strange love: mac candy yum yum

hihi.
it's been awhile since i last posted but hey im here now (*^_^*)

i think it was last week...
i casually walked into the mac store at raffles city n got into a makeup cardiac arrest.

i was looking at the new archie collection when my eyes locked in and zoomed into something proverbial.

something that is nothing short of a mac legend.

my eyes fixed onto that neon pink lipstick bullet like a hawk and immediately many thought bubbles appeared above my head with silent gasps in between:-
'is this...?'
'could this be...?'
'it couldn't be, it shouldn't be here'
'but it is! ack ack! it's candy yum yum!!!'
'but why issit here???'
'but who cares?! it's candy yum yum!!!'

all that drama in a one man show in the mac store.
all just for that elusive wonder that is candy yum yum.

but somehow that day i didn't walk out the store with her.
i talked it through like an adult.
do i need another neon pink lipstick??

i kept thinking about her though, day after night and i decided finally when my mom went to tangs i wrote down what i wanted on a post-it.
and....
she's all mine.

introducing candy yum yum aa2


hand swatch


im not shy when it comes to makeup love...

on the lips


with no lip balm and applied liberally cos it's no holds barred, baby.

candy yum yum is a matte bright pink neon with blue undertones.

overall thoughts
yours truly would like to thank the 77 517 people/ votes that brought this baby back to the permanent line in the mac by request programme.

and if you are thinking should you or should you not get it, lemme tell you:
just get it cos you won't regret it.
if it's the one pink lipstick you wanna invest... take a leap and go for bold and vivacious candy yum yum.

candy yum yum is a matte but it doesn't feel as dry as ruby woo, the other matte mac lipstick i own.

it doesn't sink into the lines of my lips unlike a certain barry m disappointment, it doesn't hydrate my lips but doesn't feel heavy too.
real nice.

and the best part is it lasts and lasts and lasts.

yesterday i wore candy yum yum out for dinner and it withstood:
2 dinners (yes 2, why not)
2 drinks
and after all the feasting and drinking i still had a good amount of candy yum yum on my lips.
no budging no fuss and muss.

ive been collecting neon pink lipsticks (and other stuff) since this year and candy yum yum is an important addition.

now that it's permanent i need not worry about discontinuation and other limited edition problems.

till the next neon pink wonder,
xoxo
nais.

candy yum yum is out at the mac stores, sg$29