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MAC paint pots are one way to achieve any eye look you want. How much do I love them? My vanity, makeup cases, and cosmetic bags overflow . . . My all-time favorite shade is "Painterly," a pink-toned flesh hue which disguises discolorations, brightens the entire eye area, and serves as a very long-wearing, water-resistant primer. Sometimes I dash out of the house wearing only "Painterly" (and...read more clothing, of course!). Like some of the other readers, I find "Groundwork" very lovely and highly useful. It is a satin-toned taupe. A swipe of "Groundwork" over "Painterly" makes for a good day look. Some of my other favorites? "Let's Skate" (a pearly, dainty pink) serves as a great base for violet-, navy-, brown-, or charcoal-hued shadows while allowing your lid to stand out. "Dangerous Cuvèe" is a frosted, fascinating cool grey which is subtle enough for daytime but sexy and edgy at the same time. "Frozen Violet," a shimmery purple-silver, is also unique and brings out the green in my eyes. "Rubenesque" is an intriguing golden peach with gold pearl, a great color against skin especially during the spring and summer months when you may be sporting a bit of a faux tan. I love the fact that you can use other powder shadows over these if you choose. I tend to use my fingers when working with these colors, but a brush allows me to line and contour easily and enables blending. The price of $18.50 per shadow is high, but you do get a good deal of product. I like the fact that it applies as a cream and I can manipulate it as I want before it dries. It stays put through heat, humidity, and long hours. Just be sure to close the pot securely so that the color doesn't dry out. When you consider that this functions as a primer and a shadow, you realize that it is definitely money well spent!This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 9 of 11 people said helpful
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Good as cream shadow or as a base!
I have MAC Paint Pots in Rubenesque (warm shimmer/frosty gold with slight peach tones), Delft (shimmery deep blue/green), and Greenstroke (discontinued, a shimmery silvery light mint green). The texture on these is just great--so incredibly smooth. The colors can be worn sheered out, or built up for more intense color. These are great worn alone, or with powder eyeshadow on top. Worn alone, they ...read morestill have great length of wear. I can go pretty much a whole workday without creasing, and I have really oily lids. To get even greater length of wear, I like to put some eyeshadow primer underneath the Paint Pot. My favorite way to wear these is with shadow on top—they seem to feel a little sticky without powder to “set” them, and sometimes pick up my eyeliner (I have “hooded” eyelids). Because I end up putting shadow over them, I personally use these more as tinted eye primers than as cream shadows. I don't have any problems blending powder eyeshadow over Paint Pots. The packaging is great—sturdy glass, with a plastic lid. I store mine with the lid on tight, upside down in my makeup drawer, and haven't had any problems with them drying out at all! Not a single paint pot has pulled away from the edges of the glass even a little, and I've owned my three Paint Pots for at least a year and a half. The price is definitely right. You get a LOT of good quality product, and it lasts a long time. Compared to the price of other eyeshadow primers, it's very reasonable. To be honest, I don't use mine that often because I hate sticking my fingers in the pot to apply them. Yes, you can apply them with brushes, but I think fingers are better for application. Overall, I'd say that these are great products, whether you're looking for a cream eyeshadow or an eye primer.This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 11 of 14 people said helpful
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paint pots are freakin amazing eyeshadow bases. they make my eyeshadow more vibrant and last all day with NO creasing. I am very imporessed with the creamy consistency and color selection of paint pots. they are really great quality!This review is: Helpful | Not helpful | Inappropriate | 11 of 17 people said helpful
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