MAC Strength Collection Discussion (December 2012)

MACerette

MACerette

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Just received Strong Woman and my BU of Party Parrot, thanks to the lovely Yazmin. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!

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MACerette

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Not absolutely sure yet, because I have my bare butt face on today, but I have the feeling Strong Woman will be more flattering on me than Heroine, due to more warmth.
 
luvlydee

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MACerette said:
Not absolutely sure yet, because I have my bare butt face on today, but I have the feeling Strong Woman will be more flattering on me than Heroine, due to more warmth.
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Yes strong woman will be more wearable compared to heroine i think. But i still love heroine more. I ended up giving strong woman to my sister.
 
deanfour

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Spanky said:
I WANT EVRYONE TO KNOW I AM OFFICIALLY IN LOVE WITH STRONG WOMAN, NIGHT BLOOMING TAUPE SHAPE, POISED & MAC's NEW BB CREAM! OT: The BB cream has the perfect amount of coverage I've been longing for! It may not be enough coverage for everyone or meet everyone's needs but it's exactly what I had conjured in my head of a perfect lightweight, SPF, non cakey coverage. I love it & I've been wearing it every time I go out, no matter if I'm wearing MU everywhere else or not. It is very rare for me to wear powders, TM and/or foundation (liquid or powder) on a regular basis. I would not order this product from MAC on line, even after reading the reviews on MAC's website & discussing the colors/advice that fellow Specktra members are giving (please don't take this personally, as I have funky skin color changing issues, etc., the suggestions just didn't match up), even the MAC live chat people told me what to try (I later found their suggestions didn't work for my situation either.) & I figured I would just go to a counter or store & actually try it on. The first color did not look right at all, so I think he went lighter on the other half of my face. At first, I was so disgusted, it looked horrible! Until it completely dried!!! After it dries, it looks lovely & leaves the skin looking even in color & it's overall a perfect product for me right now. I hope you all give it a try and post your feelings about it & experiences with it. I usually use a brush to apply stuff like this, but I've been having to do a lot of rushing, so I've been using my fingers & it turns out just beautiful after it dries. I don't know why it looks odd when it's not dry but a minute or so later you look in the mirror & viola, beautiful skin! For me, I know I'll wear it for day & night. Back to topic: How am I going to decide what to wear between Strong Woman & Night Blooming? I used to only wear red LSs, as its such a diverse beautiful color,THEN I MET FOXY MOXIE & she blew me into a whole 'nother section of the color wheel! I can't even tell you how many bold & bright pinks I've acquired over the last year & a half. I'm so glad I finally found some purples that take my breath away (not to mention Unconventional blush {the darker blush from TT}. Night Blooming is just to die for & now we have Strong Woman. At the last min. I ordered an extra SW & have yet to get my goodies. i offered up doing CPs for people, & fortunately I was able to get the 2 blushes for a lovely young lady overseas. So, I went today to the 1 MAC Store in this city that had Strength, I tried on everything from Strength. When I tried SW on, I was floored because looking at those Instagram photos from a couple of weeks ago on this thread, I thought this is NOT going to look good on me! I was so wrong! I love it, so I bought one at the store so I could wear it this weekend in case my package doesn't make it here tomorrow, that's missed opportunities to wear SW & I'm so glad I have a couple of BUs of it now since I scored one of the last ones they had at the MAC store today. ** PLEASE HELP: Besides Heroine (HTF & super overly priced) & Violetta (did not look good on me). What other crazy beautiful purples am I missing? They do NOT need to be from MAC. I'm just dying to know what other purple LSs are out there that work on NC20ish skin tones. Please help, I've got to pick up the slack of missing beautiful purples. Suggestions greatly appreciated, oh knowledgeably Specktraettes! I'm sure I have an unnecessary amount PiPis, PaPas, Ab Pow & as for Firm Form (I don't think I'll ever wear it) coming my way in the mail :)...I've got some selling to do. I wore Ab Power after trying it on it the store, it certainly wasn't going anywhere ;) As the night went on & after dinner, it wore down to a bright, hot pink stain that is pretty freaking hot. Lot's of pink in Ab Power, but I'm okay with that...more than I expected tho! Can anyone help me out by doing a pretty big favor. Even if you could only do 1 of these requests, it would be beyond helpful. if someone can swatch & post this comparison on NC20ish skin, it would be greatly appreciate. But I'll really take any skin or paper comparisons: Swatches of AP to Love G-dess, & anything else that may loosely tie into that color strand. Swatches of SW, Sed Intent & the infamous Heroine, & anything else that may loosely tie into that color strand. I know there was a swatch with a whole bunch of bright pinks. Can anyone do... Swatches of PiPi next to PaPa Swatches of PiPi, Moxie, Lickable, Show Orchid, CYY & anything else that may loosely tie into that color strand. I don't even know what colors might fit in here?? PaPa, Fusion Pink, Love G-dess...I don't even know what colors might fit in here??? So many lippies, so little time it's crazy fun. TIA if you can do any swatches for us! I know there are other people that would really be thankful for the swatches & comparisons. I'm going to sell a few of my Strength LSs & a couple Après Chic ones too. Because there are some things I tried that did not work. I'll have extras of Strength & Après Chic LSs & Porcelain Pink to sell if anyone is interested, PM me. I think PaPa is pretty but I was hoping for a little more red. I tried it on at MAC with Beet & that was better, but I don't feel like I've found the right combo for it yet...would love suggestions & PiPi I am not sure about...I'm going to have to try it again in regular lighting. I'm super curious what LL you all are using to make PaPa a little darker & more red. PiPi, I'm not quite sure if it's a fit for me. Any suggestions would be helpful. Is the new brush ( don't know the #) LE or perm.. Is it worth getting it? What is supposed to be it's main function? What have you all been using it for! It's the this DuoFiber eye brush. The blushes are so beautiful, light, with the perfect amount of pigmentation. Team all blushes right here! Anyone else on this team? I was going to go on a no buy after these 2 collx, but I have been loving doing my eyebrows lately. So I can't possibly go on my No Buy now! Can I??? know I'll probably buy 1 or 2 things when it launches in stores. Hope everyone is well, having a good weekend & got what they wanted/needed. Here's to MAC for putting out some beautiful, different LSs & blushes!!! Very happy about what they've been bringing to the table! TIA!
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liba

liba

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Mac-Guy said:
If you bought the Carine Roitfeld quads, you *might* skip AW and IS quads. While they are not exact dupe, they come close in color scheme. I still prefer the CR quads though as the texture is just lovely + it comes with a blush in an awesome color.
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If you have picky coloring around the eyes that usually can't handle cool neutrals, All Woman is a dream because the colors don't come off as warm when applied, but don't shift to unflattering bluish shades like most truly cool greys and taupes usually do. Even the white applies attractively icy, but doesn't clash with my yellowish skin (I'm always hunting for the perfect snow white - a tough task for me). All the colors work great with my green eyes, too, which shades like these don't always do.

I usually stay away from neutral shadows that aren't brown, since it's hard to find ones that are just right for me, but I feel like I've got the perfect spectrum now with the Carine Desert palette and All Woman.

If your coloring isn't so fussy, AW isn't such a big deal. I'd say the same thing goes for IS, which might be sent from heaven if you're so pale and NW that most greys and taupes look too dark and swampy on you, but not a necessity if you don't have special needs.
 
ChosenOne

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Alright, still have a bit of catching up to do in this thread, but I'm still very sad that I have to wait until 1/2 for my little black box! Especially since the MAC store by me still has all of the Strength lippies and all of the AC lippies too (except HC, but I ordered that online, so I'm good!). Not really sure why UPS isn't delivering before 1/2. Are New Year's Eve and New Year's Day considered federal holidays or something? The tracking says it's at my local UPS right now, just sitting there...but I have to wait another 4 days to have it delivered. Lame.

Loving how the lippies are looking on everyone! So glad I ordered SW...and that I got PaPa when it originally came out
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scarlettb

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Chosen one, your so lucky you have lippies in stock where you live. I missed out on pink pigeon. Do you do any CP?
 
Mac-Guy

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ChosenOne said:
Alright, still have a bit of catching up to do in this thread, but I'm still very sad that I have to wait until 1/2 for my little black box!  Especially since the MAC store by me still has all of the Strength lippies and all of the AC lippies too (except HC, but I ordered that online, so I'm good!).  Not really sure why UPS isn't delivering before 1/2.  Are New Year's Eve and New Year's Day considered federal holidays or something?  The tracking says it's at my local UPS right now, just sitting there...but I have to wait another 4 days to have it delivered.  Lame. Loving how the lippies are looking on everyone!  So glad I ordered SW...and that I got PaPa when it originally came out  :heart:
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We need to find out why/if Mac stopped doing the presales on Pro.
 
liba

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elegant-one said:



TS left - Chanel Notorious right
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Hey look, I can LIKE posts again
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Thank you for taking out the time for the great photos! I don't follow Chanel closely enough to know what their patterns for bringing back products like these are, but I'm sorry I missed out. I can't bring myself to pay the ebay prices, good lord. I don't think anyone who bought one will get sick of it too fast.
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ladyarwen

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Firm Form! I had to really layer it on to get it to semi-opaque, and the lipstick itself feels kind of gritty, most likely due to the shimmer. It's still really fun though, so I'll definitely enjoy wearing it today.
 
elegant-one

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liba said:
To discourage the ebay vultures, perhaps? Not that there's much stopping 'em…..
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Hey look, I can LIKE posts again
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Thank you for taking out the time for the great photos! I don't follow Chanel closely enough to know what their patterns for bringing back products like these are, but I'm sorry I missed out. I can't bring myself to pay the ebay prices, good lord. I don't think anyone who bought one will get sick of it too fast.
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You're very welcome. I don't think Chanel brings their product back too often, but this is a fairly unique item for them, so maybe. I've paid ebay prices for the Asia Chanel releases
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