Have you ever wanted a one stop shop to be able to check out MAC Cosmetics Lipsticks on Women of Color? Sure, they’re Pinterest but even then finding swatches of limited edition and discontinued shades can be pretty hard. Last year I had this grand idea that I was going to swatch every single MAC Cosmetics lipstick that I owned. I had it all planned out and everything until reality hit me. If you haven’t seen my lipstick collection you’re probably a little in the dark so let me update you. I currently own maybe oh 50-75 shades of MAC Lipstick. Between photographing and editing I knew I wouldn’t have time to do anything else. Since, I’m getting a PhD and all I put my brain skills to work and came up with the idea of creating a 50 Shades of MAC Directory featuring other fabulous beauty bloggers.
Each of us has chosen ten shades, some are permanent and some are Limited Edition, but we’ve swatched them all for your viewing pleasure. At the bottom of the post you’ll see links to the other blogs featuring their 50 Shades. You can all check all of the shades out here in this Pinterest Image.
Am I featuring any of your favorites? Let me know in the comments!
HIBISCUS- LIMITED EDITION
A brightened, medium-dark red-coral with soft gold shimmer. Creamsheen Finish
HOT GOSSIP
Semi-sheer medium pink with a subtly cool undertone. Slight iridescent shimmer. Cream Sheen Finish
HEROINE
Bright violet purple. Satin Finish
VIVA GLAM VI
Warm terracotta-plum with pearl. Lustre Finish
ABSOLUTE POWER- LIMITED EDITION
Pinky-red with a matte finish and blue undertones
SIREN
Deep berry wine with slight purple iridescent sheen. Metallic Finish
MOXIE – LIMITED EDITION
Warm Pink- Retro Matte
FETISH
medium brown with a golden/copper glaze FROST FINISH
MORANGE
Loud Mouth Orange- Amplified Creme
RUBY WOO
Red with Blue Undertones- Retro Matte
I love Ruby Woo on you! But you look good in all of them. And…I am still loving your new hair…you are so glam.
I LOVE ruby woo on you!!
They all look great on you but you especially rock Ruby Woo and Fetish!
Totally love Ruby Woo on you! I’m definitely passing this along to friends!
I seriously think this is an amazing resource you are creating! What a fabulous idea, Melody! Can you believe that I have never owned a MAC lippie? Now it’s going to be hard to resist
Love everything about this series. AMAZING!!! I totally need Hot Gossip. That shade is gorgeous!!! All of these look AH-MAZING on you too. And girl I am so in love with the blonde hair.
Love these on you! And I think I own about half of them lol
I love Hibiscus!
What a great idea!
Just beautiful!! <3
Ruby Woo looks gorgeous on you!
Gorgeous, gorgeous and gorgeous!
I really love this collaboration! I think it can be so difficult to determine what a shade looks like based on arm swatches or product pictures alone. There’s also such a paucity of bloggers with deeper skintones, this will be a great resource!
You are creating such an awesome resource! Way to go!!! 🙂 MAC really is the “gold standard” in lipstick for me. These shades all look amazing on you!
I love how Heroine looks on you ! That’s my go to shade for any occasion 🙂
Such a fabulous idea, Melody! My fave is Hibiscus
This is such a wonderful idea! I own only a couple of MAC lipsticks…I feel like once I start I might run into an addiction!
I love Morange on you! This is a great roundup!!!
What a fabulous idea and a great resource. I adore Hibscus on you!! You are lucky you can wear so many shades beautifully!
Morange is a gorgeous color!
That is such a brilliant idea. I love seeing how different these lippies look on you vs how they look on me.
Such a cool idea!!! Hot Gossip looks amazeballs on you!!
I definitely think Hibiscus is my fave! This is such a great post, all of these shades look fantastic on you!
What a great idea to organize these swatches! I love seeing them actually on lips, and skin color can make such a difference. These are all pretty colors, I can’t pick a fave..
What a great idea to feature all of MAC 50 shades. I like bright colors on you
Amazing! You look fabulous in these pics!
Such a great post!!
Ruby Woo is my all time favorite from MAC
You look beautiful in all 😉 I need Heroine. Sadly I do not use my Ruby Woo as much as I had thought I would.
What?? Girl you gotta whip that out and use it!
Gorgeous!! I love Heroine! Ok that sounds wrong – but you know what I mean
Oooh, Hibiscus is so pretty! I see a few here that I need to check out. I’m always looking for new shades to add to my collection.
Thanks for stopping by Danielle! We will be doing a part two to this series so stay tuned and keep browsing the site. I have many more lip swatches of other brands up also.
Nice!