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    Default MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    Has anyone bought this or used this? I just bought some off ebay and I'm so excited to use it!







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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    oh I've been wanting to try this but they don't sell it maccosmetics. I just mix my pigments with visine. Let me know how it works out for you!


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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    visine? I've never heard that. I've been using water.

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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    Quote Originally Posted by Emily View Post
    visine? I've never heard that. I've been using water.
    Well I've made specktra.net my new second home away from home. SW being "home" Anywho, I read in a thread over there that it's not good to use water because it can mess up the makeup, plus breed bacteria. And just today I read in there that some mua do use visine. Em, here is the link for you about wetting e/s: http://www.specktra.net/showthread.p...ater+eyeshadow

    LSM: They actually have a recipe on how to make your own mixing medium. Lucky me, I didn't find the recipe til like 10min after I won my auction. Anywho, the recipe is as follows:

    -3 parts water (I use distilled water)
    -1 part glycerin

    Combine. Both can be found in any drugstore or pharmacy.







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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    bacteria growth is probably just related to wetting eyeshadow pans but I don't imagine that would create any problems for pigments since those are mixed up fresh each time. I wonder if there is even an advantage to using mixing medium, like, it the color even more intense or what? thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try that!


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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveSexMoney View Post
    bacteria growth is probably just related to wetting eyeshadow pans

    Soooo, I should stop sucking my brushes before I dip them in my palette?

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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    yeah, well I wouldn't recommend sucking your brushes to begin with.


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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    so they are saying not to use water because it makes the shadow crease and crust.

    I wet the brush for lower lid color, so that's not the issue. I still don't understand using visine. I read the thread and didn't see it.

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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    using visine is just another method of "wetting." either water or visine is fine.

    I assumed the thread was started as another method of applying loose pigments, not eyeshadows in the pan.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    LSM: They actually have a recipe on how to make your own mixing medium. Lucky me, I didn't find the recipe til like 10min after I won my auction. Anywho, the recipe is as follows:

    -3 parts water (I use distilled water)
    -1 part glycerin

    Combine. Both can be found in any drugstore or pharmacy.
    You can also find glycerine at any place that sells cake decorating supplies (like craft stores).



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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveSexMoney View Post
    I wonder if there is even an advantage to using mixing medium, like, it the color even more intense or what? thanks for the recipe, I'm going to try that!
    It makes the colors more intense and lasts a ridiculously long time!







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    Quote Originally Posted by LoveSexMoney View Post
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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    I have it, but honestly I don't use it very often. Only when I need a color super bright, but I find most MAC shadows vibrant enough not to need it. Still a fun product, great for getting glitter to stick.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    Well I've made specktra.net my new second home away from home. SW being "home" Anywho, I read in a thread over there that it's not good to use water because it can mess up the makeup, plus breed bacteria. And just today I read in there that some mua do use visine. Em, here is the link for you about wetting e/s:

    LSM: They actually have a recipe on how to make your own mixing medium. Lucky me, I didn't find the recipe til like 10min after I won my auction. Anywho, the recipe is as follows:

    -3 parts water (I use distilled water)
    -1 part glycerin

    Combine. Both can be found in any drugstore or pharmacy.
    Same screen name on specktra??

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    ^^^^ And you know this! I'm not a creative person. I always keep the same screen name when I go to different sites. I actually added you to my buddylist, cause I recognized you







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    Yeah, I also have to keep the same name and password for everything or else I'll forget it! That's my home away from SW too, so I'll look for you on there.

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    Hmm, I've always used water if needed too, though maybe I'll get some of this...
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    Default Re: MAC - Water based Mixing Medium

    I'm on Specktra too! I'm BadBadGirl with 139 posts currently. I don't post on there too much because I'm still learning about makeup.

    My favorite section is the sale/swap- I'm expecting a package from someone any day now. Anyway, I need a mixing liquid for all the loose glitter I have. Someone in a MAC group told me that Ben Nye has a great liquid thatcan workas well as MAC's for less. So I'll try that one.

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    ^^Yes, I too heard the ben nye was just as good. If you wanna go even cheaper Pleasure, you can buy glycerin and use water. Same thing..







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    I bought a mixing medium off of ebay a while back....I wish I could remeber the sellers name, b/c it was disgusting. It worked good - I tested it out when I first got it. I had no need for it for a couple weeks, so I kept it in my bathroom, which is well-lit and the cap was tightly closed. So, time goes by, I went to use it again and it worked fine. It wasn't until I was doing eye # 2 that I noticed there was MOLD growning in the container!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost threw up all over the place. I completely freaked out and threw away all the brushes and pigments it had come into contact with. Ew.






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    I use it for my piggies. I love it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hello_Kitty27 View Post
    I bought a mixing medium off of ebay a while back....I wish I could remeber the sellers name, b/c it was disgusting. It worked good - I tested it out when I first got it. I had no need for it for a couple weeks, so I kept it in my bathroom, which is well-lit and the cap was tightly closed. So, time goes by, I went to use it again and it worked fine. It wasn't until I was doing eye # 2 that I noticed there was MOLD growning in the container!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I almost threw up all over the place. I completely freaked out and threw away all the brushes and pigments it had come into contact with. Ew.
    That's disgusting! Why dont' you look on your past purchases. Thta's what I do when I cant' remember who I bought something from. Cause I'd really like to knwo who you bought it from.







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    Oh my god, I love mac mixing medium. It's like my secret weapon! It makes pigment colors incredibly more intense and radiant and stays forever. It's a bit of trial and error to figure the right amount of medium to put on your brush but once you do, the colors are so intense. I'm actually getting low on it...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cinammonkisses View Post
    That's disgusting! Why dont' you look on your past purchases. Thta's what I do when I cant' remember who I bought something from. Cause I'd really like to knwo who you bought it from.
    I tried when I originally posted, but I can only go back 60 days. It was a lot longer than that. But trust me .... It was disgusting.






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