MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Overall & Round-up
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Overall & Round-up
Now available online at MAC Cosmetics & Nordstrom. Use LIBERTY for free shipping on all orders on maccosmetics.com!
OVERALL, I like the packaging a lot — I just think it’s spring-y and fun. It’s not actually my personal style/taste, but I dig it. I really liked the lipsticks (so creamy and pigmented!) and beauty powders (even though both were previously released); the lipglasses are nice but since I haven’t seen two, I’m still just waiting to see whether they grab me or not. While the eyeshadow shades fit the theme of the collection, I definitely see myself mixing the shades more with other shades I already own than just using them altogether!
Edited: Give Me Liberty of London eyeshadow, Perennial High Style & A Different Groove lipglasses, and Peachstock lipstick reviews, photos, and swatches now up. 
There are several permanent/repromoted shades in this collection, so you may want to check your stash to make sure you don’t already have them. Permanent shades are Peachstock (PRO), Free to Be, and Dirty Plum (PRO). Repromoted shades are Dame’s Desire (Dame Edna), Shell Pearl (various), Summer Rose (Rose Romance), and Vestral White (Hello Kitty).
Temptalia’s Recommendations
Must-Haves: Ever Hip Lipstick, Frankly Fresh Lipglass, Shell Pearl Beauty Powder, Bough Grey Eyeshadow, Prim & Proper Blush
Nice-to-Haves: Blue India Nail Lacquer, English Accents Lipglass, Petals & Peacocks Lipstick, Blooming Lovely Lipstick
Skip: Vestral White Nail Lacquer, Free to Be Eyeshadow (permanent–unless you want it for packaging!)
Reviews, Photos, Swatches
What’s on your list? What are you loving?
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I am thinking about getting Shell Pearl BP, But do you think that i should get this or the By Candlelight MSF (when it's repromoted)? I'm NC37, and planning to use these as highlights, thanks :) x
Hmm, I think I'd go with By Candlelight.
I hate myself for not getting anything from this collection... can we go back 2 months so I can buy it all?
Aww!
Frankly fresh lipglass is a great color :) Thanks Christine! What did you think of Birds and Berries e/s? Is there another similar MAC or UD color? One of the MAC counters near me still had it and I was considering it...
It's like a darker, bluer version of Shimmermoss!
Great dupe for Birds & Berries: Mix MAC Tilt and MAC Prussian. Exact match!
Hello and thanks for all your reviews. Upon reading your description, and seeing pictures I wondered how Prime & Proper compared to Bobbi Brown's Antigua bronzer. Are you able to vompare them? Thanks in advance.
Much softer - not nearly as bronze!
Thank you and sorry for the typos. As I mentioned, I love your reviews and swatches. I don't buy as much anymore. What I do buy, I check here for reviews.
Thanks, WendyS!
Thank you~ ^^ That's are good photo~~
I guess nobody is excited about the history of Liberty prints like I am LOL
Sorry about the typos in my earlier post. BTW I meant no disrespect in my comments about the pattern for this collection and the fact that some folks find it to be childish. Knowing about the 1883 origin of the pattern etc might be interesting for some folks. You can Google "Strawberry Thief" +Morris for more info. PS I ordered Bough Grey e/s, Frankly Fresh l/g, and another medium bag (they are quite small) in addition to my previous order :-]
Thank you, Christine, for your wonderful website. The packagng of the Liberty collection is entirely consistent with the history of Liberty textile history, so those of us who love that history and context will probably like the way this collection updates Morris's late 19th-century Strawberry Thief print. To say this pattern is childish shows a lack of knowledge of the context. Anyway, I bought an SP Beauty powder, Ever Hip l/s, Birds & Berries e/s and two of the larger makeup bags. Ever Hip becomes really wearable on a pale gal like me when applied over a more neutral lip liner. The makep bags are very petite.
It all looks lovely! Already my list of things to get in this collection (8 items in all!!) I'm in the UK (London). Does anyone know when the release date is for the UK???? It will save me from going into MAC (or checking the website) every minute like a MAD Woman!! Would be greatfull if someone could help?
Early April I believe!
honestly i was not impressed with this collection the shadows were horrible in my opinion the only thing that i really liked wasthe packaging on shell pearl but still debating whether I should buy it ;/ THe lipsticks were ok i guess nothing special
Mac.com sold out on the shell pearl beauty powder. Does anyone know if they'll be getting any more?
I don't think so :(
I went to pick up the stuff I had put on hold today and the makeup artist informed me that it was good that I did because all of the lipsticks were sold out! LOL unbelieveable. She said they got a lot of product in too but most of it was gone at the unveiling party!
Hi Guys! Does anybody know if the Dirty Plum blush in this collection and the Riveting Collection any different than the one you can get through MAC Pro? I was looking at the new dirty plum and it seems to be a deeper color with shimmer than the one I have from MAC Pro. I'd appreciate the help! Thank you, LannetKrystle
Nope, they are the same!
Gosh, Ever Hip is already sold out on the MAC website! Thankfully I ordered two last night!
Really really cute packaging!
hi christine, thanks for the recommend. i got all your must haves except the e/s because i have similar colors. i actually haven't bought previous collect., maybe it's the packaging, maybe it's the colors but i actually like the packaging. like you, it's not really my taste but i do. it reminds me of old english tea sets and not at all childish. i love that it's white, too. i think they look better in person than in pics. i also like that you have a choice of neutrals and hot pinks, love it.
Glad you liked it, Victoria :)
Ever Hip L/S is sold out on the mac website...Good thing I ordered and it was shipped today....Phew. That really was the best color of the l/s in this collection. I got the pink-coral l/g as well. I can't wait! I am so addicted to corals. I have never worn a coral lip before last year (Weird I know). I like it however when the coral leans more on the pink side, it is the best color ever on me!
I've been looking and evaluating on what I wanted ALL morning today on this website. I made out with the Shell Pearl beauty powder, Prim and Proper blush, Dame's Desire and Birds & Berries eyeshadows. I had a really bad day at work today but as soon as I got into my MAC store, everything bad seemed to lift away! Whoever said that money can't buy you happiness does not know how to shop. I am still debating the lippies though. I think I will check out Ever Hip lipstick and the Frankly Fresh lip gloss since I know I will use these. Happy happy! Birds & Berries is GORGEOUS. I love it!
I got all of my stuff from Nordstrom last night! I really hope I like it all! I ended up getting: Birds&Berries, Frankly Fresh, Perennial High Style, Dame's Desire, Bough Grey, and a Different Groove (I think that's it's name). And I have you to blame, er, I mean thank. LOL! =)
LOL! I hope you like it!!
I checked it out today, the packaging is beautiful! I only picked up Shell Pearl bp and Give me Liberty of London e/s. I tried on English Accents which for someone who only wears peaches/corals/pinky colours, it was a big step!! I liked it (i think) however I have been finding MAC glosses have been destroying my lips!! I may go back and pick up Free to Be (i like the package!) and Prim and Proper blush. The lipsticks didn't really appeal to me.
Im not crazy about this collection. Packaging is not my style. I do like the lipstick packaging, i will admit .. but since i am not a regular lipstick wearer .. I don't see myself getting anything from this collection.
Phew! What a collection :) I wound up getting more than I expected: Ever Hip, Petals & Peacocks and Blooming Lovely [which were all part of the original plan] Bough Grey and Dame's Desire [not part of the plan] and English Accents and Perennial High Style [REALLY not part of the plan, but they look awesome on top of the lipsticks]. The packaging is so cute and the lips in particular are just fabulous! 'Had Birds & Berries and Give me LoL in my hands, but finally passed since Sense of Style kohl is quite similar and Give me LoL was more like tinted face powder on me - hardly visible. Also almost got Blue India, but I'll find a similar color somewhere else and survive. Just get me through the Art Supplies collection in one piece and I'll have survived Mac until fall. Thanks again to you, Christine, for your great site - really glad I found it!
Always my pleasure, Jess!
GEEZ! I had to call my MAC store and put Ever Hip, Shell Pearl, and the medium makeup bag on hold because they are already sold out online! Blue India and Blooming lovely are sold out too!
I seriously admire the amount of work you put into writing these up. It's amazing. And the packaging for this line is absolutely to die for. Love it.
Thanks, Kelsey :)
Like the mac website already sold out Ever Hip lipstick?? I don't get it??
The power of LE!
Do they just not make enough products? the retail stores just got them today right? no wonder they can keep come out with a new collection every week.
The collection went up for sale on the website on Tuesday, I believe!
I'm debating on this! I am trying to be good since I bought some stuff from the Spring Colour Forecast collection AND some new Mally Beauty stuff like two hours ago. I am mostly interested in the glosses, but the Birds & Berries shadow interests me.
Mally beauty from qvc tsv?
Yep yep! It's scheduled to debut tomorrow, but she tweeted that it won't be presented (why I have no clue).
Hi Christine I just purchased 5 of the Blooming Lovelies, 3 English Accents and 5 of the Petals and Peacocks- I am over the moon with respect to the uber smooth pigmented slip to the lipsticks - however I was somewhat taken aback upon my return home to discover that all of the lipstick bullets had striation grooves running down their back sides!! Long story short I went back to my Montreal Mac Pro store and was informed by the manager that they had received a Memo from Mac acknowledging that a Manufacturing glitch had occurred for the run of its ENTIRE production line of lipsticks. Has anyone else heard this? And would you attempt a reorder from the company website. (Incidentally, yours is the most informative best run websites of it nature on the Net! Thank you!--A Theatre professor from Montreal.
Am not really a fan of her products but that's cool. Maybe she is not really making sales so why bother present it when they can present something else and make more sales. QVC works with numbers. By the way am a QVC addict...love em
I didn't notice any markings on the lipsticks I received... I have no idea about this!
its b/c stupid mac has been coming out with soooo many collections so close together and so many that they only get just a few items now from each collection- so pretty much if u want something , u gotta get it the first or 2nd day or else it might be gone! =(
Hi Christine, When will you add the review of the missing lipstick and lipglasses? Thanks.
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