The MAC Viva Glam Rihanna Fall 2014 collection is truly marmite. You will either love or loathe these – putting silver frost onto a mauve colour is a brave move – I’ve never looked iller in my life than wearing this.
Packaging is all kinds of lovely – when you move the lipstick around, the red matte metal keeps a black tinge over it no matter what.
I’m struggling to find something nice about both of these because they are very much a defined look – vampy and colour draining BUT with the right accompaniments, incredibly striking. I’m just not sure what those accompaniments might be! I mean it looks amazing on Rihanna, but what doesn’t? I think you need to have very, very pale skin or dark skin to make this work.. those of us in-between are going to struggle! If you have any ideas or tips on how to carry off silver mauve, please do leave them in the comments section – I’m dying to know your ideas.
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It’s come out very brown against the pale of my arm – but nobody has lips that colour, so when you apply to the lips, the silver/mauve shows much more. It needs a darker background for those elements to happen, although you can just pick out the mauve undertones.
Viva Glam is such a massive, massive money raiser for AIDS charities – I just hope there are enough of us prepared to take a walk on the wild side with these shades! It’s a late September launch for The MAC Viva Glam Rihanna Fall 2014.
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When I saw pics of these orginally, I didn’t really like them, but they’re growing on me. I want to try them, but I am super pale so maybe it would work?
I really don’t think this is going to be popular, I’m yet to swatch them myself but I don’t think they’ll look that great on my olive skin! Deary me! Rihanna as always pulls it off though!
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I’m really disappointed with the shade of the lipstick, it’s just not wearable for so many people. I like the look of the gloss though so I think I’ll be purchasing that! xxx Thou Shalt Not Covet
Oh I heard bronze browns were making a comback for lips but this just looks too brown – shame xx
The lipgloss looks nice but I am not a fan of the lipstick colour unfortunately as they both look fab!
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I’m willing to try it! I have grey-pink-brown lips so maybe, just maybe it will work!
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I love it! I am very pale with dark eyes/hair and cool-toned mauve lips anyway, so not too much of a stretch for me. I love how space-age the colours feel.
While many people may struggle to wear them, I do like that MAC have gone for something a bit different and daring here rather than another shade of nude or red.
I think you’d just have to use it as eyeshadow!!
I think I had an eye shadow in this very colour when I was a kid.