MAC - Surf Baby Discussion
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Mac-Guy
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Congrats on getting your hands on an MP. You will love it!
Piarpreet
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how did u do that??? put it in pans? like in a palette?
ladyarwen
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Nope, I just pressed them down flat in the jars themselves. The silver and the dark blue still have some loose powder on top since they seem to be the most "loose" if that makes sense. The gold I smushed down a week or so ago, and it is definitely comparable to a cream. Now I don't have to worry about getting the pigments everywhere with my brush after I dip into them. =D
QueenOfSnark
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Swell Baby won't get out of my mind. >_< Someone kill my lemming for this eyeshadow...is it similar to other greys MAC has released before, and will probably release again? Between it and Hocus Pocus, I wonder which would be the nicer grey? Would it even show up on my NC44ish skin? Been looking for a warmer rather than silvery grey.
Mac-Guy
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Both are a satin finish, though HP swatched slightly more shimmery (and mauve-purple-ish on darker skin). You might want to wait for more swatches.
liba
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I've been using Summer Stash all together for a beautiful look a lot. 'Gotta remember these pigments are nice and blendable and easy to sheer out. Here's what I do:
Luxury Touch or Trophy or Count Your Assets Big Bounce as a base, applied with fingers most heavily on lid and crease and lightly blended up to the brow.
Line upper and lower water line with Dirty GPS, smudging with a 219.
Peach/Beige color all over lids, applied with 217.
Plum color in inner half of the crease and under lower lashline (not all the way to the inner corner), applied with 219.
Brown color in outer half of the crease, applied with 219 and winged out following lower curve of brow bone (but not blended onto the lid).
Very light dusting of the whitish color applied at lowest part of brow bone and blended up so that it's very sheer and lightly applied (217). Dab in inner corners of lid and lower lashline with the top of the 217.
The trick is to apply each area with a light touch but don't blend each area into each other - even the light color on the brow bone you're blending up and away from the crease colors. This way it doesn't blend into one muddy color or reduce to just shine and no color. I make sure to crush the pigments onto my brush using the plastic insert for each color before applying. I only like using the 217 and the 219 when using this many different colors. I also like the 239 for looks when I'm only using one color mainly on the lid (especially the silver and gold from STO). 'Don't like using any of the black bristle brushes - less control and unevenness for me.
I don't use all the colors at once with STO, but I've done beautiful looks using pretty much this same format with the light green, blue and silver. The gold and blue together looks really cool too, but strictly for nighttime.
EDIT: I WISH I could get a good picture - I don't have any friends who'd be patient enough to get a decent photo for me. I'll try to take a crappy one myself, but if it can capture the sheerness and the duo-tone effect you get from putting the Big Bounce shadows underneath, it'll be pretty astounding.
Alisha1
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I purchased Summer Stash and have not worn it cause of the jazziness also!
GlamQueen21
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I ordered Good Lovin' l/g on Nordstrom's website. Now I'm officially done with Surf Baby. Also all but Short Shorts are sold out on MAC's website and on Nordstrom they have all of them in stock.
Mac-Guy
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If you can make it to Boston, most of the stores (f/s & counters) still have all the e/s. You might want to check with your local retailers too.
Cupquake03
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If you go into the store and they do not have it, you should be able to have them order it for you and they won't charge you shipping. I think you have to order at least $25 of merchandise to not pay shipping but your two eyeshadows would cover that. I believe you can have it mailed either directly to you or to Nordstrom for you to pick up. I know I have done this with shoes, and they sent them to my house.
ladyarwen
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I have both, and Aquadisiac is much lighter and...aqua. lol
xasperadastra
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ok, me using my pigment stack in different ways ^^
http://make-up-deer.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-and-not-to-use-mac-crushed.html
Piarpreet
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u r not helping me at convincing myself that i dont need to spend 25 bucks on evilbay
