Paint Pots!!

State: Texas

Area: DFW

Time of Year: Tail end of summer

Climate: Morning Cool

Mood: Let it Shine!

 

 

M.A.C. Paint Pots

 

   “Highly pigmented eye colour that goes on creamy but dries to an intense, vibrant finish. Long-wearing, colourfast. Creates seamless coverage without weight or caking. Blends smoothly over the lids. Cream-based, can be mixed with M·A·C shadows and liners.”

Taken from the MAC Cosmetics website.

 

Sooo…While I’m on Paint Pots (as per my second post at least haha)

 

 

Let Me Pop

 

    This Paint Pot is a very shimmery coral.

In the jar, much like another Pot- Frozen Violet- this pot seems to hold a simple shimmer. But it is not as creamy as the others and looks more like a glittery pigment sitting atop the lid. Which is a shame because it’s a little difficult to use on a daily basis. For me I found that this one creased slightly. I’ve only used it once and I’m not sure when I’ll ever use it again.
Sad face. Because it really is a pretty color. 

 

 

 

Blackground

    Is your basic black shadow. It is very pigmented and a little warmer on me than carbon shows. A greyish black in color with a slight shimmer that is barely noticeable. It works well for a smokey eye but not as well has an overall lid base.

    The dark and light purples I used over this pot absorbed into the black and the lack of discernable color just made me sad. But oh well.

     I use this sometimes to set my eyeliner when I want a lighter eye, since it creates a nice greyish line. And even though it’s very dark it comes off just fine with a gentle make up remover.  

 

 

 

 

 

Frozen Violet

    A nice cool, steely, silver-violet.

In the pot it looks like there is only a slight shimmer. But swatched it has ‘glitter’! Now perhaps not fat glitter chunks, but they are large enough to give considerable fallout. Which who wants that? And when removed with a makeup remover it leaves behind a lot of shimmer residue. Now I love M.A.C. Paint Pots especially the Indianwood and I love the color payoff Frozen Violet gives to my purples and pinks.

    It’s just the fallout on my under eye and cheeks that makes this pot slightly difficult to use, which is why I like them in the first place- for the simplicity. Still I don’t hate it enough to give it away. I’ll just have to work harder to carve out a time and place to use it.

 

That is it and that is all. Stay Beautiful!
                                                                         -L.C.