Showing posts with label paint pot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label paint pot. Show all posts

Friday, 25 May 2012

MAC Paint Pot in Painterly Review



Alright, so MAC Paint Pots... another thing I'm quite late to try what with high street dupes sprouting up everywhere around now. My first Paint Pot was Let's Skate from the last winter collection. It took forever to find a MAC store where it wasn't sold out, but once I tried it I was hooked! So the next shade I bought was Painterly, many people's go-to eyeshadow base.

Also, MAC Paint Pots... noch so eine Sache, die ich ziemlich spät aufgegriffen habe mit den ganzen Drogeriemarken, die jetzt Dupes herausbringen. Mein erster Paint Pot war Let's Skate aus der letzten Winterkollektion. Ich habe ewig gebraucht, um einen Laden zu finden, wo er nicht ausverkauft war, aber sobald ich ihn ausprobiert hatte, wurde ich süchtig! Die nächste Farbe auf meiner Liste war Painterly, die Viele gerne als Lidschattenbase benutzen.


If you're unfamiliar with Paint Pots, they're essentially hard creamy eye shadows that dry to a powdery finish. Even on my fairly oily eyelids they just stay and stay and stay... and stay. I've been getting about 10 hours of wear out of both of my Paint Pots and only then do I start seeing slight creasing.

Für die, die mit Paint Pots nicht vertraut sind: Es handelt sich hier grundsätzlich um einen harten Cremelidschatten, der dann zu einem pudrigen Finish trocknet. Selbst auf meinen relativ öligen Lidern hält er - und hält und hält und hält.... und hält. Beide Paint Pots kann ich etwa 10 Stunden lang tragen und erst dann fangen sie an, ein wenig zusammenzulaufen.


The product is housed in a small glass jar which looks very pretty, but as it's also quite heavy I wouldn't want to carry it around with me in my hand bag. I usually just apply it with my fingers, but if you're particular about hygiene issues (or you have to be cause you're using it on someone else) you could always use a brush to apply it.

Das Produkt ist in einem kleinen Glastiegel verpackt, der sehr hübsch aussieht, aber leider auch relativ schwer ist, also würde ich ihn nicht in meiner Handtasche herumschleppen mögen. Normalerweise trage ich es immer mit den Fingern auf, aber wenn ihr hygienemäßig etwas besonders seid (oder sein müsst, weil ihr es auf jemand anderem auftragt), könnt ihr ja einfach einen Pinsel dazu verwenden.

MAC Paint Pot in Painterly swatch with flash

MAC Paint Pot in Painterly swatch in natural light
If you can hardly see it in the above swatches that's cause you're not really meant to (at least that's my guess). It's only slightly more rosy coloured than my natural skin and on the eye lids it's practically invisible - all it does is smooth out the canvas for the eye shadow that I put on top of it. And because it's such a neutral colour I can layer anything I want on top of it. Thanks to it's sticking properties my eye make up will then last and last and last (you get the idea).
Basically, this product is the ninja among make-up items. I shall never ever go on another night out without wearing this under my eye make up. There really isn't a bad thing I could say about this, other than that it got me completely hooked and I want every single shade of Paint Pots now. Life can be so hard...

Wenn ihr auf den Swatches oben kaum was erkennen könnt, dann liegt das daran, dass es so auch sein soll (jedenfalls glaube ich das). Painterly ist nur ein klein wenig mehr rosa als mein natürlicher Hautton und auf den Lidern ist er praktisch unsichtbar - er schafft lediglich eine gleichmäßige Leinwand für den Lidschatten, den ich darüber auftrage. Und weil er so ein neutraler Ton ist, kann ich draufpacken, was ich will. Dank seiner klebrigen Fähigkeiten hält mein Augen-Make-up den ganzen Tag. Und hält und hält und hält (ihr wisst schon, worauf ich hinaus will).
Im Grunde ist er der Ninja unter den Make-up-Artikeln. Ich werde nie wieder abends ausgehen ohne ihn unter mein Augen Make-up aufzutragen. Es gibt wirklich nichts, was ich an diesem Produkt auszusetzen hätte, außer, dass ich jetzt eine Sucht nach Paint Pots entwickelt habe und jede Farbe haben möchte. Das Leben kann so schwer sein... 


MAC Paint Pots retail at £14.50 each.

MAC Paint Pots kosten 21€ pro Stück.

Thursday, 17 November 2011

Weekly Lust List #3 and Bargain Alert

I'm going on holiday to Florida this Sunday, so there might be a bit of a draught post-wise for a while. I will be taking my camera and my MacBook, so if I can find a minute I might post the hotel room, though no promises there. Me and my boyfriend been dreaming about this holiday for years and working our butts off for the past couple of months in order to make this possible, so we're majorly excited! Before I whip out my Mickey Mouse ears, however, there was an event I wanted to let you know about.



We all love free things, especially when they come with no strings attached, right? Vaseline are currently touring the UK offering a free, full-sized bottle of the new Vaseline Essentials Body Lotion for anyone who brings in an old, unwanted bottle of body lotion. They've been to Glasgow and Manchester already, but if you live in or near Birmingham or London you can still snap up this offer.
They'll be in Birmingham this weekend, November 18-20, at the Bullring and in London next weekend, November 25-27 at Westfield, Shepherd's Bush.
The city that brings in the most bottles will earn a £15,000 donation for a chosen local charity, which is always a great thing!


This week's lust list is a little bit on the shorter side after a non-existent one last week. It seems that I'm way too busy preparing for my holiday or fantasising about actually being on holiday to engage in any window shopping. Prepare for a massive haul post once I'm back, however!

1) MAC Glitter & Ice Paint Pot in Let's Skate!, £14


I have a confession to make: I don't own a single MAC paint pot. I see everyone raving on about these and I'm getting more and more tempted to pick one up for myself, but as of yet I remain paint-pot-less. MAC's holiday items haven't really blown me away this year, but this looks like a really gorgeous shade to start off my collection. Looks like I'll be lusting over it for a little longer though, as it's completely sold out online.

2) Topshop Nude Maribou Feather Bag, £50


Topshop had a similar bag to this last year and even though it was one of those items that makes you cross the entire store without even bothering to look at anything else I didn't end up buying it in the end. They also do this bag in other colours, including black, plum and a bright ochre, but this has got to be my favourite. Tacky? Probably a little bit, but what else can I say other than "It's SO FLUFFY!"

3) Lush Gingerbread House, £2.95


Here's another confession for you: I haven't been in a Lush shop since the age of 12. Ok, that's a lie - I've been once, but didn't actually buy anything. Now, there's been a lot of Lush love going on lately and I can't help but feel a bit of a craving for a lovely bubble bath. Especially if it's surrounded by gorgeous Christmas smells. I love the look of this, I love the smell of this and I love the attention to detail that's gone into something that's meant to be dissolved in water. I'm afraid there's no way I'm not going to pick up one of these when I get back from holiday.