MAC From Our Lips Collection – Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper for Viva Glam – Swatches & Product Photos
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
MAC From Our Lips Collection – Lady Gaga & Cyndi Lauper for Viva Glam – Swatches & Product Photos
Viva Glam is an absolutely amazing campaign. Period. It doesn’t matter if you love or hate MAC, it’s an incredible campaign that truly cares about its cause. The entire selling price of every Viva Glam Lipstick/Lipglass goes towards MAC’s Aids Fund. Every penny. That’s not proceeds, that’s not a portion of–that’s 100%. To date, MAC Aids Fund has raised over $150 million for the cause.
- Viva Glam Cyndi is a muted coral-red with a glossy finish and goes on semi-opaque. You get a good amount of color out of this, despite it being a lustre finish. It reminds me of some limited edition shades, but nothing quite with the same finish/look.
- Viva Glam Gaga is a slightly cool-toned, bubblegum pink with a glossy finish and also applies semi-opaque. Again, despite its lustre finish, there’s a good amount of color pigmentation. While Cyndi didn’t seem immediately dupe-able, Gaga is similar to shades like Snob. (Though, if you’re going to buy one, why not go Viva Glam so you can donate $14 towards MAF?)
MAC did a standout job with the two latest, limited-edition launches of Viva Glam. The packaging is thoughtful and classy but still fun. Each Viva Glam Cyndi/Gaga Lipstick is housed in traditional black cardboard packaging, but each celebrity’s signature is embossed in metallic red, sprawled across one side of the packaging. The lipstick is the traditional Viva Glam black bullet with a metallic red ring around the center, but uncap the lipstick, and each lipstick also has the celebrity’s signature printed in black inside. I just think this attention to detail is particularly exceptional. Well-done, MAC!
Read all about how MAC AIDS Fund works and what $14 can do at www.macaidsfund.org.
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MAC Viva Glam Cyndi Lipstick
MAC Viva Glam Gaga Lipstick
I know this is a really old post, but are there any dupes for Cyndi? I never got it. T.T
hi christine, is the cindy one similar to Made With Love lipstick ?
I bought the Cyndi one today from Debenhams after finding it there online - I've come into MAC late, and when I found out that Cyndi Lauper had put her name to the brand, I knew I had to have it. But.. ebay didn't help, and now I'm just too excited to actually have it on the way to my home now! Love the shade too and it's unlike anything else I have, so that's great!
does anybody know of a dupe for viva glam cyndi? i'm kicking myself nearly everyday for not buying a backup because i'm nearly finished with the one i have:/
Debenhams are selling it still!
Can someone pls tell me which lipstick to look for on the mac website!! I want the one in the picture but theres like 5 to choose from, vi, v, viii etc...
It is no longer available!
gaga lipstick is amazing i have it and i want to buy another before they stop making them
reminds me of double dare c/s glass...
How do you take pictures of your lips and get such a great shot?? What kind of camera do you have??
Nikon D90
Love them both!
What would be good lip pencils to go with these 2 colours? LOVE YOUR SITE helps me so much as I am far far away from a Mac store!
I can't think of any, to be honest. MAC's lip liner selection is nice, but it's always lacking :(
NYX has a ton of lip liner options that would help these colors pop!! And Christine is right, MAC's lip liner collection is a little sad ...
this colour of lipsticks looks like a good dupe of the hello kitty pink fish lip conditior is this the casE?
It's kind of like it!
I would say so i have both the pink fish and viva glam gaga and they are very similar on the lips. though the gaga is a bit paler
just picked up Viva Glam Gaga today n it's my 2nd MAC lipstick after Angel =) thanks to my local MAC MA who kept it 'specially reserved' for me n others who have waited for months to arrive in our country, or i might won't be able to get at all.. heard they said that it'll only be available for half year..wonder if its just in my country or something.. im so addicted to MAC n i wanna grow my MAC collection, so excited. plannin' to get MAC Give Me Liberty of London next =D couldn't get enough of Temptalia Christine, love n xoxo..
Aww! Thank you :D I know that the press release stated 12 months, so I am not sure.
A little late to hop on the bandwagon but I just got the Cyndi one and am absolutely in love with it. It's my first ever MAC lipstick. I tried the Gaga one in the store but it looked bad with my super pale skin and blonde hair. But the coral Cyndi one looks great. I can't wait to wear it!! Thanks for the great review!
I'm so late on this, but I am absolutely IN LOVE with the Viva Glam Gaga lipstick. Like, head over heels. I'm wondering if there are any other MAC lipsticks that are exact dupes, or at least close? Any suggestions? Thanks!
Try Snob!
Hi! Can I borrow some of your wonderful pictures to my blog? It's new so I don't have many readers, and it's on swedish, but I wanted to ask just in case ^___^ Thanks for the best makeup website with the best pictures!
Hi Fridde, You are welcome to take (but upload to your own server) promotional photos and link back, but for photos we've taken, just one (like a teaser photo) and a link back. Thank you!
I know Cyndi would look better on me since i have warmer skintone but i would get gaga instead because i'm really into pinks right now. What gloss from the new spring collection or liberty of london would be good to make gaga a little warmer?
Try English Accents!
thanks
They look gorgeous on you!! Thanks for the swatches and review! <3 I was wondering which (or both haha) you would recommend for nc20/25 skin? I really want to pick one (or both ... <3), and it's for such a great cause!
Cyndi for sure :) Gaga if you love the color & the cause!
Silly me, but omg I wanted to get the lady gaga because I want to donate, but I don't like lustres. And snob's a satin. :( What to do...
Any permanent MAC dupes for Cyndi?
Not really :(
Try blending a red lipstick into MAC Crosswires? :)
Is it me or the Gaga lipstick looks like a lot to the Strayin lipstick from the Hello Kitty collection? Because if they´re almost the same, I think I´ll buy the Gaga one instead the Hello Kitty :)
Hi Christine! Do you think a warm tone can wear the Cyndi Lauper shade? By the way, what are you studying for, what's your major?
Oh, yes, definitely!! I am a JD/MBA (graduate school - law and business). My major for undergrad was dual - Economics & Political Science :)
My Gaga should be in the mail tomarrow! YAY!!!
I'm definitely gonna buy both when they'll be launched in my country! I have a question about the viva glam lipsticks (couldn't find the right post to ask there) about the ones that don't have a gloss in the viva glam collection (viva glam I, II, III & IV + the lauper and the gaga one) : which liplass, ... can match each one the most closely? I tried to find the answer but obviously didn't manage. Thanks a lot for your help!
Pretty sure I've been wearing that light pink/bluish lipstick for years now when nobody else was... but anyway, while Lady GaGa continues to steal other people's looks, I am SO excited about Cyndi Lauper making her way back into the spotlight. She's going to be on Celebrity Apprentice and I can't freaking wait! I've idolized her since I was 6 years old and still have a scrapbook where I kept all of her photos from magazines, trading cards (yes, there were Cyndi Lauper trading cards sold in grocery stores!) and stickers. I purchased both lip colors today via the MAC pro website, so I won't get mine for a few days. I am going to compare the GaGa lipstick to my YSL signature color and see which one I like best. Thanks for posting the swatches so I could get a better look at the texture and tones of the products.
Hey, is there any way I can get a hold of those swatches? Great review, I love The GAGA Color!
No one cares about the Cyndi! More for me! :)
Picked up Cyndi and Gaga today! So excited to have them! Am loving the wearable red and super bubblegum pink. A great cause, so I figured I'd go for both!
omg i loooovvve viva glam gaga! it makes me feel like a mexican barbie! haha...but i only bought one n i thought about getting a backup but i figured id wait til next week n now its sold out everywhere!!!
Hey Christine, do you think Creme Cup is similar to Gaga?
It's not quite as purple/pale!
I love the Cyndi Lauper colour most (and on you also) more than the Gaga. Though I'd want the Gaga one for 'collectability' if that makes sense. I would just *never* wear it!
I just got the lady gaga one yesterday and I love it, Im still thinking about the cyndi lauper one tho.
im an indian girl, nc37 - please help me out with how i could make this lipstick work for me? much appreciated christine?
I'd pair it with fuchsia pinks and purples or really frosty pinks on the eyes.
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