M.A.C Plumful (+an alternative)

So yesterday was a big day for me beauty hoarding wise. I was waiting for a friend in Cevahir, one of the shopping centers here in Istanbul and I decided to visit the newly opened M.A.C store. I saved up some money and thought I would treat myself to the Plumful lipstick that everyone (especially Essiebutton) raves about. Lipsticks and other lip products are apparently becoming my new (after nail polish) obsession...


I was super excited as this was my first ever purchase from M.A.C, but I was also worried that I would not like the shade as much as I was hoping to, but I read like a million reviews and was hoping for the best. I didn't even swatch it in the shop, because they didn't have a tester - I'm living on the edge, right?


I wanted to take pretty pictures of the lipstick, and since I got home very late yesterday I had to wait till today. It was really hard to restrain myself, because the shade is just amazing and I couldn't wait to have it on my lips. And then when I finally used it - I fell in love.

I have a brown, slightly smokey eye make-up at the moment and it already makes my blue eyes pop a bit. But when I put this lipstick on my eyes just looked so bright, almost aqua coloured. I have never experienced anything like that - ok, I have blue eyes, but quite grey-ish, definitely not bright. This lipstick is simply magical.


It's a deep pink with a bit of plum (as the name would suggest). If you ever made a plum jam and know the colour of the plum juice (when you sprinkle plums with sugar and wait an hour or so) - that's exactly it, dark pink and fresh and so amazing. It really makes me thing of a plum jam. It's quite a bright colour, but it doesn't look too dark or too bright on my pale skin, I think it will be a great everyday shade but also something to wear for a night out. The formula is equally amazing - smooth, quite opaque, giving your lips a bit of a sheen, but nothing crazy.


And now my alternative. I've had this Maybelline lipstick for a while now, it's part of their Hydra Extreme range in "That's Mauvie". It's definitely not a dupe for Plumful since it's a bit less plummy, a bit lighter and with a hint of dusty pink. But the finish is very similar and it's definitely the same colour range. I actually took That's Mauvie with me to the M.A.C store to make sure it's not too similar to Plumful - it's not, but if you want to try something from that colour range and you don't want to spend 50TL on a lipstick you should definitely try the Maybelline one (for about 7TL).


Plumful on the left, That's Mauvie on the right


Plumful on the left, That's Mauvie on the right

M.A.C Plumful

Maybelline That's Mauvie



Pierwsze zakupy w sklepie MAC - wielkie wydarzenie! Na Plumful czaiłam się od miesięcy, ale tłumaczyłam sobie, że prawie 100zł to zdecydowanie za dużo. Ale nagły przypływ gotówki i godzina wolnego czasu w centrum handlowym, w którym niedawno MAC otworzył swój sklep i przepadłam. Kolor jest cudowny, do tej pory nic tak ładnie nie podkreśliło moich niebieskich oczu, żaden cień do oczu, żaden róż. Ten kolor jest magiczny! Trzyma się kilka godzin, nadaje ustom lekki połysk, jedna warstwa daję odrobinę koloru, ale kilka warstw daje naprawdę intensywny kolor. Jeśli nie chcecie wydawać obrzydliwej ilości pieniędzy na szminkę, a chcecie spróbować czegoś, co jest podobne do Plumful to polecam Maybelline That's Mauvie. Konsystencja podobna, kolor zdecydowanie nie taki sam, ale zbliżony. No i o wiele tańszy, bo w Stambule kosztuje w przeliczeniu około 12zł. 

5 comments:

  1. Plumful looks more pink than plum on you .. On me shade looks more plum/ mauvey ! Nice comparison :)

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    1. I think that's the beauty of this shade - it looks different on everyone, and somehow compliments all skin tones :)))

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  2. Myslalam,ze kolor bedzie bardziej ostrzejszy ;)

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    1. to wszystko zależy od tego jaki masz kolor ust, cery, oczu, włosów... na moich ustach na zdjęciu wygląda w miarę delikatnie, ale mimo wszystko robi wrażenie i jest wyraźnie widać, że użyłam mocniejszego koloru, zdecydowanie nie jest to żaden nude ani kolor, który ma tylko delikatnie podkreślić urodę ;) więc o ile nie jest "ostry" to na pewno nie jest też jakoś niesamowicie subtelny ;)

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  3. Mac fenomenalnie prezentuje się na Twoich ustach. Kolor idealny!

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