The Scarlet Season: MAC Warning Lip Varnish
The Scarlet Season: MAC Warning Lip Varnish
I can thank my girl Heather for turning me on to one of MAC’s all-time greatest shades of reds. I remember seeing her rock it, and it was stunning! I was like, “What’s that?” I’m sure I’m not the only one who misses the days of MAC Lip Varnish — slick, glossy opaque colors in bright, bold shades. Warning is a high-glossy bright red that goes on opaque in a single layer and clings well to lips. It wears well and lasts a good six to eight hours if I don’t eat (it survives some drinking mostly intact). It was such a shame when MAC decided to discontinue this formula, but maybe one day they’ll bring it back and perhaps even improve upon it…
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!
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Wow! That’s a pretty stunning shade of red. Even more impressive that there’s no lipstick underneath it.
I know, right? Bring it back, MAC!
Wow. Liquid lipstick with a touch o gloss…Mac needs to bring these back.
How long ago where they discontinued?
Gosh, I think it’s been awhile. At least two years, I’d say!
Thats fi-yah!!! LOL…You have to include Stila’s lip enamel in Joy from the Barbie Loves Stila Collection! I loooove that red!
Haha! I’ll have to revisit Joy…
Yay!! If you do post it can you recommend a good liner to go with it? I was thinking Red Enriched Creamstick but im new to the red lipstick world so I could be totally off 🙂
Red Enriched is one of my go-to liners for reds, actually 🙂
Aaaaw, I want this!!!
I know! I wish they’d bring it back!
Gorgeous! Sigh, I do remember the days of Varnish & Lacquer. High shine gorgeousness that nothing else from MAC currently has.
I remember the Lacquers, too – loved them, though I could see MAC amping them up and refining the formula a bit if they ever did.
Thanks for adding both before and after pics when you swatch, Christine!
No problem, Kristine!
I MUST HAVE THIS.
And things like this are why I don’t have an eBay account…I’d be broke in two weeks. Are the other varnish colors this amazing?
Haha!
I haven’t seen many, and I can recall even less, but I remember a few being very pretty as well.
If they brought it back, they’d need to do something about the bleeding/feathering. I had Warning and only would wear it around the house because of this. Liners didn’t help, it was such a shame for such a stunner of a color to be unwearable for me.
I’m very lucky not to really have any issues with bleeding/feathering with it, even when worn alone.
Have you tried clear lip liner on the outside of your lips?
I found this at a CCO a few months ago and my cousin and I bought ALL of them 🙂 It is such a gorgeous shade but we found that it does bleed a lot. Anyhow, you miiight still be able to snatch one up at a CCO.
Very nice!! Did they have other shades or just Warning? Any who, glad you were able to find ’em!
I’m for a resurrection of this shade! It’s gorgeous!!
Haha, I know, right? Are you listening MAC gods?
Oh man, this looks AWESOME! So sad it’s DC! D:
Let’s cross our fingers & hope MAC gods are listening!
OMG they should bring it back!! It looks like the perfect “vintage” lips. I’m looking for a vampy MAC lipstick that looks vintage 🙂
They could make it part of a Vintage collection 😉
in pictures it lookes like the Chanel dragon laque a bit, how would you compare the two? I love my dragon!
Dragon is brighter and has shimmer 🙂
christine, your post inspired me to go hunting for this shade…i ended up finding it for pretty much retail price so it wasn’t too painful either! when i first applied it, my husband was bowled over – he said my lips looked like a glass of bordeaux, so its a thumbs up from me…i had a bit of feathering issues, but nothing major…and it seems to have a very long wear time…almost eight hours. i hope they bring this stuff back!
YAYYYY!
oh my GOD!!!!!!!! i NEED this!!!! this is so effing gorgeous Christine!!
-prays to the MAC gods-
please bring it back!
it looks so gorgeous! 😀
oh. my. god. speechless. PLEASE tell me that there is a dupe for this. I NEED THIS IN MY LIFE!