No one ever tells you about this stuff. Not your teachers in school, not the makeup artists at the MAC counter, no one. But I’m telling you from experience — if you don’t stay alert, don’t pay attention and recognize the signs, it can happen to you.
Looking back on it now, I should have seen the signs, but I always just assumed that my favorite MAC brown eyeshadows were snug and secure and safe at the bottom of my makeup bag.
I thought they were happy… How was I supposed to know?
The first signs of trouble surfaced one morning when I set golden brown Soba and orangey Soft Brown on the counter to use in a smokey eye.
I could sense they were upset about something. They looked…lonely, so I asked, “What’s wrong, guys?”
“We need a buddy,” they whined, both on the verge of tears, “like, I don’t know, a color that combines the best of both of our shades.”
They told me how they felt that something was missing in their lives. “If it were a cream shadow instead of a powder,” they said, “you could even layer us on top of it.”
And then the sobbing started…
Have you ever heard your MAC brown eyeshadows cry? In a word: heartbreaking.
Right then I knew I had to find a way to lift their spirits, so I hopped in my car and drove to the nearest MAC counter.
Frantically, I swiped and swatched, looking for the right friend for my shadows. Sh*t was about to hit the fan when I picked up a tube of Bamboom.
“Eureka!” I roared in the middle of Macy’s. I held the tube of MAC Paint in Bamboom ($18.50) aloft like a flaming sword! “Where have you been all my life?!”
There it was — a color that combined a creamy formula with the golden brown color and satiny finish of MAC Soba, and the warm, orangey tones of Soft Brown.
I rushed home.
Back at the house, I gingerly set Bamboom down between Soft Brown and Soba on the counter, and they smiled (sort of). 🙂
With the missing piece of the puzzle found, all was right again in the world.
MAC Bamboom Paint
- A soft and creamy, warm orangey brown eyeshadow with subtle golden pearl.
- Works well alone or as a base for other shadows.
- Looks fabuloso worn under browns and khakis like Soba, Soft Brown, Golden Olive and Sumptuous Olive.
- For a quick day look, I’ll apply and blend Bamboom all over my lids with a finger, line my upper lash and water lines with a brown or black pencil, and add a couple coats of mascara.
- Bamboom has a tendency to pull orange on some skin tones, so you may want to swatch it before bringing it home.
- If there’s a bright eyeshadow that you wish was more wearable, try applying it on top of Bamboom (it tends to tone down other colors).
- The MAC Paint tubes can ooze a bit the first time you open them. You can use an empty sample jar to catch and save the excess product. Just be sure you close the jar well, so the good stuff doesn’t dry out (and try to use it within a few days).
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. You made it to the weekend! I’m so proud of you.
I’m just chilling out tonight, watching those old episodes of Friday Night Lights on Netflix. This was a busy week for me with the blog redesign (I promise the Brands drop down will be working soon), so I don’t have any plans for the weekend. Maybe just some cleaning and puttering around the house. If it’s warm tomorrow, I might go for a hike.
What are you up to? Are you doing anything fun?
The MAC Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorite products from MAC’s permanent collection
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Bamboom Paint
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sublime Nature Paint
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Prunella Eye Kohl
- MAC Unsung Heroes: The 239 Eye Shader Brush
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Tarnish Eye Kohl
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Kohl Power Pencil Liner in Feline
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Iridescent Powder/Loose in Silver Dusk
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Iridescent Powder/Loose in Golden Bronze
- MAC Unsung Heroes: C-Thru Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Loud & Lovely Cremesheen Glass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Breezy Sheertone Shimmer Blush
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Care Blends Essential Oils, Grapefruit + Chamomile
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Modesty Cremesheen Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Double Dare Cremesheen Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sandy B Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Club Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Uniform Technakohl Liner
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Red Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Tempting Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Phloof Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Crème in Your Coffee Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Paramount Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Mocha Blush
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Oh Baby Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Mulch Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: The Cremestick Liners
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sable Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Soft Ochre Paint Pot
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Ricepaper Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: This Cremesheen Glass Is a Veritable Deelight
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Lipglass in Spite
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Impassioned Lipstick (and Watermelon)
- MAC Unsung Heroes: This Lip Pencil Is In Synch
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Soba Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Bombshell Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sunbasque Sheertone Shimmer Blush
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Clear Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Humid Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Naked Lunch Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Russian Red Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Syrup Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Blushbaby Blush
- MAC Unsung Hero: Gorgeous Gold Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Hero: Patina Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Face and Body Foundation
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Greensmoke Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Ample Pink Plushglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Indianwood Paint Pot
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Bare Study Paint Pot
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Rubenesque Paint Pot
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Big Baby Plushglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Ambering Rose Blush
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Pink Poodle Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Fresh Flare Pro Longwear Eye Shadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam VI Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Prep + Prime Vibrancy Eye Primer
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Right Image Cremesheen Glass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Bamboo Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Speak Louder Cremesheen Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sweet Satisfaction Pro Longwear Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Lady Danger Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Ruby Woo Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Retrospeck Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Twig Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Party Line Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Melon Pigment
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Sumptuous Olive Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Vex Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Costa Chic Lipstick
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Fast Response Eye Cream
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Strobe Cream
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Blot Powder/Pressed
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Subculture Lip Pencil
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Soft Brown Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Hero: Woodwinked Eyeshadow
- MAC Unsung Hero: Powersurge Eye Kohl
- MAC Unsung Heroes: All That Glitters Eyeshadow Is Not Just Another Gold
- MAC Unsung Heroes: The Technakohl Liners
- MAC Unsung Hero: Groundwork Paint Pot
- MAC Unsung Hero: Nymphette Lipglass
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V
- MAC Unsung Hero: Blacktrack Fluidline
- MAC Unsung Heroes: Lychee Luxe Lipglass
I went out with 2 friends tonight. 🙂
I love the name of this Paint. It makes me smile!
Wow, this was one of my first MAC purchases, ages ago! Loved this shade.
I went out to dinner with my friends for a friend’s birthday, it was fun. Today after work me and my husband are going to the mall. That means I get to go to Sephora 🙂 so i am sure it’s going to be a good day!
boy i love ur unsung heroes series!
Do they crease? I have oily skin and notice that creamy shadows crease within an hour! I’d love to find one that doesn’t. Shiseido has some nice creamy shadows that hardly ever crease but I’ve not been able to find another brand that can work creamy + oily skin together!
Ooh I like it. It’s subtle (and I’m usually anything but subtle :-p) but I’d definitely wear this.
That’s a pretty color, but I’d probably go for something a smidge lighter. Loving the texture, though…makes me want to head out to Macy’s to play with the MAC paints…
Went to a work party last night, and tonight it’s hubby’s company picnic. I’m hoping to get to the beach tomorrow…since it;s been so Freaking HOT! BUt I may end up in the studio working on candles for a bridal show…
you are too funny! love mac unsung heros posts by the way, they are awesome!
Wow…I absolutely loved that post! You’re so funny & loved the shade…
I love Bamboom paint! It’s one of my MAC products that I have to have at all times. I use it under several different eye shadows.
can i just say? i love your new blog design! 🙂
Looks like a perfect layering shade that would pump up pretty much anything you put on top of it. I’ll definitely be picking this up!
Also, I smiled through this whole post. I loved your dialogue with your poor, lonely eyeshadows.