Haha! Now that’s a silly sheen, also known as a “Giddy Lustre.” 😂 MAC has so many gorgeous golden pink lipsticks, and Giddy Lustre is my jolly good golden pink fave. It’s an easygoing pink that most mirthful makeup lovers can wear, be they warm-toned stunners, cool-toned kittens, dark-toned dazzlers, fair mavens, tan temptresses, blonde bombshells, brunette beauties…
Well, you get the idea. It’s one of those flexible flattering shades you can wear with almost anything, and I don’t think it gets the 💖 it deserves.
What’s an unsung makeup hero? For me, it’s an oftentimes underrated makeup morsel, a permanent collection product that scoots under the radar screen of many makeup lovers but regularly rocks my world. The long-running Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorites.
It’s always getting overshadowed by the flashier shimmery golden pinks in the MAC fam, and it’s true, it isn’t as bright as pink Bombshell or frosty as Sandy B. It’s more of an understated pink with restrained golden shimmer, but that’s why I think it looks pricier than it is (it’s $17.50 but looks like it’s $30), and the secret golden shimmer is the sauce. YSL, Chanel and Guerlain better look out! (You too, Tom Ford!)
Giddy is a warm-toned pink lemonade (that smells and tastes like trademark MAC vanilla), and it’s close enough to a neutral that cool-toned kittens can still pull it off. It reads like a my-lips-but-better pink nude on my pigmented lips, and I love it for a quick five-minute face with concealer, black liner, mascara, brows, blush and bronzer. It brightens up the place with a kiss of natural color and a subtle sheen.
It’s a Lustre finish, which is MAC’s line of moisturizing, lightweight creamy lippies, and it doesn’t last as long as a MAC Matte or a Retro Matte. The consistency is thinner than MAC’s longer-wearing lipsticks, and I’ll get about two hours with it, or maybe three, but I’m fine with that, because when I wear this shade, I’m not usually wearing a ton of other makeup or long-wearing products anyway.
This Giddy lipstick is a crackup in the best possible way. Haha! Sorry… So many puns. 🙂
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
