But anyways, as soon as I applied it on my lips, I realized this color is awefully familiar to something I just gawked about yesterday: MAC Emanuel Ungaro see thru lip colour in "Not so Shy!", for real y'all! If you don't believe me, just take a quick look at this picture:
The truth is, they don't look anywhere alike when they are in the tubes: Not so Shy! as we know it, is a raspberry lip stain and True Red looks kind of brown-red and ugly in the tube.
(L-R): NYX round lip gloss in True Red and MAC Not So Shy! lip stain
The packaging of NYX lip gloss looks really luxurious and cute, don't you think? It reminds me a lot of the packaging of MAC Dazzleglass. The texture, however, is not sticky as MAC lip glass. It's emollient and comfortable to wear. The only thing that's quite a turn off is the smell: NYX round lip gloss smells a bit chemical and old-fashioned. However, the smell dissipates fast and is not obnoxious or anything.
However, when you take 'em out of their tubes, they look like sisters:The packaging of NYX lip gloss looks really luxurious and cute, don't you think? It reminds me a lot of the packaging of MAC Dazzleglass. The texture, however, is not sticky as MAC lip glass. It's emollient and comfortable to wear. The only thing that's quite a turn off is the smell: NYX round lip gloss smells a bit chemical and old-fashioned. However, the smell dissipates fast and is not obnoxious or anything.
The applicators are the same doe foot sponge type and you can tell the colors are similar
P.S: If you like my blog, please subscribe to my feed. Thanks a lot!To me, True Red is a bit darker than Not so Shy! It is a blue base color so my teeth looks a whole lot whiter. To achieve the stained look, I applied a sheer coat of True Red to my balmed up lips (I used Beauty Rush Soothing Lip Balm). Then I used my finger to spread the gloss out into a very thin and sheer layer. During the swatch, I discovered Not so Shy! does not adhere to balmed lips at all. Your lips have to be totally dried for the color to stay. True Red, however, is not that fussy and you can apply to your lips balmed or un-balmed.
True Red swatch, applied as a stain over lip balm
Not so Shy! swatch without the lip balm.
If I applied a clear gloss on top of it, the two pictures will be almost identical
If I applied a clear gloss on top of it, the two pictures will be almost identical
For my beautiful ladies with a budget, True Red is a good alternative to MAC Not so Shy! It only costs you 2 dollars and looks best as a stain.
Have a lovely weekend ladies,
Your Makeup Blogger
Have a lovely weekend ladies,
Your Makeup Blogger
Finally! Someone who gives the straight dope on MAC items. I love this post.
ReplyDeleteYou compare the colours inside & on applicators & you show & compare both as swatches with photos of yourself in both products.
Also- you can see properly the shade & colours etc. in ALL of your photos, without any Blurryness, Poor Lighting, Overexposure or a Bad background colour.
>This was VERY helpful! Honest, Straightforward, to the point & addressed all the important stuff.
NICE WORK:)
Please do more mac compares. Thanks!
Hi Allison,
ReplyDeleteYou just made my night! I'm glad you enjoy this post. I guess if you look hard enough, you can find good dupes of most brand name products out there. I did something similar for brushes as well.