I have normal/combination skin, veering on oily, so eyeshadow tends to run right to my creases after a few hours. In the store I was leaning toward Bare Study, which is a light beige with gold pearl (have you heard I like sparkle?), but I'm really glad my mom and the MAC employee steered me toward the matte shade. I've found I can use it as a base, or all on its own for a more put together approach to the minimalist look than my prior attempts. I got Painterly, a nude shade for my easily sunburnt tone of fair. After she and the salesperson waxed on and on about its benefits, I gave in and said 'fine, let's get it.' Well, let me tell you, sometimes my mom really knows what she's talking about. However, recently, my mom and I were at MAC, for old times sake, and she was telling me how much she loves their Paint Pot, which is a cream shadow that can also act as a primer. For that same reason, primer is simply not a part of my makeup routine. But as someone who doesn't really 'do' eyeshadow on a regular basis, they lasted me forever. I hadn’t been to MAC in forever because I still had all the eyeshadows I gotten from the store in high school (so unsanitary, I know, don’t worry, I finally tossed them all this year).

I've been hooked on nude shades with a creamy luster ever since. It was basically my skin tone, but shimmery and prettier.

I believe it was Jest, a soft, frosted peach. There was a location around the corner from my grandmother's condo, so on our next visit out there, after I started experimenting with the shitty drugstore eyeshadow available to me at the time (it was soooo gold.), my mom took me to MAC for my first legitimate eyeshadow. MAC was the first place I ever got 'real' makeup when I was a teen.

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