Day 2 - 10 Nov 2011 - MAC Paint Pot in Painterly

Hey there!

Today I should be featuring Benefit's Strut, as I mentioned yesterday on Day 1's post.
But I felt 2 days in a row sporting smokey eyes is a bit too much, don't you think?
So I cheated a little bit, switched the position of the makeup in the box, and voila!

We have the MAC Paint Pot in Painterly instead :D

Paint Pot is one of MAC creamy eyeshadows collection. It features mostly earthy natural colors, except several new colors like Half Wild, Hyperviolet and Imaginary that are purple-y shades. And there's also one black option, the Blackground. Other than Painterly, I also have Blackground, so just wait for its turn to be featured here :)

Because of its earthy natural colors, most of Paint Pot are also great choices to use as base for eyeshadow. But the texture of Paint Pot is not as creamy as Benefit Creaseless Creamshadow, so it's a bit hard work to blend, and the result with powder eyeshadow on top of it is rather polished than sheer. But as a base it's pretty excellent, extending staying power of powder and compact eyeshadow up to 6-8 hours without creasing. You just have to carefully choose the color, as MAC Paint Pot is quite pigmented and works well as eyeshadow on its own.

I bought Painterly more than 1 year ago, a MUA at MAC in KLCC helped me choosing it. He made several suggestions on how to use it, including a nude look with black eyeliners, which I will feature here today :)

From the side

 

 

 

 

 

Painterly is a pinky fleshy tone Paint Pot. It looks more dusty pink on my lids because my face is more to yellow undertone. So after I applied Painterly, I dusted the pale pink highlight (top left in the palette) from Revlon quad to "neutralize" the pinky tone. It makes it less pinky, which is perfect, plus it adds a bit of polished look rather than boring and matt display. To add some more definition, I added the dark purple (lower right in the palette) from the same Revlon quad on my creases.

The nude eyes featured here are rather pin-up look than daily natural nude. I decided to put bold eyelines as to make my eyes look more "wow!". Without bold lines (and lots of mascara too), the nude look will appear too...flat.

Well, one warning : be very careful when creating cat-eyed eyelines. The first lines I drew were too long they looked like I was channeling Amy Winehouse's look, which would be inappropriate for a normal working day. I wouldn't mind to sport wide black liners like Amy did, but they are just not proper for working days. So I had to erase them, and that's where disaster began. I accidentally blinked, and the wet liners (due to makeup removers...) were "pasted" to my lower lashes areas, resulting in black spots all over my done and concealed under-eyes areas. Perfect...*sigh*

Removing and recreating the lines took almost extra 25 minutes. *HEAVY SIGH*

Upclose

Finally I was able to get them right. Well...they are not perfectly symmetrical, and not as similar as I would want them to be, but...anyway...And I don't know why my right lid look a bit yellowish golden here haha...

Anyway, it's 4th day (or is it the 3rd day...?) I use the Borjouis Healthy Mix Serum Foundation in shade 52. So far, I like it very much. It's light on the skin, it's light coverage which is perfect for daily use, and it does not cause breakouts (so far...*crossing fingers). And I like the smell, it's fruity :) The result (after dusted Revlon loose powder) looks similar to when I wear Caring Colors compact two way cake, except the Healthy Mix feels so light on my skin like I'm wearing nothing :) I think I should make a separate post on it :)

So, here's the final look. Pardon for the dark shades under my right eye, the liner just went across :(

Day 2 - MAC Paint Pot in Painterly

Sorry if the lids are not very visible. Like most Asians, my lids are heavily folded inside :p

Products used :

- Viva brow pencil
- MAC Paint Pot - Painterly
- Maybelline Eye Studio - Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner - 01 Black
- Revlon quad shadow - Midnight Mauve
- Max Factor - False Lash Effect mascara
- Bobbi Brown Creamy Concealer  - Sand
- Borjouis Healthy Mix Serum Foundation - No. 52
- Revlon Loose Powder - Creamy Ivory
- Burt's Bees Beeswax Lip Balm
- L'Oreal lipstick - Pink Suede

- The Body Shop clear lipgloss
- NARS blush - Orgasm
- NARS highligh blush - Albatross