MAC -
Paint Pot in Artifact ($20): It is a rich velvety mahogany
red with coppery red reflects. Is not a "reddish brown" color at all,
It provides a gorgeous base for Star Violet, Cranberry, and it turns Coppering
into foiled metallic copper beauty.
Maybelline Color Tattoo –
Pomegrate Punk ($6.99): is a warm cranberry/burgundy with a smidge of plum and subtle shimmer to
keep it from falling flat. This makes a great base for bronzes, deep plums,
burgundy, it's surprisingly versatile.
Sigma – Eye Shadow Base – Strike
($13): is a warm and
unique Burgundy
color with shimmery finish, nicely pigmented, very creamy and it has a thicker
consistency than the Maybelline color tattoo, but very similar than the Mac
Paint Pot.
Comparison: The formulation is the obvious similarity, they are all long wearing,
highly pigmented, creamy, with a shimmery finish, all of the products can be
worn on their own or as primer/base to keep eye shadow in place, and they are
all packaged in glass pots with black lids.
Now, all though they are very similar they are completely different,
Maybelline color tattoos are cream pigments , while the Mac Paint Pots and
Sigma are cream bases, however as I said before they can be used the same
way and for the same purpose, I guess the only thing to consider is the price.
