Video Review: MAC Tour de Fabulous First Impressions/Swatches

First impressions and swatches of the Tour de Fabulous collection!

MAC Tour de Fabulous – Lip Pencils

Just in time to spend those holiday gift cards, there are eight new and limited edition shades of MAC Lip Pencils ($14.00 for 0.05 oz.). These shades include: Embrace Me (vivid pinkish fuchsia), Entertain Me (clearly orange), Have to Have It (soft warm beige), Hip ‘n’ Happy (dirty blue-pink), Just My Type (intense warm brown), Just Wonderful (dirty mauve), Lasting Sensation (bright coral), and What Comes Naturally (pale peachy beige).

• Embrace Me is a bright fuchsia-magenta pink with opaque color coverage. This one applied fairly well without too much tugging. MAC Show Orchid is more iridescent and not as light. MAC Candy Yum Yum is much bluer-based. It’s very similar to Milani Rose Hip.
• Entertain Me is a medium-dark orange. This was a little on the dry side. MAC Good to Go and MAC Neon Orange are similar though a touch brighter from their sheens.
• Have to Have It is a peachy nude with a hint of rosiness. This was one of the creamier shades. MAC Can’t Get Enough is similar but less rosy. Bobbi Brown Bare Pink is more nude. MAC To the Future is lighter.
• Hip ‘n’ Happy is a very cool-toned, blue-based light-medium pink. It was a little dry. It’s similar, but bluer, than MAC Dress It Up and MAC All Styled Up.
• Just My Type is a just barely warmed-up chocolate brown–it almost looks cool-toned in some lighting! This shade was the creamiest of the bunch. None of the brown lipsticks I have compare to how dark this one is. MAC Bittersweet comes the closest.
• Just Wonderful is a rosy berry-pink with a slight frosted finish. It was the driest of the shades I tried. MAC Red Dwarf is darker, MAC Positively Dashing is very similar, and Milani Sexy Rose is a bit pinker.
• Lasting Sensation is a softened orange, just barely coral. This was a drier shade. It is similar to Chanel La Ravissante. It also seems similar to MAC Temperature Rising, though less orange.
• What Comes Naturally is a pale beige nude, and it was a little dry to work with. It’s a bit darker than MAC Fleshpot and MAC Supremely Confident.

MAC Lip Pencils are a drier lip pencil, so the application can pull and tug at the natural lip, but some are drier than others. I’ve discovered there is a fair amount of inconsistency within the texture in this particular range. There is a trade-off, though, because while that drier texture does nothing to endear itself to your pillowy lips, it does mean that the color clings on and doesn’t fade away easily. These are fairly transfer-resistant on their own, though if you apply really, really firm pressure, you may see some transfer. You could drink a cup of coffee or the like and see very minimal, if any, color on the edge of the cup.

The texture is dry, but if you are only applying one at the start of your day (rather than attempting to do eight back-to-back; not recommended!), you won’t find your lips parched by the end of the day. They are not moisturizing, and if you only wear this and this alone for eight hours or longer, your lips will likely want some hydration, which is really expected after prolonged wear without any additional moisture. They feel drier, initially, compared to the Pro Longwear Lip Pencils, but when worn on their own, these feel better overall. If you’re looking for something to use in conjunction with balm, lipstick, or gloss, I’d opt for the Pro Longwear Lip Pencils just because the glide and creaminess of the texture made them easier to apply, especially around the edges.

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Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally (bottom to top)

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally (bottom to top)

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lip Pencils

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally

MAC Embrace Me Lip Pencil

MAC Embrace Me Lip Pencil

MAC Embrace Me Lip Pencil

MAC Entertain Me Lip Pencil

MAC Entertain Me Lip Pencil

MAC Entertain Me Lip Pencil

MAC Have to Have It Lip Pencil

MAC Have to Have It Lip Pencil

MAC Have to Have It Lip Pencil

MAC Hip ‘n’ Happy Lip Pencil

MAC Hip ‘n’ Happy Lip Pencil

MAC Hip ‘n’ Happy Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Lip Pencil

MAC Just Wonderful Lip Pencil

MAC Just Wonderful Lip Pencil

MAC Just Wonderful Lip Pencil

MAC Lasting Sensation Lip Pencil

MAC Lasting Sensation Lip Pencil

MAC Lasting Sensation Lip Pencil

MAC What Comes Naturally Lip Pencil

MAC What Comes Naturally Lip Pencil

MAC What Comes Naturally Lip Pencil

MAC Tour de Fabulous – Lipglasses

MAC Tour de Fabulous includes several limited edition shades of MAC Lipglass ($14.50 for 0.17 fl. oz.), and this post features these shades: Rich & Witty (neutral dirty pinked beige), Rich Bounty (deep red-brown with pearl), Style Packed (bright, vivid fuchsia), and Tour de Fabulous (clean/bright yellow pink with pearl).

• Rich & Witty is a darkened peach with soft warm white shimmer. It’s much darker and has much less pink compared to It’s a Wow. The color coverage is opaque and very even. It’s similar to MAC Orange Tempera but with shimmer.
• Rich Bounty is a rusted red with an orange-copper shimmer. This shade had good color payoff, but it applied a bit unevenly, and it was the hardest to apply of the ones I’ve tried so far. It reminded me of Chantecaille Glaze, which also had unevenness issues.
• Style Packed is a brightened fuchsia-magenta with a creamy finish. It’s bright but doesn’t read quite neon on lips. The color coverage is pretty much opaque. It’s very, very blue-based, so it is a cool-toned shade. MAC Athena’s Kiss is pinker and darker. MAC Sassy Lassy and MAC True Babe are pinker.
• Tour de Fabulous is a white-shimmered pink-coral with mostly opaque color coverage and an even application. MAC Strange Potion is a little less pink. Chanel Confidence is fairly similar but a little pinker.

Lipglass is a tacky, thick product that tends to wear longer than the average lipgloss because of that thicker, tackier texture. It seems to be a formula that readers either love or avoid with little middle ground! These are definitely some of the best performing Lipglasses I’ve come across in the past year or longer. They apply evenly, and if you’re a fan of opaque color, you’ll get that, too!

The Glossover

	MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglasses Review, Photos, Swatches (Part 2) A-
	Though having a collection full of Lipglass seems kind of boring, I actually think the quality of these particular Lipglasses is better than many of the recent iterations of Lipglass we've seen in the seasonal collections. If you like your lipgloss sticky and opaque, I think you'll like these.
	Product 9/10 Pigmentation 10/10 Texture 9/10 Longevity 9/10 Application 4/5
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MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Rich & Witty Lipglass

MAC Rich & Witty Lipglass

MAC Rich & Witty Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty Lipglass

MAC Style Packed Lipglass

MAC Style Packed Lipglass

MAC Style Packed Lipglass

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglass

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglass

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglass

MAC Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty — can you even tell the difference between Glamglass and
Lipglass? Didn’t think so! (Lipglass is on the left, Glamglass is on the right.)

MAC Tour de Fabulous – Lipglasses

MAC Tour de Fabulous includes several limited edition shades of MAC Lipglass ($14.50 for 0.17 fl. oz.), and this post features these shades: Casual Air (frosted pale pink), Comfort & Joy (mid-tone frosty dirty mauve), It’s a Wow (mid-tone blue-pink), Knockout (red with pearl), and Real Posh (deep berry, slightly pearled).

The formula is true-to-form as far as Lipglass goes. They’re on the thicker side, and they’re tacky–they’re one of the tackier lipglosses on the market, which may or may not be a good thing. On the plus side, the tackiness means that these tend to last longer than other non-sticky lipglosses; I typically get three to four hours with these. I trialed Casual Air, Knockout, Rich Bounty, and Tour de Fabulous for wear, and they lasted four, five, four, and four hours respectively. Like all MAC lip products, these are vanilla scented but have no taste. They come in a plastic see-through tube with a doe-foot applicator.

I was really lucky, and several months ago (when Glamglass was closer to debuting), I received a single press sample of Glamglass, in the hue Rich Bounty, so I was able to test out the formula a bit. It’s a bummer that MAC wasn’t able to get these out in their anticipated form, just because the formula is very different from Lipglass. Per the original press release, Glamglass was supposed to have a brush applicator (it did), high shine (moderately true, not too much more than Lipglass), and non-sticky texture (very slick with no tackiness).

The downside to Glamglass was the slickness of the texture tended to mean the color would slip around a bit, and I found it getting on my teeth several times (which is not the norm for me). I did like the overall texture, though, which was lightweight, non-sticky, and fairly even. I like Lipglass, too–it’s a solid formula and wears longer than some other glosses–but I think fans of the Cremesheen Glass formula who desired more pigment might have found these to their liking. They actually reminded me more of the texture of 3D Glasses or Chromeglass.

• Casual Air is a pale white-pink with lots of white shimmer but also some multi-colored shimmer, as it reflects a little teal and copper at certain angles. It’s fairly opaque, even though the color base seems rather colorless, there’s enough shimmer to make up for it. The color is kind of like MAC Good Times or MAC Pink Fade but with shimmer.
• Comfort & Joy is a mauve-pink with just a hint of mauve in the actual color but with lots of lighter pink and mauve shimmer, so it tends to have a more semi-opaque effect on the lips. MAC Gone Romancin’ was the most similar shade I could think of, though it is a touch lighter. MAC Vacant is more lilac.
• It’s a Wow is a slightly coraled pink with white shimmer. It’s nearly opaque in color coverage. MAC Perennial High Style is less pink and creamier. MAC Orange Tempera is peachier but similar in lightness. YSL #19 is also similar, though it has golden shimmer.
• Knockout is a bright, intense orange-red with very, very faint orange micro-shimmer. It’s pretty much opaque on lips, and it applies surprisingly evenly for this kind of shade. Illamasqua Temper is very similar.
• Real Posh is a darkened raspberry that leans more berry than pink with lighter pink shimmer. It’s mostly opaque on lips, and it applies fairly evenly, too, without settling too heavily into lip lines. MAC Indigo Pink is redder and darker. Lancome Untamed Plum is sheerer and plummier.

Though having a collection full of Lipglass seems kind of boring, I actually think the quality of these particular Lipglasses is better than many of the recent iterations of Lipglass we’ve seen in the seasonal collections.  If you like your lipgloss sticky and opaque, I think you’ll like these.  The color range has a good selection of lighter shades that don’t become milky and uneven on lips, but it also has a few deeper hues that will work well for winter and be able to transition into spring.

The Glossover

	MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglasses Review, Photos, Swatches (Part 1) A-
	Though having a collection full of Lipglass seems kind of boring, I actually think the quality of these particular Lipglasses is better than many of the recent iterations of Lipglass we've seen in the seasonal collections. If you like your lipgloss sticky and opaque, I think you'll like these.
	Product 9/10 Pigmentation 10/10 Texture 9/10 Longevity 9/10 Application 4/5
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MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Casual Air Lipglass

MAC Casual Air Lipglass

MAC Casual Air Lipglass

MAC Comfort & Joy Lipglass

MAC Comfort & Joy Lipglass

MAC Comfort & Joy Lipglass

MAC It’s a Wow Lipglass

MAC It’s a Wow Lipglass

MAC It’s a Wow Lipglass

MAC Knockout Lipglass

MAC Knockout Lipglass

MAC Knockout Lipglass

MAC Real Posh Lipglass

MAC Real Posh Lipglass

MAC Real Posh Lipglass

MAC Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty — can you even tell the difference between Glamglass and
Lipglass? Didn’t think so! (Lipglass is on the left, Glamglass is on the right.)

MAC Tour de Fabulous – Lip Pencils Preview Swatches

MAC Tour de Fabulous also includes eight limited edition lip pencils (same formula as the permanent lip pencils).  Review is forthcoming!  I will tell you that these were absolutely un-fun to swatch.  I had to space them out over two days, because between the lipglasses and lip pencils, my lips felt ravaged, LOL! They’re slathered in lip balm and have forbade me to do further lip swatching for at least 24 hours.

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Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally (bottom to top)

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally (bottom to top)

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lip Pencils

Embrace Me, Entertain Me, Have to Have It, Hip ‘n’ Happy, Just My Type,
Just Wonderful, Lasting Sensation, What Comes Naturally

MAC Embrace Me Lip Pencil

MAC Entertain Me Lip Pencil

MAC Have to Have It Lip Pencil

MAC Hip ‘n’ Happy Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Lip Pencil

MAC Just Wonderful Lip Pencil

MAC Lasting Sensation Lip Pencil

MAC What Comes Naturally Lip Pencil

MAC Tour de Fabulous – Lipglasses Preview Swatches

MAC Tour de Fabulous may sound new, but it’s actually MAC Glamglass. The collection was renamed, and I imagine the reason is that all of the shades that were going to come out of Glamglass (a new formula) have been made as the Lipglass formula. There are also eight lip pencils, and all of the lipglasses and lip pencils are limited edition as far as I know, but there’s no official press release so it’s been just a touch confusing to say the least! This collection is slated to launch in-stores on December 26th. I am missing Check This Out & Fabulously Fab!, which I am working on getting soon!

Review is forthcoming! I actually had the luck to test out Glamglass (just one shade), which was quite a different formula compared to Lipglass, though the shade I have of Glamglass looks exactly the same color-wise to the shade in this launch.  Please hold all questions until I’ve had a chance to review!

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MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Lipglasses in Casual Air, Comfort & Joy, It’s a Wow, Knockout, Real Posh

MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Lipglasses in Rich & Witty, Rich Bounty, Style Packed, Tour de Fabulous

MAC Casual Air Lipglass

MAC Comfort & Joy Lipglass

MAC It’s a Wow Lipglass

MAC Knockout Lipglass

MAC Real Posh Lipglass

MAC Rich & Witty Lipglass

MAC Rich Bounty Lipglass

MAC Style Packed Lipglass

MAC Tour de Fabulous Lipglass