MAC Hey, Sailor: Lipglasses

MAC Hey, Sailor! Lipglasses ($15.50 for 0.10 oz.) include five shades: Blessedly Rich (rich pale coral), Cut Loose (white gold with pearl), Orange Tempera (pale peach), Riviera Life (bright tangerine), and Send Me Sailing (bright yellow red).  Orange Tempera is a repromote.

• Blessedly Rich is a burnt red-copper with pink, copper, and gold shimmer. It looks browner on the lips, not quite as burnt or as copper, with a fair amount of muted rose and gold shimmer. The color coverage is mostly opaque. MAC Hearts-a-Beatin’ is more orange with just gold shimmer. Bobbi Brown Beach has less shimmer. MAC Social Light is less brown. MAC Spree is less red.
• Cut Loose is a really light white gold–it’s more like a warm white that’s gold-tinted and has gold shimmer. It settles into lip lines a lot, and it does not apply as evenly as it needs to look good alone. This is the kind of gloss that would work better over something else, because alone it just doesn’t cooperate. MAC Ethereal is sheerer, not as white. MAC A Quiet Roar is yellower. MAC Almondine is just slightly warmer.
• Orange Tempera is a milky light-medium pink with opaque color coverage. Because of the creamy, milky finish, it does settle into lip lines. MAC Pure Magnificence is sheerer and appears a bit darker. MAC Peachstock has less pink. MAC Ready or Not! is peachier.
• Riviera Life is a bright medium-dark orange with gold shimmer. This is really opaque on the lips and applies evenly–it was the best gloss out of the five. MAC Morange is a smidgen darker and has no shimmer. MAC Caqui is redder. Illamasqua Temper is redder.
• Send Me Sailing is a medium-dark pinky-red with mostly neutral undertones. It has mostly opaque color coverage with some underlying translucency. I don’t usually have problems with lip products bleeding or feathering, but I experienced some minor feathering with this shade. MAC Russian Red is redder, less pink. MAC Cult of Cherry is a smidgen pinker. Chanel Triomphal is darker and has shimmer. MAC Wicked Ways is similar but has some shimmer.

MAC Lipglass is vanilla-scented with no discernible taste. It’s packaged in a clear tube with a navy blue glossy cap and white striping around the tube. It comes with a doe-foot applicator. The consistency of Lipglass is very thick and sticky. For a lot of readers, MAC is one of the stickier glosses they’ve come across. They can wear anywhere from two to five hours, depending on the color and its level of pigmentation. I tested out Cut Loose, Riviera Life, and Send Me Sailing for wear, and they wore for two and a half, four, and four and a half hours respectively.

The Glossover

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	Cut Loose and Orange Tempera are the less stellar shades here, so they bring down the overall rating. Riviera Life and Send Me Sailing were the best (think A-), while Blessedly Rich was good (think B+).
	Product 8.5/10 Pigmentation 9/10 Texture 8.5/10 Longevity 8.5/10 Application 4/5
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MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass

MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass

MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass

MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass (Diffused Flash)

MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass (Studio Lighting)

MAC Blessedly Rich Lipglass

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass (Diffused Flash)

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass (Studio Lighting)

MAC Cut Loose Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass (Diffused Flash)

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass (Studio Lighting)

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass (Diffused Flash)

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass (Studio Lighting)

MAC Riviera Life Lipglass

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass (Diffused Flash)

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass (Studio Lighting)

MAC Send Me Sailing Lipglass

I purchased Blessedly Rich, Riviera Life, and Send Me Sailing. I received Cut Loose and Orange Tempera as press samples.

MAC Fall Colour: Lipglasses

MAC Fall Colour Lipglasses ($14.50 for 0.17 fl. oz.) includes four shades: C-Thru (peachy beige with shimmer), Good Times (pale mauve), Orange Tempera (pale peach), and Pink Fade (pale pink). These are part of the MAC Fall Colour Collection, which debuts in North America on September 29th, 2011 and rolls out internationally in October. C-Thru is part of the permanent collection, the other three are limited edition.

• C-Thru is a milky beige-nude with pale beige-white shimmer. IT’s semi-opaque and does settle a bit into lip lines. This is a permanent shade. MAC on the Scene is similar. Urban Decay Max is a little more opaque and peach-tinted.
• Good Times is a pale, creamy mauve-pink with nearly opaque color coverage. There is enough milkiness that it does settle into lip lines but the more opaque color hides some of it. Good Times is more opaque than MAC Going Casual but less pink than MAC Splashing. FYI, it just came out with MAC Me Over.
• Orange Tempera is a soft, light-medium peach with a creamy look. There is some settling into lip lines but it is on the more opaque side and applies fairly evenly. It is lighter than MAC Illicit.
• Pink Fade is a really cool-toned, blue-based pale pink with a creamy milkiness that encourages settling into lip lines. The coverage is mostly opaque and applies fairly evenly. It is lighter than MAC Viva Glam Gaga. It is a little cooler-toned than MAC Enchantee.

I’m not a big fan of the way MAC’s creamier lipglasses look on lips–they tend to settle into lip lines and apply unevenly. The thickness of the lipglass texture can make it harder to get even color coverage because it doesn’t glide as easily as a thinner gloss would. Lipglass is a sticky formula with a vanilla scent that typically wears three to fours on me. I don’t find the moisturizing, but I don’t usually find them drying either. I recommend creamier shades like these over a lip liner or lipstick.

The Glossover

P	C-Thru B-
	These all settle into lip lines, which can be a difficult look to pull off! I recommend using a lip liner or lipstick underneath, which should minimize settling and give a more even appearance overall.
	Product 8/10 Pigmentation 9/10 Texture 7/10 Longevity 9/10 Application 3.5/5
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C-Thru, Good Times, Orange Tempera, Pink Fade

C-Thru, Good Times, Orange Tempera, Pink Fade

C-Thru, Good Times, Orange Tempera, Pink Fade

MAC C-Thru Lipglass

MAC C-Thru Lipglass

MAC C-Thru Lipglass

MAC Good Times Lipglass

MAC Good Times Lipglass

MAC Good Times Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Orange Tempera Lipglass

MAC Pink Fade Lipglass

MAC Pink Fade Lipglass

MAC Pink Fade Lipglass