has anyone tried coastal scents Mica, glitter powder, oxides and pigments? (excuse the ignorance but what exactly are they? i'm assuming these products are dupes for p/g and glitters, pls clarify...)

how do they compared to mac products?? are these eye safe?

their prices are great, just want to make sure quality is great and LONG LASTING too, before i order.


here's the link:
Coastal Scents: Glitter Powder
Coastal Scents: Mica Powders

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The best way to explain it is they're raw cosmetic grade colours/dyes.
Micas & pigments go into eyeshadows/foundations/blush etc to give the cosmetic its colour.

As they are only a colourant with no binders (Dimethicone, Jojoba Oil, Triglyceride, etc) most will not adhere to the skin very well on there own & not all are lip/eye safe. e.g Blues and anything using a blue mica (violet, aqua, teal, etc) will not be lip safe.

I use them occasionally using MAC water based mixing medium to apply and the colour pay off is amazing (think 100% colour pay off)

hope that helps

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sounds awesome if the color payoff is 100%!! do u prefer the coastal scents to mac? if so why

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Price wise: coastal scents

convenience: MAC
It gets a bit messy dealing with micas, i.e they come in sample bags that are not ideal to work with so transferring to the 10mg jars is a bit of a chore if your doing like 10 - 20 at a time.

I'm a bit biased though as I collect MAC pigments and the MAC marketing machine sure has sucked me in so whenever a new L.E piggy is released I HAVE TO HAVE IT.

If you do decide to try micas use the water based mixing medium not the alcohol one, I've tried both the water based definitely makes the mica easier to apply.

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