I was very excited for the latest of MACs collections, if not a little disappointed with its timing, and I missed out on all the lipsticks i wanted when it went on sale early - however, i was lucky enough to find it on Selfridges website and was able to get what I wanted.
I was looking forward to this collection as i am a huge fan of vampy lipsticks and in particular purple lipsticks and this collection did not disappoint.
I got 3 of the 4 as the black lipstick Hautecoure was ordered for me by my friend in America when it came out on Black Friday, so i am currently awaiting that dropping through my door.
But enough talking, and lets get to the lipsticks.....
PUNK COUTURE
Punk Couture the collections namesake is a beautiful true bright purple colour, its so vampy and incredibly eye catching on. Its lighter than smoked purple, is a matte so doesn't have the frost of Violetta and is not as bright as Heroine - in short it's definitely something new to my collection. I got 2 of these because i knew that this was going to be one of my favourites - I so love a purple lip.
This glides on so well, wasn't patchy on me at all and felt creamy and soft on the lips. It lasted at least 4 hours on the lips and left something of a berry stain on them. It also had a slight sheen to it, so not a complete matte finish. I love it!! Below are some comparison swatches of some of my other purple lipsticks so you can see the difference.
As you can see I really have nothing quite like it, nothing as deep or as jewel toned. (These are all MAC lipsticks)
STUDDED KISS
Hello, Lady Gaga, this instantly made me think of the Bad Romance song, and this is such a gorgeous colour. A deep true red wine colour, and somewhat different to my latest deep reds, darker than Viva Glam 1 and brighter than some of my other matte dark reds. Check out the comparison photo beneath these images to see the differences - some may be subtle, but i love how studded kiss looks.
This also glided on well, was creamy, long lasting and i loved the colour! It had a slight sheen to it and looked very glam - i do love a deep dark red lippy!
As you can see with most reds there are always similarities, its not so easy to do a different red as it is a very different purple. For me fixed on drama comes the closest but on the lips is darker than studded kiss and more matte, and hang up is fairly similar to if not a little more berry toned. (These are all MAC lipsticks).
The last and my surprising favourite...
INSTIGATOR
Wow, this one blew my mind, different to anything else i own and Im not sure what to compare it to - Instigator is the darkest of the collection and a true deep matte plum. It is gorgeous! I got 2 of these as well and so glad I did because this one is going to be a firm favourite of mine.
This one was the driest of the three but was still creamy and didn't drag at all, thought it did take a little more work to get even on the lips - probably because it is so dark, but that said the end result is amazing. Its dark, dramatic and the perfect dark plum colour, its an amazing, perfect, and perhaps my fave purple lip I own. This stained my lips more than the others, and definitely left a berry hued stain on my lips, it came off with a face wash and some makeup remover, but it did stain.
Not much in my collection to compare this to, deep plums are somewhat new to me, but i feel MAC may be releasing more - they are gorgeous.
Not much in my collection to compare here, all I had that was remotely plummy was Rihannas Talk that talk, but it was still more raspberry toned than Instigator - so for me Instigator is a stand alone shade in my collection and one I don't already own something similar to.
So there you have it, once I receive Hautecoure I will do another blog post to show you that, including a comparison to the black lipmix and Black Knight (a previous Black Friday MAC special lipstick)
Hope you have enjoyed this blogpost, and if you did check out my video via the link below for swatches, lip applications and a close up look at the lipsticks.
Thanks for stopping by, and remember, your opinion is yours, stand by your thoughts and feelings and be UNAPOLOGETIC xxxx
