She Shines Collection - What I Learned About Them That You Might Want To Know

[Colorqueen]

I was talking to a friend from MAC who told me something very interesting about the She Shines Pigment collection.

From what my friend said, this collection is merely all of the existing MAC pigments that the pros have been mixing for years. MAC just decided to pay someone to pre mix them and sell them - kind of like ready made food vs, buying ingredients and making it yourself.

So, if that is true, then all of the She Shines pigments can be mixed from existing MAC pigments.

For instance, I have made Golder's Green out of Golden Olive and Kelly, but I prefer Sweetscents Kelly, because Kelly from MAC has a grayish whitish pearl in it which mixed with the gold in Golden Olive to make it a touch more muddy than I like.

After I thought about this, I decided to see if I could use exclusively MAC pigments to make Parrot.

And I succeeded!!!!

 

[syrene78]

Woah!!! Impressive Parrot!!!
What did you use please? In which quantities?
PLMK!!!

 

[Colorqueen]

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Originally Posted by stbismuth9 Woah!!! Impressive Parrot!!! What did you use please? In which quantities? PLMK!!!

HAHAHA I am so sorry- I forgot to post that! HAHAHAHa

Talk about FRUSTRATING you guys!!!

Okay, here is what I used, but you have to fine tune it to make it just right

3parts Teal pigment
2 parts Blue Pigment (like the Rebel Rock Blue)
1 part Chartreuse pigment

Like I said, you have to fine tune it- I have to- because I am a perfectionist.

To make it EXACTLY like parrot, I would think a tiny touch of the old d/c matte light blue would do it, but most people like the lack of powdery look in the pigments vs. Parrot shadow.

 

[allan_willb]

nice job!

 

[lianna]

Actually your version of Parrot looks even better and more vibrant than the original! Great job!

 

[Wontpayretail23]

That was amazing. Of course I could not mix all that and get the same results. I pray MAC spies see this post and they decide to come out with a Parrot pigment. I'd buy that in a heart beat.

 

[syrene78]

Hey! Yeah! I got a Parrot Pigment too!!!

But I used more Blue though:

3 parts Teal pigment
3 parts Blue Pigment (Rebel Rock Blue)
1 part Chartreuse pigment

To make sure of the color I compare it to the Aegan e/s from Cargo which is similar to Parrot and I ddi some testing as I added the 1 more part of Blue.
With only 2 parts, it seems too teal, not similar to the swatch above.
The pigment makes it look so much more concentrated and shiny, it's amazing!!!

I am now going to press it as a shadow as I don't have the real Parrot.

Thank you so much Colorqueen!!!
Let me know if you have any other tips like that! I also want to make a Lucky Green by the way.

Steph

 

[Colorqueen]

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Originally Posted by stbismuth9 Hey! Yeah! I got a Parrot Pigment too!!! But I used more Blue though: 3 parts Teal pigment 3 parts Blue Pigment (Rebel Rock Blue) 1 part Chartreuse pigment To make sure of the color I compare it to the Aegan e/s from Cargo which is similar to Parrot and I ddi some testing as I added the 1 more part of Blue. With only 2 parts, it seems too teal, not similar to the swatch above. The pigment makes it look so much more concentrated and shiny, it's amazing!!! I am now going to press it as a shadow as I don't have the real Parrot. Thank you so much Colorqueen!!! Let me know if you have any other tips like that! I also want to make a Lucky Green by the way. Steph

I found that parrot was more teal than I originaly thought, because I started with half blue and half teal. It was way too blue.

However, I figure, use it any way you want to. Whatever looks prettiest.

I figured that with all of the pressing going on that people would love to be able to make their own parrot.

As for the lucky green- there is an exact match in Sweetscents for lucky green. It is called 12th night.

I have not tried to mix it from MAC pigments yet because I was happy enough with the 12th night.

If I mess around and find it in MAC pigments, I will try to post it.

 

[Parishoon]

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Originally Posted by Colorqueen I was talking to a friend from MAC who told me something very interesting about the She Shines Pigment collection. From what my friend said, this collection is merely all of the existing MAC pigments that the pros have been mixing for years. MAC just decided to pay someone to pre mix them and sell them - kind of like ready made food vs, buying ingredients and making it yourself. So, if that is true, then all of the She Shines pigments can be mixed from existing MAC pigments....

no wonder every one of them looked like a mashup of existing piggies, but sadly, I will still buy it. i need a backbone

good job on the "parrot" i'm sure heaps of girls will be happy now

 

[channierose]

oh wow. this is great to know, since i felt bad about not being able to spend money on pigments

if anyone finds a way to make sunpepper, please post!

 

[syrene78]

What is Sweetscents??? Where can I find it please?






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Originally Posted by Colorqueen I found that parrot was more teal than I originaly thought, because I started with half blue and half teal. It was way too blue. However, I figure, use it any way you want to. Whatever looks prettiest. I figured that with all of the pressing going on that people would love to be able to make their own parrot. As for the lucky green- there is an exact match in Sweetscents for lucky green. It is called 12th night. I have not tried to mix it from MAC pigments yet because I was happy enough with the 12th night. If I mess around and find it in MAC pigments, I will try to post it.

 

[syrene78]

She Shines is in My Pro Store since today! I'll go have a look later this afternoon!

 

[mac_goddess]

This is fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing this.

 

[d_flawless]

EXACTLY why i'm passing up on this collection...

wow, i'm in love with your version of parrot, the metallic i think is even better than the original!

 

[Parishoon]

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Originally Posted by stbismuth9 What is Sweetscents??? Where can I find it please?

they make pigments. sweetscents is their webpage address iirc

 

[PhonyBaloney500]

How are these mixed? Just stirred up together or did you add mixing medium??

 

[Serastar]

Wow! That's fantastic....we all know what I'll be doing tonight then

 

[Colorqueen]

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Originally Posted by stbismuth9 What is Sweetscents??? Where can I find it please?

www.sweetscents.com

The site is not very good yet. I have some reviews in the misc review area here.

I also have a lot of photos of their stuff on me on makeupalley.com as well under two accounts. Do a search for Sweetscents.

There are others there that are posting them too.

If you go to the mica link, go to page two of that link and then at the bottom of the price list there is an offer for 12 10g containers for a price- it ends up being about $35 including shipping if you order in the US. I am not sure about foreign prices.

 

[Colorqueen]

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Originally Posted by stbismuth9 She Shines is in My Pro Store since today! I'll go have a look later this afternoon!

Oh boy! Let us know what you think. Many photos on the skin make them look VERY light, I am concerned about that. Try them on, OK?

 

[Colorqueen]

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Originally Posted by PhonyBaloney500 How are these mixed? Just stirred up together or did you add mixing medium??

I just mixed them up. The photo was taken DRY over a light base. I think it might have been Luna CCB, but I can not remember.