Why oh why have I never tried MAC before. Oh yeah, I thought it was expensive. Well slap my face with a wet fish, was I wrong!!!
My beautiful friend Colleen sent me my very first MAC as a ROAK. Goodness me, was I blown away.
Anywhooos... The simple black box. Simple and pretty. Open it up and a wee bullet shaped lip stick falls out. Black with a silver stripe and MAC words. There is a shimmer in the black.
Pop the lid and silver canister with a black MAC logo. Wow they package them so nicely.
Twist it up and the colour (rebel) looks gorgeous. I swatched on my hand and wow. I'm in love already.
My first time at wearing it... Slides over my lips but sticks. It's like it sticks the colour hard on. The tip of the lipstick is very pointed which I love. I can get close into the Cupid's bow. The smell, gosh I can smell butterscotch and vanilla. Mmmm heaven.
Here is where I say lippys fall off my lips. They don't stay long.... Or so I thought! The pigment of this is amazing. It stayed all day. No touch ups. It doesn't dry my lips out. I'm in MAC heaven.
So my wee Colleen got me so hooked, off I trotted (couldn't swim there :( ) to buy 2 more!
The only negative I have is when they are all in my holder, I have no idea what colour is which unless I open or flip to read the bottom. No I'm not putting them in upside down, cause I love the shape so much.
Now I have found 2 amazing brands, I grabbed all my old lippys and binned the lot!
170+ shades... I've now got at least 20! with a couple more on the way! A lot of shopping for me coming up
I only recently got on the MAC lipstick wagon and I am completely sold that they are worth the hype. I brought mine direct from MAC US so didn't get stung by the inflated prices here in NZ. I already have another cart full of shades I want to try.
The lipsticks I own are: Ruby Woo- a beautiful red that would suit most. It makes your teeth look ultra white and is super long lasting. It's formula is a matte and is quite dry but it's forgivable because it makes it easy to wear as it doesn't slip or slide.
Girl About Town- this one is awesome! It's a amplified formula. Bright pink, would suit most once again, one swipe gives a full on opaque colour and while being creamy it still is long lasting. This shade is my favourite out of my 4.
Twig- this is my grown up shade, it's a soft brown pink shade. It's a satin finish. This is very long lasting nd glides on perfectly. So easy to wear like all of them!
Creme Cup- this is a nude pink, it's my least favourite because it just doesn't suit me as much sadly (the problem with buying online!) but it's just as good quality. The shade would suit a lighter skin tone. I find it harder to pick out lighter shades for myself then I do dark!
The packaging is very high quality and the smell of these is a beautiful vanilla scent.
I can't wait to add to my collection!