And it's all thanks to a fellow onsugarette, crazy4mac!
She updated her sales post on her blog not too long ago and I pounced onto the chance to get MAC's cremesheen lipstick in "Crosswire". At that point of time, it was unfortunate for me that the lipstick has already been sold, and I was going to let the thought of it go when she offered to B2M a lipstick of my choice at the price of S$10. How wonderful and sweet of her to do that!
So I went swatchy-swatch crazy online and in the MAC store to pick out a shade. Here are some of the swatches I returned with, compared to my recently-bought Stage lippies.
Oh yah, and there's my Korres Lip Butter in "Mango" at the bottom. Colour payoff for that lip balm is really not bad. :)
Aside from "Crosswire", I had wanted "Ravishing" initially cos it looked awesome in online swatches, but it was a totally different story when I swatched it in the MAC store. Luckily I went down to see it for myself first, lesson learnt!
In the end, I picked "Fanfare" and I was beside myself with excitement when I received it in my mailbox a few days back.
"Fanfare" is described as a mid-tone yellow pink on MAC's website.
Here is a better swatch comparing my Stage lipsticks to "Fanfare". They are quite different.
You can see that "Fanfare" is pinker and slightly darker than the other bright orange shades of my Stage lipsticks. On me, it appears as a very warm, coral-ly kind of pink; somewhat similar to my natural my lip colour, but pinker and brighter.
And here are my lip swatches:
I love the texture of this lipstick! It's creamy and easy to apply, but unlike NYX lipsticks, this doesn't have much slip, so it lasts so much longer. I like that it dries down to a tacky finish but it doesn't dry out my lips. I know my NYX lippies go on very smoothly and creamily, but they make my lips so dry after settling down.
Full-face pics with the lippie:
And I dig this pic of me with my green cupboard as the background, ha ha!
Thanks for viewing this entry, I'm buried deep deep in the midst of exams preparations now! Take care everyone~
