I have quite a number of MAC mattes and for me nothing beats them in terms of value for money, shade variety and availability. Swatches (from L-R): Velvet Teddy, Whirl, Tropic Tonic, Instigator Their matte texture’s also very reliable I know already what to expect-like a dear old friend, these MAC mattes are. There’s no rhyme or reason for my color selection, I actually just picked from the promo photos and descriptions. Velvet Teddy has been part of the permanent line long before but is not available in our local MAC stores. I actually got it because of my Kylie lip obsession but aside from that, this is such a pretty, versatile pinky nude. I usually use this with a lipliner but I’m surprised how natural it turned out here when worn without. This is my everyday lipstick at the moment! Out of the four, Whirl has got to be the color I’m most excited about. It’s such an intriguing color! Though described simply as “dirty rose”, I can’t quite place the deep yet muted, pinky yet browny shade. Mac lipstick velvet teddy and whirl skin#īut even before I can describe how it looks, I bet it’s going to look different on another skin tone anyway. I chose Instigator as I seem to lack a truly deep plum lipstick.not berry, not wine, but a true-bluey plum. This is exactly what I hoped it would be, a deep, purple color devoid of warm undertones. I also thought this would be hard to pull-off for casual wear but I wore it out recently and I didn’t feel too weird about it. One caveat though with super deep shades like this is how to get it to appear even-as you can see below, the color thins out on my mid-lower lip.

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Whirl and velvet teddy