My MAC Green Eyeshadow Swatches

I can't believe that I haven't posted my green MAC eyeshadow swatches yet, considering that green is my favorite color. I did these swatches way back in July, and I guess I just got sidetracked from posting it. Anyways, here are some of them. I have mostly limited edition ones, but it wouldn't hurt to see them anyway, because sooner or later, some of these will be repromoted in a future collection.



Metamorph is a limited edition eyeshadow from the Madame B. collection from way back. It is a highly-coveted shadow because it's been discontinued and the color is gorgeous. It is the perfect, springy light green for me that works great on the inner or lower lid area. The finish is amazing and it glides like butter on the skin and gives a pretty, low sheen. I also have Meadowland and Pink Papillion from the same collection and these three are gems from the Madame B. collection.

Pagan is a matte yellow-green from the Alexander McQueen collection. Like a lot of others, I wasn't too impressed with its color pay-off. You really have to pack it on and have a really good colored base underneath to make it pop. If you do get it to work for you, though, it is a pretty lime green that would also work great as a lid color.

Ah, Lustreleaf. Many hated it because it is in lustre formula, the most-loathed MAC shadow formula in my opinion, because of the lack of color pay-off. What is actually a point against Lustreleaf turned out to be its strongest trait. It applied sheerly so that you can actually use this green shadow to highlight your browbones when you do green-based eye looks. It's also great for the inner corners of the eyes.

Aquavert is a limited edition from the Lure collection in 2006, and it got repromoted in this year's Sugar Sweet collection. It is a light, frosty mint green that is very springy in look and feel. This would look great paired with darker greens or olives.

Warm Chill is another limited edition from the Cool Heat collection. It is a frosty sea foam green with gold pearl that I hardly use, but it is pretty nonetheless. The color would show up better over a green paint pot or other green base.

Meadowland is such a highly coveted LE shadow. It is also from the Madame B. collection. It is also a seafoam green but it is darker than Warm Chill and Meadowland has a lot better color pay-off. It is such a beautiful shade that would work great as an inner corner or lower lid color.

Guacamole is one of my very prized eyeshadows. It is such a highly-coveted shadow because it is a limited edition one from the Salsabelle collection, and whenever I see it being sold online, the prices were downright exorbitant and outrageous. I think Guacamole is worth the hype, though. It is a beautiful mid-green with gold flecks, a grass green with superior color pay-off.

Wondergrass is a limited edition shadow from the C-Shock collection. It is a bright grass green, perhaps the same depth as Guacamole but a lot brighter. It's quite bold, has a grittier texture than most MAC shadows, but the color pay-off is decent and if you like greens, you will probably like this one too.

Swimming is another lustre and is probably a few shades deeper than Lustreleaf, but more or less the same texture. This is a popular permanent shade, a mix of lime green and grass green. Lovely color, but it is a lustre so the color payoff is not as excellent.

Lucky Green - I was indeed lucky when I chanced upon Lucky Green on an online sale. A limited edition from the Belle Azure collection. It is another coveted green, a beautiful one at that. It is a gorgeous moss-lime green with heavy gold shimmer, with a rich and buttery texture typical of Veluxe Pearl formulas. Amazingly beautiful, in my opinion. This would look great with darker greens, olives and even with greys and blacks for a beautiful smokey eye. I hope this gets repromoted soon.



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Waternymph is also from the Lure collection. This is more teal to my eyes, but texture is a frost yet glides like veluxe pearl. Another gem in my collection.

Newly Minted is a matte offering from the Matte2 (Matte Squared) collection. It is horrible in color pay-off if you don't apply a good, preferably green or black base underneath. However, if you take time to layer it over a good base, it is a pretty minty matte that would work as a lid color. Beautifully contrasts with black, greys, browns, taupes.

Humid, from the permanent collection, is my all-time favorite green crease color. Whenever I use greens or golds, Humid is almost always my crease color, unless I use Grand Entrance from the Holiday 2008 Warm Eyes palette. It is a beautiful deep dark emerald green; great paired with any shade of gold, green, olive, and black. It would also work with beiges and other neutral colors.

Greensmoke is a permanent color, a nice dark olive green that is another good crease color. This looks great with Sumptous Olive and other light greens. Would also work great for smokey eyes.

Lastly, Flourishing is also from the Matte2 collection, a nice dark olive-grey-green. Wonderful as an outer lid color, as I love to use mattes to deepen the crease or create depth in the eye look. Another favorite of mine.

There you go, my MAC green eyeshadow swatches!

Check out my other MAC swatch posts:

MAC Neutral Eyeshadows
MAC Pink and Purple Eyeshadows
MAC Blue and Teal Eyeshadows

My MAC Neutral Eyeshadow Swatches, Take 2

Apparently, the link to this post that I made in April got corrupted or is no longer working, so I am republishing this entry, which is such a shame because it took me a long time to do the swatches, label them and write this long post! Anyways, hope this is readable this time.

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I was organizing my MAC eyeshadow palettes when I suddenly thought of swatching all of them. It was a tedious process as I admittedly have quite a few, so I decided to split the swatches in color groups. This is therefore going to be a series of entries on my MAC shadow swatches, for your reference and mine as well. While swatching these and looking at their gorgeous colors on my laptop screen, I realized that I hardly wear many of these amazing colors. From now on, I would be making tutorials and looks using more of my MAC eye shadows.

All the swatches were applied on clean skin primed with either MAC Butternutty shadestick or MAC Soft Ochre paint pot. The swatches were also taken in natural light with no flash to really see the colors in their purest, most natural state.







These are absolutely lovely colors that I use again and again, especially at work. My favorite is Twillery, which is a limited edition color from the Inventive Eyes quad. I loved it so much that I swapped for another one of this. It didn't show well in the picture, but it's a gorgeous shimmery light taupe color that brightens the eyes and makes a beautiful contrast when used together with darker crease and outer V colors.

Solar White of course is a coveted shadow from the Cool Heat collection. It's one of the prettiest highlighter colors that I have. Femme Fi is from the Neo Sci Fi collection and a pretty highlighter with warm goldish nuances. Grand Entrance is a shimmery color from the Starflash collection. I always use this as a lid color and never as a highlighter, because it looked too frosty for me to be used as such.

Obviously, All that Glitters is another fave because I have almost used up my pan. I LOVE this as a lid color. It's an understatement because I've used it so many times. Warming Trend from the Cool Heat collection is another fave. It looks so unassuming but it looks pretty when used in an understated neutral look. I love to use this with my 252 brush as an all-over lid color. Soba is a nice color but I don't use it often. It might be great as a crease color to soften a darker crease/outer V color. Time & Space is from the Neo Sci Fi, another nice crease color. Smoke & Diamonds, sadly, doesn't get any love from me. It is a pretty grey/slate/silver with brown undertones, but I don't see it as very pigmented. I know it was the most popular color from the Starflash collection, and I really want to love it, but (sigh)...

Bronze is from the permanent collection and is a staple of mine for neutral looks. Magnetic Fields is from the Neo Sci Fi collection, but for some reason I don't use it often but makes for a good crease color. Glamour Check! from Starflash is a nice copper brown that I use occasionally. Evening Aura from Neo Sci Fi is a gold/orange/coral shade that I should be using more often. It has been compared to Goldbit, a very hard-to-find and coveted shadow from a past collection. Amber Lights is from the permanent collection that is just an amazing color, I wonder why I don't use it that often!







Nylon is a very pretty color that reminds me of Rose Blanc, a frosty white gold that I'd love to use as a highlighter and tearduct color. Retrospeck is a nice shade, but the lustre finish makes it apply gritty on the lid, although an eye primer should minimize that effect. Gleam and Jest are gorgeous lid colors. When I'm in a hurry on my way to work, I just slap either of these two on and my eyes look professional and polished.

Honesty and Patina are colors I don't use very much, but they make great transition colors to blend the darker and lighter colors on the lid. Cork is a nice crease color, while Tempting and Sable are very pretty outer V colors, albeit Tempting is a bit on the green-goldish brown side. Did I also mention that these colors are also great for bridal work, especially the matte ones like Cork and Brun?

B-Rich is a lighter brown color that unfortunately don't use that much. Mulch, obviously, is a very loved shade. I like to use it on the crease, and it does remind me of dirt. Brun is a nice dark chocolate color that some dark-haired ladies use as a brow color. Bold N Brazen is a coppery color, nice one but I also don't use it that much.

Click below to see more swatches below the cut!








CORRECTION: Top right-most color should read Remotely Grey, NOT Rich Flesh.

This is one of my favorite palettes because most of the colors from the N collection and Matte-Squared (Matte2) are here, and I just absolutely LOVE the shades and textures of the products from these two collections. The Matte2 shadows are matte, but amazingly, they are so very creamy and apply like buttah on the lids, and the colors are very rich and just amazing. These would be great for bridal work as well.

Daisy Chain is a nice yellow-goldish beige highlighter color. Nanogold is from the N collection which was repromoted in Cult of Cherry. I like the color but hate the lustre finish. Modest Tone and Frisco are gradient colors to blend darker and lighter colors to create a seamless look. Neutral Pink - I LOVE to use this with the 224 on the crease before applying a darker color to contour the crease. It softens the look and yet gives depth to the eye.

Tete-a-Tint is a matte dirty yellowish brown. Ochre Style is a frosty yellowish brown that is a very pretty color to blend gradient shades. Rich Flesh is a neutral warm brown that is a blender color as well. Copperplate is an amazing matte greyish brown that works great on the outer lid or crease, and of course being a Matte2 it's very rich and pigmented. Remotely Grey is a dirty grey brown which is a favorite of mine to blend out darker crease contour colors using the 224. Clue has pewter tones that is similar to Copperplate except that the latter is deeper and Clue has shimmer.

Twinks is my fave- similar to 100 Strokes and Mulch but is lighter than the former and darker than the latter. Handwritten is another favorite- an amazingly rich dark chocolate that is just perfect for any neutral look to give it depth and oomph. A Little Folie is a red-based brown, while Dark Edge has dirty grey and brown tones.






CORRECTION: Mont Blanc should read Mont Black.

These are my more recent acquisitions. 100 Strokes is from the Brunette Blonde Redhead collection - a beautiful brown-black with definite red pearl. It looks amazing with plums and neutrals. Yogurt is a matte dirty pink-grey that works great as a blender color. Brule is my favorite to blend outer edges of shadows to make the look more seamless. Rose Blanc is a pretty gold-yellow highlighter. Whistle is a matte light pink from the Barbie collection. Ricepaper is my staple highlighter- so staple that I am on my second pan! Its yellow-based tones complement my warm skintone. Pincurl is a cool silvery highlighter from the Chill collection. Also from Chill are Henna, Mont Black and Arctic Grey, which is a very unique color. I have silvers and greys, but not this kind of in-between, dirty snow color. Love it. Mont Black is a beautiful black with a lot of sparkles (or multi-dimensional pearl) in it, but I believe the light captures them as goldish sparkles, which are gorgeous. This is similar to Black Tied, but the sparkles in the latter are somewhat one-dimensional silver shimmer. Henna is an olive green-gold color similar to Sumptuous Olive, but prettier in my opinion.

WHEW! I can't believe I'd described all of them! Watch out for another swatching spree of my other MAC shadows! They will be organized according to color. Watch out for the pinks and purples soon!

Some More MAC Cool Heat Looks

Had enough of Cool Heat? Well leave this site fast, because here are a couple more, lol =). The first one is more of blue than green, I made Blue Flame the dominant color in this look. As you can see, my winter/spring foundation shade is a tad light now that summer is here. It's time to add a wee bit of the darker shade to match my new summer skintone.







Eyes: (All products MAC unless otherwise stated)
Beige-ing shadestick all over lid and smoothed on brows, lower lashline
Delft paint pot on lid
Solar White e/s on inner to mid lid, to highlight, inner corners, inner to mid lower lashline
Gulf Stream e/s on mid lid
Cool Heat e/s on outer V
Warm Chill e/s above crease
Blue Flame e/s on crease, outer V and outer lower lashline
Feline kohl power pencil to tightline and waterline
Blacktrack fluidline
Maybelline mascaras

Face:
Camellia Rose skin-smoothing primer
Adorned With Grace mineral foundation in Y3 and Y2 (60-40 mix)
Dermablend Quick Fix stick concealer in Ivory
Bare Escentuals Well Rested over Dermablend (undereyes)
DreamWorld creme topping (finishing powder) in Butterscotch (clay and silica formula)
MAC Sculpt powder to contour
MAC Light Flush MSF as blush

Lips:
MAC Spice lipliner
MAC Rubia lipstick
MAC Flusterose lustreglass

And here's a look using the Cool Heat shadows with Aromaleigh's Rocks! Sonic eyeshadow in Lazysod. It's that bright green pigment on the inner to mid lid. I swear, that is one of the brightest greens I've ever seen in a while, but it is so pretty! It is super bright that I had to hide it below my crease so as not to be visible when my eyes would open because I used this for work. Ha.

Aromaleigh and My Mineral Blush Collection: I Want Candy

I got my Aromaleigh loot (and a few more coming), and whenever I look at them, they remind me of candy. I love the colors, the textures, the vibrancy and the sheer ease in application of these pigments. I also included some pigment swatches.


My mountain of Aromaleigh pigment samples


Full sizes under natural light without flash


With flash


Some swatches applied over MAC Soft Ochre paint pot



My Mineral Blush Collection

Some of you have been asking about my mineral blush collection. I used to collect NARS and Cargo blushes, but I've begun to gravitate towards mineral blushes lately. Here are my full sizes and my samples of these blushes. I also love that they last forever (no expiration date).


Full sizes, except my J.Lynne generous samples that are taking me forever to finish




Must Have Minerals (MHM) was the old name of Lumiere.


The little pots in the second to the last row marked "Joyous Jennifer", "Thistle", "Secret" were bought from Corina of Colorful Sprinkles, before she stopped selling Bare Escentuals. These are generous 1/4 tsp samples of Bare Escentuals blushes.


Joppa blush samples




More Cory blushes from a more recent purchase

And lastly, I haven't posted a picture yet of my MAC Cool Heat eyeshadows together, so here they are (love the colors!):


Correction: Solar Heat should read Solar White.

Another MAC Cool Heat (Neutral) Look and Haulage

First of all, I am so sorry for the lack of posts lately; I was out-of-town last weekend and when I came back, I got slammed with work that I didn't know what to do first. But I am back!

Here is a neutral look I used using the Cool Heat neutral shadows. I used Warming Trend packed on the lid using the MAC 252 brush (how did I live without this brush? The color pay-off when using this is fantastic!), then I used Mulch on the crease, Tempting above the crease, and Solar White to highlight and on inner corners. I just LOVE Solar White, I think I like this better than Femme-Fi. I applied Almay liquid liner on the upper lashline and Brownborder technakohl liner on waterline. I also used one of my favorite MAC blushes, Petalpoint, and Syrup lipstick.





Here is another look using the same lipstick, but I don't know what I used for the rest. Haha.



Then I got my Aromaleigh loot! Woohoo! I was so excited to finally see my full-size Elemental Lustres and Pure Hues. I am also very happy to see the samples I ordered- the colors are just breathtaking and I can't wait to try them. Best of all, for those in the U.S., Aromaleigh is having a 15% off sale of the entire store until June 19th. Coupon code is MOVE15. So move, move, move, before your favorite colors are gone!




To show how amazing the pigmentation of these shadows is, here are some swatches of the colors I got full sizes of (Elemental Lustres and Pure Hues). Take note, these were swatched dry with no base underneath, and yet the fantastic pigment still shone through. I also included my favorite DreamWorld shadow in Lancelot's Sword.

Another shot:



Here's another loot from one of my favorite mineral makeup companies, DreamWorld. I got full sizes of Amenti foundation in the Luna formula, and Butter and Butterscotch creme toppings. I got Butter in the silk formula and Butterscotch in the clay and silica formula. I am loving both!! Ellie was so nice to include pixie sizes (but they actually hold a lot of product) of her new lippies in the Nectar formula for free. I got Tinker's Treasure and Pixie Sunshine (pardon the dirty labels; they got banged around pretty bad in my makeup kit).






I also got samples of all the colors in DreamWorld's Camelot world. I'm loving Lancelot's Sword, as well as the other gorgeous colors.

MAC Tendertones and A Cool Heat Look

I had one Tendertone from last year and I didn't like it. It was too sticky for my taste, and the heavy container (same as the paint pots') were cumbersome for me. I also didn't like dipping my finger in the pot because I felt it wasn't as hygienic as lip balms in tubes. Anyways, I re-tried the Tendertones, this time in the newly-released collection that features more or less the same characteristics as the one from last year, but with six exciting new shades and four popular re-releases. This time, though, I've begun to appreciate the light, strawberry-kiwi flavor and the pretty shades. I really like Tread Gently, a very pretty soft lime green with yellow pearl, that just makes the lips very luscious looking. Sweet & Nice gives the just bitten lips look, a beautiful sheer red grape with red pearl. Lastly, my Hush-Hush is getting to be a staple for everyday, although I sometimes alternate it with my Strobe Blossom tinted lip conditioner if I don't want to dip my fingers in product. Hush-hush is a sheer gold lip balm with yellow gold pearl, and they are just gorgeous alone or on top of lipsticks or glosses. I still don't like how heavy the glass jars are, that's why I prefer to use these at home prior to my application of any lip product. It conditions the lips and preps them for lipsticks and glosses. These are light, sheer stains that are high in shine and are perfect for summer. These are also very moisturizing and pamper the lips. These amazing balms are an assault to the senses - bonbon-colored, yummy-scented, strawberry-kiwi flavored, moisturize and protect. The whole shebang.

Cool Heat Look







I've been playing with my Cool Heat eyeshadows and I came up with this look. I like how beautiful the teals and blues and greens pop. They are also very wearable, blendable and consistent with the Veluxe Pearl formula's reputation, these glide like butter on the lids and are just a joy to apply. I used Warm Chill on lid, Cool Heat on outer V, Blue Flame on crease, and a little bit of Submarine (Naughty Nauticals) added to the outer lid and crease. I believe I used Femme-Fi to highlight. I also used Buoy-O-Buoy lipstick and Comet Blue Dazzleglass for this look.



Here is another EOTD using the same colors, but the difference is that I used Goin' Bananas (C-Shock collection) to blend above the crease and to highlight.

MAC Cool Heat (and Other Good Stuff)

I'm gonna give you guys a break from seeing my mug posted in every entry, so here are some products from the MAC summer collections, starting with Cool Heat. I was excited to see the collection, and when I did, I wasn't disappointed because the cool green and blue shades are just gorgeous, although I have to admit that there were several shades that were similar to others in my stash. Just the same, I do love the teals, greens, blue-greens and the amazingly vibrant in the tube but very wearable Slimshine lippies:




I love the new Slimshines because I think (I'm not sure) MAC re-formulated them to be a little bit more sheer than the originally-released Slimshines (I have several of those). I like the fact that even though these may seem scary in the tube, they come out really sheer, amazingly glossy, and just perfect for summer. I am scared of loud lips because I always wear eye makeup, but these Slimshines aren't scary at all.

I LOVE Cool Heat eyeshadow. It has been compared to Big-T from last year's C-Shock collection. I love Cool Heat both in texture and color pay-off. It's an amazingly rich teal with buttery slip and texture. It is not as common as straight-up blues and greens, and would be perfect for summer getaways and balmy nights out in the town. Warm Chill reminds me of Meadowland, although in terms of color pay-off, I prefer Meadowland much better. Blue Flame has been compared to Deep Truth. I have Deep Truth but I don't use it often. I think I prefer using Blue Flame over Deep Truth to deepen the crease or for smokey blue looks. I just like the deeper color and the slip of Blue Flame. I likewise compared Blue Flame to Blue Storm from the collection last year of the same name. They are different as you can see in the swatches - Blue Storm has some purple undertones infused in it.


See how Warm Chill looks washed out compared to Meadowland, and how the rest stand out? I used Soft Ochre paint pot as base for these swatches.

Dazzleglass



I may be too late in the day to join the bandwagon, but I have tried the dazzleglasses and I find them just perfect for summer. I can't say I am super in love with them, but I can't say I hate them either. I must admit though that they remind me of my favorite Sex Ray lipglass from the Lure collection of two years ago, and while a lot of people hated the chunky glitter, I absolutely loved it in Sex Ray. As for the Dazzleglasses, the shine IS truly dazzling, and I see them being worn by beach babes, or during parties, but I also see it being worn as an everyday gloss because the pigment is very sheer. The colors are never garish or stark on the lips. I think I would prefer to wear these over lipsticks.



Solar Bits


Okay, so I know that these are very messy to work with, and will crease if you use a creamy base like CCBs, but I have to try these out for myself, especially Black Ore. I have seen some amazing looks using Black Ore, and I can't wait to play. Check back and I will try to come up with a look using these.