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The Summer Season: MAC Girl About Town Lipstick

Friday, April 16th, 2010

MAC Girl About Town Lipstick
MAC Girl About Town Lipstick

The Summer Season: MAC Girl About Town Lipstick

MAC Girl About Town Lipstick ($14.00 for 0.10 oz.) is a vibrant shade of darkened, bright fuchsia pink. It has an amplified creme finish, which makes it a very creamy, opaque shade. Girl About Town is a classic pink from MAC, and it’s always been a favorite of mine. I love the full-color coverage it provides while giving just a slightly glossy sheen without shimmer.

Is this the right pink lipstick for you? Would you wear it?

The Summer Season is a series of posts featuring bright, vibrant shades of coral, orange, and pink lipsticks and lipglosses — all perfect for a summer of fun — that runs through July 2010.

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Have you used a lip liner with this lipstick?

Just bought this shade today, and I looooove it!!! Soo pretty!! And $14-$15, (depending on tax), really isn't too terrible in my head!

Heya! this lipstick looks fab fab fabiddy fab on you! it looks lovely :) i love bright lipsticks like this :) really suits you :) anyways.....I have a youtube channel called Lauragrimes55 and I was wondering if you would see one of my videos and see if you think this lipstick would suit me? i dont want to buy it if its not going to suit me! :)

hi, do u think this color will suit warm skintones? thanks

Dang! Your lips look PERFECT! What do you use Christine?

Hi cristine! Im looking for this color for 3 months already. I would love to have this, can you pls help me where to buy? It always out of stock in mal of asia mac store! :(

Hey Christine! I am in love with how this looks on you.. I am debating between getting Girl About Town or Lickable. My skintone looks pretty close to yours (~NC35) Which do you think would look better? Thank you!

One of my fave lipsticks of all time! This is also one of the first MAC lipsticks I ever bought!

I love this color so much. :) :) & you look like Demi Lovato here, very pretty :) !

Can someone explain to me the difference between Show Orchid, Girl about Town and Full Fuchsia lipsticks? I only want one and I am so LOST!

Show Orchid has a frostier finish and runs a bit more magenta-purple with a fuchsia-purple sheen. Girl About Town is a darker, creamier pink. Full Fuchsia is a brighter, more fuchsia pink than Girl About Town, though the two are closer than either are to Show Orchid.

This color reminds be of MAC Pink Poodle lipglass, which is my favorite lipgloss of the moment.

Milani makes a PERFECT dupe for this shade. It's called "Rose Hip" and I've been in love with it for a year! The formula is very long lasting and not drying, very worth trying (but then again I love to sing its praises. lol!)

what a gorgeous shade! Love it! I would love to see a comparison between this, Full Fuchsia and Show Orchid. ;)

AAAAHHHHH i love this to the extent even i cannot describe in words... pair it with pink poodle liglass for more intense payoff otherwise layer it with nymphette to make it more wearable during day time i really wonder if u r a MAC junkie n still dont have this in ur collection ... i think this is the only color i can buy a back up m 32 but still rock it hard ... real hard ... hubby loves it sooo much that he doesnt come near me whenevr i wear this .... but christine pls tell what would be ur fav BLUSH to wear it with this one??? and which color of blush should i wear my sweetie???

Love wearing anything coral - like Margin or Springsheen/Peachykeen!

looks like a color worth trying when its time to give "back to MAC". I love the amplifieds.

This looks nice on you,Girls your age can get away with brights but it's too much for me.My favs were the Spring Season I spent lots O cash:)

I was wondering if I should get this, and if it would suit my complexion, I'm NC 50.

It looks great! Too bad I don't have MAC anywhere near to swatch it but I'll probably order it online :D

My fav color .. I would wear it with an eyeliner n thats it

I think Trimming Talk can be a dup for this. I like them both, but still I can't figure out why I bought those two at the same time :D

Christine, I was just thinking of buying this lipstick! Serendipity. I'm still in love with this color, but after reading Jemma Kid's makeup book where she says of warm toned peeps, "No Fuchsia lips for you!" I started to hesitate...so I'm online searching for warm toned people wearing this lipstick pondering whether to get it or not... You say it's blue toned, I know that I don't look so well with cool toned colors, (even though I'm in denial, but let's get real, blue toned makeup makes me look like a hooker), can you think of any warmer toned bright pinks like Girl About Town? I just saw a photo in this months issue of ELLE magazine where this blond model was rocking this amazingly gorgeous blue pink lipstick, and ugh, I would kill for the name of that lipstick!

I'm warm toned, and I'll rock a blue-babed fuchsia, so don't be afraid to try! :) You might try something like Illamasqua's Frenzy, which is more red pink. MAC Full Fuchsia (PRO) is also more of a reddish pink.

The other day I was at a pro store and I was deciding between Show Orchid, Girl About Town, Impassioned, Petals and Peacocks and Full Fuchsia. Girl About Town and Full Fuchsia were close in terms of colour and were the most complimentary on me (NC30)- the others were too blue. However, I bought Full Fuchsia eventually because I found it smoother to apply than Girl About Town.

I really like that on you. Girl About Town was one of the shades I tried on my very first trip to the MAC counter (only a few months ago), and I got Lickable instead (also have Show Orchid, and love it)... both are really bright against my NW15 skin, LOL! Still looking for an "everyday" work-appropriate lippie, though.

Sweetie is a nice lipstick for everyday! :) or Shy Girl!

Surprisingly, this didn't knock me out. I bought it a while back, but truth is, everything pales in comparison to Show Orchid for me. That's my favorite lipstick ever. Slightly off topic, Christine thanks for showcasing 5150 by Urban Decay. I bought it yesterday and wore it today. I am in LOVE!

YAY! I am glad you are lovin' 5150!

nw25. in my top 5 MAC lipsticks of all time!!! :-)

I wear it, I love it. But I like "Hollywood Nights" (Heatherette) for my bright pink.

How does this compair to Show Orcid and Petals & Peacocks?

Show Orchid is frosty and has a fuchsia-purple sheen, Petals & Peacocks is purpler and lighter/brighter.

WHOA! Even I would wear this and I hate lipstick!

This is SO pretty! I love it!

I love this! The UPS man just brought it this week. Thanks for the suggestion, Christine!

Ah, I've been waiting to see this one!!! Very pretty!

i absolutely love this colour!!! looks so great on you!! quick question - i have Pink Poodle lipglass... would you say this Girl About Town lipstick would be the equivalent to Pink Poodle? if not, what would you say would be close to pink poodle? Thanks for you help!!

I'd say it's pretty close!

ohhh this is pretty, I am glad it is permanent so I can pick it up anytime.

my daughter can rock this! she is NC45/NC50 me not so much, lol

Don't let anything stop you! This shade looks good on everyone! I'm NW20 and I rock it :)

Such a beautiful bright color, but I'm not sure something like this would look good against my skin tone.