better black: black tied or carbon?

[BeautyPsycho]

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I vote for Black Tied, it's very pretty

 

[FiestyFemme]

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Carbon is my favorite. It can be a pain to work with, but it's the darkest pigmented black I've tried.

 

[benzito_714]

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now why did you ask us? you know were only gonna tell you to get both, duh

but really carbon was one of my first colors from MAC and honestly, i was (and still am) a little intimidated because it is a matte and is so bold-i don't have black tied but i have ud's zero and i do reach for that more than carbon.

 

[elmo1026]

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I own both, I just got carbon. I WOULD SAY if you have to choose one get carbon. But I really think you should get both if you could. Carbon can make any eye look fab by smoking it out. and it is so much easier to work with to me than Black Tied.
HTH

 

[FiestyFemme]

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Originally Posted by benzito_714 i don't have black tied but i have ud's zero and i do reach for that more than carbon.

I love UD Zero, it's my shimmery black. I got that instead of Black Tied.

 

[x.DOLLYMiX.x]

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I have both, I prefer carbon but they are both great and different eyeshadows.

 

[glam8babe]

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carbon

 

[kelcia]

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Originally Posted by jasminbarley True, but everyone has to start somewhere - IMHO, it's better confidence-building wise to go with the easier to use one first (Black Tied) then when your skills improve, challenge yourself with the harder one (Carbon). Otherwise, if you start with the hard one first, you might get so frustrated that you decide that blacks aren't for you. It would be a shame to dismiss a whole colour group just because of one bad experience.

Yeah. True. But I guess I was assuming that she had already tried other shadows.
I think that if some one spends 14 bucks on eyeshadow they'd try super hard to use it. I know I did. Clarity was my second MAC color. I almost cried when I couldn't use it.
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Originally Posted by eye_pr0mise i absolutely agree. lots of shimmer and a touch of matte looks great. i am also not a big fan of glitter lOl

Haha! Awesome!
Buddies!

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Originally Posted by FiestyFemme Carbon is my favorite. It can be a pain to work with, but it's the darkest pigmented black I've tried.

I agree. I've tried loooads of black. This is the most pigmented true black by far. I feel like black with glitter looks grey.. on me atleast.
I wish they'd make a black velux pearl.

 

[blindpassion]

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carbon
its a staple for most people

I'll never buy black tied (haha I can see that statement coming to bite me in the butt in a little bit) because I have charred (from the originals) and I think having Carbon and Charred is a lot more usefull then having Carbon and Black Tied. A black is kind of a black when you dont use black often like myself. (Only on nights out or to set a liner, which carbon is great for (setting liner!!))

 

[FiestyFemme]

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Originally Posted by kelcia I wish they'd make a black velux pearl.

God, that would be awesome!

 

[jasminbarley]

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*****

 

[ashleydenise]

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i have both, but I find Black Tied easier to work with if you're going for a smoky look, and Carbon is better if you're using it as a liner.

 

[Kimmer]

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N/A

 

[Lizzie]

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I'd definitely get black tide over carbon. That might be because I like glitter and it makes the black look less flat.

 

[aimee]

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well i got both and love both and would get both
if i had to choose one it would be carbon since its matte and more versatille

 

[mochajavalatte]

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Carbon Carbon Carbon Carbon Carbon Carbon

 

[Patricia]

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i prefer carbon, black tied's glitter goes everywhere

 

[TwiggyPop]

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Originally Posted by kelcia I wish they'd make a black velux pearl.

Urban Decays Deluxe shadow in zero is a lot like what you'd expect from a MAC velux pearl in black.

Back on topic; I choose carbon because I just didn't want a bunch of shimmer in my black. I already have UDs zero and oil slick and I don't even use those anymore now that I have carbon.

 

[User49]

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carbon is a lot more versatile! and better colour pay off! you can use various pigments on top of shadow if you want to add sparkle!

 

[SiCiLyGiRl]

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i have both but i like black tied more