Winning: Rihanna Scores MAC Smash With New Lipstick

Published: Saturday 4th May 2013 by David

Congratulations are in order for ‘Let Me’ chart topper Rihanna.

For, after scoring her latest sonic smash with her single ‘Stay‘, the force that is her public image has seen her score another win this week.

Details below…

After inking a deal with Toskan & Angelo’s ‘MAC‘ to launch her own lipstick – Riri Woo- the entertainer celebrated the news that the product has sold out…three hours after it became available for purchase.

A testament to the power her brand holds away from the stage, the deal sees the company and its mother Estee Lauder score their latest celebrity backed sales spike, after Rapper Nicki Minaj saw her MAC Viva Glam lipstick become the highest selling product in the said range.

Celebrating the news on Twitter, Riri shared:

With successes like this in mind, it’s no wonder the performer stays atop of her label’s food chain when it comes to pushing her material.

For, while her album sales are a little underwhelming for someone with as many #1 singles as she has, her arrangement with Def Jam/Roc Nation sees them continue to make serious bank with every venture she soars in.

In turn, giving her more coins to play with come album release time to ensure she is afforded all the luxuries she needs to come out on top…or at least try to.

Here’s hoping her closest- and far more talented- contemporaries make moves to brand themselves successfully outside of music, as to ensure the funds and positive press keep rolling in when their album and single sales don’t.

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  1. HALF AMAZIN May 4, 2013

    Moderating your comments now??? It’s about time.

    • Ballsy May 4, 2013

      This article says a lot about the person who wrote it as oppose to the one that it’s about.

      I hope you find love inyour hopeless life!

      Congrats Rihanna. Your reign wont let up. There’s so much power in your name!

  2. HALF AMAZIN May 4, 2013

    The shade is lame but I bet you got yourself some RiRiwoo!

    • COCKINESS May 4, 2013

      TGJ are so stupid what rihanna does outside of music has nothing to do with DEF jAM, only her manager but that goes against the image you try to portray of rihanna isn’t it?

  3. Likica May 4, 2013

    Congratulations, she is becoming such a huge name in fashion! Even when she is winning you can’t stop shading her, you are so desperate. You had to go on streets to seek people that will hate on her because she released 7 albums i 7 * it’s actually 8* years. For example:

    Barbara Streisand

    1963: The Barbra Streisand Album
    1963: The Second Barbra Streisand Album
    1964: The Third Album
    1964: People
    1965: My Name Is Barbra
    1965: My Name Is Barbra, Two…
    1966: Color Me Barbra
    1966: Je m’appelle Barbra
    1967: Simply Streisand
    1967: A Christmas Album
    1969: What About Today?

    Jay Z

    Reasonable Doubt (1996)
    In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997)
    Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life (1998)
    Vol. 3… Life and Times of S. Carter (1999)
    The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)
    The Blueprint (2001)
    The Blueprint2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
    The Black Album (2003)
    etc. etc.

    Just congratulate and move on. None of your favs are good album sellers either, so what’s a big deal? You hate on Mariah Carey but she sold more albums than Rihanna and Beyonce. So you are ironic.

    • NΛVI May 4, 2013

      This comment¡ I LiVE >>>>>>>>

    • BeyWhoUWanna May 4, 2013

      You fool. The difference between those albums and Rihanna is that those albums were made with care and REAL passion to make GOOD music.

    • Likica May 4, 2013

      Oh really? Made with care? Coming from a Beyonce stan and we know she made B day in 2 weeks LOL. Even made in less times, Rihanna albums always get better reviews from critics than Beyonce’s.

      • Jut To Say May 4, 2013

        WAY better? The REACH. They both have the same average score on metacritic #tryagainlater

      • Mark111 May 4, 2013

        “Coming from a Beyonce stan and we know she made B day in 2 weeks”

        You better go off!

  4. Tee May 4, 2013

    Did the same happen with Minajs make up collection?

    • HALF AMAZIN May 4, 2013

      Minaj didn’t have a whole collection. She had a lipstick for the viva glam campaign which is a charity. Rihanna is the first to have an entire collection and the rest of it comes out later in summer and into the fall

  5. JJFan1814 May 4, 2013

    Um Rihanna always comes out on top. She has longevity. I really wish you could understand what longevity means, Sam.

  6. Liv May 4, 2013

    All these celebs have to do is put their name on something and it will sell. Rihanna does this it will sell, Beyonce wear Obama earings and GQ underwear and sales rocket through the roof, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, Gaga headphones… the fans will buy just because it has their name on it.

  7. RICHANDBLACK11 May 4, 2013

    Congrats baby girl…..Save the stan wars s*** Please

    • CHILE May 4, 2013

      lol look who is talikng, i see you still going through the after effects and repercussion after the way we dragged you the other day huh ,POORANDDARSKINNED11. But you lucky I’m feeling a little sympathetic cause I’ll be dragging your ass again today. you get a get out of jail free pass today. so keep it minx or else.

      *blow kisses*

  8. . : : h 2 o : : . May 4, 2013

    I could swear one or two of her stans claimed something like “She broke records with it”, turns out to be something Onika Garbaj done before . . ?

    Congrats Rihanna anyway.

    • BEWARE OF KING RIH May 4, 2013

      YES IT WAS ME AND I WAS TALKING ABOUT HER RIVER ISLAND AND OPENING CEREMONY CLOTHING LINES!!! OAN RIHANNA HAS A COLLECTION NOT JUST A LIPSTICK!! RIHANNA HAS BROKEN SALES RECORDS FOR HER CLOTHING LINE WITH ARMANI AS WELL!! NOW RECENTLY WITH MAC!!! ALL OF S*** SOLDOUT IN 3 HRS IN THE COUNTRIES THAT IT IS WAS RELEASED IN INCLUDING THE USA!! 🙂

  9. MariahIsMusic1 May 4, 2013

    Who cares about Mac and its for basic ghetto hood american women. I prefer Olay than this s***. Anyone could have sold out this s***. Its cheap and basic

    • FAF May 4, 2013

      Cheap and basic like your fave 😆

    • RICHANDBLACK11 May 4, 2013

      Mac cheap and basic lol ….oh the irony.

  10. FAF May 4, 2013

    I got my tube 🙂

  11. opd2 May 4, 2013

    Gratz to her.

  12. . : : h 2 o : : . May 4, 2013

    @ FAF (Flop after Flop)

    Mariah is cheap and basic?

    • FAF May 4, 2013

      Yes and so are you ugly

    • RICHANDBLACK11 May 4, 2013

      Leave Mariah alone @H2O lol

    • Bey-Minaj May 4, 2013

      Yup she sho is!

  13. Meenadelrey May 4, 2013

    That Rihanna reign just won’t let up

  14. JARED (WHITE DUDE) May 4, 2013

    And that “REIGN” just continues to f****** pour…

    I don’t think i’ll ever make it outside!!! 🙁

    GO RIHANNA.

    • CICCONE May 4, 2013

      LOL.

  15. Hive May 4, 2013

    Do your thang rih… Make them coins mama

  16. Carpe Diem. May 4, 2013

    Yasssssss Queen Rih u better stay SLAYYYYYYYING!!!!
    *Plays Phresh Out The Runway while sashaying in River island clothes and MAC Lipstick*

  17. WaitUrTurn88 May 4, 2013

    what did RIRI say “IT SO MUCH POWER IN MY NAME”….Bishes r still waiting there turn 8 years later!!!

    • Teacher May 4, 2013

      Redboy is that you? lol

  18. BEWARE OF KING RIH May 4, 2013

    A COUPLE OF HATING F*** ON THIS BLOG WILL NEVER STOP KING RIHANNA OR HER MASSIVE MONSOON REIGN ALL OVER THE GLOBE!! EVERYBKDY WROTE HER OFF TO BE A ONE HIT WONDER BUT SHE PROVED THE WORLD WRONG!!

    • BEWARE OF KING RIH May 4, 2013

      OAN I WILL BE WEARINV MY ELECTRIC YELLOW DRESS THAT I GOT FROM RIHANNA FOR RI!! OAN I GOT MY COLLECTION!! I WILL SEE QUEEN RIH ON MAY 7TH!!! NYC!! #DIAMONDS WORLD TOUR HERE I COME

    • MuiMui May 4, 2013

      Great News and it goes without saying that when Rihanna does good it reflects the people she work with You know like Her Label, Mangers and Her Mastering the game of love team. Rihanna knows very well that She do not have to get permission to do great things and this is only the tip of the iceberg.
      Ps
      Keep trying to deal Rihanna a bad hand because the trick is not in the dealing of the Cards its all about how Rihanna will always play them.

      And at the end of this year Rihanna might not be on the very top but rest assured all the LOVE many have showed her this year thus far will keep Ms Diamonds some where very close to the top ten no matter how you slice and dice her power moves.

      • RICHANDBLACK11 May 4, 2013

        I see no lies

  19. My Forehead Tho May 4, 2013

    Sounds like MAC did their homework on her and found out the b**** can’t sell s***. They more than likely only shipped like 25- 30 lipsticks world wide and sold it at 75% discount, hence the reason it sold out in 3 hours

    #ThatReign

  20. lover Bey May 4, 2013

    I think the only reason people buy their lipstick is because their fav is on it. Anyway, congrats to her,Nicki Minaj did the same thing. The first shipment of 54k sold out in hours. They are both just red-lip stick,but I guess people like it more when a celebrity endorses it.

    • Jamilaa May 4, 2013

      hmmmm,,..sorry boo nicki didn’t sell out in a week talk more of 3 hours! dont even compare rihanna to tha flopity FLOP! nicki sold out after 2 weeks or 3!

  21. RIHKING May 4, 2013

    The shade on rih today is weak AF try a little.Anyways KING RIHANNA WINS AGAIN YASSSSSSSSSSS!There is NO stopping her!

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