I realized this is my first MAC review. how weird.
Anyway, I am NW 25. I have cool olive toned skin and thought this would be great. When I tried it on in the store, it was very sheer, and I was looking for an everyday color that had a little something to it, so this seemed to fit the bill. A bit of shimmer,a touch of warmth, and not too heavy. After I bought it, I saw myself with it on and realized the undertone was just too orange. The sparlkes in it had me fooled - they are prefect - but the color itself is no plummy, it's terra cotta and reads as orange and makes me look sallow, not the wearable neutral with a little flash i was hoping for. Might look good on yellow toned skins, but blue undertones beware.
Also, it is NOT "Glam" at all. It's just...there even on people it looks good on. That's fine, but when I am looking for Glam, I want glam, honey!

This is the best of the Viva Glams! On me it is a beautiful terracotta(sp?) plum. Not as drying as other MAC lippies too. I love it so much I wanna marry it. Wait, I'm already married. Dangit!

I love Sheer Plum and this lipstick is Sheer Plum's more opaque cousin. You get rich colour plus shine. I love it.

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I'm a NC 44 and I went to the MAC counter looking for a nude lipstick which wasn't too frosty or too brown. I tried Touch and Polished Up which were just basic boring brown colors on me. Then the SA suggested this one and it looked very nice. It is a sheer terracotta brown on me with a bit of sheen. I like that it is very lightweight, it almost doesn't feel like you have lipstick on. Of course since it is so lightweight, it doesn't have the staying power of other textures. However, when you are doing a light make up day or if you are doing a dramatic eye color, this is a nice subtle way of adding a lipcolor. And you can't complain about contributing to a worthy cause.

To be entirely honest, I'm not a big fan of MAC's lipsticks. I have owned several and have always managed to find something I severly disliked - the color, the texture, the staying power, the overall look, there was always something that didn't quite sit with me. Viva Glam VI, which I had been wanting for some while, has changed most of my previous opinions about MAC's lipstick line. This was the first lipstick I had tried with their Lustre formula, and I am extremely happy with the smooth, lightweight feel. The shade of the lipstick itself is very flattering to my skintone, a warm, olive-based medium. The shade is a shimmery, slippery warm teracotta reddish brown which is surprisingly sheer, in comparison to other shades which fall, for instance, under MAC's "Frost" and "Satin" textures. The shimmer itself is a combination of gold, red and burnt orange, if you look closely you'll spot some green in there, as well (although this will not show up on the lips). The "plum" tinge of this lipstick, which the company's website claims that it has, is entirely lost on me, both in the tube and on the lips. MAC have a tendancy to be slightly off at times when trying to describe their colors, and since I would like to believe that I have an eye for spotting shades and colors, I think it'd be safe to say that any "plum" this shade may have will only show up on cool skintones - like attracts like. If you're a warm-toned gal, you're not going to get anything but teracotta out of this one. I'm happy with the color - it's extremely wearable and versatile, but the staying power leaves something to be desired. I'm going to give this product 5 lippies, though, just becuase the shade works with my skintone so well and the texture is extremely comfortable. The shade may not be the most unique, but you might be surprised at how flattering it ends up to be.

This is a muted brownish-berry with faint gold shimmers. It is quite flattering on light, yellow-toned skin. One sheer layer slightly enhances/deepens the natural color of my lips (rosy-mauve), another gives me a really pretty berryish tint. The formula is great--smooth and balmy, without feeling greasy--and I like the slight vanilla fragrance. Granted, this is not a particularly "glam" color by MUA standards, perhaps, but I think glam can be subtle as well. Anyway, gotta love the fact that the proceeds are going towards AIDS research as well.

This lipstick is a great color. It's not as sheer as most lustres, so the color payoff is a nice medium depth which pleases me when I wear it. On my NC 30 fairly pigmented lips it is a deeper rosy pink with slightly warmer neutral undertones. A very wearable attractive color appropriate for many occasions/outfits. I will definately repurchase this if I ever run out of it!

I'm a warm toned GGG with pigmented lips (somewhere near NC43 in MAC). I really like this lipstick. On me, it is a plummy brownish red. Very pretty and flattering and can be played up even more dramatically with a lipliner. Lots of color payoff with this one. Plus you've got to love the cause it supports. A keeper.

woot! I have not been a big MAC l/s fan, but this is AWESOME. Not dry, chalky like the other I have tried. Sheer, moisturizing, perfect! On my pale complexion it looks like a very neutral light brown (I don't get the plum thing at all) and it looks great. Love, love, LOVE this. My new HG. The lipglass is too much on me, but the l/s is just right. Its a color I never would have tried based on how it looked in the tube, either. Very happy.

FINALLY, a Viva Glam shade that I can wear! I am PPP with yellow undertones, dark brown hair and brown eyes, and cheeks that tend to have a little pinkness. I usually can't wear much more than a sheer lipstick, and certainly nothing too red or purple, or it can look clownish. A lot of people are saying that Viva Glam VI is "plummy", but on me it's kind of a light reddish plum with a bit of gold mixed in. When I tried it on, the SA at MAC actually thought I hadn't put any on yet -- apparently it wears very sheer on me. She even put a ton on a lipbrush and put more on me, same result. All I know is, the color is beautiful and perfect for my skintone. If you have similar coloring to mine and have eternal difficulty finding a good lipstick color, I highly recommend Viva Glam VI.