MAC Spring Colour Forecast 3 (Purple Cluster) Swatches and Review

NOTE: Check out other Spring Colour Forecast swatches and reviews:

MAC Spring Colour Forecast 1 (Pink Cluster)

MAC Spring Colour Forecast 2 (Coral Cluster)

MAC Spring Colour Forecast 4 (Beige/Bronze Cluster)







Spring Colour 3 is a nice little sub-collection, part of the greater MAC Spring Colour Forecast mega collection.  It is a predominantly purple palette, and since I love purples, I am eyeing several items in this group.

Eye Shadow x4: Colour 3 Quad



My top pick from this cluster would be the quad.  I love purples, and this was the very first thing that captured my attention during the unveiling.  It has four coodinating shades of purple and pink. 

Mink Pink is a neutral soft pink that is veluxe pearl in finish.  It is nice as a highlight or a lid or inner corner (tearduct) color.

Bruised Plum is a midtone dirty mauve that would look great either as a lid color, a blender color (to soften dark crease colors) or a crease color itself.  It is my favorite color in this collection; a rather unusual hue.

Black Tulip is another beauty, a frosted dark grape that looks amazing as a crease color.  Love it!!

Jungle Moon is a matte blackened deep eggplant that reminds me of Shadowy Lady.  Would make a nice liner or crease color to smokify the eye look.

Lipsticks:

I am not too fond of the lipsticks, maybe because these are not my colors.  Radicchio is a sheer mid-tone blue mauve which I might like if I get to try it on my lips since I like mauves.  I have Hang Up and it's a deep berry cremesheen that is quite dark.  I don't wear it that often, because I don't use too much deep berry lipsticks.  This would look great for special occasions, holidays, or just when you want to give some oomph to your lip color.

Lipglasses:



Lavender Wind is a lavender lipglass with pearl.  This reminds me so much of an old lipglass that I have named Perky and is still a favorite of mine.  In fact, I have it in my purse and use it regularly.  I might get Lavender Wind to stock up since Perky was also a limited edition lipglass.

Purple Rage is a dark berry with pearl.  Same with Hang Up, except that this is in liquid form. 

Vintage Grape Blush Ombre:





Oh please do not judge it based on the picture above!  In person, it is very beautiful and delicate.  I swatched it rather heavily, so it came out looking like a bruise.  When applied using a blush brush, though, it is a pretty mid-tone violet pink that would suit a lot of skintones.  I like this a LOT better than Azalea Blossom blush ombre.  Seriously!  Give Vintage Grape a try (and a chance).

Nail Lacquer:

Imperial Splendour is a pretty deep creamy violet.  While I love purple nail polish, I skipped this because I already have too many similar looking polishes in my stash.

All in all, I would recommend the Colour 3 Quad, Vintage Grape blush ombre, and Lavender Wind lipglass.  These are my top choices for this sub-collection.

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