MAC In The Groove Haul

The MAC In the Groove collection went live on the MAC website on Tuesday morning. I found out via Temptalia twittering about it. Once I saw it, I knew I had to order quick or once again miss getting the one product that everyone and their dog wanted.. Stereo Rose! So I placed my order quickly, was tempted to get more of course but figured I would just wait until it launches at my MAC counter and pick it up then, B2M for one of the lipsticks and see what else I "really" want. Well, in 2.5 hours Stereo Rose was already sold out on the US MAC site! and then by around 3PM EDT, it was sold out on the CDN MAC site too, along with Jazzed lipstick! It was quite the morning, girls on specktra.net message board were saying that their orders were missing the Stereo Rose that they ordered and it was just a huge mess as people were waking up to find out that the collection did go live and Stereo Rose was already sold out. I think MAC really, really needs to think about the consumer in all of this, they need to product more of the big products that everyone wants, they make money off it, and we want to spend the money, so it's win-win for everyone. Having said that, I think people get products like this, just to get it... no one really needs yet another MSF, but it's nice to have and who doesn't like pretty new things? I know I do.

I picked up two of the six lipsticks from this collection, Jazzed and All Styled Up. All were cremesheens which is a great finish, hydrating and smooth formulation. I was tempted to get I Like It Like That too but decided on All Styled Up instead. I B2M'ed for All Styled Up which was really cool as it was my first time, free MAC lipstick sounds good to me! The difference between the two is All Styled Up is a blue-toned pink whereas I Like It Like That is a purple pink, different to have both though, but I don't know if I would wear the other one. Jazzed, I wasn't even going to get from the beginning, but Lollipop26's haul on youtube totally sold me, and this lipstick sold out online on the CDN site before Stereo Rose did! Jazzed is corally orange colour, as you can tell in the swatch it's really not as orange as everyone was scared that it was, it's really pretty and since I didn't have Ever Hip, I picked this one up.

This collection had lots of mineralized products: MSF's, eyeshadows and blushes. I picked up two of the blushes, Hang Loose and Happy Together. I like these because you get two colours, and 3 colours really if you mix them together and use them separately.  Hang Loose is really a standout, it's baby pink on one side, and lavendar on the other (which comes across more as just shimmery very light purple). The pink side is similar to Well Dressed blush. Happy Together is a champagne beige on the one side (similar to By Candlelight) and orangey brown on the other side, swirled together you get a nice peachy colour. I don't know if the brown side will work fo r me, may be too pigmented and orange. I like it all together though very much and the lighter side as a highlight.

The coveted Stereo Rose. I didn't get Marine Life, or Ripe Peach, but I really wanted this one and snatched it up quick! I wasn't into MAC when this came out the first time. Stereo Rose is a coral MSF with bronze veining. I think it's a blush, nicely pigmented, soft and beautiful. The top swatch is the entire thing blended together and the bottom is just the coral areas. I already had Petticoat and By Candlelight, so this was the only one I got. Comfort didn't appeal to me as it was too orange looking.

What did you pick up from In The Groove?