MAC Vera: Pearlglide Liners, Plushglass, Pearlmatte Face Powder Swatches and Review

Pearlglide Intense Eye Liners Top to Bottom: Industrial, Lord It Up, Undercurrent, Petrol Blue

MAC Art Supplies Collection Recap and Additional Swatches

Here are complete swatches of this collection. I already mentioned in the previous MAC Art Supplies review that I truly love the greasepaint sticks and pearlglide liners, but I am not loving the lipstain markers at all. Upon seeing them all today at the MAC counter, my opinion hasn't changed. I was a little on the fence about pearl glides but I fell in love with Undercurrent, a beautiful blue teal that would really make brown eyes pop, so I snagged this. I also got Dirty greasepaint stick, a blackened taupe with pearl which would be amazing with my favorite MAC pigments like Sweet Sienna, Coco and Subtle.

Greasepaint Sticks:







Aren't they gorgeous? I already mentioned Charred Mauve, Brown Now, and Below Ground in my previous review, but the others are breathtakingly grease-like. Color pay-off is phenomenal. Zinc Zone is a dark gunmetal which would make a great base or liner for smokey eyes. Dirty is very popular because of the reason I mentioned above. Uniformly Blue is great for intense blue looks. Greengrease beckoned; it was a blackened forest green - gorgeous. And of course, Slick Black is your staple deep, dark black which would be perfect for a wide variety of looks.

Pearlglide Liners:





I fell in love with the Pearlglides, but my favorite of them all is Undercurrent. I would definitely use this in several of my eye looks. Petrol Blue is nice as well - a deep navy, but I prefer my Fly By Blu pearlglide which is brighter than Petrol Blue. Designer Purple is another gorgeous color, an iridescent violet. Industrial is a periwinkle grey. Almost Noir is a dirty plum, and Black Line is black with strong green shimmer.


Pro LongWear Lipstain Markers:







I believe these lipstain markers are not getting good reviews because they really don't look that great when worn alone. I believe when they are applied over or under a tinted lip balm or underneath a lipglass, people might like it better. I might layer lipglasses over my lipstain markers and will update my review. My favorite colors are the reds because they really do make a bold statement. I was thinking these markers will also make great body makeup - I mean, look how amazing they look on plain skin! They might work great in creating masks for Halloween or just about any occasion when creativity calls for it.

As I said, the winners of this collection are truly the greasepaint sticks and pearlglides. Do try them out at your stores or counters. I'm pretty sure you will find at least one from these that will pique your interest.

MAC Art Supplies: Greasepaint, Lipstain Marker and Pearlglide Swatches and Reviews

I am torn on MAC Art Supplies: there are products from this collection that I would consider some of the best MAC has come up with, and are probably must-haves in my book, but there are others that really don't pique my interest. Nonetheless, this is a cool collection because you can be as creative as when you were 3 years old in preschool using these crayons-for-your-face from MAC.

GREASEPAINTS:













I am totally, totally in love with the greasepaints. They are technically shadesticks on steroids and since I love shadestick (especially Beige-ing that I have been using as a daily eyeshadow base for many years), the greasepaints are my kind of products. The greasepaints, true to their name, somehow have a grease-like look and staying power because they do not budge on the skin. The pigmentation is way off the charts. They don't tug on the skin like the old shadesticks did, they glide like butter on the lids and are very easy to apply. Staying power is very good. That's the reason why you can use these greasepaints either as eyeshadow base, eye liner or eyeshadow. They are very versatile and the possibilities are endless with these babies.

Brown, Now is a blackened burgundy that would be great for browns, reds, coppers. Below Ground is my favorite - it's a blackened bronze that would be amazing with neutrals, golds, or basically anything especially warm colors. Charred Mauve is a beautiful blackened violet that would be great with pinks, purples, plums, blues. These would work as a nice eye liner as well to make the eyes pop.





The greasepaints above were from the DSquared and Style Black collections of last year, and as you can see from the swatches, they are very pigmented and vibrant, which are the characteristics we all want in shadows, liners and even for colored eyeshadow bases. So you see, I can't rave enough about the greasepaints. They are long-wearing, transfer and water-resistant (although for me, I still use a good neutral base underneath the greasepaints). For me, they are the winners in this collection.

PEARLGLIDE LINERS:









The pearlglide formula has been around since two or three years ago, but this time, they added a new characteristic: a new shimmering sparkle effect, not just micro-glitters. This is the reason why the Black Line pearglide which is described as a "true black" is not exactly true black- it has these shimmery bits of sparkle that make it look like a greenish duochrome to my eyes. Almost Noir is a dirty plum that has tiny little specks of gold particles. They glide like butter on the skin and are very pigmented. However, I wouldn't recommend them on the waterline or tightline because the tiny shards of shimmery particles might irritate your sensitive eyes. Since I tend to use mostly liquid, gel or mineral liners for the upper lashline, I tend to forget that these Pearlglide liners are great on the lashline because they're very pigmented and glide easily on the skin:


the old Pearlglide colors

I have not tried my Pearlglides in ages, and this new collection makes me want to break them out of their boxes and play with different looks using these.

PRO LONGWEAR LIPSTAIN MARKERS:










See rest of the review and swatches after the jump

MAC Art Supplies Collection: Greasepaint Sticks and Pro Longwear Lipstain Markers

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Paint it, scribble all over, Art Supplies is everything you need to paint the ultimate self-portrait: Different styles of art pencils create eye looks that are expressive and individual, for a new kind of PowerPoint presentation. The pencil portion of the collection focuses on a Greasepaint Stick in eight fabulous, limited life shades…the ultimate inky colour payoff is an homage to the success we had with Style Black and DSquared² last season. Use as a Shadow or Liner: ludicrously long-wearing, transfer- and water-resistant, flexible and five-star comfortable. New Pearlglide Intense Eye Liner with an exciting new shimmering sparkle effect, will also launch in limited-life, featuring six slick, smooth, sextronic shades.

Just as Art Supplies for Eyes invokes the vision, Art Supplies for Lips speaks to the ultimate in sensuality... Luscious lips drawn from innovative new Lipstain Markers and Lip Pencils to use like a modern multimedia artist would – design and discover!  Incorporating the concept of art tools into the world of M∙A∙C makeup, these pencils and markers create dramatically different lip looks. New Pro Longwear Lipstain Marker has the doodle fun of a pen, but with sophisticated, light and long-wearing results. It’s all about artistic freedom!

GREASEPAINTS:














PEARLGLIDE LINERS:








PRO LONGWEAR LIPSTAIN MARKERS:

Greasepaint Stick
Greengrease Blackened forest green
Zinc Zone Dark gunmetal
Slick Black True carbon black
Dirty Blackened taupe with pearl
Brown, Now Blackened burgundy
Below Ground Blackened bronze
Uniformly Blue Blackened navy
Charred Mauve Blackened violet
Suggested Retail Price $17.50 U.S./$21.00 CDN

Pearlglide Intense Eye liner
Almost Noir Dirty plum
Designer Purple Iridescent violet
Petrol Blue Deep navy
Undercurrent Blue teal
Industrial Periwinkle gray
Black Line True black
Suggested Retail Price $14.50 U.S./$17.50 CDN

PRO LONGWEAR LIPSTAIN MARKER
Full of Flare Bright yellow-coral
Stylesetter Hot pink
A Classic Rose red
Purposefully Red Dirty red-coral
Modern Mocha Light brown
Point of View Light neutral
Tomorrow’s Coral Mid-tone blue-red
Runway Ripened Berry plum-red
Sunset Coral brown
Suggested Retail Price $16.00 U.S./$19.00 CDN

CLEAR LIP GLASS
Suggested Retail Price $14.00 U.S./$16.50 CDN

Available
North America April 1, 2010 at all M·A·C locations,
1.800.588.0070 and www.maccosmetics.com
International April 2010 at all M·A·C locations,
1.800.588.0070 and www.maccosmetics.com

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