MAC FAQ: Eye shadow texture breakdown

martygreene

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FROST
An iridescent shine that adds a highlight to any colour.
These are probably what you think of first when you think eye shadow. A fine sheen that varies some from color to color. Applied it has a pearly appearance.

LUSTRE
Smoothly pearlized; intensely frosted with deluxe ultra-fine "conditioned" finish.
A very flaky sparkle, similar to a pressed version of frost or rose pigment. Very sparkly and glittery, though some have problems getting lustre shadows to adhere to the skin.

MATTE
Hi-colour pay-off in a no-shine matte finish.
Your traditional matte shadow. No shine, no glitter, just a matte chalk-like finish and dense color.

SATIN
Pure colour in a satin-style finish. Provides a soft subtle non-frost, light-refractive sheen.
Satin shadows vary a lot color to color. Some seem almost completely matte, while others have a subtle pearly sheen, and still others have a high sheen almost identical to a frost.

VELUXE
Superfine pigment rich and very luxe. Supple to apply. Provides silky smooth matte finish.
A sheer, smooth, matte shadow. Designed to apply sheerly yet to layer without looking chalky or feeling heavy. Very customizable color density.

VELUXE PEARL
Vibrantly-toned. Velvety soft. Shimmeringly metallic. Veluxe eye shadow, now overlaid with high-shine pearl.
A very strong pearl to almost metallic finish. Very smooth texture, almost to a fault on some skins where these can become smeary.

VELVET
Soft look finish with high-colour intensity. Has a plush velvety look and feel.
Matte with glitter thrown in. Depending on the shade, some have larger glitter and a grainier matte base than others.

MINERALIZE
Velvet-soft eye colour that fuses sophisticated tones with high metallic ultra-luxe frost to bring a smooth, rich shimmer to the eye.
Designed to be used wet or dry. A baked pearl finish shadow.
 

martygreene

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Juiced, like Bitter, is one of the more subtle of the velvets. It does have a slight pinkish shimmer to it. This is the thing with velvets, they vary from obvious glitter (like in black tied) to barely there as in Juiced and Green Tea.
 

mel0622

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.Question.

on quads and palettes they say the name of the e/s and the texture.

F= frost
S= satin
L= lustre
VP= veluxe pearl
M= matte

but the V's are confusing me lol.

so whats VX & V? veluxe and velvet?
 

mel0622

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Quote:
Originally Posted by martygreene
exactly!

F- frost
S- satin
L- lustre
VX- veluxe
V- velvet
VP- veluxe pearl
M- matte


oh thanks!
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i dunno why that confused me. lol.
 

jin1022000

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Woot! So happy to see this info. The MAC finishes had been confusing me for ages... then I ended up thinking "wut the heck~ as long as I don't buy matte, I don't care what are the differences between the other finishes"
 

Loveleighe

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yup beauty marked is velvet

and matte 2 is supposed to have a more solid, more intense color pay off than the tradtional matte shadows. I have noticed the difference with some shades but not all
 

Exotica

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IMHO the matte2's are superior
I find the regular matte eyeshadows to have far less colour pay off which means you have to layer them quite a few times
with most of my matte2's I find I only have to layer once or twice and i've got a much better colour pay off plus the texture seems somehow more silkier and easy to work with

just my opinion
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fallenang3l211

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Exotica
IMHO the matte2's are superior
I find the regular matte eyeshadows to have far less colour pay off which means you have to layer them quite a few times
with most of my matte2's I find I only have to layer once or twice and i've got a much better colour pay off plus the texture seems somehow more silkier and easy to work with

just my opinion
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agreed! matte2 es have a lot more color payoff with less usage. sometimes i want to throw my matte es out the window bc i cant pick up much color. matte2 is a lot smoother and silkier...mattes tend to be chalky =T
 

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