Best Way To Apply Pigment.

Jan 6, 2015

Brianna M.

I got some pigments from Mac and it was a little different trying to apply it I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly. I sprayy brush with fix+ spray then dip my brush in the pigment then pat the brush on my eyelids is this correct? also what brush (type) do you recommend using for pigments? I want to get the most out of these possible!

Jan 6, 2015

Hannah K.

For all of my pigments, I use a small, flat shadow brush, which I occasionally dip in water (I don't have Fix+ water does the same thing for me), and then press it onto my eyelid. Avoid sweeping motions, that will diminish the vibrancy of the pigment =)

Jan 6, 2015

Gisell G.

I would keep using the fix+ & use the technique that Hannah suggested :-)

Jan 6, 2015

Brianna M.

OK thank you ladies so much!!

Jan 6, 2015

Bailee H.

I fond

Jan 6, 2015

Savannah D.

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Jan 6, 2015

Andrea V.

Use a small concelaer brush!:) anything a little stiffer and flatter will work and if not stiffer at least something smaller,

Jan 7, 2015

Jenny A.

I usually take saline eye drops and put a drop on a palette surface (sometimes the lid of my poor Z palette or the metal tray that is under my makeup mirror. Any flat hard surface that won't absorb the color or the moisture). I use a synthetic brush, something fairly stiff, but not scratchy or anything. It is shaped like a short shader. It works for patting on pigments.

Then I use load up the brush with pigment and swirl it through the saline drop. It makes a tiny puddle of very pigmented wet shadow. I have a lot of dark liner pigments, and I can then use a liner brush to paint these on like I would any liquid eye liner. For putting shadows on my lid, I concur with Hannah's advice of patting it on gently and not trying to spread it out. For lighter pigments I often just pack them in the center of the lid as a highlight to add sparkle and dimension. You can't really blend this though. It's sort of the last thing I do, if I do it.

Recently I took all of my loose pigments and pressed them into pans. I still more or less use them this way, but I just spray the shadow with fix spray and skip the mixing up step. Saves me time, and as much as I love the little pots of pigment, they are messy and slow to use for every day. If you have a big enough pigment pot, you could press a pan and still have plenty of loose pigments left over. IIRC those MAC pots are pretty generously sized.