When I Wandered into the MAC Concession

All MAC stores and MAC concession stands are always busy and I’m quite impatient.  I’ve only ever had one MAC consultation which was pre-booked. I decided to swatch a bunch of (orange) lipsticks myself and then think about ordering online, unless, Illamasqua has more suitable ones (I’ve not yet shopped there but I really want to!)

 

I was on my continuing mission to find the perfect orange.  It must be orange, not orangey-red.

 

Unfortunately, I got a little distracted with the following nudes and pinks:

• Spirit (satin)
• Crème in your coffee (cremesheen) what a delicious name!
• Patisserie (lustre)
• Jubilee (lustre)
• Midimauve (lustre) I love the name and purples tend to work well on my dark lips.  They can come up pink which is great!

How am I supposed to choose?

 

 

 

Then I found:

Bronze shimmer (frost) which was darker in real life. I just have a thing for sparkle!

 

Finally focusing on the oranges:

•  So Chaude (matte) although this was a bit red.
• Lady danger (matte) also a bit red but what a great name!
• Korean Candy sheen supreme
• Morange (amplified)
• What a blast lip pencil

 

Korean Candy over Morange looked great.  They are both on my shortlist.

 

Finally I had to add Asian Flower sheen supreme

 

It’s irresistibly pretty!

 

Oops.  Then I spotted Saigon Summer on the website! I wonder if it might look too coral on me.

 

 

I must stay focused!

 

All images were taken from http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/