So how successful was FAFI compared to Barbie Loves MAC???

[Babylard]

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Originally Posted by shootergirlnc It's so funny to me how a color can show up so differently on people. I understand that since not everyone's skintone is the same, the colors will not look exactly the same, but sometimes the level of variance really surprises me.

haha i totally agree with you on that. i thought the same about how ocre style is gorgeous on people, but looks like piss on me

 

[priss]

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Originally Posted by Babylard haha i totally agree with you on that. i thought the same about how ocre style is gorgeous on people, but looks like piss on me

hey momma,

i agree with both you guys on that one. and sometimes i struggle to even understand the color descriptions that mac give colors on the website. my friends and i swear passionate e/s is hot pink and not red like the mac site says.

 

[clamster]

I went to three MAC counters 10 days after release and Nice Vice, and the scarf were sold out at all of them. At bloomingdale's rollicklin, cash flow, quad 2 and 2 lipsticks were sold out. I have to say I like the FAFI collection more then the Barbie collection except for the dolls!! The FAFI dolls are SOOO SMALL.

 

[Kuuipo]

Fafi, Barbie,etc...scare away older MAC fans with too much pink and blue. That's the consenus with me and some of my local friends.

 

[VitaBellaMakeup]

The best thing about Fafi were the paintpots

 

[serendipityii]

I think the best thing about Fafi was the scarf! I looooove mine. I won't even wear it to work cuz I don't want it to smell like food (even though I know that the smell will come out when washed).

 

[Winthrop44]

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Originally Posted by Kuuipo Fafi, Barbie,etc...scare away older MAC fans with too much pink and blue. That's the consenus with me and some of my local friends.

Blues I don't care for at all and pinks -- well, it depends on the pink. I'm not a fan of bubblegum pink, that's for sure, but I like nudey pinks and rosy pinks alot. As for this older MAC fan what really scared me away from Fafi was all the glitter. I tried wearing High Top out to dinner last night and when all I was left with on my lips was blue glitter I felt like an idiot. Almost made my lips bleed trying to wipe it off with a cloth napkin, lol. I'm returning it.

 

[Shadowy Lady]

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Originally Posted by Winthrop44 Blues I don't care for at all and pinks -- well, it depends on the pink. I'm not a fan of bubblegum pink, that's for sure, but I like nudey pinks and rosy pinks alot. As for this older MAC fan what really scared me away from Fafi was all the glitter. I tried wearing High Top out to dinner last night and when all I was left with on my lips was blue glitter I felt like an idiot. Almost made my lips bleed trying to wipe it off with a cloth napkin, lol. I'm returning it.

lol, i loved FAFI, though i only got Cash Flow p/p and High Top l/s. And i am in love with High Top, been wearing it everyday ever since I got it.

 

[stv578]

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Originally Posted by Winthrop44 Blues I don't care for at all and pinks -- well, it depends on the pink. I'm not a fan of bubblegum pink, that's for sure, but I like nudey pinks and rosy pinks alot. As for this older MAC fan what really scared me away from Fafi was all the glitter. I tried wearing High Top out to dinner last night and when all I was left with on my lips was blue glitter I felt like an idiot. Almost made my lips bleed trying to wipe it off with a cloth napkin, lol. I'm returning it.

Yep, the glitter really didn't appeal to me either, i tried fun n sexy and high top and they were both gritty and very drying. Strangely though, the lipglasses weren't loaded with glitter, which was nice.

Overall though, i was pleased with this collection and bought a whole lot more of it than i did with Barbie. But the lipsticks from BLM were much better imo. I do think though that the Barbie stuff sold out quicker in general.

 

[ShauntyXD]

Hmm comparing Barbie and Fafi's success....I'm not quite sure. For Barbie the actual makeup was really nice, but i didn't care much for the Barbie doll. For Fafi I thought the makeup was awful, but i adore the dolls and shirts....So in terms of makeup Barbie was much better; in terms of non-makeup Fafi was better...IMO

 

[artificial]

Boo to the stickers.. But I'm absolutely in love with the Fashion Frenzy blush and Nice Vice. Disappointed in the quad, because I don't want four colours, I only want to get my hands on the green one - therefore, I won't be buying it.

 

[Meryl]

I bought from both lines. I prefer Fafi because I like warmer colours and the Barbie pinks were a bit cool.

Simple as that for me.

 

[crystrill]

I have a lot to say. I'd like to quote a few people but that'd take up too much space LOL.

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Originally Posted by SMMY MAC's strength lies in it's huge range of colors and products that keeps bringing some of us back to the Church of MAC, even when we have lost the faith and strayed to NARS, Chanel and other brands.

I totally agree 100%. This is what Fafi was for me. The past year and a half I really haven't been into MAC. I became a mark representative and fell in love with mark (minus the eye shadows). So a lot of things I would normally buy of MAC, I'd get mark. Plus the collections just weren't doing it for me. Then Fafi came along and I fell in love AGAIN! I told my friend this earlier. I was like "I've been doing sooo good. I barely bought a thing of MAC unless it was "necessary" and than Fafi came." Now I want ALL the new blushes, the Heatherette stuff, etc. Fafi reintroduced me to MAC (and my friends already thought I was crazy for the amount of MAC I owned LMAO). So I'm thankful for it. Strawbaby is the BEST lipstick I have ever bought. I tried to buy back ups but it was already sold out

Ok, so this is how I see it.

OF COURSE Barbie was going to sell more. It's Barbie. To me, that's a no-brainer. EVERYBODY knows Barbie. People would buy it JUST because of that fact. Even if everyone LOVED the Fafi colors way more than Barbie, and it was just the BEST collection of LIFE, Barbie still would sell more.

1. Marketing
With Fafi a friend of mine bought a few products just because she thought the packaging was cute. Not because she loves makeup, but because of the packaging. She even admitted to me that she didn't plan to wear any of it, and I believe her. She never wears any of the makeup I *make* her buy LOL. So I believe the same thing happened with Barbie. People were like "Oooh Barbie, pretty! I want it!" So Barbie already won here because she's more well-known.

I also think they spent more on packaging and marketing on Barbie because, hey, it's Barbie. When Barbie was coming out I saw it all over the place. It wasn't only makeup people talking about it, but Barbie collectors, and everyone in between.

I think it's just like the music business. Some people are marketed more because they think that particular person will sell more. Or has more potential. So they get the "better"/more expensive producers, song writers, etc.

2. People love Barbie
For the Barbie lovers, they bought it only because of Barbie (and if they love makeup, then this was their plus). Yeah, the $40 Barbie dolls sold out faster than the $9 Fafi dolls but people collect Barbies. Tons of people. How many people you know collect Fafi dolls? How many people do you know even know WHO Fafi is? (actually, I don't know anyone who collects Barbie's, but you get my point LOL). Barbie wins again.

I agree the sticker sliding off my Strawbaby is a bit disappointing but honestly, who cares? Or at least I don't. Sooner or later my lipstick will be all used up, out of sight, in a bin waiting to be returned for Back2Mac. And I'm pretty sure they had a "good reason" for putting stickers. Whatever that was.