PRODUCT: MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Lipstick Kit (Holiday 2016) PRICE: $35 for 4 x 0.06 oz. Mini lipsticks; $8.75 per lipstick PACKAGING: Plastic lipstick tubes housed in a plastic box with drawer. The decoration on the exterior of the box is a sticker. AVAILABILITY: (I have not seen this particular kit available anywhere else) COLORS: Impassioned (Amplified) – coral fuchsia, Dangerously Red (Matte) – pink red, Girl About Town (Amplified) – bright fuchsia, and Heroine (Matte) – bright purple RECOMMENDED?: Yes. All four had a nice creamy consistency that applied well, felt comfortable on the lips, and all four colors work for pale, cool-toned skin. REVIEW: The holiday season is my favorite time of year for makeup.
I love, love, love holiday sets for the variety that they offer. I also love, love, love having smaller than full size versions of makeup. It is rare for me to use up a product so I feel less guilty about product waste with minis (and they take up less room!). Normally, I feel like a kid in a candy store this time of year. Strangely, this year there was only one holiday set really calling my name–the MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Lipstick Kit. I don’t know why, but I’ve never been super into MAC.
Can you believe that after being into makeup for over twenty years I purchased my first MAC lipstick just a few years ago? Since then, I have picked up two more lipsticks and a lipglass–bringing my MAC collection to a total of four (Grande Dame, Elegant Accent, and Viva Glam Miley Cyrus Lipstick & Lipglass). Thus, the MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Lipstick Kit was a great way to expand my MAC collection and I had been wanting to try three of the four colors for a while now.
The MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Lipstick Kit includes four mini lipsticks in the shades Impassioned (Amplified) – coral fuchsia, Dangerously Red (Matte) – pink red, Girl About Town (Amplified) – bright fuchsia, and Heroine (Matte) – bright purple. The lipsticks are housed in a cute plastic box with a pull-out drawer: Here is a closer look at the lipstick bullets: And here are swatches: When I first swatched the lipsticks, I had bit of a sinking feeling that I already had similar colors in my stash. I love fuchsia lipsticks, so I didn’t even bother with pulling all the possible dupes for Girl About Town–perhaps I’ll do a fuchsia lipstick roundup at a later date. Below are comparison swatches of the other three and what came to mind as a possible dupe in my stash: Phew!
They are not dupes. They are similar, but different enough to justify owning all of them (spoken like a true makeup addict). 🙂 For the amount of product that you get, this set is a bit pricey per lipstick, but I am happy to add these to my collection. If bright, cool-toned lipsticks aren’t your thing, MAC has two other lipstick kits–a set of reds and a set of nudes. So, I was sick for the entire month of October and have only been feeling somewhat back to normal this week. A couple of weeks ago, while I was still sick, I tried to do some lip swatches.
Nyx Sweet Pink Great Dupe For Mac Download
I’m not super happy with them, but I think they are decent enough to not have to redo them.
I am going to talk to you today about beloved Mac Lipsticks. Everyone wants them but sometimes it isn't feasible, so I have compiled a list of cheaper alternatives which are the exact same. This is the ultimate Mac Lipstick Dupe list. I realised that making a post for each lipstick with the dupes plus the images will take a LONG time so I decided to make a list!
(I will be updating this list when ever I find more dupes) Also some of these are discontinued so if you liked a product which is discontinued here is the dupe. I CANNOT take all the credit for these, I have simply read or seen them randomly online and others were found in blog comments or forums. All of the dupes I have listed below are available widely in Ireland. They range from Rimmel, Wet N Wild, Essence, Nyc, Nyx, Catrice, Sleek, Neutrogena, Maybelline, L'Oreal, Clarin's, No 7, Physician's Formula and The Body Shop. Please contribute with the list by posting a comment with any dupe you know!
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