Popular MAC products everyone seems to love but you?

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by AudreyNicole I'd like to add pigments to this list. There are a few that I have and love (i.e. vanilla, your ladyship), but for the most part, I don't care for loose eyeshadow from any company. While I like MAC pigments better than all of the other loose e/s I have tried, I still don't love them, or reach for them all that often. Oh, and Greasepaint Sticks too. We don't get along.

I can remember feeling the same way about pigments.They really are messier and more difficult to apply than pressed powder.
I finally decided, however, that the uniquely gorgeous colors of the MAC pigments (especially, but not limited to, those magical taupes like Subtle, Sunnydaze, Mauvement and Coco) made them worth the extra trouble.
In fact, Silver Fog has become my "go to" silver eye highlight shade; I may have to eventually even open that second jar.

I haven't even wanted to try the Greasepaint Sticks; nothing with the word "grease" in the name is coming near this oily face ...

 

[BEA2LS]

i agree with pigments. i used to love them, collect them, etc.. mainly because of the hype. i do love a few of them but in general i do not like loose anything because i like to carry my make up around with me and prefer it not to be messy.

 

[mizvolta]

I just can't like MSFs. I bought one a couple of days ago and tried it on a couple of times. I kind of liked it at first, but combined with my foundation it made my face look too yellow. Today I noticed that it broke me out. I bought it because of all the rave reviews, but I don't like it at all.

 

[vintageroses]

Creme D'Nude lipstick! It looks horrible on my skintone

I bought it online so i'm stuck with it now. sighsss

I don't love MSF, i know so many people do! I feel they are alright, my life wouldn't be any different w/o them.HAHA I have 1 & i don't even use it much. Same goes for MSF Nautral, i have 2! just because my mum & i are of the same shade & she has an allergic reaction to them. So it's passed to me. & i don't even use it much!

 

[britneyfan4]

Hue Lipstick

I didn't read the entire thread yet, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they didn't like this. I don't get it. It barely shows up on me, and just makes my pigmented lips look a little bit gray and ghostly.

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by BEA2LS i agree with pigments. i used to love them, collect them, etc.. mainly because of the hype. i do love a few of them but in general i do not like loose anything because i like to carry my make up around with me and prefer it not to be messy.

I know what you mean. If I'm in a hurry, I pass over the pigments, and go for the pressed powder shadows.
The gorgeous colors of the pigments suck me in, though.
If there were a way to press the pigments, I'd be insane with joy!

 

[Kirsty]

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Originally Posted by cno64 If there were a way to press the pigments, I'd be insane with joy!

 

[jazm1n3s]

Sharkskin shadestick and Grand Entrance e/s from Starflash.

Sharkskin is just a regular black base, and it's not even dark enough for me, and it tugs my lids so bad.
Grand Entrance - The texture is very soft and buttery, but the color is too frosty! I have no idea how to wear it. Tried it as a brow bone highlight, as a wash, as a lid color, but I just don't like it

 

[francescaD]

Creme De Violet E/S ): i cant make it work!

 

[Foxxydiva]

Ruby Woo lipstick
Shroom, Woodwinked
Groundwork Paint Pot

 

[Sojourner]

I've recently realised that I don't like MAC eyeshadows that much, I just don't seem to have any luck with them, they seem so weak in pigment/colour. Like humid looks so lush in the pan but it's so diluted looking on me despite all my efforts.

Call me demanding but I think e/s should be pigmented without having to use a primer or base.

 

[MissMac27]

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Originally Posted by britneyfan4 Hue Lipstick I didn't read the entire thread yet, but I don't think I've ever heard anyone say they didn't like this. I don't get it. It barely shows up on me, and just makes my pigmented lips look a little bit gray and ghostly.

I have the same problem with Hue on my pigmented lips but i found if i put it on and then dab a bit of FanFare on top I still get that nude light pink that I wanted hue to be. HTH!

 

[Pure Vanity]

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Originally Posted by munchkin86 Beige-ing shadestick... I bought it to use as a primer, and it seemed ok at first but it just creases on my eyelid like everything else. Then I discovered UDPP and now its HG status for me. Haven't used the shadestick since.

same I backed to mac with mine.

creme cup lipstick heard great things and just doesn't work with my pigmented lips.

green smoke, kid, idol eyes, eyeshadow's hello ebay!

 

[Shadowy Lady]

I prob written in here before but here it goes again:

- MAC foundations: I know they're hit and miss with everyone though. I wear studio fix in shade NW25, I like the coverage and the match but it does oxidize on me and turns orangy by pm. Studio sculpt doesn't oxidize on me but I find it harder to blend and just not worth the effort.

- MAC's concealers: I have tried most of them and prefer my Lise Watier Portfolio to them all.

- I do not like MSF's, too shimmery for me. And MAC releases way too many that look exactly the same. I used to have a few but I swapped all of them away.

- Lustre lipsticks - they're really like fancy lip balms. I even like glaze finish better than lustre, at least glaze usually have an interesting dimension to them

 

[loriblu]

Unfortunately ,MAC has very comedogenic liquid foundations so I will never buy it again because my skin is sometimes acne prone

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by Kirsty

I meant that if there were a way to be able to get the gorgeous complex colors and rich textures of the pigments in the more user-friendly form of pressed powder, I would LOVE it!

 

[cno64]

A lot of people seem to be mad for Parrot eyeshadow, but I just have no use for blue eyeshadow.
Also, quite a few people adore Dubonnet lipstick, deeming it their "favorite red lipstick," but it just does not look red at all on me.
Instead, it turns out more of a brown-toned wine.
I like it a liiitle better after trying it with Red Enriched liner, but I still almost never wear it; I'm thinking seriously about returning it in a Back To MAC transaction.

 

[Junkie]

SFF for sure...ugh I look like an oompa loompa at the end of the day! Not to mention it transfers WAY too easily on the collars of my work shirts, my headphones, my scarves...EVERYTHING!

Any green eyeshadow! Humid is beautiful in the pan! And so is Lucky Green, Bitter, Sharp, Eyepopping....yet I can't wear any of them. They literally crease and go muddy on me within an hour of applying - so all that hard work blending and making a beautiful eye are just as waste of time. I've tried everything and nothing works - same with when I apply multiple blues (Big T, Parrot, Freshwater, Deep Truth. Ugh.

Mulch and Woodwinked can look shitty on me too if I'm not careful with what I pair them with.

I'm not a fan of my GPS - it dried way too easily. Not at all like the ones at the store that I swatched.

Marine Life (and any of those shimmery powders) made me break out like MAD!

Glissade MSF looks disgusting on me too. The other ones pass if I'm light-handed and careful.

I won't even get into ANY cream products! (ie. blushes, bronzers, etc).

 

[RedRibbon]

I don't really like paint pots, everyone seems to say they are good bases but they creased horribly on me.

I also don't see the point of them for that reason, they crease really bad as a base that I would never use them as one. Also, I've heard that some people use them as a base OVER UDPP.

Am I missing the point?

 

[sarawthouttheh]

Carbon! I get better pigmentation (and have to use less product) with my NYX Black eyeshadow that was sooo cheap!