Here’s my favourite MAC lipstick of all time: Mehr.
It came out in 2011, as part of the Mickey Contractor collection and it’s described as a dirty blue pink. Mickey Contractor is a Bollywood makeup artist, which means that he works on the stars in Indian cinema.
I still remember bring the lipstick with me to a party, and when I got asked what colour it was, I had to pull it out. My friend, who is also Indian and has a huge love for Bollywood, almost started crying when she saw the name of the lipstick because that’s how much it meant to her to be represented in the beauty world. She finally felt seen.
It does mean something when a makeup brand you’ve shopped at since you were little works with someone who gets your skin tone. Mickey Contractor had also come out with an orange and yellow corrector that you could use on different parts of your face, which was kind of a big deal too. The brand didn’t have anything like it at the time.
Anyway, Mehr was made part of the permanent collection when they expanded their matte lipsticks and now we don’t have to hoard it anymore.
Available at the MAC counter. $24.
