Its superior color purity stays true and will not streak, crease or flake. Its innovative second skin-like formula blends smoothly over lids and creates seamless, buildable coverage without looking heavy or cakey. One of the most popular offerings was an intense matte red lipstick, which got a boost with an appearance in a photo-shoot of the fast-rising Madonna, later seen wearing a M♺♼ T-shirt. Pro Longwear Paint Pot is a highly pigmented, long-wearing eye shadow that goes on creamy and dries to an intense, vibrant finish.
Professional makeup artists manned the counter, an industry first. While other major makeup brands at the time were predominantly skincare companies, M♺♼ chose instead to establish itself as the ultimate colour authority. Their approach was chic utility, with the makeup coming in black pots rather than compacts.
Mac did bring out many other shades that can be used as an eyeshadow and I’m not a fan of those.
I like the light colored paint pot that is used as a primer.
As the magazine credits racked up and word-of-mouth popularity grew, the duo launched M♺♼ in March 1984 from a counter in a Toronto department store. This review is for the MAC pro longwear paint pot and they retail for 23.00. Soon, stylists and fashion editors got in on the action. At first, they made the cosmetics in their kitchen and sold them straight from the salon to fellow makeup artists, as well as models and photographers. AC Pro Longwear Paint Pot Eyeshadow is a long-wearing, blendable eye primer and/or cream shadow that can be worn alone or with other products and lasts for 24 hours. The MAC Paint pots are thick cream eye shadows that are packages in cute glass pots with black plastic screw-on caps. The innovative second skin-like formula blends smoothly over lids and creates seamless. Makeup artist and photographer Frank Toskan and salon owner Frank Angelo became frustrated by the lack of makeup that photographed well, so they decided to create their own. A must have product for this effect is the MAC Pro-Longwear Paint Pot in Painterly which I will review and swatch today. A highly pigmented, long-wearing eye shadow that goes on creamy and dries to an intense, vibrant finish. Make-Up Art Cosmetics started life in Toronto, Canada.