Next, post foundation and finishing powder to get rid of any residual powder. First, after I apply my moisturizer but before primer/foundation to keep moisture locked in. I use it about three times during my makeup application. It moisturizes your face and sets your makeup because thank you Glycerin. “But what is it?” Glad you asked! This is a not-really finishing spray. I will never not have MAC Fix+ in my collection.

Your lips feel good with the product on and after the product comes off, too. You don’t need to apply fifty layers to get the pop of color (it’s part of their amplified line which is purposefully formulated to be super bold.) And the best part? Non-drying. The color I’ve shown here is Heroine and it’s this gorgeous purple shade that makes me glee in my glee parts. Sure, you might not want to do that for every shade in your makeup kit, but if you get one or two you really love and wear with regularity, investing in MAC is not a bad way to go.

Sixteen bucks for a tube of lipstick is not awful. The quality is there, and honestly? Compared to other department store brands, they’re not TOO expensive. VERY pigmented, the color selection is phenomenal, they don’t shy away from “too bright” or “too crazy” so you can get anything you want out of the line. Like, they’re going to march on our makeup citadels and depose our other lipsticks until there is no lipstick but the great MAC overlord.

MAC lipsticks are going to stage a makeup coup. Soft, creamy, in every finish possible? Yes, please. $22 makeup review mac paint pot eye shadow primer painterly eyeshadow primer Not cakey or anything, but you want a good, full base. I figured this out the hard way the first time, when I blended it out to almost nothing. One thing worth noting about the product is you can’t be too light with it or the shadows will crease. If you’re fair like me, it doesn’t do much as an under brow highlighter, but I have seen other people with actual skin tone applying Painterly beneath the arch of the brow for a pop of light. I tend to stick this where I get a little blue near the inner corner of my eye pre-concealer. Not only does it give a smooth, sticky base for your shadows to stick to, but the pigmentation covers veins and dark spots. Painterly, when applied to the lids and under brow, makes for a phenomenal eye shadow primer. MAC’s Paint Pots are cream pigments–opaque, somewhat thick but not paste-like, soft creams that will cover whatever you put them on. It’s not a fancy, splashy, sparkly product, but holy crap it’s a functional one. This is one of the products that finds its way into ninety percent of my makeup applications.

Mac paint pot painterly review