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I love your database, I often use it to check details of Mac products I see on eBay or just look up certain products/collections. Same with the swatches/product photos. Thank you, you’re such a helpful person! 🙂
Yay! 😀
Thanks, Anita!
Pure03/01/99ChillLuminous satin, ccool white Eyeshadow
Boss Lady, please change this..ccool..in the database..please
hey christine, this is unrelated, but im having trouble with the foundation matrix. when i click on “cool” it takes me to shades with NW (meaning warm). NC= cool (yellow undertones), NW= warm (pink). so whats the dealio? I’m definitely cool (yellow) so why do you keep showing me NW shades? =(
Hi Jenny,
NW = not warm or needs warm (because it’s cool)
NC = not cool or needs cool (beause it’s warm)
If you have yellow undertones, then you would be warm.
ahhh it all makes sense now!!! people have been leading me down the wrong path! thanks! Im asian and I have warm undertones but the mac lady slapped some NW on me -__-
How weird! No, you definitely sound like NC! 🙂
Christine, I wanted to let you know that even though Merle Norman is not available everywhere OR is something that is known for their color, they just released some really pretty shades for their fall collection. I used to work for them & got the press release & they are great! Also, very unlike them. Not sure if you have one in your area…but in my opinion they are worth checking out. 🙂
Thanks for the suggestion 🙂
Hi Christine!
This Database is just great – it makes it so much easier to find specific products and recall each collection. Thanks so much for all the hard work you do!!!
Whoa! This is cool! The format is also great for ppl who have their own excels/spreadsheets for MAC collections too!
Thanks Christine!
Omggg this is amazing!!
Sort of spins my head going all the way back. They started off with only a few collections a year and ten I skipped to 2010 and theres like more then 12 pages! Geez! I can’t keep up. XD
hi christine….
this is just awsome…..its amazing to see how painstakingly you have collected all the info and sumarised all of it in a convenient database form……this calls for a salute….
Thanks again 🙂
christine something for you in hindi language…
“bhaaji tussi great ho….tohfo kabul karo”
it means…you are absolutely great……accept salute from my side…
hope you enjoyed a bit of hindi
Aww, thank you Shilpa!!
Hi Christine, I was searching for one of my favorite e/s Issue in the base, it’s not there!
Do you know what collection is was part of, Victoria?
Once again, Christine, you’ve outdone yourself and totally made my day brighter! I don’t know if it’s possible, but can you (in all your spare time–lol–I know that’s not a lot w/school & the BF & the dog :D) or could you also put your lip swatch photo JPG with the entry, like Sephora does with its online colors to the side of the product name, or is that me being too Martha Stewart-y/OCD? As it is, it’s still an A+ for me!!! Thanx for all you do!
Hi Elise,
We link to products we have photos of, but unfortunately, we do not have photos of the majority of the products! Sorry 🙁
Plink! is now discontinued 🙁