MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Retro Matte Kit (Temptalia)

MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Retro Matte Lip Kit

MAC Nutcracker Sweet Pink Retro Matte Lip Kit ($45.00 for 0.59 oz.) includes a full sized lipstick, liquid lipstick, and mascara. In this particular set, both the lipstick and liquid lipstick are new, exclusive shades. The Retro Matte lipstick and liquid lipstick formulas tend to be drying, though they are often very long-wearing and pigmented, so they’re both formulas with trade-offs. Some love the long-wearing power of the Retro Matte ranges, while others prefer reapplication with a more comfortable formula.

Value

Lipstick: $17.00 for 0.10 oz.
Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour: $21.00 for 0.17 fl. oz.
Mascara: $23.00 for 0.42 fl. oz.
Total Value: $61.00*

* Note: if you do not use the mascara or the makeup bag, the value to you would only be $38.00.

Pandemonium is a bright, medium pink with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. The consistency was more velvety and smooth with less of the firmness typically associated with Retro Mattes, but I find the velvety consistency to be harder to apply evenly as the texture sometimes thickens on itself or accentuates imperfections on the lips. This shade applied rather well, though it only had semi-opaque coverage. It lasted for five and a half hours but was drying after three hours of wear. MAC Bing Bang Boom (LE, $20.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar). Maybelline Pink Sugar (P, $7.99) is lighter, brighter, glossier (90% similar). Colour Pop Fetch (P, $5.00) is lighter, brighter, glossier (90% similar). Marc Jacobs Beauty Jolly Molly (220) (P, $30.00) is lighter, brighter, glossier (85% similar). Tom Ford Beauty Virgin Rose (P, $50.00) is lighter, glossier (85% similar). MAC Silly (LE, $17.00) is lighter, brighter (80% similar). MAC Divine Divine (P, $20.00) is lighter, brighter (80% similar). Maybelline Ravishing Rose (P, $7.99) is lighter, brighter, cooler (80% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

Bing Bang Boom is a bright, medium pink with warm undertones and a matte finish. It is a touch brighter and warmer than the lipstick, but they are in the same family. The consistency was thin, so it spread across the lips easily, but it was streakier and harder to get even coverage. It seemed to self-level to some degree, but it was still imperfect, and the coverage was surprisingly only semi-opaque. It lasted for six and a half hours (out of the eight it’s supposed to), and it was drying after four hours of wear. Colour Pop Barely There (P, $5.00) is darker (95% similar). MAC Pandemonium (LE, $17.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar). Surratt Beauty A La Mode (P, $34.00) is brighter, warmer (90% similar). Maybelline Pink Sugar (P, $7.99) is lighter, brighter, cooler (85% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

MAC Nutcracker Sweet Retro Matte Kit Pink