MAC Painterly Paint Pot Review

I wanted to write this post to coincide with my review of Maybelline’s Color Tattoo eye shadow cream/gel on purpose. This is not a coincidence!

I’m not a brand snob. I’m not a die-hard fan of any one brand of cosmetics in particular. My taste is eclectic. I venture into unknown waters once in a while in search for the next holy grail item in cosmetics, but once I find one I treasure deeply I stick with it for a very long time and make no excuses for giving it praise when praise is due.

MACs Painterly Paint Pot is one of them. I was introduced to these paint pots by my daughter who is a cosmetician and a lover of all things girly. My pictures show an item that looks almost brand new but trust me I use this gem a LOT! This is a completely matte, natural nude crème shadow. It creates a perfect canvas on my eyelids.

I use it over my eye shadow primer as a base for my eye look of the day. It matches my skin tone wonderfully well and there is just something about this stuff that makes my eye lids a lot easier to apply color on. At my age the eyelids are not as taut as 20 years ago. It is a little trickier to apply eye makeup because the thin skin around the eye socket creases ever so slightly as you apply product on them. This stuff eases my pain!

MAC Painterly gives my lids an extra support for the rest of my eye makeup. It’s hard to describe exactly what I mean. It’s like support hose for your legs, except it’s a cream product on your eyelid! HAHA I know it is a strange way to put it but maybe, just maybe one of you will know exactly what I mean!

This stuff is wonderful in texture, in lasting power, and in performance. This little jar is a permanent fixture in my train case and I have a suspicion that it will be hard, very hard, to find a cheaper alternative to it anytime soon.

I was hoping the Maybelline Color Tattoo 24 HR eye cream/gels would be a good substitute because it cost less, but you already know how all that went down in the previous post.

This little pot of “pantyhose” for my eye lids cost $17.50 at MAC Cosmetics, a much heftier price than Maybelline’s Color Tattoo, but it delivers well and it will never sit collecting dust in a black hole of cosmetics. Never!

I have not tried any of the brighter colored paint pots. I’m really happy with this one, but who knows maybe someday when I make a trip to the nearest MAC counters (one hour away from me) I will try others to see if it is love at first try.

Tell me your thoughts!

 

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Disclaimer: This product was NOT sent to me by MAC Cosmetics or PR agencies. This product was bought by me and myself alone :)