MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pots: Part I

Last month, MAC launched a small extension collection called Pro Longwear Paint Pot. This collection saw the release of eight shades of Pro Longwear Paint Pot — two of which are new and permanent, five of which are re-promotes and now permanent, and one of which is already permanent. The Pro Longwear Paint Pot has the same formula as the original Paint Pot, but now has a new long-wear claim — all existing shades of Paint Pot will be called Pro Longwear Paint Pot going forward. The Pro Longwear Paint Pot is a "highly pigmented eye colour" that has a creamy, lightweight texture and dries down to an "intense, vibrant finish." They are water-resistant and wear up to 15 hours. They are packaged in a glass jar with a black plastic lid. Each Pro Longwear Paint Pot comes with 5 grams of product, and retails for $22.

Clockwise from bottom: Let's Skate!, Chilled on Ice, Let Me Pop, and Vintage Selection
Let's Skate!, Chilled on Ice, Let Me Pop, and Vintage Selection

Let's Skate! is a pale pink with a soft golden shimmer-sheen. This is a re-promoted shade from 2011's Glitter & Ice collection, and is now permanent. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is more pink than Bare Study. In terms of colour, it is lighter and cooler than Sweet Lust Eyeshadow, and warmer and less frosted than Pink Freeze Eyeshadow.

Chilled on Ice is a pale peachy gold with golden shimmer-sheen. This is a re-promoted shade from 2010's Cham-Pale collection, and is now permanent. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is more golden than Bare Study. In terms of colour, it is similar to Dazzlelight Eyeshadow, and lighter and less yellow than Ricepaper Eyeshadow.

Let Me Pop is a medium orange-copper with copper shimmer-sheen. This is a re-promoted shade from 2010's Cham-Pale collection, and is now permanent. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is darker and much more orange than Rubenesque. In terms of colour, it is lighter and more orange than Mythology Eyeshadow.

Vintage Selection is a light-medium warm pinked beige-brown with champagne shimmer-sheen. This is a re-promoted shade from 2010's Cham-Pale collection, and is now permanent. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and much cooler than Indianwood. In terms of colour, it is darker than All That Glitters Eyeshadow.

For those who wanted more shimmery Paint Pots, MAC has finally delivered! I absolutely love these additions to the permanent Paint Pot range — there's a nice variety of neutrals and soft pops of colour released with this collection. Especially lovely this season, as metallic washes of colour on the eyes are so on-trend right now. My personal new favourite is Vintage Selection, which seems to work beautifully on all skintones and undertones, and looks amazing with pretty much any eyeshadow layered on top. Even though the ingredients of the formula hasn't changed, these do seem to be longer wearing and crease-free for longer than the older Paint Pot shades — in general, these stayed crease-free for a good eight hours on me, and didn't seem to fade at all until I took it off about 12 hours later. If you have incredibly oily eyelids, I would still wear an eye primer underneath (my favourite is NARS'), but these do perform beautifully on their own. Whereas Paint Pot used to be seen more as an eyeshadow base, I feel like the additions of these shimmery shades really help showcase the Paint Pot as a general cream eyeshadow rather than just a base.