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Temptalia Asks You - What eyeshadows have you hit pan on?

What eyeshadows have you hit pan on? Which shades?

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Bronze, Goldmine, Gorgeous Gold, Lucky Green, Ricepaper… I think there are a few more, but not too many, ha!

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Nora Avatar

Me, too! I’ve only hit pan on a Max Factor eyeshadow called Sultry Blonde that’s my all-time favorite. Of course, they stopped making it years ago. 🙂

Purity Avatar

Vanilla pigment is similar, but not a dupe. They have the same sort of sheen, but vanilla is more pink and solar white more golden =) Solar White is also a part of the “a rose is a rose”-quad that was released with a rose romance (nordies exclusive, though).

dani Avatar

thanks purity! i have vanilla pigment but you know how it’s not the same and you just want the EXACT same one? i seen the nordies exclusive quad but i didn’t want to get the whole quad because i didn’t really want the other eyeshadows, i know sounds crazy but i wasn’t feeling those colors, you know what i mean? but thanks so much. =)

Debbie Avatar

I just started with makeup on Dec 08…I have never hit pan on any of my mac e/s…but would love to see n hit it somebody! i have been buying and using each sparingly!

Shealyn Avatar

Phloof, and Stars and Rockets. Phloof is my highlight/neutral lid colour so I use it every day…and Stars and Rockets is just so pretty that I use lots of it apparently :p

DW Avatar

I have not hit pan on any eyshadows yet, but considering I have almost 4 palettes full I know why. I do have e prediction that it will be wedge, all that glitters, or shroom and possibly warming trend.

MAChostage Avatar

This is me as well! I have 5 15-pan palettes so I have yet to hit the pan on any. Vex is a good candidate to be the first one, though!

Phyrra Avatar

MAC: Crystal, Nylon, Pink Freeze, Juxt, Vapour, Digit, Li’Lily, Amethyst, Parfait Amour. I’m sure there are other purple shades, but I can’t recall right now.

Lisa Avatar

none cuz im not into MAC for a long time.
But Pincurl comes very close to it. I love this color, but sadly it’s an LE item. I loved brunette blonde redhead in general 🙂

ilona Avatar

My main ones are nylon, jest, anti-establishment and grand entrance.

Anti-establishment is limited edition and i really wish they came out with it again. I’m using it so rarely now to conserve whats left! Grand entrance is also limited edition but they’re bringing it back in the fall so I’m super excited!

Johannah Avatar

I didn’t realize how many until I went and checked! I’ve had most of these for a few years now, but this list sounds expensive and scary, lol.

Here they are:

Bronze, Shroom, Expensive Pink, Era, Knight Divine, Grain, Trax, Velvet Moss, Electric Eel, Jewel Blue, Tilt, and Freshwater.

Balqis Avatar

Sultress – green grey (satin)/ Aria – nuetral mid tone beige (satin)
Pure Energy – frosty light pink (frost)/ Amazon – frost pale yellow (frost)/ Statuesque – soft pastel peach (veluxe)/ Roustabout – deep plum (satin)/ Nylon – Pale gold with icy metallic shimmer (Frost) (Permanent Shade)/ Going Bananas – Soft lemon yellow (Frost) (LE – Repromote from C-Shock)/ Sunny Girl Yellow gold (frost)/ Golden Gold Deep golden bronze (veluxe pearl)/ Trend Neutral tan with gold pearlized pigments (lustre)

Milla Avatar

Ive never hit pan on any eyeshadow ever,thats really odd isnt it? lol But i have hit bottom of my bare minerals glimmer in celestine.Its a loose pigment shadow ,much smaller then Mac pigments but also 1,000 times nicer.Its so lovely everyone should try it 🙂

Nic15 Avatar

Shroom & Femme Fi. They are my go-to highlighters almost everyday & sometimes my all-over lid color as well. I used to go through 4 Shrooms a year until Femme Fi came on the scene. Now I go through about 2 of each every year. I know Femme Fi is LE, but i just keep my eyes open for it on wholesale sites online & have been able to get it recently for only $11 so i feel like i scored. It was the Neo Sci Fi version no less so that was cool.

Kristine Avatar

blanc type,tempting, bronze, soft brown and mulch……these are the shadows i use for my everyday eyeshadow….and i love them so much!

hi Avatar

I got into MAC around December of 2008, so none of my five eyeshadows have hit pan yet. I use Shroom every single day, so it won’t be long before that hits. Of the other eyeshadows I have, I’ve hit pan with a Bonne Belle quad – not because I love it so much – I do, but that’s not the reason – but because I dropped the quad like five times so the glittery pink-plum shade completely fell out beyond all hope 🙁 and the dark purple chipped down to pan. I never use the red-coral shade in that, but I’m sure the pale pink shade (similar to Vex) will pan soon!

hi Avatar

I was doing my makeup in the car a few hours ago, and meanwhile I hit pan applying The Body Shop’s Chocolate shadow! It’s a shimmery/frosty dark brown-taupe with a touch of warmth to it, and it’s pretty similar to MAC’s Buckwheat. I don’t use it *that* often but it’s so soft I guess it’s easy to hit pan with the smooth texture! 🙂

daphne Avatar

None yet, but I’ve only been into MAC for six months, and I have DOZENS of shadows. I think Femme-fi will be the first, as I use it very frequently, but there aren’t any shadows I use *every* day (I really only wear eyeshadow maybe 2-4x/week) so it will be quite a while!

Ebbychina Avatar

I’ve hit pan on Handwritten (use this will almost every look). Ricepaper, Bold & Brazen, Soft Brown are quickly following. Also not a shadow, but I’m near the end of Indianwood paint pot…works good as a lid colour!

Shell Avatar

Mine are Naked Lunch, Femme Fi and Gorgeous Gold. Really hope they bring out Femme Fi again with another collection-it’s my fave :/!

Anitacska Avatar

None in a very long time. I think I gave a few old Oriflame, Max Factor, etc. eyeshadows to my sister last year that were showing the pan, but I got those about 10 years ago anyway. Although I use eyeshadows every single day, I have a big stash, so not using the same ones every day. I can’t see ever using up any of my eyeshadows to be honest. I have bought a new face powder the other day because I used my everyday powder up, but that’s about it.

Faiza Avatar

I only owned four MAC eye shadows (Goldmine, Coppering, Expensive pink, and Nylon). However, I totally finished Nylon like 6 months ago and haven’t been able to replace it yet.. 🙁

aradhana Avatar

only ricepaper, saddle and angelic by quo.

i tend to use different shades all the time, so ricepaper and angelic are the only shadows i’ve ever had to repurchase…on purpose anyway! (i accidentally bought embark twice! och well…at least its a veratile colour…)

i’ll be very sad when i finish saddle, as it seems they’re discontinuing it!

AT Avatar

ricepaper, vex, juxt, shroom, grand entrance. I have hit pan for vex and juxt at least 2-3 times because those were my first eyeshadows!

AbsentStarlet Avatar

MAC’s Carbon (a few times), vellum, nano gold. Urban Decay’s Fishnet, Too Faced Steel Magolia’s (which they don’t make anymore *tear*), and a purple by Milani that I don’t know the name of but know it when I see it!

kat Avatar

I’ve been using MAC for 3 years now, and I have used up: all that glitters and claire de lune. I have hit pan on: Ricepaper, Naked Lunch, sweet lust, and pink venus.

Out of these, I would possibly replace All that glitters, ricepaper, and naked lunch. But I wasn’t overly impressed with the texture of sweet lust, pink venus, or claire de lune (which was LE anyway!)

Brittany Avatar

Jest, shroom, sable, because those were my main three I had until I started “collecting” rather than just buying what I needed.

I’ve also hit pan on Pink freeze, Romantique and Say Yeah!. I never know if should use up LE shadows or if I should save them for as long as possible. 🙂

Courtney Avatar

I’m on my third pan of Jest, and I’ve hit pan on Goldmine, Bronze, White Frost, Black Tied, Freshwater, Chrome Yellow, Aquadisiac, Nocturnelle and Paradisco. Oh, and Thunder from the Thunder Eyes quad as well.

Skyler Avatar

Tempting
Humid
Nylon
Cork

Nylon and Humid will be the first MAC shadows I have finished completely (they are almost totally gone). Kind of exciting! But bad for my wallet. 😛

mlou Avatar

Humid, Paradisco, Era, Aria (DC’d), Espresso, Contrast, Bisque, Yogurt, Quarry, and Shroom (many times – I think I’m just shy of my 10th b/u) -worn MAC for many yrs. BB -several ones that aren’t around anymore & Beige Shimmerwash & Blonde. Hit pan on a few Lorac: Persuasion, Olive, Cappucino.

Madison Avatar

I’ve hit pan on gesso (my favorite!!) brule and velum. These are the only things i’ve ever hit pan on. Well, i’ve actually hit pan on some mary-kate and ashely, and some target stuff from a long long long time ago, but that was only because i was young and messing around with different make-up. lol I don’t use that stuff now.

mars Avatar

vex, club, shroom have all hit the pan but I’m sure there are others that are close, and a vanilla from dior that was discontinued long ago.

KrisBliss Avatar

Vex(3xs), Nylon, Sprout, Prismique, Tilt, Violet Dear, Honeylust, and a few more I can’t remember the names of that were LE.

jenny Avatar

ive only hit pan on nylon, which ive had for 2 years and JUST hit pan a few weeks ago.
next should be brule. though im surprised carbon hasnt shown any metal yet seeing as i use it everyday

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