MAC Good Kisser Lipstick A Novel Romance Collection: Review, Swatches and FOTD

Contributor ‐ 02/17/201610/14/2014

MAC Claims: Fall in lust with A Novel Romance, a colour collection teeming with deep, luscious shades that will leave you feeling overwhelmed with desire. Passion mounts, and these hues fan the flames of your deepest emotions, as an amorous adventure begins. Seduced by a secret lover, eyes lock, shrouded in the lustful, metallic hues and cool blackened purples of our Eye Shadow quads. Get provocative in seductive plum and burgundy Lipstick. Then, play the temptress in come-hither shades of sweet lavender and soft rose gold. Finally, cheeks flush in shimmering Powder Blush, as you turn the page towards a powerful climax…leaving you utterly breathless.

Colour plus texture for the lips. Stands out on the runway. Simmers on the street! What made M·A·C famous.

Here is one of my conversations with a MAC MUA:

Me: Excuse me….when are you launching Good kisser

MUA (guy): errrrr…what??????

 Me (embarrassed): I…I mean the lipstick….

MUA: Wait a minute

Few minutes later another MUA (guy): mam are you looking for Good Kisser

Me (a little surprise for a few seconds as I had forgotten what I had just asked and blankly stared at the MUA)

MUA: i mean the lipstick mam

My Review:

The collection Novel romance sounds like its all about romance and love so I was expecting a LE packaging but it comes in the usual packaging. Although the shades are all new but Good Kisser is actually a dupe of another limited edition lipstick Moxie.

The Shade is described by MAC as mid-tone fuchsia in matte finish, which is very accurate. The shade is pretty bright so it might wash out dusky Indian skin tones but definitely a great shade for fair to medium skin tones. The shade instantly brightens up my face. I don’t like cool tones pinks but this is an exception. The lipstick is pigmented, one swipe is enough to get the actual color.

The finish is not that true matte like the retro matte ones so I don’t feel any pulling or tugging of lips while applying the lipstick.  The lipstick stays on pretty much for 6-7 hours on my lips with slight fading after heavy meals. It transfers a bit but not insanely here and there. From all the shades in this range I found good kisser to be the only one that I would love to collect in my stash.The lipstick has the usual vanilla scent that always lingers around whenever I open the lipstick.

Swatches in natural light

Here is how it looks on my lips

And here is how it looks on me

So here are the good points of MAC Good Kisser Lipstick:

• Usual packaging so expect the regular price in India.
• Perfect for fair to medium Indian skin tones.
• Matte finish.
• Texture is quite creamy so no tugging or pulling of lips.
• No feathering of the lipstick.
• Stays for around 6-7 hours on my lips.
• Vanilla scent that always lingers always whenever I apply the lipstick.

Cons of MAC Good Kisser Lipstick:

• The only con I can think is it might not get launched in all the cities and will be out of stock very fast once it releases.

Price: $16

VNA Rating: 4.5/5

My Recommendation: Sometime I complain that they don’t care about the quality of the limited edition lipsticks as they concentrate more on the packaging, but in this collection thank fully atleast Good kisser is worth buying in terms of quality. So my job of reviewing Good kisser lipstick from Mac Novel Romance ends here and your job starts! Now you must plan on how to grab it first before it gets out of stock everywhere.