Which MAC items do you wish you hadn't bought - Spin Off

[clamster]

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Originally Posted by GlamYOURUs Can you please show us a swatch of that. I just returned my newly minted because of the no color payoff. But maybe I'll reconsider it if it looks good on top of pharaoh.

Pharaoh paint pot (Mqueen Collection)
Newly Minted eye shadow (Matte2)

Indoor lighting

Flash

 

[jillianjiggs]

i have a lot of items that i dont use very often but i know i will get usage out of them eventually.

i regret buying more than 2-3 of a certain colour group (honestly, i don't need 7 different blues, no matter how much purple, green, whatever undertones are there!!) shadows. i would like to downsize my collection.

i bought too many backups of msfs - i dont need an extra naked you!! or 5 porcelain pinks, no matter how flat my first one got in such a short amount of time. don't like glissade enough to have 3. glad i have a backup of shimpagne, PP, petticoat and lightscapade, as those are the ones i like and use the most.

i'm also glad i learned that i hate MES, so i want to get rid of my silversmith ASAP!

 

[liquidsirenhoney]

lately it seems like the pigments i bought were disappointing so the last 2 i bought(pastorale and aire-de-blu) have made me shy away from pigments. but rarely do i have regrets when i purchase something.

 

[Twinkle_Twinkle]

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Originally Posted by jillianjiggs i have a lot of items that i dont use very often but i know i will get usage out of them eventually. i regret buying more than 2-3 of a certain colour group (honestly, i don't need 7 different blues, no matter how much purple, green, whatever undertones are there!!) shadows. i would like to downsize my collection. i bought too many backups of msfs - i dont need an extra naked you!! or 5 porcelain pinks, no matter how flat my first one got in such a short amount of time. don't like glissade enough to have 3. glad i have a backup of shimpagne, PP, petticoat and lightscapade, as those are the ones i like and use the most. i'm also glad i learned that i hate MES, so i want to get rid of my silversmith ASAP!

The bolded is so true. Sure they all look different to our discerning eyes, but on the eye lid, how different do they really look?

 

[KeshieShimmer]

Metalberry Chrome something lipglass. The color is so horrid, and I just can't make it work on me. Boo, I should have gotten the violet color.

 

[BlahWah]

Oy, thinking about these brings back memories of fotd's gone wrong!

Trax - bruised eyes do not look pretty - but I might reconsider now with Fresco Rose...
Slip Pink - disappears!
Tailormade cool eyes - everything looked sheer and/or bruisy
Electro Sky e/s - too sheer and doesn't blend!!
15 Minutes - pinky concealer just totally clashes with my skin
Body Suit - lustre version of 15 Mins, and a bit ashy
Bare Fetish l/g, La Di Bra! l/s - taupe makes me look ashy =(
Moisturecover concealer - brings out my fine lines under my eyes - yuck!
Thunder quad - everything looked muddy on me =(
Banshee - a lighter effect of Trax, with shimmer
Little Minx - muted violet? What was I thinking? Makes my eyes look dull!
Satinfinish foundation - oxidizes on my skin too much so my head looks like an orange ball!
Vin Goth n/p - the glitter made my nails look lumpy

Phew, that's a long list! Swapped most of it by now, tho. Funny thing is, I actually like Honesty which others have bashed. I didn't before but it's come in handy as a crease wash for warm looks, esp. natural ones.

 

[CoralBlast]

i never return products even if i don't like them i find ways to use them (partly because i think it was my wrong choice not the stores nor the ma's

) but if i could return something that's Shimpagne , i am nc25 and it looks like mud on my face so i use it as e/s (i will never finish it that way)or blend it with some other blush, since it was my first msf i am very careful when i buy msfs now.

 

[Jeisenne]

Glissade MSF. It looks like a glitter bomb had an orgasm all over my face, no matter how hard I've tried to apply it

Wet, dry application, blush brush, 187, even a sponge... it just looks like a glittery mess with no color payoff, and it makes me look really sweaty. Yuck.

But it still sits in my train case.

 

[alexisdeadly]

I regret buying electric eel, sea me shadestick, black tied, signed and sealed.

 

[Macnarsandlove]

my regrets list includes:
lipliners-i dont use them
peachy frosty lipstincks-every time mac comes out with one, which is almost every collection its gets better.
full size pigments- I know damn well the huge entremauve and golden olive I have will never get used. there is a chance for rose, electric coral,and fairylite but I have to do some serious investigating for pans to press them.

 

[Bybs]

I absolutely hate Frozen White Pigment. Horrible, horrible texture.

 

[AppleDiva]

Oh yeah and shadesticks too... I rarely use them!!!

 

[Ruffage]

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Originally Posted by Twinkle_Twinkle The bolded is so true. Sure they all look different to our discerning eyes, but on the eye lid, how different do they really look?

Every time someone says that to me, I go temporarily deaf

I have over 10 shades of pink shadows from various cosmetic brands. No one asides from me cares about how one pink is lighter and warmer than the other, but somewhere in the back of my head I always hope that the little difference in the colors will make a huge improvement on my face. Just searching for beauty in bottles, I guess.

My regrets are buying the Metal-X collection's Goldspice, Pink Ingot and Fusion Gold, as I can't get them to not crease on me. Also Shimpange MSF and Vanilla pigment, as I don't use them as often as I should. Rarely use shadesticks (Beigeing and Sharkskin) too.

Nothing comes as close to the horror that is their foundations though. Like other posters before me, they gave me cystic acne.

 

[nibjet]

newly minted e/s, I can't make it stay on
fiction e/s, I just never wear it
delft paintpot, there's a secret to putting it on, I'm sure, I just haven't found it.

 

[Anaiis]

studio stick foundation (cystic acne) and concealer (just blah); Parfait Amour; brush kits - swapped them all

 

[user79]

Thought of a few others...

Plum e/s and Mauvism Paint. WTH was I thinking - it looks awful on me!

 

[gigglegirl]

I, like MissChievous have thought of more:
-paintpots in Delft, Artifact, Greenstroke
I seriously should have thought these through--when do I ever wear a blue eyeshadow? um never.
-pigment--Deep Blue Green--so freaking pretty but so dark and blue...I can't seem to make it work.
-I'll also add Cornflower pigment to the list, with blue eyes I don't like the way blues look on me, the only way I'll attempt to wear blues is if I line my eyes--just personal preference I guess.
-lol I guess I could add the whole cool pigment set--as stated above, I rarely if ever wear blues or greens so pretty much that whole set will sit and sit until I give/sell.
-adding Silver Bleu shadestick. Blue, so see above.

What I've learned:
-stick to my neutrals/pinks/purples
-maybe have ONE blue ONE green colour pigment/eyeshadow....not 3 or 4.
-SERIOUSLY think through when I'm at the MAC counter and just grabbing things: must think, will I REALLY use this or am I just grabbing it for the hype.

Yes, buyer's remorse right around Christmas!

 

[GothicGirl]

- Endless Love e/s. The description said "bright violet plum", if I´m not mistaken; but if I had known it was such a bright HOT PINK in real life, I wouldn´t have bought it.
- Azreal Blue p/m. I bought a sample first, got carried away with the nice results and bought a full jar. A few days after it arrived, I realised I should have settled with the sample, because I will never ever use that up.

 

[ChanelAddicted]

I hate MES and regret getting Mercurial and Lovestone... but i still can't bring myself to part with them!

 

[erinmosh]

all the eyeshadows from technacolor. ew velvets suck.