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MAC Fabulous Felines Collection Haul
So here is what I got…I didn’t play with any of these products at all yet so I’m not sure if I’m going to keep everything. I’m having dreams about Estee Lauder and Chanel every night nowaday. Anyway, to my goodies!
MAC In The Groove & MAC Alice & Olivia Hauls
It’s almost crazy that I did three hauls between these two new MAC collections all in the same week/weekend. I’ll start off with my 1st order, then my 2nd and then my last one. Let’s go!
HAUL #1 from the MAC Alice & Olivia and the MAC In The Groove collections from the MACCosmetics.com site…
And what’s not in the box? You guessed it. My Mineralized Skinfinish in Stereo Rose is NOT in the box. I ordered it early in the morning when it went on sale, on the website, two days before it’s official launch date and it still went on backorder after my order went through successfully. Grrrrr. I will post my Stereo Rose Pre-Story and Story in a seperate post. Too much drama for this one.
In my first haul I was sent my MAC eye pencil in Permaplum ($14.50 – needed a dark purple liner) from the In The Groove collection. I also received a pigment in Partylicious ($19.50 – really beautiful), a nail polish in Military ($12.00 – loving it!) and a dazzleglass creme in If It’s Pink ($18.00 – majorly HOT ya’ll!). I love my Alice & Olivia products and I will say that everything in this collection can be worked into the MAC Style Black collection which is my favorite collection. I must say that Alice & Olivia is my second favorite MAC collection to date.
Dazzleglass Creme in If It’s Pink…gorgeous, vibrant, HOT highly pigmented, not sticky and goes on nicely. Swatches for If It’s Pink, the pigment in Partylicious and eye pencil in Permaplum are at the end of this post.
MAC nail polish in Military…really pretty, matte, silver flects, unique, and swatched with no base or top coats.
HAUL #2 from the MAC In The Groove collection which I picked up at my MAC counter…
Looks yummy!
I picked up quite a few things. After I was alerted by MACcosmetics.com about my Stereo Rose going into pending status on backorder I immediately called my MAC counter the next day at opening requesting that they place two (2) Stereo Rose MSFs on hold for me. I needed one and so did my best friend who also put her order in online and got backordered. My counter is the best…they put two Stereo Roses on hold for me. The next day, I flew down to the counter and picked up my MSFs along with some other collection items…
I picked up a beautiful nude colored cremesheen lipstick in Call My Bluff, a nude colored cremesheen glass in You’ve Got It and a mineralized eyeshadow in Togetherness.
A better picture of my cremesheen glass in You’ve Got It below.
Here is a picture of my mineralized skinfinish in Stereo Rose and my cremesheen lipstick in Jazzed (which I’m returning because I can’t work with it on my skin tone).
A close up (but not the best picture) of my mineralized eyeshadow in Togetherness. To me, this is the most unique eyeshadow trio in the collection and I just love love love it and I’m keeping it. It’s not shimmery, no fall outs and the colors go so very well with each other. Love this!
A close up of my cremesheen lipstick in Jazzed below.
And a close up of the my beautiful cremesheen lipstick in Call My Bluff below.
A close up of the LOVELY AND HIGH SOUGHT AFTER…Stereo Rose MSF!
Swatches of all the above!!!
HAUL #3 from the MAC In The Groove collection from another MAC counter (not mine – terrible)…anyway I picked up…a mineralized blush in Band of Roses and a mineralized eyeshadow in Soften the Mood (which I’m returning – pretty, color payoff is not there)
And below, here is Band of Roses next to my Illamasqua Blush in Thrust ($20.00) a for comparison reasons. The darker side of Band of Roses is comparable to my Illamasqua blush in Thrust. I think that, overall, Band of Roses looks like a dupe for Thrust, but it isn’t matte like Thrust. Huh? I think that If I throw one of my highlighting MSFs over Thrust I will come out with Band of Roses.
I will sleep on it a little more, but I may take Band of Roses back. I’m not into collecting the blushes that are similar in color. Hmmmmm….
Swatches for Soften the Mood, Stereo Rose and more Band of Roses below!
