Here's an initial review on my MAC MATTENE LIPSTICK IN NIGHT VIOLET FROM THE STYLE BLACK COLLECTION.
PRICE: 950PHP
PLACE BOUGHT: GLORIETTA
OTHER LOCATIONS: SHANGRI- LA MALL; POWERPLANT MALL, ROCKWELL
THE VERDICT:
I was really eyeing for this one but the Black Knight cremesheen is such a must- have. A black lipstick is such a unique item and it's perfect for my profession (Theater Actress here :)). I would've chosen the black cremesheen instead of this one. Midnight Media is also a black color but I love the Cremesheen texture of the black Knight. It's like wearing a patent black shoe on your lips! :p
Let's start with the packaging. It's slim and it'll fit anywhere without eating too much space but the rubberized texture of the packaging is a turn- off cos it gets dirty easily, just like Nars' powder blush and Firming Foundation packaging textures.
It reminded me of the Noirs Obscurs collection, But at a cheaper price. It's semi- mat so there's a bit of moisture left after it settles on your lips.
Here's a hand swatch. It's creamy, very pigmented and it has a lighter vanilla scent as compared to the regular lipsticks of MAC.
It's a lovely deep purple shade that really looks vampy and vintage. :) The only problem is, it's quite hard to wear since the color's kinda' hard to manipulate in terms of applying it.
One con of this would be, it fades of easily and it looked like a gunk of mud on my lips after a few drinks and meals cos it settled on the lines. But at least, even if it's a matte lipstick, it never dried my lips. At all!
Now that's what I call Avant- garde, baby. :)
*What are your Style Black purchases? :)
4 Comments
been looking for this kind of shade for a long time
ReplyDeleteomg martha!!!
ReplyDeletethat l/s is sooooo gorgeous on you!! ang ganda pramis!
maldita ang dating... sosyalera ever!
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p.s.
well... im having blog problems again...
i cannot follow bloggers.
t.c. martha
Well...didn't get to go to the MAC Counter lately, so I haven't purchased anything from the collection...yet :)
ReplyDeleteLovely lipstick on you! What's nice about Mattenes is that they're not as drying as the regular matte lipsticks of MAC. But it's half the product for the same price as a regular MAC lipstick, if not even more :c
aika: night violet ang shade sis. :) mac style black. :) ya better hurry up before it goes OOS.:)
ReplyDeletejing: hahahaha.. kung pwede lang suotin ito pangaraw-araw eh no? hehehe..
bwisit yang blogger na yan. nung one time di ko maaccess blog ko tapos kahapon, naubos ang followers ko. :P
criss: i agree that it's quite slim, and it won't give you a run for your money but glad that i got an unusual color so i'm pretty sure i'll wait for the next halloween before i wear this haha. :)
and nope, it didn't dry my lips at all that's why i like it! :)
Let me know what you think of this post! :)