MAC - In the Groove Discussion

[User38]

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Originally Posted by elegant-one We love having you here! We can help distract ( I totally understand that) & heal. Being on here with everyone is wonderful in so many ways! That is so very very kind of you - made my day So thats what I lost - melanin...amongst other things but yeah, aging isn't all that bad. I feel better now than when I was half my age. Oh, & thats too bad about BOR - can they send you another one?

yep, melanin and my mind so far.. I have been widowed twice in 12 years

.. I am scaring myself.

I have BOR from my testers since last January, but it cracked in half and then it really crumbled.. that is one of the major problems with MSFs they are extremely delicate.

 

[Kelly78]

My absolute favorite thing from this collection is Happy Together MB - I'm NW20-25 and it just made my skin look so healthy and glowy - I couldn't stop looking at my cheeks!! The MES are nice too - the colors aren't anything special, but the texture is awesome. I just ordered two more last night!

 

[peachsuns]

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Originally Posted by elegant-one Just got my New Vibe <-----that sounds weird While it looks more red/burgundy/plum ( I guess thats why it is described as deep rose by MAC) on my face instead of a blue based/plum (which it did on my arm when swatched) I still like it on as I love those rich tones, although I would have preferred the latter shade. Its definitely pigmented as heck. I did try with all care to keep my brush out of the bronzey side However, that bronzey side looked amazing on my eyelids And to think I was going to cut that side off & send it in a box to Cajunfille (hope I spelled that right dear)

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Originally Posted by Sass Band of Roses is really an eyeshadow in disguise.

Thank you for the laugh, ladies! I so agree on this! I tried BoR on my eyelids last night, and it looked amazing! I think those new pigmented MBs actually are eyeshadows! Really big ones!

 

[User38]

I am staying at her place until my doggies can get here when I will stay with my mother for a week or so -- then back home

..So, my sister went out and got me a JAzzed and some lovely NARS skin cream for "aged" skin..lol. I know I have had a rough week but I didn't age that much... or maybe I did. ah well, the poor kid spent $ 70.00 on the cream!

This is a brief synopsis of how an MSF is made:

Oh yes, just like the Mineralize Eyeshadows and Mineralize SkinFinish Natural, all these MSFs are oven-baked to a solid product on a terra cotta pan.

This baking technique is not new to the cosmetic / beauty industry though. There are other companies who bakes their products. So the question now is, why are cosmetics baked?!

Baked cosmetics are made very differently from your typical pressed powder products. Products that are pressed uses binders to hold the powder together and machines are used to press the mixture into the pans. Manufacturers can make thousands of pressed powders an hour this way.

The process of baking products are very much slower and hand crafted. The powdered product is usually mixed with water into a slurry mixture prior pouring into terra cotta discs. The discs are then baked in an oven for 24 to 48 hours usually at a temperature of about 180 degrees. All of the moisture dissipates out of the powder and is absorbed by the porous terra cotta tile. Once the baking process has been completed, each powder is hand finished before being placed into its final component.

Baked cosmetics are unique, because they can be used either wet or dry. Since very few binders, if any are used in the baking process versus traditional pressing, baked products have the same airy lightness of a loose powder.

The textures of these powders are dewy, not dry. So they feel amazing and incredibly soft, similar to a highly micronized powder. And while baked face products can be beautifully sheer and build for flawless coverage, baked eye products can hold a very high level of color, comparable to a loose pigment.

Source: We Love Beauty


And, that my dear is why they are so delicate, flyaway and so so coveted

Enjoy!!

 

[elegant-one]

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Originally Posted by peachsuns Thank you for the laugh, ladies! I so agree on this! I tried BoR on my eyelids last night, and it looked amazing! I think those new pigmented MBs actually are eyeshadows! Really big ones!

ok, I didn't try BOR yet, but I will.

 

[Hay Mich]

Help! I am considering buying Hang Loose blush and I already own 5 products from this collection!

 

[User38]

Actually now that I think about it, when I was at a manufacturing plant in Italy (where many MSFs are made), the product looks like glops of clay while being poured into the cute little molds to make the makeup cupcakes

 

[elegant-one]

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Originally Posted by HerGreyness I am staying at her place until my doggies can get here when I will stay with my mother for a week or so -- then back home ..So, my sister went out and got me a JAzzed and some lovely NARS skin cream for "aged" skin..lol. I know I have had a rough week but I didn't age that much... or maybe I did. ah well, the poor kid spent $ 70.00 on the cream! This is a brief synopsis of how an MSF is made:

&, your life has a purpose, a meaning & a course it has to take.

umm, yeah I doubt you aged that much

Thanks for the msf info - truly interesting & amazing to read! Also, the baking/making process sounds like a craft project to me

I would love to see it done. I want to make my own & use my own colors

see - this makes it all that more desirable to me:

"Actually now that I think about it, when I was at a manufacturing plant in Italy (where many MSFs are made), the product looks like glops of clay while being poured into the cute little molds to make the makeup cupcakes"

MAKEUP CUPCAKES =

 

[Flaminbird]

I still have Jazzed l/s and the Hover liner. I guess if no one wants it I'll be taking it back when I get the Dare to Wear stuff

 

[Boasorte]

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Originally Posted by shy_makeup_girl Today at my cousin's MAC counter, i tried on Going Casual over the lipstick that i was wearing (Up the Amp), and all I have to say is: DAMN!!

LOL I posted about that combo a couple pages back.

 

[Boasorte]

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Originally Posted by Flaminbird I still have Jazzed l/s and the Hover liner. I guess if no one wants it I'll be taking it back when I get the Dare to Wear stuff

A few girls on M_C LJ are looking for it..If you post on there I' sure someone will snatch it up!

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[elegant-one]

I LOVE the middle strip of In The Groove mes!!! Its gorgeous all by itself & really makes my hazel eye color pop.

I did:

1) The ITG middle strip all over eye lid (beautiful deep pearl burgundy) you can also smudge it under the bottom lash line as well
2) A thin lining of Black Line pearlglide top lashline only
3) inner waterline with Chanel's new Cassis liner (a blackend plum)
4) Chanel black mascara mid to outer corner lashes heavy
5) Just the pink side of Hang Loose - used a 109 & buffed into the apples of cheeks & up cheekbone - lightly patted on the violet side (just below mid eye to outer corner of eye) high on upper cheekbone
6) Fuchsia Fix Lip Conditioner form Dsquared on lips

well I loved this all together so much! Hang Loose pink side =

 

[miss_primer]

I just received Blue My Mind MES today. I love it. Its really pigmented compare to my other mes. The colors are beautful. Its so smooth. I was only able to swatch the colors but I will try a look with it later this week or maybe tomorrow.

 

[franken_stein]

I had my heart set on By Candlelight but I walked away with Happy Together! I think I'll get a lot more use out of it. I'm really pleased with it so far

But, when I was trying it out, the MUA put that on my cheeks and we also tried out Petticoat on top of Happy Together. It wasn't until after I left that I caught myself in a couple of mirrors and really liked the effect! So... yeah, now I think I'm going back for Petticoat. My wallet's so unhappy with me right now, hahah. I'm just... going to ignore its cries.

 

[Visi]

My wonderful CP Nelly has just let me know I'll be getting my very own SR soon!

I'm so excited, can't wait to have it in my hot little hands! Now I just hope it'll look nice on me..

 

[peachsuns]

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Originally Posted by elegant-one ok, I didn't try BOR yet, but I will.

Hope you'll like it!

 

[Sass]

Alright, I did some extensive testing in my stash and have come to the decision that Band of Roses has to be returned. When BOR is swatched mixed or swatched on the darker side, it becomes a dupe for the Illamasqua blush in Thrust ($20) that I own. Thrust is matte, but when I dust one of my shimmery MSFs over it (the lightest part of Blonde for example) it's duped. I'm not into collecting blushes that are that close in color so yeah...I'll sleep on it some more and I'll know tomorrow, for sure, if I'm going to take it back.

 

[elegant-one]

New Vibe (rose side) mixed with the lavender side of Hang Loose is really pretty

 

[bumblebees24]

Elegant-One ...your avatar is gorgeous! I love the luscious hair.

On another note, I find it interesting the discussion thread is 151 pages but there's only 5 pages in the swatch forum for ITG. What happened?

 

[chocokitty]

I too am surprised ITG MES isn't getting any love on this thread. I used the middle strip on my lower lash line -- so pretty.

I went in for Hang Loose MB and walked out with Happy Together. When used with SR MSF =

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