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I recently acquired Pixi's Lumi Lux palette from Target. It got it to tide me over 'til my Yaby palettes arrive. It has basically two long pressed cakes in either half of the compact (Pop Beauty style, not in separate tin wells) with multiple pastel shades on the top part of the compact and...

Hello! I was just curious if any of you Specktra folks also regularly put up tutorials on YouTube? I wanted to compile a list so I could sort of know who you are + learn from you at the same time.

I searched but I couldn't find a duplicate post--but please delete if this has been posted before! This is a link to a .pdf that compares Graftobian, Cinema Secrets, RCMA, MAC, Visiora, Black Opal, Shu Uemura Nobara, and Revlon ColorStay foundations. Hope it's helpful!

A CONUNDRUM! I have a lot of grease-based/cream-based colors. I usually apply the sheerer/shimmery-er cream colors with my finger, since I have a monolid and can sort of just even it out. But I have some very intensely pigmented grease paints that I have a hard time applying––even one blunder...

(mods: this post has a bit of swatches and a bit of haulage, plus a general review-y feel...please move it if you find it inappropriate here!) Hello! Just wanted to show a comparison of the Kryolan and Mehron metallic palettes. Last time I posted my big palette post, I hadn't gotten the Kryolan...

I have the HIP potted gel/cream liners in black, brown and green and plan on getting the purple and blue soon. I find the applied product to be less resilient than MAC's Fluidlines (gets smudgy quicker) but at the same time you're given much more product, the stuff is much smoother and slicker...

This post is just for fun...I'm curious what the brightest/loudest/most unusual product in your makeup collection is. I'd have to say the Kryolan UV-Dayglo palette, or MAC's gold leaf foil.

I want to buy a lot of ultrafine polyester glitter from artglitter.com. Specifically, to fulfill my very OCD/collector-ish nature, I want to buy 1/4 oz. samples of every single ultrafine color in their list. The color chart is here: Art Institute Glitter is a favorite choice for scrappers...

I found the stickied foundations thread but it was too scattered and difficult to find info in it, so I hope this thread is o.k.! Otherwise, mods, do with it what you will. I am especially hoping for Kryolan equivalencies since their foundations are tailored towards HD TV and will probably be...

(Maybe this has already been posted but I couldn't find anything.) I just wanted to share a recent find...I was rummaging around at our local Utrecht and discovered the Princeton Miniature Watercolor brush line. Princeton makes awesome artists' brushes but these seem especially suited to...

Hello, I was wondering if you have any suggestions for a Stereo Rose lookalike, MAC or non-MAC? Other than a color match, I'd really like it to be gently iridescent the way Stereo Rose is. It is by far my favorite blush EVER and it makes my skin look amazing in a way no other product ever...

I just wanted to share my recent dalliance with the world of professional face-painting products and the utter joy it has brought me. Of course, these are mostly face/body-painting products and don't have the casual "straight" makeup wearer in mind––so if you use them as eyeliner or shadow...

Does anyone know where I can get fairly good-quality lipstick in all kinds of bright and exciting colors? My past favorites have included NARS' Schiap (bright bright shocking pink), MAC's Lady Danger (almost fluorescent orange-red), MAC's Up the Amp (purple). I want something crazy...really...

I know the formulation is totally different, but would a medium dark in the new MSF Naturals be appropriate for someone who uses medium dark blot powder? I was surprised when I first started using the blot powder because it seemed much lighter than its name implied; is the MSF actually a deep...

I just purchased a lot of 5 lipsticks off of eBay (seller had good reputation, everything looked authentic): 2 in Molassie, 1 each of La La Lady, Underplay, Fine n' Dandy. I've found all of them on MUA but only Underplay on the MAC site. Are these all real colors or did I just get burned by a...

I want both, but not if they're super-similar! It's hard to tell with MAC swatches, so can someone tell me if they're different, and if so, how? (In terms of color, formula, glitteriness, etc.) I'd appreciate it greatly.

So recently I had a Goldmine e/s that fell apart of its own accord. While waiting for an opportunity to take care of that at my local counter, I ended up a.) receiving Taupeless from maccosmetics.com, completely exploded into a fine dust (but the Skinfinishes were okay...) and b.) visiting my...

I had an almost brand-new Goldmine that today, through no fault of my own, came out of the pan and broke into a million pieces! It wasn't even the metal pan that came out––that would have been o.k., as I could have just glued it right back into the pot...it was just the color itself that came...

This is the fourth or fifth time now, and it's driving me insane, but maccosmetics.com ALWAYS manages to take my billing address (which I correctly enter) and change the street address and the zip code. Then, I have to call in and they manually reset my address, my orders get delayed for about a...

I recently bought and then immediately returned MV2 and Violetrix. The former smelled exactly like melted plastic, while the latter smelled exactly like old ladies, dried sweat and old food and all. I went to the counter to see if I wanted any other fragrances, but all of them smelled absolutely...