MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit Review, Photos, Swatches
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
Happily Ever After Lip Kit ($22.50) is a trio of lip products, featuring one sheer lipglass and two lipsticks. This is a very pink-themed lip palette that does run a bit cool-toned, but it’s very wearable for both cool and warm skin tones. Lip palettes tend to be a hate it or love it kind of product; either you love the utility and portability of them or find them impractical and frustrating. I belong to the latter camp, so I’ve always leaned towards MAC’s Lip Bags during the holidays!
The lip palette includes: Endless Fun (sheer frosty pink), Cheers All Around (bright candy pink), and To Joy (medium pink). All three shades are new and limited edition to this palette.
- Endless Fun is a shimmering pale, milky pink with champagne-gold shimmer. It is a lipglass. It’s a lot like Oyster Girl.
- Cheers All Around is an opaque bright medium pink with blue undertones and lighter pink-fuchsia shimmer. It is a frost finish lipstick, but it’s not very frosty. This shade is a cross between Bombshell and Creme de la Femme.
- To Joy is a semi-sheer pale peach-pink with heavy frosted shimmer. It is a frost finish lipstick. High Strung was the closest dupe I could think of, but it’s a little darker. It looks nicer swatched than on my lips!
The palette contains one lipglass (0.03 oz.) and two lipsticks (0.09 oz.). A full-sized lipglass (0.17 oz.) retails for $14.50, while a full-sized lipstick (0.10 oz.) retails for $14.50. It also has a tiny 316SE brush. In this case, you’re getting $2.56 worth of lipglass and $13.05 worth of lipstick–so it’s just over $15 worth of product but the price tag is $22.50. Not such a hot deal in regards to quantity, but the other side of the coin is you get to try three shades for $22.50 vs. $43.50.
MAC’s lipsticks vary from sheer to opaque, and finish doesn’t always tell the story on pigmentation, so these shades seem in line with the brand’s lipstick range. If you like pinks, this is totally up your alley; if you’re not so into pinks, it won’t make your must-buy list. I don’t think these shades are the most unique, so if you just spot one you’re interested, try giving one of the suggested dupes a shot.
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- Product: 27/30
- Value: 7/10
- Ease of Use: 4/5
- Packaging: 4/5
RECOMMENDATION: Though a little cooler in tone, it’s not terribly cool. I expect that Cheers All Around will grab some eyes, as it’s a nice bright pink without being neon.
AVAILABILITY: October 28th at MAC Stores/Counters, Now online
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
MAC Tartan Tale: Happily Ever After Lip Kit
Endless Fun, Cheers All Around, To Joy
Endless Fun, Cheers All Around, To Joy
To Joy, Cheers All Around, Endless Fun
Endless Fun, Cheers All Around, To Joy
MAC Endless Fun Lipglass
MAC Endless Fun Lipglass
MAC Cheers All Around Lipstick
MAC Cheers All Around Lipstick
MAC To Joy Lipstick
MAC To Joy Lipstick
Cheers All Around is gorgeous but I don’t like other two shades !
I love Mac to Joy on you.
Ooo this is very pretty. I love the second colour and the last one looks great on you.
These are some pretty shades of pinks but I do not like the lip palette. I bought my first one last yr because I was loving the pinks. But I find it to be a little messy no matter how careful I was. And it wasn’t convenient pulling that out and getting that tiny brush to reapply a shade in the middle of the day. I recommend if anyone is loving the colors, just buy it individually. I will be passing on this.
Cheers all around looks great on you, Christine. Will you be doing reviews for the mineralise sets later on?
No reviews on the mineralize sets from me – too expensive for just one new product :/
Cute, but I’m with you that lip palettes are a waste for me. I don’t want to carry a lip brush in my purse, and I’m not using my fingers on the go. The only way I could use this would be to apply before I leave the house, and never touch up.
omg cheers all around is so pretty! i am going to be broke lol
I’m with you – lip palettes seem so messy, and they remind me of the play makeup I had as a child, which was gross. To Joy and Cheers All Around are really pretty, but I’d much rather have a stick or a tube for application.
I only like the middle one! I swatched a mac lippy the other day – it was like a medium pink with gold shimmer probably frost finish – do you think that could be bombshell? sorry if this is a stupid needle in haystack question!
Sounds like it!
i HATE lip palettes but i really like these colors
i wish mac came out with cheers all around by it self
This is a lovely set. Cheers All Around really is pretty and I like that this is one of the cheaper kits in the collection. Most of my MAC lipsticks are nude, plum, or peachy shades, so this would be nice to get.
Is it just me, or does this holiday collection seem kind of bland?