MAC - Monogram - (MAC's Annual Couture Collection - 08) Discussion
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So i just went to the pro store with my hunny and i got goodies. I had already purchased the identity dazzleglass which i already mentioned looks just like baby sparks but im glad i got it becuz i didnt get baby sparks before. i just had to pay more this time. ugh. anyway i went and i was dieing for the mystery powder becuz i MUSt try this out. so i chose secret dark and i thought it was good for me. so they told me they didnt have it and that no one has received it yet from canada. my hunny bunny went and magically made the manager go to the back and bring me the mystery powder. he was determined to get it for me. i was so amazed by his swagger...they lied and then he made them feel so cornered that they confessed and gave me my powder. i was upset they were trying to keep it from me..i dont understand why they would. they had the collection out ????
SakurasamaLover
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Thanks
I found one at 35$ shipping included on ebay. It's the first time I pay that much for a MAC brush (I did a lot of research to find great deals on my expensive brushes like 180-182-187 and 150..) But I think it will worth it, I skipped it first cause I thought it was basic plastic but reviews raves about the metal heavy feeling and the softness, like you did.
Originally Posted by jenntoz
I have both 182s & I think there is a difference between them. I love my regular 182, but I am in love with my Couture 182. It is definitely softer & amazing 
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I found one at 35$ shipping included on ebay. It's the first time I pay that much for a MAC brush (I did a lot of research to find great deals on my expensive brushes like 180-182-187 and 150..) But I think it will worth it, I skipped it first cause I thought it was basic plastic but reviews raves about the metal heavy feeling and the softness, like you did.
nelyanaphonexia
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yeah, MAC is nuts with their "warm" and "cool" I'm a painter and an artist and it is different from the art world...completely. Which is why it's so confusing. Oh and in painting...pink/orange and yellow are all warm. Unless the yellow is a green yellow...but that would make for a very odd skin color...
Anywho. My mom has yellow undertones whereas I have pink...so, I don't think I got our skin undertones mixed up...just the pink = warm and yellow = cool business.
And it still seems that the powder is for yellow undertones = cool in MAC, not warm. I suppose....
bah...too confusing. I've always understood it as
NC = not cool = warm = yellow
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NW = not warm = cool = pink
now I'm gonna go have to take a nap after thinking about this for far too long....
| Originally Posted by Randy Rose
I think you flipped warm and cool. The W in NW is for warm (pink undertones) and the C in NC is for cool (yellow undertones). (I think, someone tell me if I am off-base, since I seem to have just assumed these were the meanings) |
yeah, MAC is nuts with their "warm" and "cool" I'm a painter and an artist and it is different from the art world...completely. Which is why it's so confusing. Oh and in painting...pink/orange and yellow are all warm. Unless the yellow is a green yellow...but that would make for a very odd skin color...
Anywho. My mom has yellow undertones whereas I have pink...so, I don't think I got our skin undertones mixed up...just the pink = warm and yellow = cool business.
And it still seems that the powder is for yellow undertones = cool in MAC, not warm. I suppose....
bah...too confusing. I've always understood it as
NC = not cool = warm = yellow
and
NW = not warm = cool = pink
now I'm gonna go have to take a nap after thinking about this for far too long....
darkishstar
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Well, I'm an artist and I paint too, and I can definitely see if an undertone to a color is cool or not. I know in general reds, oranges, and pinks are warm, but there are cool colored reds as well, like a blue-based red. It works very differently and can look great with a purple (cool), whereas a warm red clashes horribly. That's how I can see it. So hopefully that can help you tell the difference? A blue-based red or pink will lean more to purple (obviously, since there is blue and blue and red make purple!) and a blue-based red or pink will lean to orange or coral.
I think it's just anal to say blue-based or undertone, when really, if you think about it, a yellow-based red is just a really dark red orange and a blue-based red is just a really red purple or magenta color.
| Originally Posted by nelyanaphonexia
yeah, MAC is nuts with their "warm" and "cool" I'm a painter and an artist and it is different from the art world...completely. Which is why it's so confusing. Oh and in painting...pink/orange and yellow are all warm. Unless the yellow is a green yellow...but that would make for a very odd skin color... Anywho. My mom has yellow undertones whereas I have pink...so, I don't think I got our skin undertones mixed up...just the pink = warm and yellow = cool business. And it still seems that the powder is for yellow undertones = cool in MAC, not warm. I suppose.... bah...too confusing. I've always understood it as NC = not cool = warm = yellow and NW = not warm = cool = pink now I'm gonna go have to take a nap after thinking about this for far too long....
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Well, I'm an artist and I paint too, and I can definitely see if an undertone to a color is cool or not. I know in general reds, oranges, and pinks are warm, but there are cool colored reds as well, like a blue-based red. It works very differently and can look great with a purple (cool), whereas a warm red clashes horribly. That's how I can see it. So hopefully that can help you tell the difference? A blue-based red or pink will lean more to purple (obviously, since there is blue and blue and red make purple!) and a blue-based red or pink will lean to orange or coral.
I think it's just anal to say blue-based or undertone, when really, if you think about it, a yellow-based red is just a really dark red orange and a blue-based red is just a really red purple or magenta color.
BunnyBunnyBunny
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I am an art student, painter, and part-time makeup artist for MAC.
The foundation colors don't really confuse me because I simply think of C as yellow and W as pink. I don't really go into cool or warm. It makes it easier when I'm looking at someone's skin (balance of yellow over pink) without confusing it by bringing up warm/cool aspect.
However, product warmth it is very important for eye, cheek, and lip color.
The foundation colors don't really confuse me because I simply think of C as yellow and W as pink. I don't really go into cool or warm. It makes it easier when I'm looking at someone's skin (balance of yellow over pink) without confusing it by bringing up warm/cool aspect.
However, product warmth it is very important for eye, cheek, and lip color.
Meryl
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I teach art and I also think of it as pink and yellow. But what do you mean by, "product warmth it is very important for eye, cheek, and lip color." Explain, please.
| Originally Posted by BunnyBunnyBunny
I am an art student, painter, and part-time makeup artist for MAC. The foundation colors don't really confuse me because I simply think of C as yellow and W as pink. I don't really go into cool or warm. It makes it easier when I'm looking at someone's skin (balance of yellow over pink) without confusing it by bringing up warm/cool aspect. However, product warmth it is very important for eye, cheek, and lip color. |
I teach art and I also think of it as pink and yellow. But what do you mean by, "product warmth it is very important for eye, cheek, and lip color." Explain, please.
GlamQueen21
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Yesterday I got my Identity Lipglass and yes, the packaging is GORGEOUS!!! Now it makes me want to buy the Sheer Pressed Powder and a lipstick now lol
I thought NW was the warm and yellow undertones and NC was the cool and pink undertones.
I thought NW was the warm and yellow undertones and NC was the cool and pink undertones.
Winthrop44
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^^ For sure on the brushes!
Jinni
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I don't think the brushes will be available internationally. I had someone from the US buy them for me.
| Originally Posted by Miss QQ
So I went to the MAC counter today and asked if I could see the brushes, and they said there is no brush in this collection. Seems like we are not getting it. They asked me to look at the red brush sets of the holiday collection.
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I don't think the brushes will be available internationally. I had someone from the US buy them for me.
Randy Rose
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The brushes from this collection are HEAVEN! Seriously, get them, you won't regret it. Using the 129 to apply foundation is a religious experience. I'll never go back to the barbary of my 109; it feels like using a cheese grater by comparison!
And I'm betting this will be your last chance to get the 129 and 224 couture quality brushes, since they've now released them two years in a row and a lot of people seem to have been annoyed about that. I'd be that next year's couture collection will feature different brushes.
| Originally Posted by dreamiez
are the brushes from this collection worth getting in terms of quality? |
The brushes from this collection are HEAVEN! Seriously, get them, you won't regret it. Using the 129 to apply foundation is a religious experience. I'll never go back to the barbary of my 109; it feels like using a cheese grater by comparison!
And I'm betting this will be your last chance to get the 129 and 224 couture quality brushes, since they've now released them two years in a row and a lot of people seem to have been annoyed about that. I'd be that next year's couture collection will feature different brushes.
Susanne
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Yes, the brushes are just available in the US and in Canada
| Originally Posted by Miss QQ
So I went to the MAC counter today and asked if I could see the brushes, and they said there is no brush in this collection. Seems like we are not getting it. They asked me to look at the red brush sets of the holiday collection.
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Yes, the brushes are just available in the US and in Canada
abbyquack
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So at my Studio Talk yesterday, Victor used Identity lipgloss on me (the Baby Sparks look alike), and the consistency is not too sticky at all, but sparkly like the dazzleglasses. And you get like 2x more in these than the dazzleglass! It's probably not such a bad buy if you like the sparkle of DG.
I also saw the sheerspark pressed powder in Commemorate used on the other model - it was so pretty! I might have to look for one of these at the CCO!
Oh and the brushes are really freaking soft! Amazing!
I also saw the sheerspark pressed powder in Commemorate used on the other model - it was so pretty! I might have to look for one of these at the CCO!
Oh and the brushes are really freaking soft! Amazing!
