MAC Cham-Pale: Paint Pots Review, Photos, Swatches (Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection)
Saturday, December 18th, 2010
MAC Paint Pots: Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection
MAC Cham-Pale: Paint Pots
MAC Paint Pots ($16.50 for 0.17 oz.) are part of the permanent line, and it feels like it’s been forever since we’ve seen anything new in the range, but Cham-Pale brings to us four new and limited edition variations: Chilled on Ice (frosted white gold), Dangerous Cuvee (frosted cool grey), Let Me Pop (frosted light copper), and Vintage Selection (frosted dirty peach).
- Chilled on Ice is a cool-toned iridescent pale yellow gold. It is interesting because it seems cool-toned but yet it is a gold, which is often a warmer hue.
- Dangerous Cuvee is a navy-tinged gray with a silvery-white sheen and shimmer.
- Let Me Pop is a medium-dark copper with a golden copper sheen. In the pot, it resembles Melon pigment, but when worn, it’s anything but.
- Vintage Selection is a medium taupe brown. It has cool undertones and a highly reflective frosted sheen. It was the most opaque of the four.
Paint Pots can be used alone like a cream eyeshadow or as a base for your eyeshadows–I would say the latter is the more popular usage, though. I happen to use them as eyeshadow bases myself, because I find that most shades lend themselves to such rather than be worn alone. Whether I wear them alone or underneath eyehadow, they wear all day, and they are actually quite water-resistant, too.
These shades have a slightly creamier, but sheerer, formula than typical paint pots, which I imagine is due to the higher shimmer content in these. They’re part shimmer, part metallic (but definitely not true metallics!). The effect is reminiscent of Bobbi Brown’s Metallic Long-Wear Cream Eyeshadows, but these are more shimmer, less glitter, and generally speaking, more opaque (not that they are opaque). They are easy to blend out and can be worn on their own, because they can be softened at the edges and sheered out enough to be worn in that fashion.
I felt that these took a wee bit longer to dry than other paint pots, but they still dried down and stayed in place. My big concern with these is the sheerness, because I could not build up the color. In the past, paint pots have been rather opaque, so it’s hard to know if this was simply the desired result for these in particular or if there is a deficiency of pigment. However, since the official description is still “[a] highly pigmented eye colour that goes on creamy but dries to an intense, vibrant finish,” I would expect more intensity from these–at the very least, achievable by layering.
MAC Cham-Pale Collection is a limited edition launch (official information and photos here) that is set to launch in-stores on December 26th in North American, January 2011 for international MAC locations. The approximate launch date for online is December 24th. It features color products as well as a few skincare items.
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- Product: 26/30
- Value: 8/10
- Ease of Use: 4/5
- Packaging: 4/5
RECOMMENDATION: As much as I wanted to fall in love with these, I’m a little underwhelmed. The sheerness isn’t what I would expect from the paint pot formula, but it may be a welcomed characteristic to others.
AVAILABILITY: MAC Cosmetics on December 26th (U.S. stores), January 2011 (International)
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MAC Paint Pots: Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection
MAC Paint Pots: Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection
MAC Paint Pots: Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection
MAC Chilled on Ice Paint Pot
MAC Dangerous Cuvee Paint Pot
MAC Let Me Pop Paint Pot
MAC Vintage Selection Paint Pot
MAC Paint Pots: Chilled on Ice, Dangerous Cuvee, Let Me Pop, Vintage Selection
can you please do a comparison between chilled on ice and bare study? im quite confused about which one i should pick :S
If you want a regular base, Bare Study, as Chilled on Ice has a glittery finish. Chilled on Ice is much yellower in comparison - they are not dupes!
Vintage selection looks quite interesting. I might have to check that out when it's released here.
I got Dangerous Cuvee the other day based on the swatches I've seen which looked really good.I'm disappointed though - it's very sheer and the overabundant glitter is chunky - not what I was hoping for at all. I wanted something to help Caviar Dreams show up a bit better. I'm thinking of returning this - it will be my first MAC return EVER! I'm going to try it a few more times and see if I can make it work.
I picked up Vintage Selection today and I love it...but the more I look at this post, the more I want to go back and get Chilled on Ice and Let Me Pop (plus the I Get No Kick eye kohl)! MAC is soooo dangerous!!
I went to the MAC counter today and really fell in love with Let Me Pop... but, I had commited to buy another MAC product so had to leave it behind. I'm a darker skinned person so Let Me Pop showed up really nicely on me. That's what I have my eyes set on!!
!! Went back today to pick up Let Me Pop and completely sold out! T.T And that was the only thing from the collection that I even liked besides Feline. Settled on for just Feline and will try to make my way to another Mac store!
Are you supposed to let the paintpot dry before you layer eyeshadow on top, or do it while it still hasn't set?
I usually wait for it to dry, which doesn't take too long :) Usually by the time I apply it to the other eye, we're good.
Thanks you Christine! I love your websit, it's the most informative one out there
I stopped by my local mac counter today to see these items in all their loveliness...shimmer shimmer shimmer nice for new years eve..Oh the comfort cream I adore as well
would you say chilled on ice is basically stila's kitten smudge pot? its the only one i like besides let me pop, but i feel like i already own so many dupes! & let me pop just doesnt seem very pigmented, so im really torn /: i wanted to like these !
I wouldn't - Stila Kitten is a lot more beige!
How does Chilled on Ice compare to Cuddle shade stick, r they close?
Cuddle is yellower!
these are so interesting in person! i too was underwhelmed by the swatches but at the store i fell in love with Chilled on Ice, the one i least expected to like! it's a cool-toned shimmery gold but has a sort of green reflect at certain angles, a really unique color. i might go back and purchase another 2.
i want chilled on ice and what did you think of vintage selection and dangerous cuvee in person? i was thinking of getting those as well
They're all really pretty and incredibly shimmery in person. i got all but vintage selection and i might still pick it up later. i like to wear them all over my eyes and then i just dust a similar but darker shadow to my crease. mascare and Feline liner and BAM! bright shimmery eyes.
Haha, i like the "wine" theme to the names of these paintpots. Dangerous Cuvee?? Mmm i had a Cuvee the other day. And it was Chilled on ice :p And was not a vintage selection. hehehe but the bottle does POP!!
vintage selection looks like all that glitters in paint pot form! that is my favorite eye shadow so i have to buy that paint pot lol!!
Are any of these comparable to Rubenesque?
Let Me Pop would be closest, but not quite.
is let me pop paint pot like rubenesque ? and is chilled on ice like bare study? also, is dangerous cuvee a greyish or purpleish ? thanks!
I had wanted 3 of these (all except Let Me Pop) but I saw someone say on a forum that they had used Dangerous Cuvee and had ended up with glitter all over their face. Have you experienced this 'glitter bomb' effect with any of these?
I haven't ended up with glitter all over the face myself, but they are very shimmery. I used mine more as a base though.
I was all excited for new Paint Pots but I think I have dupes for 3 of them Vintage Selection = MUFE Aqua Cream #13 or Stila Kitten Smudge Pot. The MUFE looks most similar in the pictures, the Kitten is a little lighter Dangerous Curve = MUFE Aqua Cream #2, but the MUFE does not have any hints of blue. Chilled on Ice = Estee Lauder Double Wear Shadow Cream #13 Golden Sands (also a "cool" gold LOL) I am going to pass on the MAC PP because these I already own, they are all extrememly pigmented and are long lasting
ooh really? I'll have to check that out because I'm always looking for stuff for EL GWPs, fan of the skincare and lipsticks. and the doublewear stuff is nice. plus their stuff doesn't trigger my allergies as much as some other brands. TY!
I must have Dangerous Curvee! First MAC product all year that I've decided I MUST have :)
Man, am I disappointed... I really wanted to get these when I saw the press release, but now - this is just too sheer.
i really wanted all of these. but as i look at swatches, they can be kinda duped from mac paint pots. Chilled On Ice kind of looks like Bare Study & Let Me Pop resembles Rubenesque. i mean they may not be exactly but they seem to be pretty close. I really wanted them but since they're not as pigmented as i was hoping, it breaks my heart, but i think i'll be skipping these.
Thanks for the fantastic reviews Christine! While I was excited about new paint pots, and these color descriptions sounded great, I think I'll skip. Maybe it is because I'm still a "real makeup" newbie (at 31 - but I'm quickly and eagerly learning!)but I'm not sure how these would be used very often.
I'm skipping Chilled On Ice to pick up Bare Study myself. I want to have just one base to make my eyeshadows pop and for personal use that's all you need. As Christine pointed about there are also benefit creaseless cream eyeshadows as an option for more shades. http://www.temptalia.com/benefit-creaseless-cream-eyeshadowliner-photos-swatches-review
I like Vintage Selection. It reminds me of NYX Jumbo Pencil in Yogurt. I know the jumbo pencils crease on some so this will be a good choice.
So would vintage selection be perfect under satin taupe e/s ??
Sure!
How does Chilled on Ice compare to Bare Study? I see the description are different, but they look similar in the pics.
Bare Study is a lot whiter.
So bad that they have the frosted formula.. If they were anything like Girl Friendly, I'd consider buying although PPs crease on me even with a primer :(
i love chilled on ice and dangerous cuvee!!
How many ounces? I don't see it in the post, sorry.
0.17 - it's at the beginning of the post!
I like all of them but Chilled - I wonder how I would use them...hmm...New Year's Eve?
I like Dangerous Curve the most and Let Me Pop and Vintage Collection are nice too. Chilled on Ice looks enough like Bare Study for me so I may skip that one. It is a pity they are sheer but I tend to use them as bases so it wouldn't be too bad and I think they would look nice as a soft all over lid colour on lazy days. That is what I use Bare Study for but it would be nice to have some other colours to choose from when I can't be bothered to do proper eyeshadow. They would look so nice under the eyeshadow quad colours and also work well with the cool pigment set which I have.
Aww, these suck. I perfer more opacity on the paint pots.
Seems like a lot of people are concerned about opacity, it would be interesting if someone did a side by side of one of these paint pots and a permanent paint pot as base for a side by side swatch of the same shade of shadow. I love this site, saves me so many makeup "oops looked better in the packaging" mistakes. You rock, Christine! How did we manage before blogs?
Is Rubenesque anything like these paint pots?
I might get Dangerous Cuvee, sicne I don't have a dark shade cream shadow/paint pot yet.
I'm not quite sure if this is the right place to post this, but I have a question about my Indianwood paint pot. It seems that it has started to dry out. The edges don't touch the glass anymore. I read in another post that you microwaved a paint pot to salvage it and was wondering how that worked and if you'd recommend it? Thanks :)
I had my eyes on Chilled on Ice and Dangerous Cuvee, but after seeing the swatches and once again battling the inner voice that says "quit buying into the 1,000 LE MAC collections that come out every year" I am going to stick with Benefit's Tattle Tale and Skinny Jeans both of which I already own and work nicely. Thanks for the honest review! I am kind of getting sick all of the LE collections though...try adding some perm. items MAC!
I'll be owning ALL of these. Christine, I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am for the service you provide to us makeup-philes. *smooches on your head*
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