The one and only MAC Paint Pot I had before these 3 came along was Rubenesque which makes a good base for natural shade powder eyeshadows. With Paint Pots, you have to blend quickly and use them up as soon as you can as they tend to dry up fast.
They aren’t the easiest cream eyeshadows to use as they can appear uneven if not properly blended but the advantage of using them is that they really don’t budge, have fantastic staying power and make powder eyeshadows last all day without fading in the least.
These are 3 of the 8 Paint Pots available in the upcoming Posh Paradise Collection:-
When I first saw Genuine Treasure online some time ago, I had a feeling it’s be the Paint Pot dupe of Gilt By Assocation Mineralize Eyeshadow which came out in the Style Black Collection. Gilt By Association is my all-time favourite MAC eyeshadow because it is antique gold with blac/gold/olive reflects and such shimmer! No other eyeshadow is necessary for pairing with Gilt By Association. It’s simply spectacular and it has all the elements that appeal to me.
Genuine Treasure is smooth and appears to be quite sheer. Of course, all the Paint Pot colours are buildable. To me, Genuine Treasure is the lighter version of Gilt. There is a fair bit of gold shimmer/sparkle in Genuine Treasure. I do like the bling-bling factor especially in black gold eyeshadows. I guess it’s a matter of personal preference. I have no qualms about using Genuine Treasure together with Gilt for a day look.
The creaminess of Genuine Treasure makes it easy to apply evenly. With Paint Pots, there’s no need to use an eyeshadow primer. Genuine Treasure also serves as an ideal base for other darker tone eyeshadows but I think it matches Gilt to perfection.
Pure Creation is a medium frosty teal-blue which is less sheer than Genuine Treasure. I love the ultra creaminess of this shade and the fact that the colour is intense enough to be worn on its own. I wore it with MAC’s Aquadisiac (permanent range) and Glamora Castle (Tartan Tales 2010 Collection).
Paired with most blue powder eyeshadows, Pure Creation will intensify the colours. It also makes a good base if you happen to have any blue or teal pigments. The shimmer in Pure Creation isn’t as obvious as in Genuine Treasure but it’s not at all lacking in pigmentation.
It’s also quite easy for Pure Creation to be applied evenly over the eye crease. However, it isn’t one of the more versatile shades unless you love blues. It’s a beautiful shade but doesn’t have the uniqueness or “wow” factor of Genuine Treasure.
Imaginary is described as a “blackened navy” by MAC but it’s like an eggplant shade to me. I had the most difficulty applying this shade because it didn’t seem to go on evenly no matter how meticulously I applied it.
It’s not the most flattering shade for me as it looked messy on my eyelids. This isn’t the kind of dark shade I’d normally go for. I prefer more subdued purples and dark navys just don’t seem to suit me somehow.
Imaginary did not go on as smoothly as the other 2 Paint Pots. It was actually the hardest of the lot to deal with. I did have a bit of a struggle getting it to look nice enough to photograph. It was my least favourite of the 3 Paint Pots.
All the Paint Pots are 5g/RM70.
Note : Paint Pots were provided by MAC Malaysia’s PR for review.
