MAC Punk Couture Collection (December 26, 2013)

[Spectacular]

Ooh sounds so good. Thanks for the info Liba. This collection can't come fast enough!

 

[Miss Dynamite]

I will get both purples, the red, and the Cremesheen Glass with pink sparkle. Was really hoping for a black pigment with red and purple shimmer, but I pretty much figured it wouldn't happen.

 

[ARmakeupjunkie]

I don't even like cremesheen glasses but, I will be buying two of these!

 

[liba]

thank you liba so muuuch!
now im thinking about just getting the 2 purples. no use in getting the red if its not blackened enough right? WRONG. its retro matte so it shall me MINE!! muahahahahahaha
ill just use black liner to color my lips and layer the red on top. that should work right?

You do not need this red to be more blackened than it is - it is very gorgeous exactly the way it is, and quite unique. It's going to look really different on different people and will be easily able to be played around with in many different ways!

 

[pleasantmacabre]

Can't believe I have to wait til after Christmas for these hahha *tears* more time to save I suppose ! I feel I may go crazy and get triples of each

 

[Richelle83]

OMG thank you LIBA!!!

 

[maneater]

I have died. RIP to me..

 

[Tatiana87]

I don't normally BU l/s but I'm going to do so for this collection. It's a must!

 

[singer82]

The obsseive in me has been playing around trying to channel this collection  The launch is too far away and for now I am making do with a plum liner. FOD and blackfire glimmer glass for my blackened red fix. Photo makes it look much more red than it does in person and I am in love. Yum. Does anyone else have any Blackend red combos?

I wear Dark Deed with Adora (metallic red) by Kat Von D. Love it!

 

[erine1881]

5lbs was an average MAC order for you then, right, Erine? How did you bring the parcels inside?! Hehe. I am kidding! I went into a proper Bra boutique went in thinking I was a 34B, Came out a much more comfortable 32D - It is amazing how the mainstream bra industry has you in the wrong size, no wonder I was getting back pain!  Back to the collection - are we sure MAC can't bring this collection forward?

:lol:

 

[MacNcheese]

I have died. RIP to me..

hahaha. This made me snort.

 

[lovingmakeup]

OK NO MORE NEED FOR BOOB TALK (although I sure could add a few giant boob sagas of my own here) PUNK COUTURE INFO IS GO.

All right, I got to see swatches and descriptions of the collection today. Strap yourselves in before proceeding. No arms or legs out of the compartment at all times.

THERE ARE TWO PURPLE LIPSTICKS IN THIS COLLECTION. Plus the black and the red.

Yes, that's right. There are two. One is straight up grape purple. Not blue violet, but not reddish or magenta-ish or any of that sh-t. GRAPE. It's just insanely beautiful. Then, there is a more red purple. It's still 100% purple. It's less red than something like Strong Woman, and it's not like Violetta at all. It's basically the color Heroine would be if it was brighter and clearer and a little less dark. Also, possibly a teeny bit more purple than even Heroine. This one is called Instigator, which I remembered because I think that's a very cool name. I'd call it what Heroine looks like in the tube. The other purple (forgetting the name) is so beautiful too. Again, these are nice clear colors that are rich and deep, but not dark only because someone put a ton of black into the pigment mix. They are deep due to beautifulness and careful color mix, not due to a bunch of black. Very vibrant. All these instagram photos basically make them all look like poo poo caca doo doo compared to the paper swatches, so prepare your wallets big time.

Both purples and the red are retro mattes. The black is listed as retro matte in the book, but they just got a memo from upstairs saying it's actually going to be a matte. I was delighted to hear this, because a matte black will be infinitely more modern and awesome to an old 80's/90's gal like me than a retro matte black, which would be way too flat and heavy. The red, btw, is really gorgeous and again, is not so blackened as all these photos might lead us to believe. It's not a brown or wine base like FOD and it's not purplish or berry like TTT. It is RED. It's a clearer neutral red than Absolute Power. We honestly have seen a lot of reds but this one isn't like any of them - not blue based like Runaway Red, not bright and pink like Ronnie Red. More glowing and bright and rich than Deeply Adored or Charmed I'm Sure, which are much more retro style, classic reds than this one. I can't wait to try it on my lips. It will be very intense.

The black is looking great too - it's not too warm, but it doesn't pull blue either. Just straight neutral black. Very thrilled.

There are 3 cremesheen glasses. They're all less sheer than the glimmer glasses from Style Black but two are similar - there's a sheerish black with subtle pink sparkle, a sheer-ish black with I want to say silver sparkle (but it might have been gold and I'm spazzing out - I'm 85% sure it was silver) and a non-sparkly, much more opaque straight black (MAJOR LOVE THERE). The sheer ones are on the sheer side for csg, but still not quite as sheer as the glimmerglasses.

There are also 3 pigments - one perm one that's escaping me right now, Magenta Madness is back and then there's a new one that's described as a flat, bright chartreuse. That is going to be awesome. There were a couple more descriptors for the chartreuse one (matte? yellow?) I can't quite recall, but yeah, we're in business.

There's also a quad that's made up of some semi-beloved repromotes plus carbon, lol; all in the smokey purple zone. Maybe there was one color that wasn't a repromote. Idol Eyes is in there and also Magic Moor.

It's out the 26th. Serious LOVE. We were tripping out in a huge way.

wow..... i need a drink after this....

now I'm gonna danceeeeeeeeee

 

[mosha010]

Liba what's the main difference between both purples???

 

[Ashleybubbles83]

Thanks Liba!

I'm pretty much buying EVERYTHING. And awfully happy about it! Who's with me?!?!

 

[sugarrxbomb]

Must. Buy. Everything.

 

[Marie0106]

Can Dec. 26 please come faster

 

[MissBeautyBunni]

OK NO MORE NEED FOR BOOB TALK (although I sure could add a few giant boob sagas of my own here) PUNK COUTURE INFO IS GO. All right, I got to see swatches and descriptions of the collection today. Strap yourselves in before proceeding. No arms or legs out of the compartment at all times. THERE ARE TWO PURPLE LIPSTICKS IN THIS COLLECTION. Plus the black and the red. Yes, that's right. There are two. One is straight up grape purple. Not blue violet, but not reddish or magenta-ish or any of that sh-t. GRAPE. It's just insanely beautiful. Then, there is a more red purple. It's still 100% purple. It's less red than something like Strong Woman, and it's not like Violetta at all. It's basically the color Heroine would be if it was brighter and clearer and a little less dark. Also, possibly a teeny bit  more purple than even Heroine. This one is called Instigator, which I remembered because I think that's a very cool name. I'd call it what Heroine looks like in the tube. The other purple (forgetting the name) is so beautiful too. Again, these are nice clear colors that are rich and deep, but not dark only because someone put a ton of black into the pigment mix. They are deep due to beautifulness and careful color mix, not due to a bunch of black. Very vibrant. All these instagram photos basically make them all look like poo poo caca doo doo compared to the paper swatches, so prepare your wallets big time. Both purples and the red are retro mattes. The black is listed as retro matte in the book, but they just got a memo from upstairs saying it's actually going to be a matte. I was delighted to hear this, because a matte black will be infinitely more modern and awesome to an old 80's/90's gal like me than a retro matte black, which would be way too flat and heavy. The red, btw, is really gorgeous and again, is not so blackened as all these photos might lead us to believe. It's not a brown or wine base like FOD and it's not purplish or berry like TTT. It is RED. It's a clearer neutral red than Absolute Power. We honestly have seen a lot of reds but this one isn't like any of them - not blue based like Runaway Red, not bright and pink like Ronnie Red. More glowing and bright and rich than Deeply Adored or Charmed I'm Sure, which are much more retro style, classic reds than this one. I can't wait to try it on my lips. It will be very intense. The black is looking great too - it's not too warm, but it doesn't pull blue either. Just straight neutral black. Very thrilled. There are 3 cremesheen glasses. They're all less sheer than the glimmer glasses from Style Black but two are similar - there's a sheerish black with subtle pink sparkle, a sheer-ish black with I want to say silver sparkle (but it might have been gold and I'm spazzing out - I'm 85% sure it was silver) and a non-sparkly, much more opaque straight black (MAJOR LOVE THERE). The sheer ones are on the sheer side for csg, but still not quite as sheer as the glimmerglasses. There are also 3 pigments - one perm one that's escaping me right now, Magenta Madness is back and then there's a new one that's described as a flat, bright chartreuse. That is going to be awesome. There were a couple more descriptors for the chartreuse one (matte? yellow?) I can't quite recall, but yeah, we're in business. There's also a quad that's made up of some semi-beloved repromotes plus carbon, lol; all in the smokey purple zone. Maybe there was one color that wasn't a repromote. Idol Eyes is in there and also Magic Moor. It's out the 26th. Serious LOVE. We were tripping out in a huge way.

If I could do 29 backflips I would!! Thank you for this info!!!!!!

 

[sherm]

aaahhhh DYING. Thank you, Liba! I am so looking forward to the lipsticks, the black CSG, and the chartreuse pigment. Black, purple, and chartreuse!!!!

 

[liba]

Liba what's the main difference between both purples???

This is not going to be exact, but it's a pretty close idea of the difference in amount of red. Enlarge this image and look at Row C, Columns 6 & 7. They looked roughly along these lines, but this is an approximation - the actual colors were a little richer and while nearly as bright, not as blaring. Internet colors look a lot different than real life colors, since internet colors are on a different type of color scale (red blue green) than real colors (cyan magenta yellow).

'Just trying to be clear without giving people heart attacks.

 

[Copperhead]

Liba, how about that chartreuse pigment? Is it similar to True Chartreuse pigment or is it more yellow?