It’s my perfect everyday colour and would suit all skin tones and I’m genuinely surprised it’s not being raved about! I prefer this to Velvet Teddy as it gives a similar look to the lips on its’ own as Velvet Teddy does with a mauve lipliner. It’s a slightly deeper mauve when compared to Brave but still has the same undertones. It’s a creamy matte which doesn’t dry out my lips and looks flawless on (the swatch does not do it justice!). Mehr is my absolute favourite in this category and possibly my entire collection. I’ve found satin finish lipsticks tend to turn matte after while and the slight sheen a satin lipstick has when applied fades away and leaves a soft colour behind. It’s mauve with strong pinkish/red undertones and I think it enhances my lips and gives them the appearance of looking fuller without immediately looking like I have lipstick on so it’s excellent for a subtle everyday look.
It’s the colour I would wear for a ‘no makeup’ makeup look. Out of my entire collection, Brave is the closest shade to my natural lip colour.
Velvet Teddy is a great everyday colour for medium-deeper skin tones but should be a staple product in all makeup bags! It’s definitely a winner for me and is one of my top MAC lipsticks of all time. Other similar liner colours are ‘Soar’, ‘Pink treat’ and ‘Dervish’ although it’s a little lighter than Whirl. I don’t need to wear a liner with this but of course with the Kylie Jenner lip trending (still), the infamous ‘Whirl’ lipliner by MAC can be used to achieve her pout. For me it’s a medium brown with a slight hint of mauve to give it a little depth. Paler skins may find it to be a deep brown, medium skin tones may find it’s a medium brown/nude while it may be the perfect nude for deeper complexions. This shade is universally flattering but it looks different on each skin tone. Velvet Teddy, a colour most of us have come to fall in love with. I find I can just about get away with not wearing a lip liner so it’s a great one to just pop on and go. Yash is comparable to Honey-love as it’s a light-ish brown but it has a warmer undertone and is slightly deeper so it doesn’t wash me out as much. It has a creamy consistency and is non drying so it’s wonderful to wear but it’s not a shade I reach for often as there are others I would opt for instead. It is quite a nude brown so it can wash me out a little but it looks lovely with a nude gloss on top or with a brown lip liner underneath (I use ‘Stripdown’). I was contemplating putting this shade in my ‘nude’ category, but I thought it fit better with the browns. (Left to Right – Honey-love, Yash, Velvet Teddy, Brave, Mehr). It’s all the hype right now thanks to Kylie Jenner – mauves and browns are IN! Regardless of their popularity, I’m a fan of the colours because they suit me the most out of my collection. However, my favourite lipsticks to wear on a daily basis fall into this colour category. I love the sleek packaging, the smell, the formulation and the vast array of colours (they have every shade you can think of!). So it’s no surprise I love MAC lipsticks. If you haven’t already done so, check out my MAC nude lipstick collection here and my everyday pinks here. I forgot to give you a swatch of Please Me and Mehr combined.Part 3 of my MAC lipstick collection and we’re on to the browny/mauvy neutral colours. I honestly find Mehr a little too dark for a bride but it works for ladies both warm and cool undertone. It looks great for people with cool undertone. MAC Please me is my most used and abused MAC lipstick especially for my wedding gigs.
I’m so happy with my purchase and it was really worth the wait! You can check out on IG, I pre-ordered mine and waited for almost a month to get my orders. I believe it’s not available locally at the moment but if you’re lucky, you might find a MAC store that has one. I heard it’s always out of stock and some of my friends are having a hard time to find it even online. MAC Mehr has been recommended to me for the 4th time by makeup artist friends, so okay I’ll get it. I’m always on a hunt for lipsticks that I can also use for my brides. I was supposed to buy only MAC Whirl but I wanted to take advantage of the shipping cost so I finally cave in and included MAC Mehr. I recently posted a photo on my instagram of the two new MAC Lipsticks that I bought online.