the paint pot . . .

Soooooooo, last night I finally received my slew of MAC cosmetics for my professional makeup kit. Seriously, the sight of 13 girls sitting in a hallway opening a million little black boxes and organizing them into their cosmetic bags was both hilarious and thrilling. It was like Christmas morning when you were 10 and everything in your stocking was exactly what you've always wanted... seriously, it was that cool. We got a brief summary on what each item in our kit is for, but will get a detailed lesson tomorrow night... so more to come on that!!

{p.s. my instructor has suggested we bring cameras with us on all of our assignments for personal documentation, so there will be some (hopefully) awesome photos on this blog in the near future!! yay!!}

After we had all gotten over our joyous hour of unwrapping, it was time to 'get to know' the products we had just received. Many of them included different face and body foundations, waterproof mascara {for the weeping brides he he he}, powders, blushes, eyelashes, mascara wands, set powder, lip conditioner, and the absolute love of my cosmetic life: the paint pot.

Have you guys ever heard of the brilliance that is the paint pot? Well, if you've ever experienced creasing of the eye shadow or your eye makeup running or smearing throughout the day... the paint pot is your new best friend. It's a lovely little addition to any girls makeup bag. You should at least have one in a color that is close to your skin tone.

What is it? -- It's most commonly used as an eye shadow base. You just gently blend this onto your eyelid wherever you know eyeshadow is going to be. It comes in a variety of colors -- I now have it in black which does absolute wonders if you're doing a smokey eye... no more runny black mess!!

If you have never tried a MAC paint pot, please do yourself a favor and try it out!!