Which MAC items do you wish you hadn't bought - Spin Off

[hello_kitty]

Venetian lip gloss... way too red for me to get it to work... plus I hate that it doesn't have sponge applicator. Maybe I'll find a way to make it work, but I have yet to really wear it. I wanted something with some color, but I think I should've gone for something pinkish or brownish instead.

Creme De Violet eyeshadow I remember not really working well, but it could be because I was trying to apply it in a hotel bathroom with crappy lighting with a less than desirable selection of brushes (bought it on a trip). I think I just need to play around with it some more.

I thought Fertile was hard to work with, had to use a ton to get it to show up. I need to play with it more of course.

I agree with Karen B above me... I got wayyy too much in just a few months, and I never wear makeup to work, so I haven't had the time and/or opportunity to use a lot of stuff frequently. All summer I pretty much used the same 2 or 3 colors, leaving the rest just sitting there. I need to get off my butt and start using everything!

My biggest regrets are buying some products from other companies, and then a week later going pretty much all MAC. So now I have a $30 Too Faced powder foundation that is too light for my skin just sitting around....

 

[Ericita]

Fleur Power blush.
I'm a NW20 with very oily skin... and this blush makes me look so clowny! I don't know what i was thinking, I bought it because the MA used it on me and it was my first make up purchase.
Oh, also I have very oily skin and this goes from making me look clowny to looking dead (because it just disappears in a few hours!)

 

[Billie28]

MES, Paint Pots (don´t work for me), 134 and Kohl powers

 

[giggles1972]

blackground paint pot

 

[kblakes]

New Vegas MSF. It is awful on me and so glittery.

 

[poddygirl]

All the mineralize eye shadows

I get so sucked into them becuse they are so pretty and completely forget what a mess they are to work with. My SA is like "try them wet, they look better" etc etc but I can't be bothered. New Year's resolution is no more MES!!!!

 

[stickles]

Oooh, this is fun thread... let me whip out my Excel spreadsheet...

Eyepopping, Wondergrass, Fab n Flashy, Expensive Pink, Woodwinked shadows: make me look jaundiced
Pen n Pink, Bang on Blue shadows: don't show up and are chalky to boot
Brassy, Frostlite fluidlines: don't show up as liners, too creasy for bases
Greenstroke paintpot: Makes me look ill
222 brush: I loved the 217 and wanted to love this, but it doesn't do much for me
231 brush: Hoped to use this for paintpots, but it's too tiny to not take forever to apply, and use it only as a lip brush now
All my Lip Varnishes (Varnishing Rose, Bronze n Brazen, Topper, Pink Patina): they have all separated and got gunky and the smell is too syrupy strong
Snowgirl l/g: I'm no longer 12 and don't need glitter bomb lips
Venetian l/g: Tooo something... bright but not opaque enough
Spirited l/g: Too zombierrific
Ignite lip lacquer: Too heavy and bleedy
Studio Finish concealer in NC35: My first MAC purchase back in 2003, I've since learned I'm NC20-25, what happened there...
Gold Spill MSF: too.much.glitter
Flirt & Tease blush: clownish much?
Peaches blush: doesn't show up
Fuschia Perfect CCB: I decided to try out a CCB, but nope, they're not for me
Refined Zone Skin (mattifying): just clogs my pores
Strobe Cream: I use it a lot... but does it actually do anything?

That being said, I love the rest of my MAC

 

[ZoeKat]

*Ramblin' Rose lipstick. I don't care for frosts, and apparently I didn't realize this at the store.
*Hothouse lipglass. Loved it at the store, hated it at home. I don't know why I didn't return it.
*Beige-ing shadestick. I never use this. I always reach for UDPP or Stilife paint instead.
*Greensmoke and Retrospeck are the only lustres I own, and I will not purchase any more.
*Mercurial and Lovestone MES. Mercurial = all glitter, no color. Lovestone can look all right on me, but I still never reach for it.
*Shimmermoss e/s. I can't get any color from this.
*Did I really need to buy Prrr, Wonderstruck, and Nymphette lipglasses? No one can tell the difference between them when they're on my lips.

It's upsetting to think about how much money all of these unwanted items have cost us!

 

[ritchieramone]

My absolute worst offender is Iris Eyes fluidline - I hate it on me!

Gesso e/s- I like it and wanted a pure white, but it makes my eyelids look like 100 year old crepe paper.

Northern Light MFS - my first and only MSF. I don't like the peachiness of the colour but I just wanted one since I didn't have any plus I liked the name. Idiot!

Newly Minted e/s- unlike some others, I haven't had a problem with colour payoff but I knew it would be unflattering on me but bought it anyway.

Big T e/s - gorgeous colour but, as before, I knew it would be unflattering on me (I virtually never wear blues) but bought it anyway in a C-Shock *frenzy* ...

Flashtronic MES - I have Mercurial and Lovestone and am underwhelmed by both (largely due to my inept application, I suspect).

 

[Ms. Z]

e/s: Gold Bit, Crystal Avalalanche, Purple Haze, Love Bud, Say Yeah!, Mink Pink, Rio de Rosa, Angelcake, Haunting, Parrot, Waternymph

lips: Faux, Hug Me, Ultra Elegant, Plum Parfait, Viva Glam V *there are a few more, but I can't remember there names

b/p: Buffed & Polished (too happy shiny people for me)

 

[SMMY]

A few things I wish I'd skipped.

Northern Lights - far to glittery. I like my Shooting Star much better.

Rocking Chick lipstick - Not that pretty a pink lipstick after all.

Water nymph eye shadow - Too much green, Parrot is a much better color for me.

Curtsy lipstick - had a funky oder to it. Called customer service, they sent a replacement, still had a funky odor. Must be the formulation is off on that product.

Mac foundations - I've had two so far and they both have broken me out. Mac color = fabulous, for the most part. Foundations - not so much.

 

[DoDe]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Love Always Ivy any of the foundations. awful cystic breakouts ruined my skin

YUP I Agree. MAC foundations do not work for me. I do not have acne prone skin but broke out using Studio fix Liquid. I am soooooooo hurt. I stopped using it months ago and even though it's better I still have em.

 

[Meryl]

Everything from Raquel Welch. Especially Screenqueen, Roleplay and Sultress Eyes. I like them, but I don't want to wear them.

 

[clarisachase]

I really regret spending over $200 getting the holiday pigment and lipglass sets - the piggies are awful! I have learnt my lesson - never buy unless you swatch. I got too excited and let my head get away from me

 

[ilorietta]

lustre eyeshadows, eye prime, glimmershimmer, sweet sage and macroviolet FL
adding CCB they crease so much!

 

[sinergy]

Well Plumed eye quad

(Espresso, Well Plumed, Shroom, Courage) I had just recently moved to an area that didnt have a MAC store, so for the first time I had to order online, and without trying the eyeshadows, I was not impressed. I use out of the quad Espresso for my brows and Shroom every now and then, but Well Plumed is dark and flat and Courage has no color for me.

 

[chocolategoddes]

I kinda regret buying Sable... it's a lovely color but I already had a color almost exactly like it! and it was cheaper. i guess when I run out of Sable I'll have a subsitute!

 

[matsubie]

blacktrack paint pot
delft paint pot
(when in the heck will i use these?)

pink venus - so gorgeous in the pot but no matter how much i try, i can't get this color to work with me and absolutely no color payoff!

matte cream - i thought i liked this but i have no use for this


ugh..swap time?

 

[whatever21]

Her Fancy Lipstick (comes out very sheer)
Fairy Lite Pigment (just a ton of shimmer...don't know how I'll use it)
Engraved Powerpoint Pencil (comes off within a few hours..I have a drug store brand eyeliner that works better)

 

[MiCHiE]

I'm hating Blue Brown Pigment again. I think I'm getting rid of it for real this time. I'm tired of looking like:

I've had the shit beat out of me
A fly's wing
I have 2 cockroaches on my eyes

every time I wear it. I've given it chances upon chances and tried to pair it with other colors, but everything doesn't work for everyone. The shit is just ugly on me.