*Holy Grail and Rare PIGMENTS*

[MAC_Whore]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

The harder to find pigments are, IMO:

+Brass
+Bronze
+Turquoise (matte)
+Pink (matte)
+Green (frost)
+Maroon
+Auburn (matte)
+Mustard (matte)

Others that have a fairly cult-like following are Coco Beach and All Girl. The only 3 I don't have out of all of the pigments ever released are: Bronze, Auburn and Mustard. I don't loose any sleep over Mustard or Auburn. Bronze would be nice though.

What do you think a full, NIB jar of Turquoise matte pigment would go for on ebay? You never see them for sale.

 

[Holly]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

My HG pigment is Green (Frost). I'm on a hunt for it, and can't find it anywhere! Its soo pretty!

 

[HOTasFCUK]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore What do you think a full, NIB jar of Turquoise matte pigment would go for on ebay? You never see them for sale.

They have a sample on the buy-it-now section. I think its $8.50 for 1/4 tsp & i'm not sure how much shipping is!!!!!

 

[MAC_Whore]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

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Originally Posted by HOTasFCUK They have a sample on the buy-it-now section. I think its $8.50 for 1/4 tsp & i'm not sure how much shipping is!!!!!

Thanks

. I'm not looking. I have 2 full jars. I am just curious what a jar would sell for since you never see full jars. No way am I thinking about selling mine though! Those are serious treasures.

 

[prinzessin784]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

I don't think All Girl or Cocoa Beach are hard to find, I've managed to get full sized jars of both plus a mini Maroon, but I can't find the matte Turquoise, original Green, Mustard, etc. There are a lot that were discontinued a long time ago and they are very rare.

 

[ledonatella]

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I have a full jar of All-Girl and loooooooove it! It's totally worth the HG status. I have Coco Beach too, but someone said it was like Chocolate Brown. I don't know since I've never seen Choc. Brown how similer they are for real, I'm just going by makeup gossip.

 

[MiCHiE]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

^They are alike....very subtle differences, unless you're a huge MAC fan.

 

[bruinshorty]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

Screw the hard-to-find thing, I love my Vanilla!!! The most "rare"/"htf"/super-hyped-up pigment I have is All Girl, and it's not even that great :/

 

[Electro Chic]

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I'd love to find a matte turquoise, maroon and all girl.

 

[lilchocolatema]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

My HG pigment is Vanilla, I wear it under the brow almost everyday. I put it on all of my customers, either in the cheekbone, a bit in the center of the lip, or a touch down the middle of the nose. The runner up is Pink Bronze. I found a Coco Beach knockoff at Laura Mercier, its a creamy metallic shadow but its pretty close!

 

[Brianne]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

My HG is Vanilla, by far. I love it so much.
I managed to score a vial of Maroon on Ebay for under $10 including s&h.

No luck on Coco Beach yet - I have a small sample and it's pretty but not really worth me hunting down. I have a 1/4 tsp sample of All Girl and I don't like it at all, actually.

 

[Sonya Adams]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

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Originally Posted by MAC_Whore What do you think a full, NIB jar of Turquoise matte pigment would go for on ebay? You never see them for sale.

I dunno about ebay, but I found one by posting an ISO in one of the MAC forums on LJ a couple of days ago - offered up to me for just $30.
Talk about holy grail!!! (and the forums are a much better way of avoiding fakes and getting better deals, too)

 

[MisStarrlight]

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My personal HG is Lily White. I never bought backups, but I wish I had, I pressed it & have 1/2 a jar left, but I'm scared that when I run out I won't be able to find it (or will have to pay a ton).

Rebel Rock Blue was the only pigment I ever put any effort into finding & got one on eBay after I killed mine using it for a fashion show.

I also <3 Goldenaire & Vanilla more than life.

 

[brookeab]

Re: *Holy Grail PIGMENTS*

For me it would probably be maroon, coco beach and all girl. Maroon is the most difficult to find IMO. I actually bought a full jar of vanilla and maroon together from someone on MUA for 21.00 a year or so ago, so I got a GREAT deal. I also have a full coco beach and all girl, but I see those pop up all over the place, so I don't really think they are hard to find, just spendy. Maroon is a fave though!

 

[missshappyasss]

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I love my vanilla too. I dont know what I would do with out it.

 

[galvanizer]

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I love them all too much to have a HG but I'd die to get my paws on Brass and Bronze. I wish they'd bring them back! I remember seeing them a few years ago on eBay and I'm kicking myself for not trying to get them.

 

[SandMantas]

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Originally Posted by Holly My HG pigment is Green (Frost). I'm on a hunt for it, and can't find it anywhere! Its soo pretty!

If you just check the livejournal MAC communities regularly, you should be able to find it. My mostly-full jar of Green was spilled over New Year's by a good friend (who was incredibly upset), and my boyfriend replaced it for me within a week or two. Might have just been good timing, and this jar was 60% full, not like 80% full, but it's still more than enough to last me and replace what I lost.
My original jar that was spilled still had a bit left in it, but it was basically the pride and joy of my collection.

That said, I think I see the most hype around All Girl and Coco Beach, but those really aren't that hard to find. They're a bit expensive now, but can pretty much be found with little searching. It seems like Mac_Whore is pretty dead-on in her descriptions of th ones that are the most rare.

 

[fashionjunkiexx]

are any of these rare?
reflects rust, reflects copper or antique green?

 

[LMD84]

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Originally Posted by fashionjunkiexx are any of these rare? reflects rust, reflects copper or antique green?

nope because you can get all of them at the mac pro store

 

[Junkie]

There's a few smaller vials of Maroon up on ebay for $10.....I've looked for the others ones to no avail other than Mustard pigment -I found it there for $150! Gold Dusk I found for a little under $50.

I think I remember seeing the matte royal blue or something too a little while back and it was pretty high as well.