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Apr 2010
Filed in » lip product reviews, mac, pink on brown, product swatches
Who doesn’t love juicy kissable hot pink lips? MAC’s Girl About Town lipstick ($14 – Amplified) is a favorite in my collection because it’s so “OH, HAYBOO!!” loud, yet very wearable and just downright gorgeous. I haven’t seen any skin-tone that can’t rock this color. MAC describes it as a “fabulous fuschia”, and that’s pretty damn accurate. It’s also listed under their “bestselling shades”, so that should tell you something. Just about everyone loves this and everyone can wear it. From the super light to the super dark, this is your shade!
The formula is very creamy and it has a nice sheen to it. Amplified’s are one my favorite lipstick formulas from MAC because they don’t dry out the lips as much as a Satin or Matte would. I always wear a balm before I apply my lipstick, but still, this is such a luscious and juicy color. Check it out…
One of my favorite ways to wear this pretty lipstick is to pair it with MAC’s Comet Blue Dazzleglass (discontinued, sadly…but lets pray they bring it back). You don’t have to wear a gloss with this lipstick if you don’t want to. As you can see, it’s got plenty of sheen to it, but I love to push the envelope with my lip colors and make them as snazzy as possible.
Sorry that last pic is so blurry (FAIL), but you should get the point lol. I recommend this shade for all skin-tones. I love this one, it’s another winner especially for my brown-skinned girls afraid of color. Time to step out of that “Neutral Box-o-Doom” and jazz up your sexy pout. This color is so vivid that you can lightly dab it on to completely tone it down if you’re not as comfortable wearing it as full-on as I am here. I found this shade to be pretty long-lasting, too. It really sets into the lips and stains them quite nicely, so you shouldn’t have to reapply every hour on the hour.
HOW DOES IT HOLD UP?
French Kiss Survival: 3/5 – this shade will be all over your lips and whoever you’re kissing, smeared and somewhat messy. If your S/O is anal about having your lipstick transfer all over him, don’t kiss them in this one…it’ll stain them up like nobody’s business.
Grandma Kiss Survival: 4/5 – a quick peck on the cheek will not remove this product from your lips, unless you’re giving someone a really hard, forceful grandma kiss. They may have a pink tinge on their cheek, but they should be able to easily wipe it away.
Eating Survival: 4.5/5 – unless you eat like the Tazmanian Devil, this should survive your meal for the most part. Some of it will fade, but you shouldn’t have to totally reapply it as if it was never there. This lipstick really sets in pretty well.
Work Appropriate? Maybe not full-on, but if you dabbed it lightly onto your lips it would be completely wearable for work.
Church Appropriate? No.
Availability: MAC Cosmetics
-Stay beautiful
Looks gorgeous on you, like a second skin. I sold my GAT, I don’t think it suited me. You’re on my blogroll now – the last time I checked your blog there was nothing here! xx
i’ll be honest, when i first put it on, i wasnt really sold on it either…but i played around with it and now i LOVE it!! whats your fav pink?
You look good in anything GAT looks like crap on me…I have never been able to make this color work..
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tish i REFUUUUUUUUUUUSE to believe that!!! thats a LIE, i KNOW it looks good on you. stop tellin lies!!! LOL!!
I love your lipstick posts because of my skin tone (im quite dark) I’ve always been afraid to wear bright colours such as reds and fuschias and have stuck to neutrals/fleshtones which gets boring.com so thanks for these shades! The colour looks fantastic
you’d be SO gorgeous in Rebel. please try it!!
Sadly I don’t own this!…..Yet! haha, it looks fab on you girl! I know it will on me cause we look about the same color..
oh Mo this would look bangin on you!! i already know
LMAO @ “Church Appropriate? NO”. I have to find a dupe of this color. It is beautiful, but i’m so tired of the bs MAC has been pulling lately, that i’m moving on.
LOL, what bs do you speak of? i’m personally pissed at their new pigment sizes. thats some straight up BULL!
Yup thats one of the bs I speaketh of.. the changing of the pigment sizes. Man that pissed me the hell off. Also the endless releases of le collections instead of trying to improve some of their crappy permanent products formulations. Oh and how can I forget their dazzle glass rip off lmao.. so much money for little product. Man I can go on and on, and I know other companies rip us off too, but i’m just finding a reason to end my mac addiction and move on to better brands because of the pigments fiasco lol.
oh man, i soooo understand. there are some things MAC has done recently to piss me completely off. the pigment issue being number one. like, i have over 86 pigments…been collecting them since 2004..and NOW i have to deal with tiny little jars for the SAME price?? i get angry just typing about it lol. however, overall, i still love MAC and think they’re a great brand…but i sooo feel u girl, trust me. when i think about it, MUFE offers a much smaller amount of pigment for way more than MAC, so, essentially we’re still getting a good deal but its still bullshit lol
Resha that lipstick is pure hotness on you!! Loves it!!
I don’t own GAT yet but I do plan on picking her up!!
thanks babe!
Wait! I have Comet Blue. *does the cabbage patch and running man* I think I have no choice but to pick this color up. I need to finish depotting and B2M for this.
I forgot to ask, did you pair a liner with this or do you think it is not necessary?
You could absolutely pair a liner with it. Depending on if you wanna make it slightly darker/more purple, you could use Currant lip liner and if you wanna brighten it, this may sound weird, but taking a little bit of the Milk jumbo pencil and dabbing it on top turns it into a really pretty Barbie pink. but in these pics, i didnt use a liner.
I LOVE this color….however…i am addicted to NYX lipglosses right now and lemme tell ya….the right lip pencil and the color Salsa…..its the same thang!! But its a lipgloss instead of the lip pencil.
I love it tho….Lovin ya blog!!!
GAT looks so gorgeous on you!!!! My sister has that lipstick and I do need to get myself one! I even tried it with Electric Fuchsia l/g and it looked gorgeous! I’m going to add you to my blogroll!
Girl you’re killing it! It looks wicked on you. I was too scared of it and sold mine!! #lipstickfail LOL
The UPS man just dropped this baby off and I just had to try it on, no foundation on or nothing! Finally a pink lipstick that doesn’t make me look like Pookie’s female friend from The Carter! Thank you!
Love GAT!!! You wear it well!
u look so pretty,love pink lipsticks..this was my very first lipstick from Mac and its among my top 5
I recently purchased Girl About Town and it was waaaayyy to bright for me. I wound up pairing it with Oh Baby lipglass to tone it down a bit and make it wearable on a day to day basis…..