I only buy the Mac pigments at Xmas time In the gift sets, as I would never pay $55 a pot when it would get hardly used! Price cringe!!
Unless your a make up artist I would only recommend the holiday jar instead of the normal pigment pots, as they last for ever and who needs that much of the one colour.
The pigment them self can be very messy to use so make sure you either have shadow Gards or only using very little product at a time. I would not recommend using the pigments to do ur whole eye look with as again they are messy to use and no the best to blend. I just use mine at the end for the final lid colour as they are very very pigmented and make ur eyes pop!
I love how bright and coloured these pigments are and how they stay on for ages. I always add a bit of water to the powder whenever I go to use it so that it stays on evening we, absolutely love it!