When I got home I tried it on again, and it was a different story. It was okay, okay enough for me to make it mine, so I bought it! But I'd forgotten, I'd forgotten how much store lighting can be deceiving. I swiped the colour over my lips and seemed nice and natural like a nude pink, natural. I was so nervous yet excited! I was going to try on this much loved and much stalked lipstick for the first time, this was the moment of truth, I had waited for this for a long time.(Cheesy right?). So I walked over to the mirror, Velvet Teddy in one hand and disposable lip brush in the other. So they started looking for Velvet Teddy, then after another 5 minutes, it didn't seem to be there! Hah! My ego remained unharmed! My connection with Velvet Teddy was still intact! So assistant number 2 opened up the storage cabinet underneath and took out a new tube for me. I asked one of the assistants if they could find Velvet Teddy for me, she didn't recognise the name ('pffffffttt' I thought) so she asked another assistant, and number 2 said its a beigey colour, 'it's between this one and this one', pointing at Hug Me and Kinda Sexy (if I recall well). I had to recognise it! I just had to! This is Velvet Teddy after all, I have a connection with this lipstick! I considered help, but no this would hurt my ego, I-must-recognise! After about 5 mins of doing this and almost picking up the same ones twice I gave up. Here's a swatch of Velvet Teddy Lipstick, Whirl Lip Liner, and NYX Mauve Lip Liner to give you a comparison of the colors.I went to the Mac store and I looked for it on the lipstick stand, I'd never seen the lipstick in real life, so I was picking up all the ones that I thought could be Velvet Teddy, scanning the colours, picking them up one by one, checking the labels underneath. I searched through my pile of lip liners and found NYX Cosmetics Lip Liner in Mauve.
I wanted something in the same color family (mauve-beigey tone) but not purple. It was too bland no definition whatsoever- basically just blended right into the coloring of my lips. Defined and filled in my lip with the liner and I instantly knew it wouldn't do it for me. I decided to give it a try and match it with Whirl Lip Liner (a Kylie Jenner favorite).
I wouldn't even think that this shade would be one of the most sought after shades because of it's celebrity influence (ahem Kylie Jenner). Everyday for 5 years I would see this shade on the lipstick displayer and I really didn't think anything of it. Being a lipstick junkie (especially MAC Lipsticks) I never really paid attention to this shade.
I've been receiving a lot of inquiries (from friends and clients) about the matte nudey-deeper beige lipstick- Velvet Teddy by MAC Cosmetics.
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