MAC Punk Couture Lipstick Haul (comparison and swatches)

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

MAC RiRi WOO

Just a quick blog today, I got MAC RiRi Woo in the post yesterday and love it.  I don't have Ruby Woo so getting this was a no brainer, I have been thinking about getting Ruby Woo for a while so this was my perfect excuse.  Im a huge Rihanna fan though so there was no question, and i cant wait for the rest of the collection now, so here are some pictures for you and a link to my youtube video.

Click below for my video on lipstick

MAC RiRi Woo Lipstick

MAC Archies Girls Haul (including swatches)

As you know MAC recently launched their Archies Girls collection, limited edition and in all new white packaging with lovely cartoon designs and red love hearts this was a must for us MAC fans.  

I have already posted on the Lucky in Love pigment here on my blog, and you can also see me using it here in this video (step by step guide to this look also on my blog), along with the Betty Bright lipstick on my channel on YOUTUBE.

The collection was split into 4 sections - Betty, Veronica, Archies Girls and accessories and launched here in the UK on Selfridges online first, then a few weeks later on the MAC site and will feature on Debenhams on March 7th.  It sold fast and many items are now out of stock.  This is not surprising, the colours are lovely but also the packaging is so pretty to.

THIS IS THE PROMOTIONAL ARTWORK MAC ARE USING

I love the cartoon artwork MAC have used and how they have played the 2 girls against one another, this is a comic that was out in the U.S but I have never heard of in the UK, but it definitely makes me want to check it out.

So, are you a Betty or a Veronica?

I think as a girl we can always be a bit of both of these, we can be sugar sweet and cute but we can also have that dark vampy side to... or at least thats how I feel I am.  But enough of the waffling already, time for some photos of what I got....

 First of all, how lovely is this packaging, its so pretty!

PIGMENTS

MAGIC SPELLS    /    LUCKY IN LOVE

Magic spells is black with teal glitter (Veronica)
and
Lucky in Love is a mint/aqua shimmer (Betty)

HIGHLIGHTER/BLUSHERS

(Pearlmatte face powders)

First Betty

And now for VERONICA

 

BRUSH SET

(In a tin)

LIPSTICKS

I got all 3 of the Veronica lipsticks and one of the Betty ones

You can also check out my channel for a video on this collection, or watch the video below.



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