MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick Review, Photos, Swatches
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick ($30.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a “mid-tone dirty violet [with a Satin finish].” It’s a brightened, medium-dark berry-magenta with cool, blue undertones and a satin finish. Bite Beauty Framboise (P, $24.00) is brighter. MAC Catharina (P, $23.00) is similar. Urban Decay Ladyflower (LE, $22.00) is lighter. Fyrinnae Sexy Nerd (P, $7.00) is very shimmery. NARS Fanny (P, $32.00) is darker. Illamasqua Glissade (P, $26.00)is lighter, brighter. MAC Flat Out Fabulous (P, $16.00) is more matte. Givenchy Croisiere Fuchsia (309) (LE, $36.00) is lighter. NARS Yu (P, $25.00) is lighter, cooler-toned. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
It had mostly opaque color coverage that went on evenly, while the consistency was lightly creamy and didn’t drag or tug at the lips. It felt a little thinner and clingier overall compared to other Satins. This hugged enough that it felt drying after three hours of wear, though the color lasted for six in total, plus a residual stain that wouldn’t quit. The packaging has a little more heft than the Lipglass did, but there is still a really glaring, plastic component on the interior. I think for the extra $15, it they had done a filigree cage over a gold cap, maybe it would give it that extra oomph for the price increase.
Ultramarine Pink
LELimited Edition. $30.00.
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MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
MAC Ultramarine Pink Lipstick
This shade is beautiful and it looks so good on you!
Thanks, Agata!
What a beautiful color on you! 🙂 I have Framboise, so easy enough skip for me. But, YIKES, that yellow plastic is such an eye-sore. I do not understand why it would be left like that.
Thank you, Lauren!
Wow wow wow…… i really really hope this collection launches in India and i get a hand on this awesome color. I am eyeing only this lipstick from this collection. I always look forward for your reviews. Christine you as usual look FAB!!! Thank you so much for your honest reviews….. love and regards. Nabamita.
Fingers crossed for ya, Nabamita! 🙂
Thank you!
It’s a pretty color, but I feel like it isn’t really unique. Also, I can’t fathom paying $30 for something that’s just a MAC formula at the end of the day – yes, the package is pretty, but worth the $14 more they’re charging for it, at least in my opinion.
I find that when I am confronted with the true price of packaging, I often cannot cave.
Id rather get another nars audacious lipstick than this…yes its not a wow….id rather keep wearing my mac pink pigeon or Mac Embrace lipstick. This packaging is nice but i dont focus on that..its about the color !
I’m beginning to think I’m having some lost in translation moments with the names of the shades in this collection.
LOL!
Stares at it longingly. I just can’t justify it this month with IMATS being the following weekend.
IMATS!! YAY!
I really love the packaging of this lipstick. The color looks great on you, but then again so does everything!
You’re too kind, Jenny!
Ooooh that color brightens up your whole look! I just love magenta pinks on you 🙂
Aw, thank you!
Meh…. I was so excited about this one, but I hoped it’d be more purple… just Light English Red lipglass for me!
Enjoy 🙂
It is a great color. Flat out Fabulous has been on my list for a while and I’ll stick with buying that when spring comes around.
FoF is a lovely shade!
Thirty dollars worth? I dunno…it’s another shade that I feel ‘been there, done that’ doesn’t help the over the last year we’ve been flooded with bright pinks. Personally, I’d rather spend it on a NARS Audacious LS or put the money towards a Guerlain Rouge G Lippie, but that’s just me. So far, I’m not feeling much from the collection which is good because it could have been a ridiculously expensive haul & without many swatches to go, a lot of expensive regrets. I would like to get 1 piece from the collx though. Thanks for the review, much appreciated.
If the packaging was really fancy, at least there would be that, but I think you’ll get fancier packaging with YSL or Guerlain.
Wow, I had pretty much exactly the same thought :oD
At the $30 price point they are going up against some tough competition with what seems like a fairly dupable shade. Given the drying formula and disappointing packaging, I’d rather get something from the NARS Audacious line (or save up and put the money towards an eventual Rouge G purchase).
Seems like that is what other readers are thinking, too, Kater!
seriously mac? you could dupe this color with a hundred different ls.
It isn’t super unique!
pretty color but i already own a few similar dupes and for $30 i’d rather splurge on my beloved YSL lippies. i personally find this packaging hideously tacky and cheap looking.
Glad you have some dupes!
I really, really like this color. I can’t lie. I’m pretty tempted but I refuse to let MAC finesse me out of an extra $15 just for the packaging. If this collection sells well MAC will think these kind of price hikes are okay and they’re certainly not
I hear ya! 🙁
I love this colour, I do have Glissade, and I have Catharina on my wishlist for later, so I’m not going for this. With the extra cost for this LE they’d have to come up with someting really unique, I think.
I’m wiht all who’s mentioned getting a NARS or a Guerlain lipstick instead.
That said, this colour looks good on you.
This looks lovely!
Very pretty and tempting shade!
I really, really love this color! I do have Ladyflower though, so I’m sticking with that. Thirty dollars for a lipstick is on the high side for me.
I wish it was more lush and hydrating for the price point!
This is a lovely color but I already have Flat Out Fabulous which is really similar. Also I’d rather take those $30 and spend them on Chanel Rouge Allure.
Yeah, it is tough to pay $30 for MAC when Chanel is the same price (and most other high-end/designer brands).
At least when I bought runaway red n 3N from the pretty in pink collection, I got almost 50% more of the amount for a higher price. They were nice colors too with the unique packaging.
This whole collection is ridiculously priced.
MAC usually suckers me in with the special edition lipstick packaging, but this one is a major miss. I don’t like anything about that tube. The color is nice enough, but I have both Ladyflower and Framboise, so I can live without it.
Oh, I’ve just decided what the tube should have looked like! If it had been the traditional MAC bullet shape but in burnished gold with shiny gold filigree layered over it, I’d have been first in line, even at this ridiculous price point.
That would have been awesome! But then again they had to repurpose all those Proenza tubes that didn’t sell! LOL!!!!!!
The colour is rather nice, but I agree that they kind of tripped over the packaging on this one if they’re going to charge $30. I honestly think they’re testing the waters to see what they can get consumers to pay for a ‘limited edition’ collection that doesn’t offer anything startling or new in terms of the actual product. (LOL, just saw Fancie had the same thought!) 😛
I told people this would happen too. People paying hundreds of dollars on eBay for LE MAC, MAC said “If they’re gonna pay that much for it let it be to us!!!”
Thanks for saving me $15 dollars Christine. I’m going to skip this and just get Catharina
I wish this wasn’t so expensive….
This lipstick is gorgeous!