MAC Prolongwear Collection (September 5, 2013)

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Pinkdollface

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elegant-one said:
Yep, thats what I was thinking - they look grey when swatched
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doesn't make sense from how they look in the pot. Besides, I don't think Camels are grey
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No camels aren't grey indeed, can you imagine a cement coloured camel
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In my head it just made even less sense when I still called it Caramel Coat. I think camels are slightly less warmtoned than caramel. I'm hoping the lighting has been doing weird things to the colours and Camel Coat is more warmtoned in real life.
 
elegant-one

elegant-one

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Pinkdollface said:
No camels aren't grey indeed, can you imagine a cement coloured camel
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In my head it just made even less sense when I still called it Caramel Coat. I think camels are slightly less warmtoned than caramel. I'm hoping the lighting has been doing weird things to the colours and Camel Coat is more warmtoned in real life.
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Only a statue of one.

I had Caramel Coat in my head too. I want the Caramel shade. It doesn't even look Beige. I hope someone can tell us why there is such discrepancy from pot to swatch.
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Erinaceina

Erinaceina

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erine1881 said:
I'd recommend the 242, as a synthetic brush is best with creme products. It's stiff enough to blend out the edge. I'd also suggest only using the paint pot on your lid, and not all the way up to your brow, especially if you're using bare study, as it has shimmer. If you were using a matte paint pot, you'd be ok to take it all the way up to your brow, but with shimmer, you're unable to vary the textures that are ideal to create depth, especially since you don't have a crease for that extra placement of shadow texture (which can work in your favour you lucky duck!!!).
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Thanks for the info. :) I find that Bare Study all over doesn't look strange (or at least I don't think it does, but who knows, perhaps I look really weird) because my brows are so low (thanks, Dad, for that little genetic trait) that it just looks like a touch of highlighter under the arch. Hmmm... that just makes it sound worse, but I swear it's not that bad. When I get the 242, I'll try placing the PP more precisely, but it's not easy with my fingertip. But I may be getting the 242 sooner than I expected as I may have a bit of money coming my way that I wasn't expecting. I've just got a new phone free on my calling plan, and the company told me that they'd buy my old handset off me for about £100! NARS blushes and MAC collections, here I come!

I know this is wildly off topic for this thread (sorry, guys), but thinking about eyeshadow placement for monolid (autocorrect corrected that to 'moonlit', which would be much more awesome) eyes: does anyone know of any good tutorials for the placement of colour on monolid eyes, especially darker colour on the outer half/corner? Most of the tutorials I have found either assume you have a crease to help place the colour, or, if aimed at people with monolids, assume that you're fine with playing around with eyeliner and ignoring eyeshadow. I've got pretty good at placing a single colour, but I'd like to shift it up a notch, and I'd love to get more use out of some colours (like Satin Taupe) which are too much all over my lid. Wow, that rambled on a bit. Anyway, thanks. :)
 
Miss Dynamite

Miss Dynamite

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Ordered Perky and Clearwater for now. Waiting for more swatches of Stormy Pink and will probably get Chrome Angel when I get that.
 
luvlydee

luvlydee

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erine1881 said:
I'd recommend the 242, as a synthetic brush is best with creme products. It's stiff enough to blend out the edge. I'd also suggest only using the paint pot on your lid, and not all the way up to your brow, especially if you're using bare study, as it has shimmer. If you were using a matte paint pot, you'd be ok to take it all the way up to your brow, but with shimmer, you're unable to vary the textures that are ideal to create depth, especially since you don't have a crease for that extra placement of shadow texture (which can work in your favour you lucky duck!!!).
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I like using my urban decay shadow brush for paintpots and color tattoos. The 242 i only like using powders that arent that pigmented so that i can pack it on. I like the 242 thats why i dont want to get it all dirty with cream stuff lol
 
erine1881

erine1881

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lyseD said:
I am so bad at this -- blue purple,I think, less brown. And probably pencil but I could do cream. Thank you erin
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Permaplum is what you'll want if you want a blue-based purple pencil.
RayannaBanana said:
These new shades are permanent correct?
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In the US, yes.
Erinaceina said:
Thanks for the info. :)  I find that Bare Study all over doesn't look strange (or at least I don't think it does, but who knows, perhaps I look really weird) because my brows are so low (thanks, Dad, for that little genetic trait) that it just looks like a touch of highlighter under the arch.  Hmmm... that just makes it sound worse, but I swear it's not that bad.  When I get the 242, I'll try placing the PP more precisely, but it's not easy with my fingertip.  But I may be getting the 242 sooner than I expected as I may have a bit of money coming my way that I wasn't expecting.  I've just got a new phone free on my calling plan, and the company told me that they'd buy my old handset off me for about £100! NARS blushes and MAC collections, here I come! I know this is wildly off topic for this thread (sorry, guys), but thinking about eyeshadow placement for monolid (autocorrect corrected that to 'moonlit', which would be much more awesome) eyes: does anyone know of any good tutorials for the placement of colour on monolid eyes, especially darker colour on the outer half/corner?  Most of the tutorials I have found either assume you have a crease to help place the colour, or, if aimed at people with monolids, assume that you're fine with playing around with eyeliner and ignoring eyeshadow.  I've got pretty good at placing a single colour, but I'd like to shift it up a notch, and I'd love to get more use out of some colours (like Satin Taupe) which are too much all over my lid.  Wow, that rambled on a bit.  Anyway, thanks. :)
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A great plavement for monolids is to go from light to dark from the lashline straight up. Or do light in the middle and dark on the inner and outer. Honestly, just play around with any placement that doesn't involve a darker colour in the "crease". You can put lighter colours there, just nothing darker than your lid colour
 
Erinaceina

Erinaceina

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erine1881 said:
A great plavement for monolids is to go from light to dark from the lashline straight up. Or do light in the middle and dark on the inner and outer. Honestly, just play around with any placement that doesn't involve a darker colour in the "crease". You can put lighter colours there, just nothing darker than your lid colour
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Once again, thanks, guys. Every time I've asked in store (both MAC and NARS, and probably a bunch of others places), or even mentioned not having a crease, I've been assured that I can fake a crease. First, some people probably can, but it ends up a horrible mess that does nothing for my eyes. Second, I'm not sure that I want to. I'd rather work with my own eye shape than pretend I have a different eye shape.

I have done the darker-colour-nearest-the-lid thing, mainly placing a dark or bright colour under the hood of my eye using a very dense brush (I need a better dense brush, but that's a different matter). I do like that look, so I should work on perfecting it. I guess I should invest in a good blending colour. And my list just grows and grows...
 
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Pinkdollface

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Addict4MAC said:
Even she describes Layin' Low is a camel color...so I guess if that's what you're looking for with Camel Coat, then I'd grab Layin' Low instead..
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I think I would like something in between, but I'm not even sure if I would really use a colour like that in a paint pot. I need to use the ones I have more first.
 
erine1881

erine1881

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Erinaceina said:
Once again, thanks, guys.  Every time I've asked in store (both MAC and NARS, and probably a bunch of others places), or even mentioned not having a crease, I've been assured that I can fake a crease.  First, some people probably can, but it ends up a horrible mess that does nothing for my eyes.  Second, I'm not sure that I want to.  I'd rather work with my own eye shape than pretend I have a different eye shape. I have done the darker-colour-nearest-the-lid thing, mainly placing a dark or bright colour under the hood of my eye using a very dense brush (I need a better dense brush, but that's a different matter).  I do like that look, so I should work on perfecting it.  I guess I should invest in a good blending colour.  And my list just grows and grows...
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While one can easily (or somewhat so) create a crease, it's actually insulting to do so, especially if the lack of a crease on a monolid is due to one's ethnicity. So for that to be the suggestion that you get every time you ask for help, that's downright rude. I know someone who's as white as can be who has a monolid, as she does a crease everyday, and it just doesn't work on her. It disappears when her eyes are open, it's creases like crazy on her, it just doesn't work. I dunno why she keeps doing it tho :dunno. I did a photoshoot yesterday and did the creative director's makeup and she asked for suggestions on how to do her makeup. Tho she doesn't have a monolid, her crease disappears when her eyes are open., and her eyes are closer set together, so i had to make recommendations on how to do her makeup based on her eye shape and placement. Not everyone can do a crease, even if they have one. So you just have to learn what works for you, and not just do the same look on everyone.
 
MamboPoet

MamboPoet

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I've put in my order for Camel Coat and Tailor Grey and skipped on Stormy Pink for now! Think I'll swatch that in store or just wait. I'm actually happy that they've been looking rather cool and taupe-y in swatches! <3 These will be my first PP's! I have a modest collection of Color Tattoos and some other cream shadows that are hit and miss, so I'm hyped for these!
 
MamboPoet

MamboPoet

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P. S. I've never met anything as wonderful as the Estee Lauder Doublewear Shadow Creams I scored at the CCO. It holds up to EVERYTHING!! I'm hoping these will be like that!
 
luvlydee

luvlydee

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erine1881 said:
Tho she doesn't have a monolid, her crease disappears when her eyes are open., and her eyes are closer set together, so i had to make recommendations on how to do her makeup based on her eye shape and placement. Not everyone can do a crease, even if they have one. So you just have to learn what works for you, and not just do the same look on everyone.
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agreed! and its like not everyone with mono lids want to create fake creases. I see nothing wrong with not having a defined crease
 
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