Beauty & Make Up / Tips & Tricks: M.A.C Club Eyeshadow

Author: Shahidah

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Club eyeshadow by M.A.C is a unique, and lovely shade. It has a duochrome finish, meaning that it's basically two colours and when its reflected in the light, you will see either/or brown/green.




First Impressions:

"AAAAAH, ITS SO PRETTY!! GIMME!!"



My screams may have annoyed everyone at M.A.C but so what? I was happy. And really, isn't my happiness all that matters in this world and other universes alike? (That was a rhetorical question. )

Applying it with a blending brush (M.A.C 217), I noticed that wherever I had applied Club, (on my eyelid area) was brown. Just brown. A shitty brown, at that. And the brown was kinda sheer. There's nothing worse than a shit, sheer brown. An overall disappointment, really. Which brings my to my next point:

How to make make your club eyeshadow (brown AND green) show up on your eyes:

• Eyeshadow primer.

I ALWAYS use one, do you want to walk around with splotchy eye make up? Do you like looking at yourself in the mirror of a swanky bathroom and realise that there's oil on the crease of your lids and that you're face has decided to best buds with your eyeshadows? Didn't think so. The best eyshadow primer I've used so far is, Too Faced Shadow Insurance and thankfully, you can get this at Sephora.




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• Brushes.

Secondly, consider what brush you're using for the application. Try using a stiffer brush to pack on the colour. The kind of brushes you use to apply your make up does make a difference. My brushes are usually from M.A.C and they've lasted me two years. Except for one that I accidentally fully immersed in water (3 weeks) BIG MISTAKE!.

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• Technique

Instead of using the usual windshield wiper technique, try to pat on the colour with your brush instead. This will help with the building up of the shadow, thus more a more opaque colour on your lids.

After following these steps, and when you start to see the lovely green overlay, then you'll stop being so pissy with the shitty brown and see why Club is quite a pretty cool and unique shade. Though, I wish it was a touch pigmented.

This is the result of how Club looks when heavily packed on:

Cool huh?



Yours,
Shahidah