MAC Carbon Eyeshadow Review, Swatches
Price : Rs 680 for refill and Rs 900 for pan.
MAC describes carbon eyeshadow as Intense matte black.
When you think of “Carbon” , you think of intense charcoal black. This one does no justice to its name.
According to me :
- It’s a medium matte black eyeshadow, which is nice for daily wear.
- It does not crease and works great as an eye liner. The staying power is awesome.
- You can do soft day time smokey eyes with carbon.
- You can use it to smudge your kajal and the medium pigmentation helps in getting that soft smoked out look on your lower lash line.
- Does not have even a teeny bit of fall out.
- It is also one of the saddest black eyeshadow I have ever used. It goes on patchy, is difficult to blend and building up the colour is quite a pain.
It is definitely one of my regret buys. Even the Coastal Scents 88 palette black eyeshadow is better than Carbon. It just looks pretty in pan and that’s about it. Very difficult to work with on lids.
Here are the swatches :
For the price you pay for it, it is definitely not worth it. It’s not even true intense matte black, it’s sort of darkish gray moving towards black. Bad pigmentation!
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i kinda agree rati on pigmentation and color buildup part………….its actually not worth all the hype……
i agree shilpa.. :(( I dont like it. :((
soooo much hyped naa this is ?? :violinbash:
I know naina.. dont buy it ever. :weep: :weep: :weep:
i will buy see sheer firsttt .. am in love with that shade 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀
I think so too Niana. 😛 😛
OMG saddest black eyeshadoww.. 😕 😕 ..itz so much hyped…!!! it feels so sad to get a product thats not that nice…tsk..tsk… 🙁 🙁
i know rs 680 / – … not worth it. :((
thanks for reviewing this. I was going to make my uncle get this sooooppppeeer expensive thing fr me from US bt now I wont… 🙂
Drop it bhagyashree . You wouldnt regret it. :))
Wow!!! You are reviewing everything on my wishlist today Rati!!!! Glad something’s off it now.. Can you recommend any alternative??? I still don’t have a nice, matte and intense black shadow.. i was sorta sure, carbon’s it!!!! :wilt: :wilt: :wilt:
@Mrunmayee….may be stila ebony eyeshadow…read a lot of good things bout it…
Mrun i use black from my palettes only. :(( I thought this would be THE black and it turned out to be such a disappointment. How about blacktied?
Inglot black is not too shabby either..
Seeing the eye shadow in pan, I was looking forward to the review, but the swatches tells all, m not impressed !!
Not impressive.
wow.. i’ve been wanting to buy this. coz i thought the term carbon would have meant it’s the best black eye shadow. but thanks for the review.
most welcome. :))
Ive been wanting to get this…but thanx for doing this review…i will surely not get it now 🙂 🙂 🙂
hmmmmmmmmmm……I’ve read mixed reviews of this…..
yeah cali.. but I dont like it at all. For 700 bucks I mean this was not what I was expecting. :((
i just realised,somebody was talking to someone and replying here too :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel: :duel:
yeah 1-2 .. It was so nice talking to you Shivani. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
hmmmphhhhhhhhhhh………..you were not paying complete attention to moi…… :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
I demand complete attention :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:
okay , next call. :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame: :shame:
kattiiiiii now…. :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug: :smug:
awww!!! Sorryy!!! :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi:
:puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi:
JK
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rati, did u try using it as eyeliner with a liner sealer/ duraline…? i think u hav dat duraline from inglot naaaa? :wilt: :wilt: :wilt: :wilt:
yeah it works fine with that noofoor. Infact if you use it dry as an eyeliner also , it works fine. but it’s an eyeshadow na.. i thought it’d blend like dream. It doesn’t. :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep:
ohhhh….. hmmm….. koi nhi use it as an eye liner hi then… 🙂 ya blog sale mei niptaa dena ….khihkhihkhi :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
hihihihi I just like to use it smudge my kajal.. bas!!
:waytogo: :waytogo: :waytogo: shabaaashhh!!!!!!!!
rati rati, me got a pro. use wala 10 color blush palette today!!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
pro use 10 blush palette????? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY do you girls need so many blushes….:spank: :spank: what is pro use??? Is bigger, better is it? Me want to see, Nooooofurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 😀
raaaddigaaa??????????? u uppp sooo earlyyy?????????
soorry abt last nyt my net went haywire, n i cudnt talk further…. 😐
yes yes, it has 10 diff. shades of blushes…. n pro. use- wht professional MUAs use…. 😀 😀 😀
is nicccccccceeeeeeeeeee………
mailinggg………..
n meeee lovee ur new dp…. :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi:
pro use, coz thy need diff diff shades of blushes naa…. thy match blush shades wid skin tone n dresses too i guess … 😛 😛 😛
Naaaaaaah I was wondering how much of a zombie you might become staying up so late chatting 😐 😐 Hehheee yaaaa mail me naaa…never seen …is MAC palette…mail me..and when u posting crackling cackling whatever nail thing?
oh i’ll post tomorrow. 😀 😀
mailed u 😀
is not MAC :worship: :worship: :worship:
me= gareeb 😐 😐 😐 😐
let me see. 😛 😛
oyee!! i havent got any mail. :hunterwali: :hunterwali:
mujhe bhi dekhna hai :(( :wilt:
i was thinking of getting the same.. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
sentttttt…….both of u 😀 O:) O:) O:)
Nice review Rati…last week I bought a black VOV mono shadow-I was amazed at 125 bucks I could get such a deeply pigmented jet black shadow-and with some primer it stays all day!!!! :inlove:
Yeah I think I have that but it give the major fall out… isnt it?
Well I was using an angled brush-and it was working fine-I find it tightly packed-maybe they have improved the product-coz I got another beautiful shade of brown with mild shimmers-that also was working as good as Maybelline quads :struggle: :struggle:
haan that could be the case Anuradha. I got it early last year and it gives me mad fall out. You do a review sometime. :))
sure :rose: :rose: :rose:
hey rati,
it started raining here too… thanx for sending them here :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
this looks more like kajal ki dibiya which dadi-nani used to give us :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
awww!!! Hope you have lovely rains in lucknow. :))
I’m so glad I did not buy this! One would expect it to be good (being MAC) but this is such a disappointment. I have a Jordana eyeshadow single in matte black. I had wanted to purchase NYX matte black after reading a lot of good reviews about it but it ws out of stock so I settled for Jordana. I haven’t used it that often so don’t know how it blends but its pretty dark!
Ankita, glad you skipped it. You have MUFE also in mumbai na. they have one of the best black eyeshadows. If you budget allows you, do check it out. :))
Good evening daayanssssssssssssss :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
good eveningg :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
goooood eveningggg queen of all dayanssssss :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
jomollll ice age will show in sometime … u watch with aarohann .. he will be so happy 😀 😀 😀
hihihihihihihihihi.. may be he decides spare jomol’s foundations. :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :snicker: :snicker:
hehehehee …. yes yes :yelo:
Hi Naina daayan and rati daayan…………you only watch ice age……I am watching cartoons on hungama :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
jomolayyyy u there?????????????? :toothygrin:
Yesssssssssssss Shivaaaaaaaaaani :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi: :puchhi:
tooo late :violinbash: :violinbash: :violinbash: ab main nahi hoo …errr i mean thi :smug: :smug: :smug:
no no no … watch ice age threeeeeeee… shooo coooteeee :shy: :shy: :shy:
Jomol ka kuch nahin hone dega aaroohan. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
ice age 3 will show in sometime on HBO i think :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
have watched it so many timess.. will watch again. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
me tooooo :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: i loooveee the ‘peachessss’ :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
I knowww mruunn.. so cootteeee !! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
mrunnnn ????? *secretly laughs at rati*
ohh!!! 😮 You lagooed nazar at my typos.. itne din se sab theek theek likh rahi thi main. :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:
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such hyped one….I was thinking to add in my palette….but then I read somewhere its not blackest black….thank God I did not buy :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
You know my NYX palette has a better black than this one :stars: :stars: :stars:
Jinal check out blacktied. :))
from MAC??
yeah jinal. You know i wa sto pick that only but the MUAs at mac were carbon , carbon and now i so regret not picking up black ties. it’s blacker than this one. I think it has ahint of shimmer in it though.
ohhh….shimmer is ok if they are not chunky ones. Actually I like black shimmer e/s they look super sexy for night time look 😀 😀
haan blacktied looks very pretty and it is def blacker than carbon,. 🙂
Rattiiii..you got crackle waala nail paint kya ?? :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:
are nahin.. noofoor got na.. kal uska review post karti hoon. kya kita poora din? 😀
She got crackling waala nail paint..i soo want it..when will the companies in india launch it,its such a nice idea for a nail paint 😀 😀 😀
Me toh did nothing,just lied around,watched a few movies,maggi,pani puri and all 😛 😛 😛
You say :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
I was also kinda lazyy only.. did some bank ka kaam.. one bank got closed by the time i visited .. kyonki uske pehlle toh i was sooper lazy naa lekin i expect banks to be open whenever I go. 😛 Lekin aisa nahin hua…. 😛 bt anyway.. aise hi tv watched and ate salad.. 😀 😀
salad???????????????????????? :sick: :sick: :sick: why????????????u dieting 😀 😀 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
nahin.. i bought lots of dressings so I had to make it kinds. abhi dinner karoongi. :silly: :silly: :silly: :silly:
I love my bank for only one reason,its open all 7 days exceot the govt holidays ofcourse 😀 😀 😀
I soooo want to eat mangoes and watermelons,mangoes toh i can still get but getting watermelons in room and cutting them would be a big task plus storage problem..so all in all no watermelons this summer :wilt: :wilt: :wilt: :wilt: :wilt:
You cut and send some :vampire: :vampire: :vampire: :vampire:
okayy… i send you some kaboor ke through. :silly: :silly: :silly:
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never mind rids. 😛
i donno how so many ppl like it..evn i feel it goes patchy and building up the colour is a painin the backside :weep: :weep: :weep: :weep:
so right neha.. i picked up because of the hype only. :((
:struggle: bad…..
hi sugi mugi..
hey tarry… how was ur day……..
day was really tiring sugi
but I got a nice kurti from a designer friend of mine as an advance b’day gift :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
ur birthday coming up? :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
Smiley alert! :hihi: :hihi:
wow rati… this is so cute :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
we all needed this one :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
cho chweet :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
Feels like the smiley is doing hakuna matata dance :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
her chotis are soooooooooooo cooooteeee !!!! :happydance:
like ur dp naina :hihi: :hihi:
totally inspired by you naina. :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:
Definitely not worth the hype 🙁
:hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: I love this smiley :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
yeah maha.. you liking there in bangalore? 🙂
So far so good 🙂 But still missing home a lot :((
Btw I am loving all these smileys :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
aww!! I can imagine. But bangalore is quite a lively place. hope you settle there well and have good time. :puchhi:
Thank you Rati :puchhi: :puchhi:
I started reading this post only caz it was from MAC but wat an utter disappointment 😯 😯 ….quite amazed to see bad pigmentation and read other cons as well.
yeah shivani… atleast i am not recommending this to anyone.
ya not showin up too much in swatch too..
it doesn’t bhumika. it gets difficult to use.
New smiley :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
Arree waah!!! Aaj toh goodmorning hai jee!!! :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
good morning jomol. :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
mrunn :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
Sooo cute!!! When I was in school I used to tie ribbons just like these!!! Only red… We all looked so pagli types… :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
hihihihih same here Mrun.. But i used to change my hairstyles a lot so never got stuck with these ribbons for too long. now i find them sooper cootee :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
Even I used to tie these kind of ribbons in school,two plaits and ribbons :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin: :toothygrin:
Everyone used to look so cute..but its only now that i understand it :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji: :haanji:
More Smilies Alert! :clap: :haanji: :tongue:
Oh wow!!!! Woohoo!!! :clap:
:tongue: :tongue: :tongue: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
Feels like school reunion… :clap: :clap: :clap: :hihi: :hihi: :hihi:
he is putting ribbons on all smileys. :headbang:
:pompom:
This is the funniest of all :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:
:waaa:
This is what you are doing in office. :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom: :pompom:
:drool: :drool: :preen: :preen: :preen: :teddy: :teddy: :teeth :teeth :yikes: :yikes: :waaa: :waaa: :pan: :pan: :love: :love: :makeup: :makeup: :manicure: :manicure: :mirror: :mirror: :methinks: :methinks: :nono: :nono: :nababana: :nababana: :nonono: :nonono: :jog: :jog: :huh: :huh: :huh: :huh: :jog: :jog: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :chewnails :chewnails :chewnails :chewnails :daayan: :daayan: :daayan: :daayan:
feel like using all the smileys.. :shying: :shying: :shying: Thank u soo much Sanjeev Ji for all these super Cute Smileys.. 😉 😉
Most Welcome Swati 🙂
good morning swatii. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:
The color seems pretty deep in the pan but the the swatches are saying a different story all together. It reminded me of cherry shoe polish! :nono:
hihihihi sherry shoe polish. :stars: :stars: :stars: :stars:
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this is just a hyped crap….
and thankies for the smileys, had a funtime seeing it…and now using it
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