The Scarlet Season: MAC Wild 'Bout You Lipstick
MAC Wild ‘Bout You Lipstick
The Scarlet Season: MAC Wild ‘Bout You Lipstick
MAC Wild ‘Bout You Lipstick ($14.00 for 0.10 oz.) was a limited edition shade of amazingness launched with the Rockocco Collection back in fall of 2006. MAC described it as a “rich raspberry with pink pearlized pigments” with a matte frost finish (who knew you could have a matte frost!). This shade is almost not quite a red, but I couldn’t resist including it, because 1) it does have a red tinge to it, and 2) I tend to reach for it when I’m feeling like wearing red.
It’s a very amped up raspberry red with kind of an icy pearl fuchsia-pink sheen, but otherwise, the lipstick itself is matte. I will also say that Wild ‘Bout You is a particularly dry matte, so it’s not the easiest to use on imperfect lips. Because it does have a tendency to be quite dry, I usually wear it with a gloss on top, which makes it look and feel the way I like it to. Don’t forget – you can see looks/lip combinations of me wearing this lipstick here.
The Scarlet Season is a series of posts showcasing and featuring my favorite shades of red lips–from glosses to lipsticks that runs through December 2009. You can sure expect to see a lot of red this holiday season!
See more swatches and comparison photos…
Christine,
This is a beautiful colour. Do you know of any dupes for it?
To be honest, perhaps something like New York Apple with Pink Opal pigment… but I don’t know of an exact dupe!
Gorgeous color!!
Glad you liked it!
I would LOVE to see this under Amourous Dazzleglass Creme!
It’s prettier with purples/icy pinks, IMO 🙂
that color is amazing. I’m a huge fan of matte lipsticks but this one has that added layer of pink frost which makes it very eye catching. matte frost, who knew!
Only MAC, haha!
Are those your lips featured in the product gallery? They are much larger, they don’t seem like the same person. Either way, you have the ultimate lip model lips, they are perfect with all of the red colour lip products. Reds are the hardest for lips to carry and you do it exceedingly well.
After the holidays, may be you could get us ready for the “love season” (valentine’s day) with various shades of pink.
Yes, they’re mine – all the photos in the gallery right now are mine/taken by me!
I always think red for Valentine’s Day, haha! But maybe pink 🙂
is it just me or is this color a bit 80’s? it’s still pretty but it has that frosted 80’s look to me. i think topping it with gloss would definitely bring it back into modern-day makeup.
I could see why you’d say that! I never wear it by itself myself, and one of my favorite glosses to put over it is Luminary lustreglass!
Pretty, I like how the frosty/pearly sheen adds dimension to it and it probably makes it long lasting too. In general, I find that most MAC lipsticks are long lasting, except for the glaze and the lustre finishes.
It does have good staying power since it’s dry and matte and pigmented. 😀
This is very very pretty. It makes me happy looking at it. LOL 🙂
LOL!
Hey Temptalia. How about you feature Nars’ Scarlet Empress lipstick. It is a beautiful red lipstick.
I don’t own that one, sorry 🙁
It’s lovely, but what’s the point in featuring something that’s not been available for 3 years?
There are others who probably own it who may have forgotten what it’s looked like, or the very fact that maybe someone hasn’t seen this shade and wants to find it or recreate it using products they have at home. It also can help someone chime in with, “I have x lipstick that looks just like this!” if they see this one is older or limited 🙂
This is such a pretty shade – exactly what I’m looking for! And the finish is nice too. Maybe I’ll try New York Apple..
New York Apple has kind of that raspberryish-red shade, and if you pat a lil’ Pink Opal pigment on top, you can get that more of a matte frost finish AND the slight iridescence of Wild ‘Bout You, too. (And I LOVE to add Pink Opal pigment on top of Wild ‘Bout you, period.)
Im not sure if this would be an exact match but it is a good pink red (all though slightly glossy) is Estee Lauders Pure Crystal lipstick in Red Apple.
Thanks, Jennifer! Will have to check it out!
Gorgeous, I really miss the Rockocco collection, especially Coco pigment and now this, since I missed it at the time. *Wishes the collection would come back*
Me too! It was a really standout collection, and I wish they would do a redux of that! C’mon, it’s been a few years!
I loooove Wild ‘Bout You! Especially with Sex Ray l/g from Lure. Mmmm, delicious. 🙂
I’d also like to say that it looks far better by itself on your lips than it does on mine. So much smoother.
YAY! Sex Ray is gorgeous. I wish I bought it when it was out. I don’t know what I was thinking NOT buying it. I don’t think I was into lip stuff at that point in my MAC addiction, but DAMN!
Your lips have to be PERFECT (or nearest to) to really pull it off. It’s just SO drying alone!
Omg! That’s gorgeous! I think I’ll have to hunt this one down. 😉
Thanks, Christy! Good luck 🙂
This is a lippie MAC needs to repromote!
AGREED OMG!
how come mine comes out red purplish on me. Agreed though, it’s a very nice color!
Aww! It sounds like it can do this on some people. I wonder what causes it though!
i think that was from Untamed, Rockocco did have a gorgeous red l/s (rockocco) and matching gloss as well
they did both launch at the same time tho
Was it? Hmm, my info says Rockocco! I will have to double check, though!
This is easily my favorite lipstick ever by MAC, I have several back-ups and always on the hunt for more. It’s far richer in color with more purple on my lips than in your pics though.
Hey Sarah! 🙂 I’m not surprised that you love this lipstick (or that you have backups, ha!). I’m actually a bit thankful it doesn’t go on quite as purple on me as you, because I don’t know if I’d wear it as much.
How does this compare to Urban Decay’s (original, not the newly re-released one) Gash lipstick?
I never saw the original, sorry Marty!
Thank you, this is very beautiful and looks excellent with your coloring!