Review: Mac Paint Pots ♥

Everyone has a 'holy grail' primer, right?
I was struggling to find a good primer for my eyelids, as they are quite troublesome to say the least.
Ive tried most of the highly coveted primers on the market, Urban decay primer potion, Too Faced Shadow Insurence, Elf Primer, even the new Nars primer...None of them really comes close to these. Most of them i found were too dry, too thin, too watery or greasy...


These, I must say are the perfect formulation.





Packaging?
Packaging is nice and simple, A clear, heavy, sturdy glass jar with a black screw top lid. You have to dip your fingers in the jar though, which is a slight hastle sometimes if you have long nails.
I love the look of the little pots though, So adorable and tiny!

The colours i own are:

Pinterly - Most universal one. Pink toned flesh colour. Best for every day use.
Bare Study - Shimmery white beige. Also good for every day use.
Coral Crepe - This is an LE Paint Pot. Bright vivid, extremely pigmented coral. Quite thick in consitency.
Rubenesque - Same finnish as Bare Study. Shimmery light golden peach.
Quite Natural - I use this as eyeliner. Dark warm matte brown.




What i like most about these are that you can wear them alone as a light eyeshadow or as a liner. Ive even heard of people wearing coral crepe and rubanesque on their cheeks. They dont budge or smudge either.
They make any eyeshadow colour go on smoothly and more vivida and my eyeshadow stays perfect right the way though till' when i take it off.

I find the best way to use these are to make sure your hands are warm and swirl your finger in the product for a minite to warm it up, Then apply straight onto lids with your fingers, a brush could also work, but wouldnt be as even.

They retail for £13 on the Mac website and in store. A reasonable price considering they contain 5g of primer, which will last a long time!

Mac's Jazzed Lipstick Review + Possible Dupes?!

I finally got my mitts on Jazzed lipstick (:

Yay!
Jazzed has just been recently relesased with the 'In The Groove' collection from Mac. It sold out on the website quite fast. I was gutted as i didnt order it as soon as it was released and later found that it had sold out. I wasnt a happy girlie...
I am now though!

Colour?
Jazzed is deffinitly a summer lipstick. It looked pretty neon orange on some swatched i had seen which put me off slightly, However in real life, its a more muted pastel toned coral.
...And its wearable! Yay!
I can never usually find a wearable coral, so this is a big plus, thumbs-up Mac!
(It shows up a little bit brighter then in the pictures.)

Texture and Lasting Power?
Jazzed is a cremesheen, which is my favourite formulation that Mac does, Its quite moisturising and smooth and dosnt leave my lips feeling dry once its worn off. Be careful with cremesheens though, as when exposed to heat they will melt pretty quickly! Ive also heard of peoples cremesheen lipsticks snapping when applying, so be careful of that!
Jazzed lasted a good 2-3 hours on my lips but came off during lunch, which is normal with most lipsticks.

Dupes!
As with all limited edition products that i love, i try to find dupes in my collection in fear of running out.
I think ive found some pretty close dupes to Jazzed -

YSL Foubourge Peach & Boots Natural Collection Rose Petal.

The YSL is slightly darker and more pink and the Natural Collection is a bit more pale but both are rather close dupes in my opinion.
The swatches show how close they actually are!

Mac Stereo Rose Review & Possible Dupe?!

So heres the legendary Stereo Rose...Beautiful, yes?

YES!
Stereo Rose is a Vivid Tomato like coral with a peachy bronze sheen (Best way I can describe it!)
Its by far one of the smoothest silkiest Mineralize skin finnishes, No chunkyness or glitter, and is very very soft.

Look how beautiful the veining is, every single one is unique as it is a baked product...

It's so pretty to look at!

Pigmentation is great also, one swipe on your brush is more then enough!
If you apply too much, you could end up looking slightly...Sunburnt? which I found out one morning when I just slapped it on.
This is about the only MSF that does not sink into pores and accentuate them. Its both a highlighter and a blush all baked into one product, so its great for travelling if you dont want to take too many items (be carefull about breaking it though!).
So overall: I'm in Love and its a relativly unique product, that i'm happy to have in my collection!

Possible Dupes?
Stereo rose sold out in hours on the UK website and is sold out in the US also i think, So i rummaged through my stash to look for some dupes.
The closest thing I found to stereo rose is Mac's sheertone shimmer blush in 'Springsheen'
Its a vivid coral with bronzey gold shimmer. Just like Sereo Rose is, However Springsheen is slightly...but only ever so slightly pinker, But that dosnt show up on the skin too much.

Also, with a swipe of Mac's melon pigment over the top of Springsheen, The outcome is exactly what stereo Rose is.
Springsheen + Melon pigment = Stereo Rose.

So, if you have Springsheen and Melon pigment, there is no need to pay ridiculous prices on ebay, chop off an arm or take out a loan to buy this procuct...Unless your a major collector like me haha (: