One of the beautiful things about pigments is that you can combine different ones to create your own custom colors and then simply press them together. For more details on this method, I invite you to view the YouTube video I did about this process here.
The color I’m using in today’s look was created by mixing together MAC’s Fuchsia and Grape pigments; the result was a beautiful pinky-purple color that reminds me a LOT of Pinked Mauve pigment and could be a suitable dupe for it.
I’ve received a few questions about how to correctly select the right colors for making new pigments. You really just want to think of it as if you were mixing paints; remember art class? (red and yellow=orange, red and blue=purple, etc.). I’ll list some examples below for inspiration. The best thing to do is just experiment and have fun! 
- Follow Your Fancy (orange) + Lemon (yellow) = a vibrant yellow-orange
- Heritage Rouge (purple-red) + Fuchsia (pink) = a dark pinky-purple
- Push the Edge (purple) + Cornflower (blue-purple) = an indigo purple with blue tones
- Lithe (light tan) + Chocolate Brown (deep brown) = a sparkly medium brown
I decided to create a more colorful look with this pigment instead of sticking with the more standard purples and pinks (hence the name, ‘Unconformity’). This look requires a LOT of blending, but is well worth the effort!
Products Used
- Urban Decay primer potion
- Custom pigment – Fuchsia and Grape pigment (on lid, below crease)
- MAC Odalisque and Lucky Green (crease and lower lashline) – really blended together
- Vanilla (blend)
- Gesso (highlight brow bone)
- MAC Blacktrack Fluidline
- L’Oreal Voluminous Carbon Mascara
- Revlon Brow Fantasy in Dark Blonde
- Red Cherry false lashes #138
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I love the color combination.
I wish you could help also with ideas for mixing 2 pigment together. As the pigment are quite expensive, to tell the truth im afraid just to start to play and mix them. Maybe there is a simple way to swatch-mix them on your hand to see the outcome?
Thank you!
Hello!
I wish you could share your ideas of mixing 2 pigment together than some nice colour would come out! As the pigments are quite expensive, to tell the truth im afraid just to start mixing them and pressing…Do you know any way of testing the 2 colours, maybe as swatches on the hand? any ideas?
Thank you very much MAC EYESHADOW godmother!
LOL! Thx!
If you want to test ahead of time, I’d recommend taking a small amount of from each of the two pigments you’re testing, put them into a dish of some kind and add a little bit of water (not too much, but a tiny bit). Mix them together and see what you get. That might help you see the color ahead of time much better. You could also try on the hand, but they may not mix together as well.