How long does it take you to hit the bottom of a MAC eyeshadow?

[bliu108]

Hi everyone,

I have been slowly building my MAC eyeshadow collection, and was just curious as to how long it actually takes to finish an eyeshadow pan. I know it totally depends on how often you use it, but just wondering how long the eyeshadows last for everyone here.

 

[ThePostcardOrg]

Really depends, for me at least. I bought my ricepaper e/s in May 2008, and I hit pan this fall, but I still have enough for at least a couple more months. I use Ricepaper almost everyday either as a eyebrow highlight or as an all over wash of color

However Wedge is an eyeshadow I bought Summer of 2009 and I hit pan this Christmas and I have less of Wedge compared to Ricepaper left. I use Wedge as a crease color everytime I do more than just a wash of color. Also use it for the inner part of my eyebrows..

So yeah, it really varies alot. I think the finish also effects how long an eyeshadow lasts. You often need more of a matte shadow than you do with a shimmer color when your doing your makeup

Hth

 

[January]

I have so many MAC eye shadows, that I think it'll be impossible to hit the pan on almost any of them. But, I bought Vanilla in January 2009 and just hit the pan last month (so, a year). I use it almost everyday as my brow highlight though.

 

[obscuria]

I bought shroom back in 2006. I used it nearly every day for my brow highlight I hit pan probably a year and a half later.

 

[purrtykitty]

Took me about a year or so of daily use as a highlight to hit pan on Dazzlelight.

 

[elb154]

I use naked lunch everyday as a highlight or all over color. Saw the bottom after a few months will probably last a year total at this rate.

 

[hello_kitty]

I have never hit the pan... and I started getting shadows back in 2007. I have sooooooooo many (130 or more) so I know it's going to take me awhile. I predict either Shroom or Ricepaper will be my first pan hit.

 

[soveryfabulous]

I've only hit pan on one eye shadow, Bagatelle which came out in 2005 with the D'Bohemia collection. I hit pan after a few months of using it almost everyday as my lid colour, but that was back when I didn't have as many e/s in my collection. More pan is showing now, but there's still a ton left and I don't use it too often any more since there are a ton of shadows in rotation now. So yeah, they can last AGES

 

[murflegirl]

I've NEVER hit pan. I'm eagerly awaiting the day!! I feel like I could be hitting pan in the next few weeks on my Studio Fix powder though.

 

[Care]

I haven't hit pan on any shadows (yet!) and I've been into MAC for 3 years, though I don't do my makeup daily. But expensive pink, Naked Lunch, and Ricepaper seem to have the biggest dips in them

 

[Lyssah]

i have a huge number of shadows (approx 160ish), I never wear the same shadows two days in a row, I started collecting my mac in feb 2008 and have just hit the pan on both Shroom and Dazzlelight. I still think they each have about another 6 months before they're completely out.

 

[LMD84]

takes me about 1 year to use up a dazzlelight... and i use it most days

other shadows.... well i have so many that i doubt i would finish one that quickly! i have had silver ring for about 4 years and that has a very big dip... but no pan showing yet!

 

[*JJ*]

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Originally Posted by Care I haven't hit pan on any shadows (yet!) and I've been into MAC for 3 years, though I don't do my makeup daily.

same here. i'm starting to think i'll never hit the pan of any of my eyeshadows..
same with lipsticks, i think i only ever finished one - politely pink.
i have too much stuff..

the only thing i finish is my studio fix powder which i use daily. one compact lasts about 6 months.

 

[Brittany88]

MAC may be a little more expensive than some brands, but this proves that its definitely worth the money!

 

[Simply Elegant]

About a year if I use it every day or just about every day.

 

[Whitney6195]

I don't want to ever see the pans of my stuff! I want them to be everlasting

 

[Door]

Yesterday I noticed that I can see the pan of my Nanogold e/s. Just a tiny silvery dot in the bottom of my shadow, but still. I have tried to use up this and it took about three months to hit the pan. The pigmentation is poor and I wouldn't even dream of using other eye shadows than lustres this fast.

 

[snowflakelashes]

I haven't hit pan on anything , I only got back into makeup in 2008 but I bought so much stuff within a short period that I doubt I'll hit pan on an eye shadow for a long while... powder however.. I can see running out of soon... lol

 

[GlamQueen21]

I've hit pan on Pink Venus, Tempting, Satin Taupe, Style Snob and Dark Edge. It takes awhile to hit pan on an eyeshadow that you love most.

 

[abbyquack]

When I was just a casual MAC user, I used up several Naked Lunch e/s- I used it everyday, so one lasted me MAYBE 6 months. But these days, I'm all over the map, using different e/s everyday (I estimate I have over 200+ e/s), so I haven't really hit pan lately. Maybe once a year I hit a pan on an eyeshadow. Sad.