I primed my hand with eyeshadow primer so the colors would come out more vibrant. I just wanted to make one note though, I have literally piled on the colors on my hand! Some of these colors, like Soft Brown will look nothing like this on your eye, because you would obviously blend it into a nice soft shade. - So just keep that in mind if you think some colors look really intense!
Blending is key and you can make even black appear to be a soft color! ;)
(Click on the pictures to see it larger)
(Flash in the left picture, no flash in the right)
Favorites:
1st (top) row: Retrospeck, Warming Trend, Soba, Cork (great for brown eyebrows)
2nd row: Era, Kid, Malt
3rd row: Phloof!, Naked Lunch, Jest
4th row: Blanc Type, Grand Entrance (holy grail!), Omega (great for blond eyebrows)
Must-haves in my opinion:
1st row: Cork
2nd row: Kid or Malt, Soft Brown
3rd row: Phloof!, Naked Lunch, All that Glitters
4th row: Blanc Type, Omega
Stay away from, in my opinion:
1st row: Retrospeck
3rd row: Gleam
4th row: Forgery, Filament.
What they all have in common is that they are a luster finish and very gritty!!! Some luster eyeshadows are great (like Tempting), but these ones aren't!. No color payoff and major fall-out.
Colors that are LE are most likely sold out, but very often you can get them on Ebay or a local CCO (cosmetic company outlet).
LE colors from these swatches:
Warming trend and Grand Entrance.
This is my hand in sunlight! Notice how every shimmery color just seem to be the same!
16 comments:
Yes! This is definitely my type of color. I think I'll have to try a few of your Must-haves... =)
Omg I love all of them I am so going to save the pics so I can anticipate my future purchase =)
Anh:
You would look amazing in light neutral colors like these :) They are so beautiful!:)
Chloé:
Haha, yey! I love watching pictures of swatches and making a purchase-plan ;)
I have a little less then half of these colours, but you are SO right, in the sunlight the shimmery shadows look almost the same!!!! (makes me think I need to STOP buying MAC shadows that are too similar!)
These are typically the type of colors I wear, with some darker browns/bronzes/etc. I love these type of colors! Grand entrance=on my list.
steph
This has got to stop! You are practically forcing me to race to the nearest MAC store and hand over my credit card, LOL, jk!!
I love these kinds of posts- keep 'em coming!
Thank you so much for doing these swatches. Even though some may look a bit different on your eyes (like soft brown), they are a great comparison. I already own several so I have a better idea of which ones to skip and which ones remain on my list.
oh i love it x
I love your swatches and must-haves, very helpful! Kid actually looks like a color I would be really interested in. Thanks so much for these great photos!!
Nikosmommy:
I know! I'm thinking the same thing, although it's a bit too late in my case.. lol But you can create the same eyelook with 9 of these colors without no one telling the difference!
Steph:
Me too! I use these on the lid and darker ones in the crease or outer half/third :) Really pretty looks!
I adoooore Grand Entrance! I have a back-up, but I'm so scared of running out of my backup too, so I want to get a third one! lol - So highly recommended! ♥
TaylorCristen:
Lol I know the feeling ;)But at least you can tell which ones are similar so you don't go out and buy every one of them! ;)
Megs:
That's exactly what I wanted to do with these pictures! People can compare and make sure they don't buy the same looking eyeshadows they already own :)
kirstyb:
Yey! :)
Andi:
I love Kid! Great blending color :)
xo
I loveeee these colours! I am a total neutral lover. Great to hear your recommendations x
Once again, awesome job with the swatches!!!
I 've updated my wishlist after this! ;)
xoxo
Awesome swatches! I'm currently trying to decide what neutrals I need from MAC, and these photos are super helpful. Thanks!
Amazing swatches, wish I had that many mac products!, realy enjoy your blog!
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Thanks so much for posting this! It helped me out a bunch.
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