The Sultry Season is a series of posts featuring deep, rich shades of brown, berry, plum, and wine lipsticks and lipglosses — just right for autumn — that runs through October 2010.
Christine has normal-to-dry skin with areas of dryness (cheeks, nose, and under the eyes). She has a light-medium skintone with subtle, warmer yellow undertones. Her best foundation matches include: Tarte Rainforest of the Sea in Light-Medium Neutral (best match), Estee Lauder Double Wear Stay-in-Place Makeup in Desert Beige 2N1, Giorgio Armani Maestro Glow in 4.0, Hourglass Warm Ivory Vanish Seamless Finish, Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft Luminous in Dusk, MAC NC20/NC25, Make Up For Ever Ultra HD Liquid in Y305 (140). (For more information, please check the FAQ.)
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My mind is boggled how pale Cyber appears on you! I’m not quite NC 15, and when I apply it, it looks nearly black! Awesome color though.
Bree
I can envision this being a great color on darker-brown skintones
Zenaida
So I own this and loooooooooove it!!! But compared to your pictures mine looks a few shades darker… I believe I’m NW 25… (haven’t been to a counter to check again in a little while) Anyway… is there some special way you swatched this? I would love to be able to get it to come out like yours also.
I love this lipstick, I just haven’t found the right look to wear it with since it’s so intense!
Nina
If you apply this lightly you can use it 🙂
I am pale but I use it applyed with light hand and a gloss on top.
Catherine
I have smoked purple and such is, as you said, such an intense shade, i wear it with very very natural eyes. A light brown in the crease, a lot of mascara and the lipstick do pretty much all the look!
Andrea
HOT colour! Love it.
Roslyn
Cyber is such a beautiful color. Maybe I’d buy it if I hadn’t already bought a similar color from MUFE. I think it’s 49 in the new line.
Abby
Would you consider this a dupe for MUFE #49 lipstick that was also featured in “The Sultry Season?” Which do you like better if you had to choose?
They are pretty close – I haven’t swatched them side by side, but looking at the photos side by side, I’d say they’re close enough to just own one! It’s a toss up really – probably MAC since it’s cheaper.
Paulina
i LOVE cyber with MAC liquid lurex on top… hotness!
Charlene
I would definitely wear it! I LOVE vampy purples!!
Leslie :)
this is a HOT HOT color… I’m not sure if pale white can pull it off, but I may try anyway!
Catherine
I am a NC 15, and pale people can pull it off!
nunuiviet
sorry but this colour is not my cup of tea, plus i don’t think it will flatter anyone with any skin one, i mean this colour will best suit a make up for a horror movie, just too ugly
It’s pretty on you! When I wear dark colors and I smile I think I look like the Joker :/
Also, did you find this applied evenly? That’s my other gripe with some really dark colors.
Thank you! Pretty evenly – the swatch is pretty accurate of applying lipstick in about 15 seconds 🙂
Laurel
I don’t know if I am the only unrepentant adult goth on the boards, but Cyber is my favorite lipstick of all time. Much imitated, still never duplicated. Fabulous with a very pale face and major eyeliner. I’ve worn it on and off for a decade.
Helen
No, you are not the only one! I’m a 44 year old ElderGoth and MAC Cyber is my favorite lipstick ever! Although I have to say, Fabulously F/W is almost the same color, a bit smoother though so not quite as dark.
This was my second MAC lipstick, after Fluid, aged 17, 14 years ago! I was a goth and I think I finished the tube and bought it a second time! Takes me right back.
But I’ve grown out of that phase now and realise it made my skin so sallow (I’m an NC42). But it’s a cool shade if you can pull it off.
stephanie
Not really, Cyber is dark like this on everyone. Sometimes it can be too dark so it’s better put on with a brush, that way you can control how light or dark you want it. Violetta Davis and Iman are two very different skin tones by the way. Iman is lighter.
I have always loved Cyber and glad it’s been perm for so long! I use it lightly with glosses
Vale
I love Smoked Purple and I love this too. Can you please post a comparison swatch over your arm? Since I don’t have a PRO store near, I want to order it by telephone, but I would not, of course, being able to see the two colours together.
So, please, add a swatch! (puppy eyes!)
Ehm, maybe it is a silly question but… so, if they are identical… why there are two? o_O
Can you tell me the differences? I have to order from the shop in Milan and I can’t go there to actually see the products 🙁
I bought this for a wedding I went to in June, I paired it with black liquid liner and a grey one shouldered dress with light purple stripes in it. I pulled off a super awesome look that everyone loved! I definitely stood out yet felt super comfortable wearing my new favorite lipstick- totally knocked “Brave” right out of my everyday make-up bag!
After seeing Cyber in person the other day, I am sure I can pull it off. My skin is lighter, but it is a good runway couture shade or for theatric makeup looks.
I’ve never worn a dark-purple lipstick before, but this one is hot! I’m really debating whether or not I should get it.
It looks great on you. Love these kind of bold colours whenever I see them on other people. Maybe I’ll try it.
Thanks for swatching it. 🙂
Sarah
This looks so fantastic! I am slowly and surely switching my lipstick obsession from glittery pink (how it was a few years ago) to deep dark reds and burgundies… I think this will be a must have for me! Even though I am the color of a white bed sheet, I think it will look pretty darn cool! Thanks, Christine! 🙂
Wah, good swatches and post. I really love that you explain the difference between similare shades. It’s so helpful. ^^ I have start reading your website more frequently now since many of your posts are so helpful, and I don’t need to bother asking about dupes or differences of many of your posts since you bring up that kind of questions. ^^
Cyber is so damn gorgerous! *_* I love purple, plum, berry, rose and wine lip colors. Cyber reminds me of Vamp it up by Wet n Wild (I don’t have it though, but I seen swatches of it, its slightly more blue toned tho). Cyber is probably one of my top 10 shopping-list (I don’t have any MAC Lipsticks yet :'( but gonna buy some in a few month since I’m first collecting MAC Eyeshadows… -_- I am a Mac newbie. I don’t have a store near my town, i have to either travel 2 hours with train/car or order online which sucks).
I often wear dark eyes, subtile cheekcolor and dark lip colors since i am huge fan of the gothic fashions so this lipcolor will fun to have. 😀 Kinda annoying I sucks at applying dark lipsticks tho, never get even and I am too lazy using lipliners. :/ So for everyday, I tend to choose sheer & glossy lip colors.
I believe MAC’s website has a good return policy, so you could try that, even if it’s annoying to have to return things – at least it’s better than driving 2 hours!
Unfortunatly here in Sweden,I can’t shop from that website. :/
There is only one store online that I can order MAC from. But I thinking of getting lipsticks and base products there (and get eyeshadow/blush pot pans when I am going to the towns/Cities who have it, which is currently ONLY ONE STORE in Stockholm). :/
And I cant return lipsticks back here either, the return-policies is a bit different, like the packaging must not be open so if I open a lipstick tube I must keep it, but if I got wrong lipstick I can return it. -___-;;
People who live outside europe has it lucky with the price and returning products. Oo Mac Lipstick cost 33-34 dollars here.. O.O;;
FrozenFlower
Hey Christine, do you think this will look good on NW35 skintone?? Looks amazing on you, btw!
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MAC Cyber Lipstick
That color looks great on you!
Thanks, Lorin!
So not a fan of weird colored lipsticks! 🙁
They just scream halloween to me.
The only one I think is “edgy” is black lipstick.
this is my favorite lipstick. im on my third tube!
I doubt I’d be able to pull that off, but it looks pretty darn amazing on you!
Thank you, Kat!
My mind is boggled how pale Cyber appears on you! I’m not quite NC 15, and when I apply it, it looks nearly black! Awesome color though.
I can envision this being a great color on darker-brown skintones
So I own this and loooooooooove it!!! But compared to your pictures mine looks a few shades darker… I believe I’m NW 25… (haven’t been to a counter to check again in a little while) Anyway… is there some special way you swatched this? I would love to be able to get it to come out like yours also.
It could be our skin tones – mine warming it up a bit!
Hi Christine! I was wondering if this is anything similar to the Night Violet mattene lipstick from the Style Black collection?
It is similar!
I love this lipstick, I just haven’t found the right look to wear it with since it’s so intense!
If you apply this lightly you can use it 🙂
I am pale but I use it applyed with light hand and a gloss on top.
I have smoked purple and such is, as you said, such an intense shade, i wear it with very very natural eyes. A light brown in the crease, a lot of mascara and the lipstick do pretty much all the look!
HOT colour! Love it.
Cyber is such a beautiful color. Maybe I’d buy it if I hadn’t already bought a similar color from MUFE. I think it’s 49 in the new line.
Would you consider this a dupe for MUFE #49 lipstick that was also featured in “The Sultry Season?” Which do you like better if you had to choose?
They are pretty close – I haven’t swatched them side by side, but looking at the photos side by side, I’d say they’re close enough to just own one! It’s a toss up really – probably MAC since it’s cheaper.
i LOVE cyber with MAC liquid lurex on top… hotness!
I would definitely wear it! I LOVE vampy purples!!
this is a HOT HOT color… I’m not sure if pale white can pull it off, but I may try anyway!
I am a NC 15, and pale people can pull it off!
sorry but this colour is not my cup of tea, plus i don’t think it will flatter anyone with any skin one, i mean this colour will best suit a make up for a horror movie, just too ugly
I am *loving* the Sultry Season lipsticks! This is such a great purple, and looks fantastic on you!
Nice color, but best for dark skin like actress Viola Davis or supermodel Iman.
It’s pretty on you! When I wear dark colors and I smile I think I look like the Joker :/
Also, did you find this applied evenly? That’s my other gripe with some really dark colors.
Thank you! Pretty evenly – the swatch is pretty accurate of applying lipstick in about 15 seconds 🙂
I don’t know if I am the only unrepentant adult goth on the boards, but Cyber is my favorite lipstick of all time. Much imitated, still never duplicated. Fabulous with a very pale face and major eyeliner. I’ve worn it on and off for a decade.
No, you are not the only one! I’m a 44 year old ElderGoth and MAC Cyber is my favorite lipstick ever! Although I have to say, Fabulously F/W is almost the same color, a bit smoother though so not quite as dark.
This makes your eyes look gold…so gorgeous!
This was my second MAC lipstick, after Fluid, aged 17, 14 years ago! I was a goth and I think I finished the tube and bought it a second time! Takes me right back.
But I’ve grown out of that phase now and realise it made my skin so sallow (I’m an NC42). But it’s a cool shade if you can pull it off.
Not really, Cyber is dark like this on everyone. Sometimes it can be too dark so it’s better put on with a brush, that way you can control how light or dark you want it. Violetta Davis and Iman are two very different skin tones by the way. Iman is lighter.
I have always loved Cyber and glad it’s been perm for so long! I use it lightly with glosses
I love Smoked Purple and I love this too. Can you please post a comparison swatch over your arm? Since I don’t have a PRO store near, I want to order it by telephone, but I would not, of course, being able to see the two colours together.
So, please, add a swatch! (puppy eyes!)
They’re exactly the same swatched next to each other 🙂
What is exactly the same swatched next to each other? I missed the question.
Smoked Purple & Cyber
Ehm, maybe it is a silly question but… so, if they are identical… why there are two? o_O
Can you tell me the differences? I have to order from the shop in Milan and I can’t go there to actually see the products 🙁
The finishes are different, Smoked Purple is a little more opaque.
Out of Cyber and Smoked Purple, which do you prefer? And why?
Which do you think lasts longer on the lips?
Dark colors like those really compliment me, and I don’t have dry lips like you were talking about, so I really don’t know which to get.
Cyber, a little smoother. They last the same on me, though.
I bought this for a wedding I went to in June, I paired it with black liquid liner and a grey one shouldered dress with light purple stripes in it. I pulled off a super awesome look that everyone loved! I definitely stood out yet felt super comfortable wearing my new favorite lipstick- totally knocked “Brave” right out of my everyday make-up bag!
After seeing Cyber in person the other day, I am sure I can pull it off. My skin is lighter, but it is a good runway couture shade or for theatric makeup looks.
I’ve never worn a dark-purple lipstick before, but this one is hot! I’m really debating whether or not I should get it.
It looks great on you. Love these kind of bold colours whenever I see them on other people. Maybe I’ll try it.
Thanks for swatching it. 🙂
This looks so fantastic! I am slowly and surely switching my lipstick obsession from glittery pink (how it was a few years ago) to deep dark reds and burgundies… I think this will be a must have for me! Even though I am the color of a white bed sheet, I think it will look pretty darn cool! Thanks, Christine! 🙂
Wah, good swatches and post. I really love that you explain the difference between similare shades. It’s so helpful. ^^ I have start reading your website more frequently now since many of your posts are so helpful, and I don’t need to bother asking about dupes or differences of many of your posts since you bring up that kind of questions. ^^
Cyber is so damn gorgerous! *_* I love purple, plum, berry, rose and wine lip colors. Cyber reminds me of Vamp it up by Wet n Wild (I don’t have it though, but I seen swatches of it, its slightly more blue toned tho). Cyber is probably one of my top 10 shopping-list (I don’t have any MAC Lipsticks yet :'( but gonna buy some in a few month since I’m first collecting MAC Eyeshadows… -_- I am a Mac newbie. I don’t have a store near my town, i have to either travel 2 hours with train/car or order online which sucks).
I often wear dark eyes, subtile cheekcolor and dark lip colors since i am huge fan of the gothic fashions so this lipcolor will fun to have. 😀 Kinda annoying I sucks at applying dark lipsticks tho, never get even and I am too lazy using lipliners. :/ So for everyday, I tend to choose sheer & glossy lip colors.
I believe MAC’s website has a good return policy, so you could try that, even if it’s annoying to have to return things – at least it’s better than driving 2 hours!
Unfortunatly here in Sweden,I can’t shop from that website. :/
There is only one store online that I can order MAC from. But I thinking of getting lipsticks and base products there (and get eyeshadow/blush pot pans when I am going to the towns/Cities who have it, which is currently ONLY ONE STORE in Stockholm). :/
And I cant return lipsticks back here either, the return-policies is a bit different, like the packaging must not be open so if I open a lipstick tube I must keep it, but if I got wrong lipstick I can return it. -___-;;
People who live outside europe has it lucky with the price and returning products. Oo Mac Lipstick cost 33-34 dollars here.. O.O;;
Hey Christine, do you think this will look good on NW35 skintone?? Looks amazing on you, btw!
Yes, I think it could work!