Pigment Application: MAC Pigment Sunpepper

I have been following mywomenstuff closely as site is currently featuring The Lipstick Economy Project : 30 days 30 lipsticks! Each time I saw parisb posting another red lipstick, I got so jealous that I wanted to scratch the lip swatch picture off the screen! I can't have red on my lips!!! I have tried so many in the past and seriously each every single one of them made me look hideous or just like an angry old cow. What the hell? All I can do is to admire luscious red lips on other people's faces!


So that was my problem with red lipsticks and I just slept on it... Then a reader wrote to me about my Pigments Collection. (Nope, not lipstick related at all!) Her question was:


(...Snipped) I read your MAC Pigment post and was surprised that YOU have so much! I thought you didn't like MAC? Could you do some FOTD with your Pigments? I want to get some samples from eBay but I am not sure how to use them. (...Snipped)




Hey, I am a woman and I change my mind all the time! LOL. I didn't like MAC (and still don't like most of its products.) But it doesn't mean that I wipe out the entire MAC gang! I do like its Pigments as I have a weakness for loose eye shadows.


So I said to myself, maybe I could do a series of using Pigments like the way parisb with her 30 lipsticks? But there was no way I could do it every day or else I'd get bored looking at myself! Therefore, I thought that perhaps I could pick out one colour and incorporate it in a FOTD? With my current tight schedule, once weekly seems to be more reasonable than making it a daily task anyway.


Hence, I haven chosen MAC Pigment Sunpepper for my first trial run of Pigment Application post. I hope it's working out right and helps some of you, Pigments newbies. :)

MAC Pigment Sunpepper - Dry Application

This looks quite gritty when it's dry. However, all is solved when you smooth it out. It takes a little effort but seriously not much. I normally take some powder out to a clean mixing plate then dip an eye shadow brush in. I will tap away any excess before applying it onto my eyelids so there are less accidents of powder falling onto my undereye area. Should there be any mistakes, I'd use a cotton swab to correct them immediately. Do not wait till you finish the whole application process before correcting your mistakes as powder may transfer to another area when you move. This takes a little practice and you'd find it's rather easy after a few trials.

MAC Pigment Sunpepper - Wet Application

(Mixed with Make Up For Ever Eye Seal)


Now you can see its silver undertone!

FOTD

In this FOTD, I applied Sunpepper both dry (mid-session) and wet (on the crease). I didn't use anything else. I thought it's easiest to show its colour shifting ability this way. :)


You can see that Sunpepper looks rather different if applied wet. The silver under tone makes it cool. Therefore, it can be easily matched with another cool colour. It's strange to see how a warm reddish colour working so well with silver. I think it's rather unique!

Please ignore the hair fallen onto my eyelid!
And I looked a lot darker in these pictures. Lighting was bad...

That's it for now. I will try to utilize loose eye shadows/Pigments with different application methods in my future posts. If you have any suggestions, please shout out! Thanks.






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Update/Swatch: My MAC Pigments Collection



My Colouring:

MUFE Full Cover Extreme Camouflage Cream #4, Lift Concealer #3, Duo Mat Powder Foundation #202, Face & Body #20, High Definition Foundation #125, Liquid Lift Foundation #2, Clarins Instant Smooth Foundation #1.5, Pupa Professionals Triple Action Powder Foundation #02 (when tanned)

Light Asian skin (obvious brown spots on cheekbones, slightly dry & doesn't break out easily), dark brown eyes, jet black hair, medium pigmented lips.

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