SIDE NOTE: Melissa is down in San Diego, California right now working behind the scenes at Comic-Con. To counter balance that you need to use something with a peach tone or an orange tone, or you risk oxidation.” “In the eye area,” Melissa said, “in general, there’s usually blue undertones. Yellow-based color correctors have a tendency to oxidize, changing colors or turning ashy on darker skin. “Sometimes they have blue undertones, red undertones, orange all kinds of different things.”
“Dark skin tones tend to have a variety of undertones,” she said. Today I asked Melissa Street, a makeup artist friend of mine who works on celebs for television and movies (she’s great check her out on Twitter and Facebook), why some yellow-based color correctors turn funky shades on darker skin. It also evens out the skin tone on my lids - mighty convenient when I’m chronically sleep deprived, as I’ve been this week.įor me, Soft Ochre actually seems to work better than many dedicated primers billed as color correctors do ( Benefit Lemon Aid and Too Faced Lemon Drop, for example) as it doesn’t turn gray on my tan skin.
For more info, or any questions, please see our disclosure policy.Dang if it doesn’t brighten my eyes as well as anything. Photos: stef and marilyn for we heart thisĭisclosure: This review includes products that were provided by the manufacturer/PR firm for our consideration. Marilyn blogs about makeup and fitness over at her blog, Lipgloss and Spandex. She loves color coding her day planner, reading celebrity gossip and drinking good wine. Marilyn is a makeup maniac and slow but stubborn runner. We heartsters – what are your most loved Paint Pot shades? Overall, I was quite pleased with MAC’s newest editions to the Paint Pot line and, as always, I hope that they continue to expand the range of colors in its permanent collection. I feel that the price is fairly on par with other cream eyeshadows too.
I experienced a bit of fallout, which seems odd for a cream product, but I haven’t had any issues with the glitter falling into my eyes nor becoming an issue with my contact lenses. These Pro-Longwear Paint Pots are quite glittery and sparkly, and have an almost metallic finish to them. Let Me Pop (frosted light copper) – a bright shiny copper, like a new pennyĭangerous Cuvee, Frozen Violet, Let Me PopĪs with all MAC Paint Pots, these eight are nicely pigmented, smooth in texture, long-wearing, and can be worn on their own or as a base for powder eyeshadow. I got the chance to test out three of the shades.ĭangerous Cuvee (frosted cool grey) – a perfect taupe to my eyesįrozen Violet (frosted purple silver) – muted greyish purple, on the sheer side The point is that MAC has added eight shades of Paint Pots to their permanent line-up, and that’s a good thing.
Let’s just accept that Paint Pots were awesome and long-wearing before you ever coined the term “Pro-Longwear” and that if Paint Pots wore any longer than they already do, you might not ever get them off! That’s not to say that Paint Pots aren’t awesome Pro-Longwear or not – they’re the best cream shadows out there, in my opinion. There are two new shades, but other than that, there haven’t been any changes to the ingredient list, nor to the price, or size, or packaging, or anything else. MAC’s eight new Pro-Longwear Paint Pots ( $18.50) are mostly re-promoted shades of prior limited edition Paint Pots.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a Pro Longwear duck? Oh MAC, you silly goose (duck?)… a Paint Pot by any other name is still as long-wearing! This post may contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase.Ī look at Let Me Pop, Dangerous Cuvee and Frozen Violet