MAC Short Fuse/Be Cool BB Dual-Ended Powerpoint Eye Pencil Review & Swatches

Christine — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 14:00:00 +0000

Short Fuse/Be Cool BB

MAC Short Fuse/Be Cool BB Powerpoint Eye Pencil (Dual-Ended) ($20.00 for 0.04 oz.) includes a pearly plum and off-white, but they’re just an odd kind of pencil eyeliner that wears decently but goes on so poorly! The color coverage was weak for both shades, and it was hard to build up or to even get an even layer of sheerer coverage out of the pencil.

Ingredients

Short Fuse/Be Cool BB

LELimited Edition. $20.00.

D+

5.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

69%

Total

Short Fuse

Short Fuse is a medium-dark plum with subtle, warm undertones and flecks of faint shimmer throughout. It had semi-sheer color coverage in a single stroke, which was buildable to medium coverage with a second or third layer. The texture was waxier, so there was some glide, but it was still a bit firm and could have been more emollient, which I feel would have helped the color to apply more intensely on the lash line without moving it around. The color stayed on decently for eight hours.

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Marc Jacobs Beauty Glitz Alright (P, $24.00) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
ColourPop Trick or Treat (LE, $7.00) is brighter, warmer (85% similar).
Chanel Charme (887) (LE, $34.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
MAC Bitter in Glitter (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (80% similar).
Estee Lauder Burgundy Suede (P, $28.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (80% similar).
About Face Devil's Diary (P, $13.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
Fenty Beauty Purple Stuff (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
MAC Looking Good (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker, brighter (80% similar).
Marc Jacobs Beauty Boys & Berry (LE, $26.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).
Urban Decay Rockstar (P, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (80% similar).

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Ingredients

Cyclopentasiloxane, Synthetic Wax, Polybutene, Isododecane, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Ceresin, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline WaxCera MicrocristallinaCire Microcristalline, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Aluminum Powder (Ci 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)]

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Short Fuse

LELimited Edition. $16.00.

D+

Product

Pigmentation

7.5

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

67%

Total

Be Cool BB

Be Cool BB is a very pale silver–nearing white–with a pearly sheen. The pencil itself looked grayer, but the actual product appeared lighter and nearly white to my eye. The texture was waxier and firmer, so it tugged slightly on my lash line, though not to the point where it was actually painful. I felt like it could have glided on more comfortably and done a better job of depositing pigmentation and even coverage. It had medium color payoff that lasted for eight hours before fading visibly.

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LA Girl Snowflake (P, $4.49) is more shimmery (95% similar).
Urban Decay Yeyo (P, $22.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Urban Decay Cosmic (LE, $22.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
MAC Iced Heather (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Zoeva The Truth (P, $7.50) is more shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
Fenty Beauty Bad Bride (P, $22.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).

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Ingredients

Be Cool BB

LELimited Edition. $16.00.

6.5

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

8.5

Longevity

Application

73%

Total

MAC Short Fuse/Be Cool BB Powerpoint Eye Pencil (Dual-Ended)

MAC Short Fuse Powerpoint Eye Pencil

MAC Be Cool BB Powerpoint Eye Pencil

MAC Short Fuse/Be Cool BB Powerpoint Eye Pencil (Dual-Ended)

MAC Short Fuse Powerpoint Eye Pencil

MAC Be Cool BB Powerpoint Eye Pencil

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MAC Short Fuse/Be Cool BB Dual-Ended Powerpoint Eye Pencil Review & Swatches

Short Fuse/Be Cool BB

Ingredients

Short Fuse/Be Cool BB

LELimited Edition. $20.00.

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Short Fuse

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Ingredients

Short Fuse

LELimited Edition. $16.00.

Quick Shop: MAC Cosmetics, Ulta, Nordstrom, Selfridges

Be Cool BB

Top Dupes

Ingredients

Be Cool BB

LELimited Edition. $16.00.

Quick Shop: MAC Cosmetics, Ulta, Nordstrom, Selfridges