FAKE Deep Purple Pigment (Updated as of 14 March 08) - ***Pic Analysis***

[laguayaca]

did you get this pigment from makeup.com? thanks

 

[Xqueeze_me]

Quote:

Originally Posted by laguayaca did you get this pigment from makeup.com? thanks

No, hun. Got this from a real honest seller with excellent business ethics: julie150463. She bought a whole bunch of "MAC" from a "wholesaler" with liquidation lists and they all turn out to be most updated recent fakes. She found out the truth about fake MAC, joined Specktra, learned all about it and have been helpful with sending pigments/glitters and eyeshadows for the analysis.

 

[teaberry]

oh nOOOoo i just went n checked some of my pigment vials and i have 3 out of 11 that are FAKE

thankyou for this!! ohh i feel like such a fool.

 

[Xqueeze_me]

Quote:

Originally Posted by teaberry oh nOOOoo i just went n checked some of my pigment vials and i have 3 out of 11 that are FAKE thankyou for this!! ohh i feel like such a fool.

Pigment vials (2.5g) are the smaller version of the original full size pigments (Some Mattes are 2.5g and the rest are 7.5g). I haven't seen fake pigment vials yet.

 

[pinkvanilla]

Just came across this post, and you have done such a great job on the comparisons

The fakes looks so good, just minor detail that can easily be disregarded! Anyway, thanks for posting this!

 

[Odette1303]

Thanks so much for this!

 

[retail_therapy]

Wow, the difference is really in the details, it is hard to tell. But once you swatched the product, the difference is much obvious. Thanks for sharing.

 

[slepre]

oh wow the fakes are getting good i always though of well if they have the name and barcode sticker there real and if they have the flat inner lid then there real for sure

i guess not

 

[liz749]

wow i had no idea fakes had gotten so good! thanks for the info!

 

[Xqueeze_me]

Just bumping this up since its moving downwards...

Maybe I should copy and paste all these info to the sticky thread...?

 

[coquetayloca]

I have been nervous about buying mac on ebay... I dont think I can do it after seeing this. There is no way I could tell the difference.

 

[BellaItalia1969]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xqueeze_me No, hun. Got this from a real honest seller with excellent business ethics: julie150463. She bought a whole bunch of "MAC" from a "wholesaler" with liquidation lists and they all turn out to be most updated recent fakes. She found out the truth about fake MAC, joined Specktra, learned all about it and have been helpful with sending pigments/glitters and eyeshadows for the analysis.

All i can say is that Im very happy that this website exists and continues to help people

Also i would like to say big thank you to all these lovely,helpful,knowledgeable peeps on here who have ensured that I will never buy another fake MAC of eBay

Apologies but there's too many names to mention

Your knowledge has been spread to my sisters and other female relatives,workmates etc....wohooooo
Fank you very much

 

[GlitterLids]

Quote:

Originally Posted by BellaItalia1969 All i can say is that Im very happy that this website exists and continue to help people Also i would like to say big thank you to all these lovely peeps on here who have ensured that I will never buy another fake MAC of eBay Your knowledge has been spread to my sisters and other female relatives,workmates etc....wohooooo

DITTO!!!!!!!!!!! No more fakes for me!!!!!!!!!

 

[Twinkelstar]

Thanks for the post.. Nowadays you really need magnifying glasses to find out wether or not you've purchased an authentic item..

 

[tofuglory1]

Thanks for the info. I recently got a Blonde's gold that looked scarily real..except for the weight it said ,26 with a comma, which was a giveaway. Everything else was pretty much perfect; scary what people can do these days :/

 

[Brittany88]

Thanks for posting this! I'm fairly new to MAC, and while I can pretty easily spot fake eyeshadows, the pigment jars seem to be pretty good replicas to the untrained eye. This is definitely helpful.

 

[panda0410]

^^Watch the shadows sweetie, the new ones definitely are not an easy spot!

 

[pleomorphic]

Thanks so much for the informative post. I'm still green at spotting fakes, but this definitely helps!

 

[Shantastic]

Wow I would have never noticed! Good info!

 

[EOTD-Fanny]

Thank you very much for this awesome list!