allthatglamour
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This guide is excellent. Great job
Identifying fake MAC eyeshadows - ***detailed guide with photos***
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willowfaery
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rockin
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Not MAC, I know, but a friend of mine has just bought some Bobbi Brown Metallics eyeshadow palettes from an ebay seller. What he has received does not match the pictures on the auction pages or the Bobbi Brown website.
The palettes he has received each have a brush in a little channel in the front of the tray, and the brush does not have anything written on it.
Obviously we are thinking these are fakes, but does anyone here know whether these have ever been issued with brushes? He paid a similar price to what is mentioned on the Bobbi Brown website.
What makes him even more convinced they are fakes, is that the seller, although registered in the UK is oriental.
We would be grateful for your opinions.
The palettes he has received each have a brush in a little channel in the front of the tray, and the brush does not have anything written on it.
Obviously we are thinking these are fakes, but does anyone here know whether these have ever been issued with brushes? He paid a similar price to what is mentioned on the Bobbi Brown website.
What makes him even more convinced they are fakes, is that the seller, although registered in the UK is oriental.
We would be grateful for your opinions.
rockin
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He only received these yesterday, from seller katya_127
Being a man, he's not really a judge of whether they are good or cheap quality, but it was the brush in each that made him suspicious, as the pictures on the auction and on the Bobbi Brown website don't show brushes.
I'm not able to judge them for myself as he lives a long way from me.
Of course, if they are fakes he will be filing disputes with PayPal
Being a man, he's not really a judge of whether they are good or cheap quality, but it was the brush in each that made him suspicious, as the pictures on the auction and on the Bobbi Brown website don't show brushes.
I'm not able to judge them for myself as he lives a long way from me.
Of course, if they are fakes he will be filing disputes with PayPal
BubbleWrap
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I think I might have found another fake one... Do you reckon they bought it off ebay, used it twice then sold it when they realised it was fake?
Full Size MAC Eye Shadow - Prismique on eBay, also, Eye Shadow, Make-Up Cosmetics, Health Beauty (end time 07-Feb-08 17
32 GMT)
Full Size MAC Eye Shadow - Prismique on eBay, also, Eye Shadow, Make-Up Cosmetics, Health Beauty (end time 07-Feb-08 17
32 GMT)
Angels_Decay
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Thanks so much for this post, picturs help alot. lol though the litle compartment with the applacater is nifty, to bad I stoped useing them when i was like 16 or id wish M.A.C would do that too!
imperfectbeauty
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wow!! im kinda glad i dont really get stuff off of ebay. if i were to buy mac i'd go in to the store or order from the mac website. i'd rather be safe and pay the price for the actual product then for a fake. but this really does help and it gives me some ideas of what to look for if i ever do decide to shop off ebay for mac items.
btw how do you tell if brushes are fakes?? as some one posted earlier the new fake looks so similar to an actual mac brush.
btw how do you tell if brushes are fakes?? as some one posted earlier the new fake looks so similar to an actual mac brush.
archangeli
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One of my Flickr contacts posted this photo asking for help to identify shades, but the pots look weird to me.
Fakes?
As a side story, I was chatting with one of my co-workers and she was applying a lipgelée in front of me, so I asked her what shade it was because it looked quite pretty. She said - "I don't know, I bought it for, like $1 - in Beijing."
So I know that they make counterfeit everything in China, but I took a look at it and it really looked authentic - even the printed text on the tube (what killed me was that it even said "Made in Canada" on it!)
Knowing what I know about product safety, if I saw a $1 MAC lipgelee being sold on the street I'd know it was too good to be true. Who knows what nasty chemicals and ingredients are in that product... And in a lip product too! Most of it would be ingested!
Fakes?
As a side story, I was chatting with one of my co-workers and she was applying a lipgelée in front of me, so I asked her what shade it was because it looked quite pretty. She said - "I don't know, I bought it for, like $1 - in Beijing."
So I know that they make counterfeit everything in China, but I took a look at it and it really looked authentic - even the printed text on the tube (what killed me was that it even said "Made in Canada" on it!)
Knowing what I know about product safety, if I saw a $1 MAC lipgelee being sold on the street I'd know it was too good to be true. Who knows what nasty chemicals and ingredients are in that product... And in a lip product too! Most of it would be ingested!
Xqueeze_me
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I'd say yes. The raised part surrounding the eyeshadow pan is definintely dodgy. Also, what happened to all the colour labels on top of the boxes?
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One of my Flickr contacts posted this photo asking for help to identify shades, but the pots look weird to me. Fakes?
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darkishstar
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If you look carefully at the clasp on the pot, you see an indentation. That's a sure sign it's a fake. MAC pots don't have that indentation. And if you look even more carefully at the bottom half of the pot, you see another clasp. This is the clasp that holds the hidden compartment shut that houses most likely the mirror and an eyeshadow applicator. This is definitely fake. MAC shadows do not have that compartment. I would guess that this is the size of a L'Oreal hip duo shadow because the pot is made almost the same as the hip duo shadows.
This is definitely not MAC shadow folks. Also as previous people have said before, the lip raised up around the shadow looks wrong and there are no color name stickers on the boxes.
| Originally Posted by archangeli
One of my Flickr contacts posted this photo asking for help to identify shades, but the pots look weird to me. Fakes?
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If you look carefully at the clasp on the pot, you see an indentation. That's a sure sign it's a fake. MAC pots don't have that indentation. And if you look even more carefully at the bottom half of the pot, you see another clasp. This is the clasp that holds the hidden compartment shut that houses most likely the mirror and an eyeshadow applicator. This is definitely fake. MAC shadows do not have that compartment. I would guess that this is the size of a L'Oreal hip duo shadow because the pot is made almost the same as the hip duo shadows.
This is definitely not MAC shadow folks. Also as previous people have said before, the lip raised up around the shadow looks wrong and there are no color name stickers on the boxes.
BeautyPsycho
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Are there any fake shadesticks? I won "sea me" and I was looking at the listing, it says SIZE .14 OZ. ITEM IS NEW, NEVER BEEN OPENED, SAMPLED OR TESTED, 100% AUTHENTIC. However, my shadestick (bought at the counter) is 0.05US OZ is this just typo or...
rockin
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There are 2 sizes of Shadestick. The full size one, as you say, is 1.5g/0.05 US OZ. I also have one of the smaller, 0.4g/0.014 US OZ, which I bought on ebay.
There are sets of shadesticks available, and these are where the smaller size ones come from. As far as I know, they weren't sold individually (although someone may correct me) and it's possible that where they are sold individually on ebay it's because it's a colour someone didn't want from their set
There are sets of shadesticks available, and these are where the smaller size ones come from. As far as I know, they weren't sold individually (although someone may correct me) and it's possible that where they are sold individually on ebay it's because it's a colour someone didn't want from their set
BeautyPsycho
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Ahhh, that explains it.. thanks a lot... That sucks... I gave $11 for mini shadestick
stupid, stupid...
rockin
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Can anyone help me check whether the eyeshadow pan refills I received today are genuine?
The Juxt and Woodwinked I bought have just arrived, and as I have never bought refills before I don't know what they should look like. What concerns me, and I would particularly like clarification on, is the fact that the labels on the back are very different in detail, and whereas the Juxt says it is 1.5g/0.05 US OZ, the Woodwinked says it is 1.3g/0.04 US OZ.
Both are from the same seller, and the black cardboard packaging does not mark.
The Juxt and Woodwinked I bought have just arrived, and as I have never bought refills before I don't know what they should look like. What concerns me, and I would particularly like clarification on, is the fact that the labels on the back are very different in detail, and whereas the Juxt says it is 1.5g/0.05 US OZ, the Woodwinked says it is 1.3g/0.04 US OZ.
Both are from the same seller, and the black cardboard packaging does not mark.
wolfsong
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Different shades commonly have different weights due to their textures/ingredients being heavier/lighter - so i wouldnt worry about that.
Its like some pigment jars being filled to the brim whilst others being about half full due to them being heavier - they go by weight and not volume (but eyeshadow pans are all filled full, so therefore they differ in weight).
Its like some pigment jars being filled to the brim whilst others being about half full due to them being heavier - they go by weight and not volume (but eyeshadow pans are all filled full, so therefore they differ in weight).
rockin
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The MAC site only mentioned the 1.5g, which is confusing.
The stickers on the backs of the pans have the detail on them printed very differently, despite apparently both being made in Canada in 2006. Could you confirm for me whether I've been hoodwinked by Woodwinked, Juxt been had, or whether this is perfectly normal.
I've photographed the fronts, too, although the colour doesn't look quite the same on screen. The Woodwinked looks very bronze in RL, and the Juxt is very similar in colour to the fake Chartreuse pigment I received. Annoyingly, I've managed to damage the front of the Juxt while getting it out of the packet
The stickers on the backs of the pans have the detail on them printed very differently, despite apparently both being made in Canada in 2006. Could you confirm for me whether I've been hoodwinked by Woodwinked, Juxt been had, or whether this is perfectly normal.
I've photographed the fronts, too, although the colour doesn't look quite the same on screen. The Woodwinked looks very bronze in RL, and the Juxt is very similar in colour to the fake Chartreuse pigment I received. Annoyingly, I've managed to damage the front of the Juxt while getting it out of the packet
