Stairs to the Stars
MAC Spellbinder Shadow
MAC Stairs to the Stars is a very warm-toned, dark plum with a metallic finish. It is a limited edition eyeshadow that retails for $25.00 and contains 0.02 oz.
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MAC Stairs to the Stars Spellbinder Shadow ($25.00 for 0.02 oz.) is a slightly blackened, reddish-burgundy with warmer undertones and fine, shimmer finish that looked more satin-like applied dry and more metallic applied wet. The texture was incredibly finely-milled and soft to the touch.
There's nothing that really suggests that they could (or should) be used with a dampened brush, but they were so dismal when I initially swatched them dry, I thought, while we're here... and there's a massive improvement when working with it with a dampened brush (just water). The pigmentation was semi-sheer applied dry and opaque applied wet, while I had light fallout working with it dry, I had no fallout working with it wet and it still had all the blendability of a great powder eyeshadow. It wore well for seven hours before fading noticeably applied dry, and it wore for a full eight hours well when I used it with a dampened brush.
(Because this wasn't advertised as a wet/dry formula, the rating is only for the product used dry.)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview, which is a detailed review of the range as a whole.
Stairs to the Stars
LELimited Edition. $25.00.
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