Matte: As you'd expect, matte shades have a dull finish, without any shimmer or sparkle.
Pearl: Another fairly standard term, these shades have a satiny to slightly shimmery frost finish, but are devoid of separate particles of glitter.
DS: Stands for Double Sparkle, these are satin (semi-matte) based shades with an added dose of fine glitter, though most of the people I've spoken to that own these say the base reads as a matte.
AMC: Stands for "advanced makeup component", This collection is perspiration resistant, contains vitamin E, and is talc-free. From what I could gather, the majority of AMC shades are a matte base with glitter, with the exception of #63, which is complete matte black without shimmer or glitter
AMC Shine: Same as AMC above, but more finely milled so these have a bit more sheen to them. According to the breakdown I was given, shades 24-36, 39, 41, and 43-49 compare to MAC's Veluxe Pearl finish, which is a soft metallic finish overlaid with pearl. In other words, shimmery, frosty or metallic, but not glittery. Other shades in the line have a high-frost to glittery finish.
INGLOT eyeshadows vary in quantity of product also but nothing under 2.3 : )
AMC 2.7g
AMC SHINE 3.5g
PEARL 2.7g
D.S. 2.5g
MATTE 2.3g
SOME OTHER BRAND WEIGHTS ARE BELOW
MAC Eyeshadow 1.5g
MAC Mineralize eyeshadow 2.2g
Urban Decay Round eyeshadows 1.4g
Makeup Forever Eyeshadows 2.5g
THE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK IS THE FREEDOM SYSTEM
A do-it-yourself, pick-your-palette of eyeshadows, face powders, lipsticks, creme concealers, blushes, brow powder and brow waxes.
Palettes come in squares and rounds of 2,4,5,10,20 for eyeshadows. I have heard the 20 is limited edition but so far NYC store says it is here to stay : ) 1-2 shadows are $7 each. 3-9 shadows are $5 each 10+ shadows are $4.50 each. A lot of people like round shadows BUT you get more product in the squares.
