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Posted by Colleen Shirazi, Tuesday, May 08, 2007 8:17 PM (Eastern)
Thanks Arabella :) for the heads-up on MAC Flowerplay lipstick. This is from the Strange Hybrid collection...
image courtesy www.maccosmetics.com
It's purported to be quite similar to Strawberry Blonde, perhaps a tad pinker and less coral, but quite similar.
Still, it's limited edition, same as Strawberry Blonde itself. Why rush out to buy, then be stuck in the same predicament next year? How many "back-ups" would I want to buy?
My top candidate for a replacement remains Julie Hewett Gem Noir lipstick:
image courtesy www.juliehewett.net
Nars Niagara has been named favorably also:
image courtesy www.narscosmetics.com
But I'm leaning toward the JH one largely because it's sheer. Part of the charm of Strawberry Blonde is its sheerness paired with the slight brightness and the ever so slight orange tone. Bleh. Imagine waxing lyrical over a lipstick. Still it is all that and a bag of chips.
Here it is when I was photographing some earrings I made (pretty pleased with them, they're triple nested hoops, hammered goldfilled wire). It hasn't even been touched up for the pic! Still it is that cheery pinky coral color, no shimmer, a bit sheer, moisturizing...again with the lyricism...
Labels: lips, mac cosmetics
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