Posts Tagged ‘Delft’

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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Cool heat in the club…

Friday, February 12th, 2010

This was posted today on specktra.net’s “Shop Your Stash Challenge” thread, and decided I’d try it out! I don’t think I’ve ever really used Cool Heat since I’ve bought it. Turned out well, a bit smoky and dark for a day look, but definitely something I’m not scared to try out again. A blue look I like?!

Eyes

  • MAC Painterly Paint Pot
  • MAC Delft Paint Pot
  • MAC Cool Heat Eyeshadow
  • MAC Club Eyeshadow
  • MAC Vanilla Eyeshadow
  • MAC Solar White Eyeshadow
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Corrupt
  • MAC Brow Set in Clear
  • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
  • Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara

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    Deflt makes a beautiful base for Cool Heat!

    Something I didn’t think of until now, but I bet MAC Blue Brown pigment would also go well with this look. I’ve had that pigment since last fall and still haven’t gotten around to using it, so I might have to repeat this look with that pigment sometime soon.

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    Bringing more blues into my life…

    Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

    Gotta shop that stash and do more stuff with blues!! :)

    Face

  • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium
  • MAC Studio Touch Up Stick Concealer in NW20
  • Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color in Pink Petals

    • Eyes

  • MAC Delft Paint Pot
  • MAC Aquavert Eyeshadow
  • MAC Rite of Spring Eyeshadow
  • MAC Stars ‘N Rockets Eyeshadow
  • MAC Shroom Eyeshadow
  • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
  • MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
  • MAC Brow Set in Clear
  • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
  • Make Up For Ever Smoky Lash Mascara

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    Definitely like this look… not too blue! I think I’ll have to try mixing my blues with other shades to find stuff that’s wearable to me. All blue looks just rub me wrong.

    On a side note, I’ve been at this blog for over a year now! Yay! And WOW, I’ve come a LONG way in application technique/blending/etc! It’s so nice to be able to look back and see improvement :) Which is exactly why I started this blog, because I wanted to document my looks and see improvement, and perhaps help a few others along the way :)

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    I’m so blue…

    Monday, November 2nd, 2009

    I feel like I’ve been having some “off days” the past two days. My looks have been very bleh and non impressive, but alas I shall post pictures anyway…

    For November 1, 2009…

    Eyes

    • MAC Painterly paint pot
    • MAC Steamy e/s
    • MAC Club e/s
    • MAC Grain e/s
    • Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero
    • MAC Brow Finished in Clear
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara

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    November 2, 2009…

    Face

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

    Eyes

    • MAC Delft paint pot
    • MAC Moonflower e/s
    • MAC Plumage e/s
    • MAC Carbon e/s
    • MAC Shroom e/s
    • MAC Pearlglide liner in Grey Utility
    • MAC Brow Finisher in Clear
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash Mascara

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    I called the post office today, and it turns out my package of empty pans were sitting in the back room. Apparently, they weren’t going to deliver them?! LOL. I have no idea, but I guess they’re going to throw them in the mail for tomorrow. So eventually I should be able to press my pigments!

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    October 4, 2009

    Sunday, October 4th, 2009

    Face

    • MAC Mineralize loose foundation in Medium (109 brush)
    • MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Blonde (109 brush)

    Eyes

    • MAC Delft paint pot as base
    • MAC Sweet Lust eyeshadow all over Delft
    • MAC Parrot eyeshadow outer half and crease
    • MAC Nehru eyeshadow to darken outer V
    • MAC Sunset B eyeshadow inner half
    • MAC Vanilla eyeshadow to blend and highlight
    • MAC Auto-de-blu technakohol liner on upper lashes
    • MAC Blonde Brow Finish
    • Make Up For Ever Lash Fibers
    • Make Up For Ever Smokey Lash mascara


    Lips

    • MAC She Loves Candy lipglass

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