Saturday, January 5, 2013

Grey Friday Review

This post is so long overdue that it may even be irrelevant at this point lol.  Grey Friday was a limited edition lipstick launched on Black Friday & I snatched mine up as soon as I could!



What MAC has to say:
Blackish-grey with silver shimmer.



What I have to say:
I was really disappointed with the color & opacity of this product.  I thought it would be a LOT darker than it turned out to be.  It's advertised as "blackish-grey" & it's really just a light grey color.  Also, in the promotional image Grey Friday looks like a highly opaque grey, obviously they just lined the model's lips with a similar color.  Because it isn't super opaque or pigmented, it gives lips a kind of grey-ish plum look.
Below is what it looked like on me alone.
 

Here's what it looks like with a black glitter eye liner from Sephora.  This is more of the look I thought I was going to get from the lipstick alone.

Let's get down to the specs shall we?

Price: $15

Finish: Frost

Longevity: Alone it didn't last past breakfast.  With liner it lasted to lunch with a couple of reapplications.

Opacity: I've already went to town on this.  I wasn't impressed at all by the opacity or the color for that matter.

Would I repurchase? Even if it was available permanently I don't think I would purchase this product again.  

Lips: Black-ish grey eyeliner with glitter from sephora, MAC's Grey Friday &  VDC Sailor Moon shadow on center of lips.
Although I wouldn't buy this product again I don't HATE it.  I have worn it a few times, but if I didn't have it I wouldn't miss it.  I'd much rather have a highly opaque & pigmented black or grey lipstick.

8 comments:

  1. its a shame it wasnt more opaque MAC are normally so on the ball with their lipsticks too! great reveiw :)

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    1. I know, it's really the whole reason I sat up 'til 12AM waiting for the launch -___-

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  2. That ad is so deceiving! It looks so much darker in the photo, not cool on Mac's part! I rocked it well though...you're so brave to wear grey lippie! :-)

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    1. So true!! Thank you, you should try it! It was a little much at first, but I love it now :)

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  3. I actually liked the fact that it wasn't that opaque and the color being buildable. It makes it more versatile since it can be layered over another color.

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    1. I agree, I just wish it would've been advertised that way so I could've passed on it. I wanted that deep, dark grey.

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  4. I don't think I could pull off just an out there lipstick colour, but you look smoking in it! x

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    1. You should try it! You're lighter than me, so you could pull off a KILLER vampy look. Do it!!!!

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