Hate is too strong of a word....(Mineralize Eyeshadows)

[BlahWah]

Re: Hate is too strong of a word....

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Originally Posted by Seeking Refuge I need to stop buying them ... I hate Lovestone. HATE IT.

I was so floored by the depotted mes I forgot to reply to the actual topic! I have to say I'm totally drawn in by how they look in the pot and my initial swatches of them but 3/4 Flashtronic shadows went up for swap after trying about 5 times for each. The only one I've kept is Lovestone b/c it's so pretty but I think the veneer over my love for it is cracking. Maybe I just need to do more of the pat thing, lol. But I did that with Odd Couple and was disappointed to see the purple side - the bold, mono colour! - disappear after a few hours. I love the hint of lavendar in the melange side but is it really worth it? Nobody notices it anyway!

One thing I do love about Odd Couple - the bronze vein running through the melange, while it may be very sparkly, looks just like Solar Bits on me and is 80% less messy.

 

[Krasevayadancer]

Re: Hate is too strong of a word....

Call me nuts but I don't hate these all that much. I am noticing that mac has been improving on these as time goes because in my time I have noticed less fallout with antiquitease than with flashtronic, and even less with electroflash.

I am currently loving my hot contrast just like bunny. I packed it on top of pure ore metal x for what i thought was an awesome effect. I used the 242 for the lighter color on the inner lid, and my 217 to smoke out the outer corner and crease with the black side. No fall out at all for me and the result looked amazing!

 

[Dommie]

Re: Hate is too strong of a word....

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Originally Posted by Hilly I look like someone punched me in the eyes today...Odd Couple blahhh! Coming soon to the clearance bin...Hilly's new MES!! Half price can't beat that lol

We'll be on the look out

I got Odd Couple and I liked over Beig-ing SS

 

[BunnyBunnyBunny]

Re: Hate is too strong of a word....

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore *whispers* Don't throw anything at me, but I looove them.

I heard that! I loooove them too!!

 

[EllieFerris]

I absolutely love them and in fact am wearing some today...

• As as base, I use Paint in Bare Canvas, applied with a # 242, over the entire eye.
• Then I highlight the brow with Vapour ES, applied with a # 213.
• On my lid, I'm wearing the solid part of Fresh Green Mix MES, applied with a # 239.
• In the wide crease, I'm wearing the veined part of Fresh Green Mix MES, applied with a # 275.
• In the tight crease and outer V, I'm wearing Ether MES, applied with a # 219.
• Then I used # 225 to blend.
• Lastly, I used a # 231 to line the top lashline with Fluidline in Blacktrack.

I'll try to get a pic on here when I get home tonight cause it looks pretty freakin sharp.

(For lips, in case anyone cares, I'm wearing Barbie Rockin' Chick and Malibou Barbie. I decided to skip a lip liner as it makes it look a little softer since the eyes really pop.)

 

[stv578]

I used to feel the same way about these and thought I would only pick up Fresh Green Mix from this past collection. I'm now the proud owner of 8 of these! I don't get much fallout from FGM, Polar Opposite, Hot Contrast or Sea & Sky. In fact, found the texture on these to be really nice. Two to Glow has some fallout, but nothing I can't live with and then there's Pink Split and Odd Couple! Now those two I agree are a glittery mess. So at least I know that some of these can be really nice, but they're definitely something that seems to vary from shade to shade.

Don't give up on Sea & Sky! I am not really into blues and I love this one!

 

[glamdoll]

Omg! I love them! I use em w/ my MAC 213 and spray them lightly w/ fix+
For a base I use Bare Canvas paint! I have Odd Couple and Fresh Green Mix. So yea! also instead of applying them w/ a side to side sweeping motion, I press them against my lid (to prevent the hot glittery mess lol)

Here I used Odd Couple on my little sister! with a bit of Beauty marked in the outter V and dazzelight as a highlight.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...d/IMG_6311.jpg

Hope this helps others like the mineralized!

 

[lsperry]

I love, love, love MES....from the AMUSE collection to ELECTROFLASH, I adore them. I use my trusty 239 and 219 brush and have little or no fall-out. I use any base that suits me -- paint pots, paints, CCB, or UDPP, and it's all the same.

For those shadows that are weak in pigmentation for my NW45 skin, I use either Fix+ or mixing medium to intensify the colors.

 

[TDoll]

I hated them too until I started applying them wet with my 239 brush. I spray Fix+ on the brush, then dip it in the shadow. It made a world of difference and the color payoff is really good...and I'm pretty picky about whether something has good payoff or not. Keep trying!

 

[Karen_B]

I really really like them! The only one I'm not so fond of is Mercurial - that one is mainly shimmer and no colour. I got Pink Split recently and it didn't seem chalky to me at all. I am away on a course though and really busy, so I have no real time for makeup and therefore have not tried it properly.

 

[FiestyFemme]

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Originally Posted by glamdoll Omg! I love them! I use em w/ my MAC 213 and spray them lightly w/ fix+ For a base I use Bare Canvas paint! I have Odd Couple and Fresh Green Mix. So yea! also instead of applying them w/ a side to side sweeping motion, I press them against my lid (to prevent the hot glittery mess lol) Here I used Odd Couple on my little sister! with a bit of Beauty marked in the outter V and dazzelight as a highlight. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...d/IMG_6311.jpg Hope this helps others like the mineralized!

Gorgeous job on your sister! Really makes me want to run out and get Odd Couple, but I'm resisting the evil MES.

 

[iwantmakeup]

I only have 1 mes and its Ether and I love it. I stood at the mac counter last week and drooled all over the new mes's and didn't buy one...they all look way to glittery for me. I don't know what it is about Ether...I guess its the color.

 

[zeroxstar]

ughhh me too, im having really bad buyers remorse w/ these! i'm sooo sick of the glitter, the fallout is awful. I still love sea & sky cause it's such a great blue & if i'm wearing blue i dont mind glitter... polar opposites is great too for nights out, but i dunno what to do w/ the other 3 i bought... dont want to return them & waste the product, but otherwise i lose money ugh! ... plus they really bother my contacts.... anyone else had this problem?? :/

 

[abbyquack]

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Originally Posted by FiestyFemme Gorgeous job on your sister! Really makes me want to run out and get Odd Couple, but I'm resisting the evil MES.

Honestly! That was done gorgeously, but I thought I was done with these Electroflash MES when I bought FGM, Sea&Sky and Hot Contrast!! Well, here's one more vote for Team MES - I love these a lot more than I'd like to admit, esp. this time around with all the amazing combos.

And call me crazy but Mi'Lady is prob my favorite MES - both sides! And when you mix them together, it's makes that beautiful fuschia color. Also, I've never used these wet, and have had plenty of pigmentation- the only one I've really been disappointed payoff wise is Engaging - beautiful combo, not so great showing up on the lids.

I have so far: Engaging, Family Silver, Silversmith, Mi'Lady, Sea and Sky, Fresh Green Mix, Hot Contrast and one from an '06 collection. And maybe Odd Couple next!

 

[wheresmytea]

glamdoll, your sister looks gorgeous!

I have to say, I love really the MES. Patting seems to work for building up colour, but I like the fact that if I'm in a hurry I can just slap a swipe of By Jupiter on my lids and it looks like I've used more than one colour and gone to way more trouble than I really have. I'm lazy like that

 

[rocking chick]

MES are the BEST e/s from MAC ever!!!!