, I was afraid of it at first, but it is really wearable with S&D or GC in the crease!

 

[Karen_B]

Oh and I am annoyed because it seems stupid Sweden won't get Unbasic White

 

[erine1881]

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Originally Posted by Meryl They fill the empty spaces with dupes, usually something form the permanent line... so disappointing when you go a few weeks later to look and get excited that the LE is still in stock when it isn't! Do you do that as well?

no. no one's supposed to do that anymore. because the displayers are for LE items, when they sell out we have "sold out" stickers that are supposed to be put on there. that's because its too confusing to customers when they see one and we'd be like, yeah that one is a normal colour that we always have, but this one is LE, this one is LE, and that one is permanent.

the only colours that are supposed to be on a displayer are the ones in that collection only.

 

[TISH1124]

MAC Pro here fills the empty spots with other colors too.....

 

[Meryl]

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Originally Posted by erine1881 no. no one's supposed to do that anymore. because the displayers are for LE items, when they sell out we have "sold out" stickers that are supposed to be put on there. that's because its too confusing to customers when they see one and we'd be like, yeah that one is a normal colour that we always have, but this one is LE, this one is LE, and that one is permanent. the only colours that are supposed to be on a displayer are the ones in that collection only.

In all the years I've been shopping at MAC, I don't think I've ever seen a "Sold out" sticker.

I know what they're trying to do, they're saying, well, we don't have that LE peach-pink shadow but we do have something very similar you may like...