Posts Tagged ‘Blackground’

Swatch of the Day: MAC Old Gold Pigment

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

One of my favorites!! Not sure why it took me so long to swatch this, as it’s a completely fun pigment!

MAC Old Gold Pigment
Description: Frosted tarnished gold (Frost, Permanent)
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This is a duochrome pigment, and looks either gold or green depending on the angle and light. The base you apply it over can dramatically change the tone, so I decided to swatch over several different paint pots.

My skintone is a MAC NW20 and all photos were taken under “natural light” light bulbs, which mimic natural daylight.

First up is Old Gold applied over Painterly paint pot.
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Now Old Gold applied over Artifact, Blackground, Greenstroke, and Delft paint pots.
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Blackground and Delft really brought out the green in the pigment, while Artifact enhanced the gold. Always neat to see how paint pots can change a color!

As a side note, the photo of Old Gold on macpro.com looks horrid. It looks like a muted bland pink peach. I have a calibrated monitor for photo editing, so my colors aren’t off… Another reason why I do not go off of the swatch photos on the MAC sites when looking at colors.

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Swatch of the Day: MAC Paint Pots

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Swatched my MAC Paint Pots today!

What is a Paint Pot?

A 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.

MAC Painterly Paint Pot
Description: Nude beige (Cream)
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MAC Fresco Rose Paint Pot
Description: Mid-tone pink with matching pearlized pigments (Frost, Discontinued)

MAC Blackground Paint Pot
Description: Black-grey with multi-colour (Pearl)
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MAC Greenstroke Paint Pot
Description: Frosted mint green with gold pearlized pigments (Frost, Discontinued)
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MAC Delft Paint Pot
Description: Deep teal with gold pearlized pigments (Frost, Discontinued)
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Swatching Procedure: My skin tone is roughly MAC NW20. Photos taken under “natural light bulbs” which mimic natural daylight.

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A little bit of Blackground…

Friday, January 29th, 2010

I haven’t used my Blackground paint pot too much, so I brought it out today. MAC Stars N’ Rockets eyeshadow over it looks gorgeous! Usually on it’s own or over a neutral paint pot it’s a very pinky-purple color, but over Blackground the blue duochrome really comes out!

Face

  • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
  • MAC Studio Touch Up Stick Concealer in NW20
  • MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Blonde

    • Eyes

  • MAC Blackground Paint Pot
  • MAC Stars N’ Rockets Eyeshadow
  • MAC Carbon Eyeshadow
  • MAC Vanilla Eyeshadow
  • MAC Rite of Spring Eyeshadow
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
  • MAC Brow Set in Clear
  • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
  • Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara

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    About damn time!

    Monday, October 26th, 2009

    That is, for the first use of my Blackground paint pot!  I’ve had it for a month or two, and haven’t used it yet.  Maybe because it kind of scares me?  I am not sure…  Today I am being lazy, and figured I’d try out Club e/s over Blackground, which is a highly recommended thing to do in order to get Club’s green scheen to show up.  And that it did!

    No face or lips today since I’m just bumming around…

    Eyes

    • MAC Blackground paint pot
    • MAC Painterly paint pot
    • MAC Club e/s
    • MAC Ricepaper e/s
    • MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Corrupt
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara

    Blackground paint pot applied on lid as base with 242 brush.  Painterly applied on crease and under brow as a base with a flat e/s brush.  Club applied over lid with 239 brush.  Ricepaper applied in crease and as highlight with 275 brush.  Upper lashes lined with Blacktrack using a 210 brush.  Lower lashes lined with Club using a pencil brush.  Waterline lined with Corrupt.

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    I usually don’t do super dark makeup, so it is kind of weird to see, but neat. I’m glad the camera picked up on Club’s duochrome at least.

    Also my first time using my new 210 brush for liner, and I love it! Nice and precise, allowing me to get a very thin and neat line.

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