Popular MAC products everyone seems to love but you?

[NotteRequiem]

It's breaking my heart to see people don't like paintpots!!

I use TFSI as a primer, and use the paint pots as a base. The trick to them is to not use a lot of product. Using a 217 brush helps that too, but don't give up on them! <3

As far as products everyone loves but I dont?

Every MAC Mascara ever created
Prep + Prime Eye
SFF - MEGA breakout for me. So sad.

Dazzleglass - I love the colors and the finish, but theres so little product. I can't bring myself to spend the money on it.

 

[hello_kitty]

^^^ I swear by paint pots as bases! They never crease on me, and I don't apply them over anything. Oh well, guess everyone's eye lid chemistry is different.

I'm not getting the Stereo Rose obsession, haha. I think I might need to see it in person... but from pics online I'm not getting it.

 

[Dreamingeagle24]

shadesticks as bases- stayed way too tacky and creasy on me and i don't like the feeling of cream anything on my eyes. I like paint pots as bases because they dry, but the shadesticks felt gross.

 

[Almost black.]

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Originally Posted by 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.

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Originally Posted by Junkie 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'm so glad to read this because I really thought it was me!

I tried to use it but it really looks muddy and so dull. Not to mention how it ruins my previous effort while creating a makeup look.

Such a shame because it looks amazing in the pan.

 

[maclover2371]

studio fix powder bad idea for dry skin
Petticoat
Paint PoTS love them but drying for my eyes
carbon
mac nail polishes

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by maclover2371 carbon

For a while, I used Carbon to "set" my Blacktrack liner, and liked it, but I eventually noticed that I was getting the dreaded "Panda eyes" after a few hours, and determined that it was due to Carbon coming off.
I switched to a matte black shadow from Stila (Onyx?) and find that it stays on better.
That said, I like everything about Carbon except its lack of staying power.

 

[na294]

For me it has to be MSF. I was all excited to get some with the new release and was lucky to find a store in Paris that already had all of them. Well I swatched them and they are all soooo shimmery! There is no way I could pull them off.

I just wanted a highlighter so I went with a cream color base in hush instead.

 

[nursie]

i have several msf, and yes i'll admit i bought them due to hype.
but even though i use them, i realize they just aren't that great of a product for me. i use brunette as a bronzer, but really i have several bronzers anyway. ones with much shimmer i do use to highlight, but there are other products that highlight too.
the current hype and subsequent immediate sell out online for stereo rose just underscores it for me that some products just get overhyped. i'm just going to stay away from buying any more, and i think the ones i have will last my lifetime.

 

[Door]

Stereo Rose. I swatched it on Monday. It's okay but I still don't understand the hype.

Melon pigment is another product everyone else seems to like but me. On me it's weird golden orange with greenisht flash. Not pretty.

 

[FiestyFemme]

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Originally Posted by Door Stereo Rose. I swatched it on Monday. It's okay but I still don't understand the hype.

Definitely! I have this from the original launch, back when I was just snagging MSFs because everyone raved about them. Stereo Rose is so not special, and I wish I'd had the sense back then to realize it. I won't get rid of it now, but I bet I've worn it 5 times since it was first released. I'm just not impressed, and I do not get the hype.

 

[vivaXglamlove]

Natural msf.
Broke me out SO bad! I loved the finish it gave but my god, my skin went crazy.

 

[AmginE]

Ricepaper e/s... i dunno, i think it secretly hates me...

 

[lilibat]

MSFs for me too. I don't see the appeal. Maybe if you don't have round boneless cheeks they work or something, but shiny on my cheeks... no no no.

Also that yellow lipgloss, looks like you have something gross on your lips to me.

 

[cno64]

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Originally Posted by lilibat MSFs for me too. I don't see the appeal. Maybe if you don't have round boneless cheeks they work or something, but shiny on my cheeks... no no no.

I heard that!
My cheeks are round, seemingly boneless, and oily!
I don't even look at the MSFs.

 

[geeko]

Stereo rose is overhyped. I have it, but i m not in love with it.

 

[Kirsty]

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Originally Posted by cno64 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!

You can press pigments! Google it, a million things will pop up. You just need rubbing alcohol & you're set.

 

[LC]

any mineral eye shadow
90% of MSFs, esPECIALLY stereo rose. I've had mine since 2005 and still haven't touched it.
beige colored paint pots...just use a concealer!

 

[DarkGlamourXO]

Zoomlash and any of their eyeliner pencils~they just never work 4 me.

 

[nunu]

Studio fix fluid
Studio finish concealer

 

[lenchen]

stereo rose, I never thought I'd say that!