Are these fake piggies...

[melliquor]

I bought 4 pigments off of a seller recently. I never doughted they were real until I started looking at them and noticed a few discrepancies. Can you please look at the pics and let me know what you think. They look genuine to me.

Front of Softwash Gray & Blue

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=090.jpg

Front of Azreal Blue & Goldenaire

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=088.jpg

Back of Blue, Azreal Blue, Softwash Gray, & Goldenaire

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=075.jpg

Back of Azreal Blue & Blue

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=077.jpg

Back of Softwash Gray & Goldenaire

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=082.jpg

Bottom of Goldenaire & Softwash Gray

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=086.jpg

Bottom of Blue & Azreal Blue

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=076.jpg

Azreal Blue & Blue

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=085.jpg

Softwash Gray & Goldenaire

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=084.jpg

Front of authentic Violet

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=094.jpg

Back of authentic Violet

http://s210.photobucket.com/albums/b...urrent=093.jpg

I am doubting that they are authentic because when compared to the piggies that I actually bought at Mac the backs have differences with writing and placement of letters. This could actually be because they are older and have changed how the back looks. The front has Mac written actually lower than the authentic piggies.

If you compare the writing on the back of Azreal Blue to Blue, Goldenaire, & Softwash Gray, the writing on AB is in bold while the others is not. If you look at the pic of Violet, Violet also has the writing in bold but darker than AB.

Can you please post any pics of any of the piggies in question for we can compare if they are real or not or let me know what you think? I am always very careful about my pigments that I purchase online. You always hear of so many fake items.

Sorry about the links... I couldn't figure out how to get the pictures to show. If anybody knows what I did wrong, if you could let me know please. Thanks in advance for all of your help.

 

[ninsira]

thankssssssssssssss

 

[panda0410]

All these pigments are real hun so dont worry

There are minor inconsistencies with all authentic pigments - some are made in Canada and some are made in the US and I have noticed very small differences in some of the jars, including the ones bought direct from MAC. There are very minor differences in the printing on the boxes as well in real pigments, if you at the backs you might see them. These pigments dont show any of the hallmarks of counterfeit pigments

 

[melliquor]

Thanks alot. I feel so much better.

 

[MACATTAK]

Agreed with panda0410. These are authentic!

 

[bebs]

yeah the I would say they are fine, the sickers and the jars may be a little different but they were for me too and I bought mine from the store so no worries

 

[mac.lovers]

I agree with all of the above posts. The pigments are all authentic.