My Favorite MAC Eyeshadow Shades

Since MAC Cosmetics is having a SALE right now (through December 4, 2016), I thought this would be the perfect time for me to share my favorite MAC eyeshadow shades with you.  Rather than buying ready-made types of palettes that have shades that you know you’ll never use, this is a great alternative.  MAC sells empty palettes in a variety of sizes that you can fill with your favorites instead.  They’re pretty inexpensive.  You can also choose to use a zpalette to put your shadows into.  These come in a variety of sizes as well.

These palettes make great gifts too.  Think holidays, birthdays, mother’s day and beyond…  Single eye shadow pans used to cost $12 each.  I believe it was about a year ago that MAC lowered the price to ONLY $6 each.  It’s a GREAT deal for pro quality eyeshadow.

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As you can see, I’m a neutral eyeshadow girl.  I never wear anything louder than cranberry or plum.  Most shades that I like are warm in tone.  And, I like to mix it up with mattes and shimmers.  I have duplicates of many of these shades that I keep in different palettes.  If you like these types of shades or know someone who does, then please keep reading.

Let’s talk about these shades (from left to right):

Top Row

• Brule’ is a soft creamy beige with a satin finish.
• Texture is a velvet peachy brown with shimmer.
• Expensive Pink is a veluxe pearl pink with douchrome
• Sable is described as a gold-plum w/bronze pearl. I think it’s more of a beautiful medium brown with the perfect amount of sheen.
• Folie – This is a red toned brown that has a matte finish.  Sorry, but I think this one is discontinued also.  Why oh why do they do that with the best shades?

Middle Row

• Bamboo is a warm light brown.  Sorry, but this shade is discontinued. 🙁  There are many others to choose from that are similar.
• Soft Brown is a soft golden peachy-brown with a matte finish.  I use this shade daily without fail to transition from lid to brow bone no matter what shade I use on my lids.
• Brown Script is a warm chestnut brown with a matte finish.
• Quarry is a soft muted plum brown.  It’s one of my all time favorite mattes.
• Blackberry is a muted burgundy-plum brown with a matte finish.

Bottom Row

• Grain  is a golden beige with icy shimmer that has a satin finish.
• Mulch is a velvet red-brown with bronze pearl.
• Satin Taupe is a frost formula.  It’s taupe with silver shimmer and a MUST HAVE shade.
• Cranberry is a red plum with pink shimmer.  This is a frost, but it has zero fallout and is gorgeous with most eye colors.
• Deep Damson is a deep burgundy matte shadow.

What do you think of my choices?  What’s your favorite MAC eyeshadow?  Let me know in the comments below.

*I paid for all products shown.  All opinions are mine and aren’t influenced by anyone else.  Affiliate links used in this post.  Thanks for your support!