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MAC Dream List - Surprise Gift!
Do you have a “dream list”? I keep a list of MAC products I’d LOVE to buy, but I just haven’t (for assorted reasons – from budgeting/price to forgetfulness to all of the LE launches). When I hit up Nordstrom’s on Friday, my boyfriend tagged along and said he wanted to check out the new iPhone at the Apple store, but he ended up going to MAC and surprising me with several products from my “dream list.”
In my surprise gift:
- Brush Cleanser
- Mineralize Skinfinish Natural (in Medium Plus)
- Mineralize Blush in Merrily
- Fluidlines in Blue Peep, Rich Ground, and Shade
- Mineralize Eyeshadow in Polar Opposite
- Lipglass in Nymphette
- Lipstick in Fast Thrill
- Select Tint SPF 15 Foundation (NC35)
- Brushes: 188, 189, 208, 239 (x2), 266
What’s on your “dream list”?
Wow, your boy sounds like a keeper!
I guess mine would be more brushes. I already have tons, most of them are not from MAC, except a handful of them-but I could always use more!
Hi Stephanie D,
Don’t worry, I know 🙂 I love him very much.
I, too, want to keep building my brush collection! I wish they weren’t so pricey.
OMG what an AWESOME surprise!!! The brushes alone wouldve been enough for me. You are a lucky woman! My dream list is so extensive, its just too much to list here. I am in the process of creating a spreadsheet its so bad!
Hi Shana,
I know! It’s very unlike him, which is why it meant so much and was a total surprise!
Awww, that’s so sweet. My boy took me to MAC today and got me Sea & Sky, Fresh Green, Hot Contrast, one of the New View powders (I forget which!), Pleasantry, Gentle, and Love Thing! Pretty much my entire dream list at the current moment : D
Hi Laney,
Aww! Boyfriends who keep us in MAC are always ones to keep an eye out for 🙂
Aww thats soo sweet!!!
I sort of do keep a dream list….its more of a small notebook that contains a section for products and colors that I have and then a special section for products that I want.
I just picked up my min e/s duos… I got Fresh Green Mix, Love Connection and Polar Opposites…They are great! Polar Opposites is a really fun duo because it seems like the posibilities are endless with it!
Enjoy your new toys! Your boyfriend is definitely a sweet guy, for him to buy things that he knows you wanted shows that he pays attention to you and really wants to make you happy! I wish there were more guys out there like him!
Hi Danielle,
Aww! I love that you keep an actual notebook. Is it all decorated and stuff? LOL, reminds me of when I’d get my school supplies ready and cute.
Keep me updated with how you like your MES that you picked up.
LoL thanks yea I like keeping myself organized when it comes to my make up, it’s great because I can see what I want or need and avoid buying duplicates! My notebook is this really cute 7in x 5in nb and is pink and has a pretty little purple flower on the cover 🙂
As far as the MES goes — I really like them a lot and today I tried the Green one… it was… well interesting lol… The fun part was trying to use a small brush to find the different colors in the marble side, which I did and came out with some really light one for the inner corner and a darker one for the crease… It seems very different then using a regular solid color and took a little getting used to 🙂 But I am definitely begining to learn to appreciate the marble side! I would love to share pics but I’ve yet to master the skill of taking good quality make up pics… I’m so fair that too close and I come out like a ghost and too far away you can’t see any of the details…picture taking is a w.i.p. for me lol
Hi Danielle,
Aww!! 🙂 How utterly adorable!
LOL, you’ll get the hang of it. I found that taking photos of flowers/nature helped me work on my skills (just took a walk around my neighborhood to do it!).
I have a dream-list, which mostly contains NARS products (like every single product!!), Dior, or the more “expensive” lines carried at the likes of Barneys.
Hi Kelly,
LOL! My dream list is MAC-only, though there are plenty of items from other brands I’d love to have!
YOUR BOYFRIEND IS A KEEPER!!! DONT LET THAT ONE GO!!
I have no intention of it! LOL! Love him to pieces.
My “dream list” became a real thing on Thursday night when I hit Rideau Centre in Ottawa with my husband.
He went with me(and paid for everything!) to freestanding MAC store,Sephora and MAC at the Bay.I think three not so big bags and about 50 min.later the bill was…750$.
I’m still shocked!!!
But happy 🙂
ps.I didn’t have enough guts to take him to Chanel counter, though.
Hi Madeleine,
That’s so great to hear! Wow, what a guy 🙂 I can’t even imagine what you got, but you must share your major, MAJOR haul.
Wow, awesome bf! I love shade fluidline and Fast Thrill is gorgeous, I like to put it on over Pucker TT to sheer out the frostiness a bit.
My dream list? How much time do you have? Brushes (and cleaner) would have to be my most important. I want more bases (paints, paintpots, fluidlines) and more pigments. There are also a number of the perm shadows on my list. I’m trying to collect them whenever I have extra cash.
Hi Kobri,
I had NO idea that Shade/Blue Peep were still available, LOL.
Brushes are totally all over mine. Ideally, every brush by MAC, but y’know, not quite possible!!
Wow! Your boyfriend is a keeper for sure! My boyfriend routinely has been spoiling me at MAC and Sephora, almost every week or every other week since I’ve been home for the summer from school (April) he’s paid for a few things for me! And when I’m at school he buys me things from my wishlist and sends them to me! (No MAC where I am and no car/job/money for bus)!
Right now my wishlist is brushes, Fluidlines, Paints, Shadesticks, Blushes and of course pigments and eyeshadows!
Hi Ashley,
Aww, what a sweetheart 🙂 Sounds like a lot of us have found some great guys!
My list changes alot and now it’s long. Right now there is.
Cultureclash lipgloss.
Sea & Sky eyeshadow duo.
Pleasantry blush.
Light Medium/Natural And Shimmer msf duo.
Select spf 15 foundation.
Colour Forms warm & cool eyes.
Colour Forms basic & advanced brush sets.
Colour Forms inner hue & naked to the core lipsticks.
All the Colour Forms pigments.
I think thats it right now. But you have an amazing boyfriend? Does he have a brother? lol just kidding. But that was super sweet of him!
Hi Ashlee,
Do you regularly update it? Mine doesn’t change much, only if I get several items from it (which I usually don’t do, because I’m too busy with whatever latest LE launch there is!).
LOL 😀
What a wonderful gift! My lil brother took his gf to Sephora today and got her some Urban Decay Primer Potion (my suggestion) and she was really impressed. Oh, young love…
I really want some fluidlines, especially Rich Ground! I need about a million brushes, and every NARS eyeshadow. I need some paint and paintpots, but I haven’t written down the colors yet. Still in the planning stages I guess. =) I often avoid getting lipstick (but I have plenty of glosses) because I have no idea what looks good on me. I need a bunch of lipstick, and a personal beauty consultant to tell me which shades to get!
Hi Asta,
Aww, young love indeed 😉 How cute.
LOL, I think we would all want our own personal beauty consultant!!
The item on my “dream list” is to have a boyfriend like yours! 😀
Awwww!!
Wow! Lucky girl! I can’t even choose to tell you the truth.. that’s how bad I got it..
Hi Zoila,
Aww! Occasionally I get into moods where I want to window shop and write it all down, which is how the dream list was born!
You are so lucky that not only does he accept your make-up obsession but he embraces it! What a sweet thing to do. Don’t forget to tell him how all your readers are going crazy about this! You’d better hang on to him or else I think someone here will snatch him up pretty quickly. 😉
Hi K,
🙂 He’s gotta! I don’t think anybody could be with me and not, LOL.
aww your boyfriend is sweet. lucky you
i keep a list too!
– studio mist foundation (NC20)
– lip conditioner
– eye shadow (mulch, all that glitters, freshwater, shale, gorgeous gold)
– mineralize eye shadow (two to glow)
– pigment (circa pulm)
Hi Alexa,
🙂
Great list, not too impossible either!
Aww! Your boyfriend seems really great! Mine is dying to buy me MAC and some items from sephora (because he knows I am crazy obsessed and a trip to MAC makes my entire week). So even though he hates makeup, he knows it makes me happy 🙂 But I absolutely do not let him buy me anything because he will be spending crazy amounts of money just to make the permanent move here and I know he has other payments and stuff to make.
But so far my dream list is a ton of eyeshadows from MAC, some NARS blusher and lipgloss, brushes, and basically everything else at MAC lol
Hi Tina,
I usually ask people NOT to buy me makeup, only because I have so much and know I don’t need more, LOL. I’m glad he’s permanently moving to where you are!
he spen 400 plus just like that??!?! unbelievable
Hi Alison,
I know! I couldn’t believe it!
wow im jealous!! both of your gifts and your thoughtful boyfriend…. mine has never bought me MAC or clothes 🙁
i have yet to purchase any mineralize eyeshadow duos, so i guess those are all on my wishlist until i decide which ones i really need
Hi Kirsten,
Aww! This is one of the first times for him – I usually don’t let people buy me makeup (well, rather, I don’t put it on my wish list and I say “please don’t buy me makeup!”).
I keep trying the MES, and I haven’t loved any yet 🙁
Ummm, does your bf have a generous brother near GA? LOL
My dreamlist really isn’t much as far as products are concerned, although I’d love another Sea & Sky, another Merrily, Love Thing, the palette from the upcoming Manish Arora collection, and maybe a Fresh Green Mix. I REALLY want to pump up my brush collection with a couple 187s or 188s, a 181, 182, a couple 219s, and a 239 or 242. I’m trying to get my brush game up.
Hi HeavenLeiBlu,
LOL!!
I’d love to pump up my brush collection, too. It’s such a hard thing to do, because the brushes aren’t so cheap, LOL.
Oh, your boy is really wonderful! That is love…
My list is quite long too, embarassingly so…
Hi Nell,
Definitely 🙂
Aw, please share it with us!
My dream list..just one thing.
I want a boyfriend who knows how to buy my favorite cosmetics…hahahaha.
Aww, SRN! You just gotta drop a lot of hints, or be patient 🙂
omg
your boyfriend is so sweet awww
on my dream list = a boyfriend who buys me MAC stuff haha
🙂
Aww! You will find one ;D
omg thats so sweet!!!
my dreasm list would take up a whole half the webpage
Hi Kensie,
You must share, take up half the page ;P
Your boyfriend is such a sweetheart!
My dream list, is about 3 pages long!
But my must haves at the moment are Soleil tan de Chanel and Lancome Maharani jewels elephant bronzer
Hi Brenda,
You have to share some of your favorites 😀 I just got the elephant bronzer, will have to review soon!
can you do a review on the brush #189 and the MSF natural medium plus? 🙂 thanks
Hi Lindsay,
I will try!
The entire Mac N Collection.
Aww!! Too bad that’s not so easy to find 🙁
Oh how sweet
🙂 It was!
Wow! thats sweet – not so much the buying it all for you but KNOWING what is on your want list – thats very sweet. My boyf has the heart but god love him, he would never ever know what I already have and don’t have! its all a secret stash! sshhh!!
Hi Rowena,
LOL!! Secret stash! I keep a list on my computer, so the boyfriend probably just peeked at that 😉 He knows me well, but I don’t think he could ever keep up with all the makeup I have!
A list eh….*makes a mental note* I don’t blame boyfs for not buying make up for make up obsessed girlfriends, its too hard to keep up!
True! Poor guys would be buying us dupes left and right.
how sweet! my husband just bought me stuff off of my list for my birthday 🙂 it’s good to keep a list around that he knows about. just in case he feels like being nice and surprising me lol
Hi Kae,
How awesome! What’d you get for your birthday? (Happy birthday, by the way!)
your boyfriend, although this has been repeated so many times, is fabulously sweet! Now I know what to look for in a boyfriend!
Hi Jenna,
LOL, there are many, many traits in the perfect boyfriend, but yes, understanding your makeup obsession (or whatever your poison is), is so key!
Awww.. Rich Ground is so gorgeous! It’s actually the first fluidline I ever purchased.. so pretty :o)
Hi Jes,
How do you like to use it?
Christine….you lucky girl 😉
I know it 🙂
Lucky lucky~! That’s soo sweet! 🙂
He’s definitely a keeper 🙂
aww.. that was so sweet of your guy.. well, my guy also embraces my MAC addiction.. he also makes the effort to buy me make-ups.. my wishlist became his birthday gift for me 🙂
That’s so great, Dianatan! ;D You have a keeper!
That is so sweet. I have a dream list…kinda. Really it’s more of what limited edition items I want. Of course, I would love brushes…I think I’ll have to wait to spring that on somebody closer to my birthdays…but the only list I have is for LE things I think I want. This time was the only time I actually stuck with my list and got exactly what I wanted.
Hi Dee,
I’m glad I’m not the only one who keeps dream lists around 🙂 Seems like a lot of us want more brushes!
How sweet of him.
I saw that he got you the 189 bruch, have you played with it yet?
what do you think?
I bought it saturday and I like it but I am curious of what others thinkand how others are using it.
Hi Meg,
I haven’t used it much yet, just once, will have to get back to you!
That is sooo cool ur BF bought you so much MAC stuff!!!
My dreamlist is endless.
I want lots of pigments and paint pots!
Hi Sophia,
What pigments are on your say… top ten list?
Awesome boyfriend! Marry him! LOL
I don’t think my husband it’s gutsy enough to go and get me stuff by himself but he takes me on sprees, that’ll do! ha!
Ummm…dream list…
Fix+ [I need more of it, it’s so wonderful!]
Dark Soul Pig
Corn Flower Pig
Melon Pig
Raisin Blush
All the mattene lip sticks
Strobe cream [I’d like to try it]
Hi DaniMae,
LOL! Strobe Cream is really lovely, but it’s not a must-have 🙂 Definitely ask for a sample sometime!
wow you have an awesome boyfriend
Aw, I know, he’s the best!
Yesterday was my first time ever at a full MAC counter (no stores out here and the last one I went to only had a couple of things)…I had my Exbf with me he didnt mind one bit!
I drooled over so many things I was shaking and I wanted so many things but I left with just the mascara (zoom) and powder (studio fix). I pimped out your blog haha telling them I had seen the swatches for the mineral duos and they werent really anything I’d play with but they looked nice.
I really like the studio fix OMFG awesome! Hopefully I dont come out looking orange or break out since I heard from reviews its bound to do that.
As for my dream list…waaaaaaaay too many now that I have seen the stuff in person! The ex was telling me how awesome I could pull off some of the blues! (The night before I did a blue eye when we went with a cpl of my guy friends to the strip club) so that was cool, I loved the purples too. DEFF want the 2?? brush that is used for the powder! and the blending brush!
Christine…I blame you for this newfound addiction! And I blame some girl at the last party I went to for telling me that MAC is cheaper than UD..then me looking it up and seeing she was right…darn…
Studio Fix is like a dream 🙂 dont be afraid ,it wont do anything bad to Your skin,i especially love it 🙂
Hi Mae,
Awww!!! I am so glad you had a good experience, though 🙂 Thanks for pimpin’ the blog, too, haha!
Enjoy your new found addiction and Studio Fix! And yes, MAC is definitely the cheaper of the “high end” brands (UD, NARS, etc.).
Hi Christine 🙂
very lovely thing from Your bf!!!!
Mine just starts to get used to my MAC mania 🙂
by the way i got Giorgio Armani Parfum Mania from him for my 22th birthday which will be tomorrow 🙂
i asked for this scent 🙂 plus i got money from grandparents :-DDDD and will get some more from parents tomorrow :-DDDD
all goes to the “Zsofi at MAC PRO fund”
:-DDDDDDDDD
my MAC Pro Wishlist:
a 15 color empty MAC palette and the following refills:
Blue Calm,Sky Blue,Atlantic Blue,Cobalt,Red Brick
Lime,Aqua,Bio Green,Kelly,Sour Lemon
Canary Yellow,Bright Sunshine,Coral,Rose,Red Violet
This is the way i will put them in my palette 🙂
And pretty much i want all PRO pigments and glitters :-DDDD
if my counting is right this will be around $3000 :-DDD
some more birthday has to pass to get the money together :-DDD
but i am really patient :-DDDDD
oh and i so damn want Platinum pigment from the permanent line 🙂
any suggestion,opinion about PRO stuff is welcome Christine 🙂
Hi Zsofi,
Happy birthday, hun! 🙂
You should definitely check out some of the PRO blushes, the Reflects Glitters, loose beauty powders, and the pro glosses!
Thank You :-DDDDDD
I would choose a lot of fluidlines, paintpots, lustreglass, lipstick in a few shades.
I also really need some MAC brushes and skincare (fix+ prep and prime etc)
then i would get some NARS, urban decay & Clinique
Hi Grace,
Guess we all want to boost our brush collections, LOL!
I want more UD 24/7 liners!
Hi Christine :-),
I’ve just written my list 😀 and it’s very long!!!
Eye shadows: silver ring, knight divine, crystal avalanche, elecktra, black tied, vex, digit, graphology, expensive pink, coppering, tilt, contrast, trax, all that glitters, smut, dazzlelight, mink pink and espresso.
Pigments: coccomotion, copperized, pink opal, pink bronze, golden lemon
Lipsticks: russian red, dark side, film noir, charismatic, midimauve, pleasureseeker, sci-fi-delity.
Tendertones: hush hush, honey bare, sweet and nice, sweet tooth
Lipglasses: venetian, naked space,saphoric lipgelée, pink grapefruit
Blushes: merrily, dainty, warm soul and pleasantry
and finally smoky eyes palette 😀
Hi Ross,
Your list isn’t too long ;P I mean, with how many products MAC has, it could be WAY longer, LOL.
Great list!
This is my list. Most are LE stuff that I have to find on Ebay, and some haven’t come out yet, but I will get it all eventually.
Pigments:
Blue Storm
All Girl
Grape
Smoke Signal
Eyeshadow:
Goin Bananas
Wondergrass
Fab N Flashy
Moon’s Reflection
Tilt
Shimmermoss
Thunder
Cumulus
Pagan
Nile
Haunting
Black Tied
Mancatcher
Waternymph
Idol Eyes
Aquavert
Sea Myth
Lotusland
Liquidlast Liner:
Greenplay
Fuchsia-ism
Pop Iris
Aqualine
Lipstick:
Sweetie
Sparks Can Fly
Dazzleglass:
Funtabulous
Steppin Out
Comet Blue
Love Alert
Lipglass:
Nymphette
Sex Ray
Lull
Cult of Cherry
Paint Pots:
Rollickin
Soft Ochre
Pharaoh
Fluidline:
Delphic
Haunting
Shadesticks:
Royal Hue
Sharkskin
Blushcreme:
Maidenchant
The palette with Gingersoft, Pearl of the Earth, Satin Taupe, Cinders, Gorgeous Gold, Tease N Teal
Winter Collection:
Eyeshadow:
Arctic Grey
Wintersky
Lipglass:
Frozen Dream
Snowscene
Icescape
Naked Frost
Very nice list! Definitely going to be tough to get some of the older colors, though. Good luck 😀
That is so sweet! You lucky girl. He’s most definitely keeper 🙂
I have a ridiculously huge MAC dream list:
Jubilee Lipstick
Hue Lipstick
Bombshell Lipstick
Politely Pink Lipstick
Syrup Lipstick
Prrr Tinted Lipglass
Pink Poodle Lipglass
Long Stem Rose Slimshine
Ample Pink Plushglass
Eversun Beauty Powder Blush
Pinch O’ Peach Powder Blush
Shy Beauty Beauty Powder Blush
Peachykeen Powder Blush
Springsheen Powder Blush
Dame Powder Blush
Well Dressed Powder Blush
Margin Powder Blush
Shroom Eyeshadow
Cork Eyeshadow
Bronze Eyeshadow
Silver Ring Eyeshadow
Knight Divine Eyeshadow
Electra Eyeshadow
Carbon Eyeshadow
Black Tied Eyeshadow
Crystal Avalanche Eyeshadow
Espresso Eyeshadow
Woodwinked Eyeshadow
Twinks Eyeshadow
Stars ‘N Rockets Eyeshadow
Expensive Pink Eyeshadow
Gorgeous Gold Eyeshadow
Amber Lights Eyeshadow
Crème De Violet Eyeshadow
Clarity Eyeshadow
Nylon Eyeshadow
Naked Lunch Eyeshadow
Kitschmas Pigment
217 Blending Brush
224 Tapered Blending Brush
266 Small Angle Brush
219 Pencil Brush
239 Eye Shading Brush
Hi Madeleine,
You have a great dream list 🙂 SO many fab products on it. I must say, the 239 is a great brush, definitely get that when you can!!
KEEP your boyfriend, he knows how to make you happy! I am going to have to get him to call my husband, hehehe.
Teresa
Oh, he’s a keeper all right, LOL!
Aw!
a boyfriend like that.
Aww, Tatiana!
I’d love to have :
The MES : Hot contrast, Polar Opposite, the green and blue duos
The Sonic chic blushes : Lovething, Dainty, Nuance, WarmSoul, Gentle (oh sod it…i want them all!)
MSF N in Medium Plus
Fast Thrill Lipstick
Sonic Vibe, Culture Clash Lipglass
SFF NC 35/37
MUFE HD Foundation
Hi Pia,
Big MES fan, eh? I am still having trouble with them, boo!!
you use the #189 for countouring or..?
what’s your opinion of the Select foundation compared to the others you’ve tried (studio fix fluid, face & body) ?
love 🙂
Hi Lindsay,
I use the 189 to apply powder right now, actually.
I do like the Select Tint SPF15 – it’s lightweight, goes on easily. It’s great for summer. I’m quite satisfied with it, actually. Face & Body is nice, but it can be too dewy for my preference in the summer. SFF will always be my favorite, though.