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MAC Glitter & Ice Lipsticks Reviews, Photos, Swatches

MAC Glitter & Ice Lipstick
MAC Double Spin Lipstick

MAC Glitter & Ice Lipsticks

MAC Glitter & Ice Lipsticks ($15.50 for 0.10 oz. each) include six limited edition shades: Double Spin (pale mauve pink), Eloquent Air (sheer white silver), Soft Sable (cool frosted taupe), Such Flare! (true red), What Joy! (deep berry), and Whirls & Twirls (sheer pink with gold pearl). The collection is slated to hit stores on October 27th.

  • Double Spin is a pale, milky pink with a subtly pearled finish. It has a cremesheen finish and delivers mostly opaque color. You’ll want to ensure you exfoliate your lips prior to applying this, because it will catch and show every imperfection on the lip. It’s similar to MAC Mlle.
  • Eloquent Air is a bright silver shimmered shade. It’s more shimmer than an actual base color (think glitter polish suspended in a clear base). It has a glaze finish. MAC Metal Maven was more opaque and applied more evenly. MAC Bubbles was lighter.
  • Soft Sable is a muted, rosy taupe with silver and brown shimmer It has a frost finish. On my lips, it made them darker, browner, and a little mauve with a frosted shimmer finish. It’s more daunting in the tube than worn, because of the semi-sheer color, it will mix and work with your natural lip color.
  • Such Flare! is a medium-dark red with mostly opaque color (you can just see the shadowing of my lip freckle peeking through). It has a matte finish, though there is a subtle shine to it–it’s not as matte as Ruby Woo (also darker than Russian Red). It’s very similar to many, many reds with blue undertones.
  • What Joy! is a berry-red with subtle micro-shimmer and shine. It has a satin finish with mostly opaque color coverage. It’s not as red as Guerlain Gigolo, but lighter than MAC Endless Drama. It seems like it similar to Hang-Up as well.
  • Whirls & Twirls is a pale rose-gold shimmer-sheen. It has a glaze finish, which means it’s rather sheer overall. It gives a lot of shimmer, and this is something that would look really lovely on more pigmented lips–it’ll really play well with the natural redness without trying to cover it.

MAC Lipsticks are vanilla-scented but taste-free. The pigmentation and texture often depend on the actual finish, as it can vary from finish to finish (and there is some variation within finish as well). I find Glazes to have a bit of a dry, thin texture and wear off quickly (two hours), while Cremesheens have a thicker, creamier texture, I do still find that they are drying when worn and last for around four hours. Satin finishes tend to be more opaque with really creamy, saturated color that wears four to six hours easily. Matte finishes tend to be creamy but dry and wear well (four to six hours), though Such Flare! isn’t dry at all.

MAC Glitter & Ice Lipsticks Reviews, Photos, Swatches

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Seii Avatar

“It’s very similar to many, many reds with blue undertones.” Hehe..I had to laugh. Don’t really like anything or want anything from this set unfortunately.

Dana Avatar

You look gorgeous in every color (as usual!) What’s on your eyes in these shots?

I think I’m going to pick up the Soft Sable and maybe Whirls & Twirls. Thanks for the reviews

Ashley Avatar

What Joy! is rather pretty, but sadly I’m not seeing a whole lot in this collection that is interesting 🙁 Maybe I’ll buy a dazzleglass for the first time, I’ve always wanted one but the cost is kind of prohibitive for me.

Rosie Avatar

I Love 4 out of the 6!BUT…..I also love your makeup!! what foundation are you wearing? if you dont mind me asking- sorry i know the post is about the lipsticks 🙂

Rosie Avatar

I order it but its so tricky doing it online! Hope i got the right color you and i have the same skin tone. I ordered 03 beige something, lol dont remember. please please please please do a review.

Sarah S. Avatar

I think you’re pulling all of these off, Christine! But realistically, these are all so cool-toned. I think I want Whirls and Twirls, though, because I’ve got those pigmented lips you talked about. Thanks for the swatches <3

Miss Avatar

Those last lipsticks are gorgeous! However, the first one would only be suited to Courtney Stodden, the girl who is single-handedly keeping frosted pink lipstick alive 😉

Devi Avatar

You know, I never really like the “Christine, you can pull off any lip color” comments because it has been said so many times, but I seriously have to jump onto the bandwagon here. The swatches on your arms for the first two made the shades seem impossible to pull off, and then I see the face shots, and it amazed me how well they look on you. D:

Leslie Avatar

Phew…what a relief! I don’t like a single one of these. I’m a little sad about that though because I love love love the white bullet. Oh well. More money for Sephora’s F&F sale.

Mariella Avatar

I know I’m in a minority but I find most nude/very pale shades to be quite unflattering. And the red and wine shades are nothing special so I’ll be giving these lippies a miss by a mile.

Carrie Ann Avatar

Soft Sable, Eloquent Air and Whirls & Twirls are pretty. I never wear red lipstick, but I even like Such Flare!. I thought Double Spin would be very different. It looks lovely in the tube and even swatched, but I don’t know if I could pull off such a pale, opaque color.

Sass Avatar

I need another color like What Joy so I’m getting that. It’s either Seeds of Desire (which is on the brown side) or What Joy, but I need another color like this. Everything else … boooooo!

Helena Avatar

Aww, Soft Sable isn’t what I wanted it to be :/ So much silver shimmer in this collection!
I actually really dig Double Spin (I think I might be going a bit mad…), because it’s SO pale, it’s actually a bit bizarre.

Fey Avatar

Despite the average ratings for this collection, MAC did succeed in fulfilling the concept well. These frosty/pearled shades go well with a smoky eye more than a sheer one.

Pappetee Avatar

Thanks for another wonderful review and you’re looking more gorgeous each passing day, Christine! I would only buy the 2 red (What Joy! and Such Flare!) lipsticks as MAC has already exhausted me this year with so many launches. I want to try other brands as well. 😉

Ashley Avatar

Why are these $15.50 instead of the usual $14.50? I was relieved so far that the lipsticks (the thing I like most about MAC) were the same price as before. Sigh..

Alexandra Aimee Avatar

What Joy is pretty, and so is Such Flare, but there isn’t really anything special about either of them…. And the rest of the collection?? Disgusting! Whoever made these should be out of a job. Yuck, yuck, yuck. I don’t think I’ve ever had this strong of a negative reaction to lipsticks in my life. Bleh.

cherryglass Avatar

Hmm… there’s something about Soft Sable (you look fantastic in it, btw). That lipstick is like more wearable Rivetting, which is intriguing but so difficult to pull of on lighter skin tone. I have problems making such colours look neat (it’s not the application, just the appearance of the softer edge with that colour).

abby Avatar

Thank you Christine for sharing all these swatches and reviews, very helpful! also, what are you wearing on your eyes in these pics and on your cheeks…the new beauty powders? thank you 🙂

Christina Avatar

“Such Flare!” is sooo beautiful. I’m really not impressed by the other lipsticks.
I don’t know if I would ever purchase it though, I have two reds I hardly ever find the chance to wear.
But it looks really pretty on you! We have almost the same skin tone, so I’m sure I’d be able to pull it off as well. Agh, I think I may cave and end up purchasing it!

Raquel Avatar

I love the white packaging, but none of the shades have lived up to my expectations. Expected more for the holiday collection. The darker colors look nice on you (I can’t pull of reds)!

Allie Avatar

Eloquent Air, Soft Sable and Whirls & Twirls are two I’d want to try on in person — What Joy! is definitely coming home with me lol. I can never say no to another berry colored lipstick. Also, is Runway Red a permanent color? It’s so much nicer than Such Flare!

nitnot Avatar

No, no and no. 90% of use can’t pull off the silvery ones and the only purpose of frosty lipsticks is to make your teeth more yellow. And if I wanted the reds, I have similar ones from Revlon at $3.50 – $5 a pop, with competing textures and pigment so strong, they stain.

Veronica Avatar

I have to say most of these remind me of Maybelline’s pearl collection, if you want a drug store dupe. Whirls and Twirls looks very similar to Twilight or Pearly Pink (maybe just a shade darker), and Soft Sable reminds me of Bronze Beam and Sugared Almond. Luminous Lilac is close but not quite Eloquent Air in terms of opacity. Double Spin is the only one out of that bunch that I don’t think you could mirror easily.

What Joy! is the only one that really grabs me, as Guerlain’s Gigolo was the first thing it brought to mind. The rest are less tempting.

HBoo Avatar

I don’t think I can honestly wear any of these. Such a disappointment. For everyday some of them looks almost white which is not something I can wear. What to buy from this collection….

M. Avatar

You look absolutely spectacular in reds, you know that?

I’m usually repulsed by browns, but Soft Sable looks fantastic. And I love the slight shimmer sheen effect of Whirls & Twirls and Eloquent Air.

Taylor Avatar

i actually really love whirls and twirls! I’m usually not such a fan of frosty lipsticks, but i think W&T could be really pretty on my fair skin.

Melody Avatar

I’m really tempted by Doublespin, but I suspect that, like most light Cremesheens, it will look uneven whether I exfoliate my lips or not. It’s so weird. Hibiscus is so easy to get even, but colors like Innocence Beware and even Ever Hip are impossible for me to get even. Soft Sable is so flattering on you, Christine!

Cait Avatar

Whirls and Twirls is cute. I like those finishes, I have To the Beach and I am mad at myself for not getting two of it. If I am going to get Whirls and Twirls I must get two <3

Serena Avatar

I am loving whirls & twirls and thinking of using eloquent air lipstick under some of my other lipsticks:) I can’t pull off reds that well but you look gorgeous as always!thanks for the review and swatches

divinem (Melissa) Avatar

Glitter+Ice has been a major fail to me. I was so looking forward to Swarovski encrusted, couture compacts and the like. Even the pigments don’t interest me. No $$ from me this year. Thanks, Christine for your willingness to wear some of these hideous shades so we know what we’re getting ourselves into!

Pami Avatar

I think Eloquent Air and Whirls & Twirls would look lovely over a matte, cream, or satin lipstick on the center of lower lip for depth and “pouty highlight”, or all over to change up or tweak the color/texture of the other lipstick. W&T look greats alone with the makeup you have on.

Soft Sable looks like a really pretty “neutral” that I’m tempted to get, but if the wear time is short, it’s not worth it to me. Christine, is it a a longer wearing Satin or a shorter wearing Glaze? Or something else?

With the exception of Double Spin, they all look GREAT on you, and I agree with everyone, you are ALWAYS beautiful, but your skin looks even better than usual (this is NOT a back-handed compliment – please don’t take it that way!) do you think it’s the Guerlain Lingerie de Peau foundation?

juliyaa Avatar

wow nice colors but sadly i dont like pearly or frosty shades i guess i’ll have to skip on this collection but the lip bags and dazzlespheres look AMAZING! 😀

mich Avatar

what are the colors you used in your eyemakeup? is it also from the glitter and ice collection?
i love whirls & twirls though I also want to try soft sable. It’s pretty too!

every shade looks good on you!

Tommy Avatar

Heyy, I know this is super late question but would you say Such Flare is a dupe for Ruby Woo? I read it was an exact dupe but less matte if that makes sense?

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