Here is Part 2 of the MAC Fabulous Felines review, but I will make separate reviews and swatches according to products. For my MAC Fabulous Felines initial swatches and review, CLICK HERE.
LEOPARD LUXE
Wild By Nature, Notoriety
Style Predator, Furiously Fabulous
Wild By Nature, Notoriety
Style Predator, Furiously Fabulous
L-R: Wild By Nature, Notoriety, Style Predator, Furiously Fabulous
Top 4 shades: Leopard Luxe quad
Bottom 4 shades: Palace Pedigreed quad
Leopard Luxe is one of the favorite quads from this collection, if not the most-coveted. It holds pretty versatile colors that can work with a lot of different looks. Wild By Nature is a matte mid-tone camel that would work great as a lid or crease color, depending on your skintone. Style Predator is my favorite, a frosted mid-tone yellow orange in the Veluxe Pearl formula. It worked really well over my Coral Crepe paint pot.
Notoriety is a dirty brown with gold pearl (velvet) which is a repromote from the MAC Makeup Art Cosmetics Fall '09 collection:
It's not as pigmented as other MAC eyeshadows I've tried, but it can lend a nice soft contour to your crease or outer lids.
Furiously Fabulous is a frosted warm black that operates more like a soft brown-black to my eyes. This si great to line the eyes or as a crease or outer V color, and of course perfect for smokey eyes.
PALACE PEDIGREED
Courtly, Palace Pedigreed
Quite Spoiled, Russian Blue
L-R: Courtly, Palace Pedigreed, Quite Spoiled, Russian Blue
Top 4 shades: Leopard Luxe quad
Bottom 4 shades: Palace Pedigreed quad
I LOVE the colors from this quad. The first thing that caught my eye was Courtly. I love these kinds of neutrals, a frosty muted light pink beige that can also work with browns and taupes. This would make a great lid color. Quite Spoiled would also work as a lid or crease color; a midtone neutral mauve that would work great with pinks and purples.
Palace Pedigreed is a deep berry with soft pink pearl in the satin formula. I love this color as I haven't seen MAC come up with something like this in a while. Russian Blue is a deep neutral matte grey. I like the matte formula for greys and neutral blues.
BURMESE BEAUTY:
Top Row: Prized, Burmese Beauty, Skintone 2, Showstopper (all from Burmese Beauty quad), Antique Green pigment, Gold Stroke pigment
Burmese Beauty is all about sable, champagne and teak-olive shades. I don't know why but I am drawn to shades like Prized, a pale yellow beige that is almost exactly my skintone as it literally disappeared into my skin. Love this as either a lid or highlight color. Skintone 2 is a frosty dirty gold that I don't really care much for because I believe I have a lot of dupes for this, especially if I look at my Aromaleigh loose shadows. Burmese Beauty is a frosted brown green that reminds me a lot of Club, so that's not a unique shadow as well. Showstopper is a deep blackened brown that is also not that unique, so I skipped this quad. If you like greens and golds, though, you will like this quad.
All in all, I was drawn more to Leopard Luxe and Palace Pedigreed quads compared to Burmese Beauty, not because BB is crap, but because I already have a lot of dupes for those particular shades. The quads are pretty but are dupeable, but the convenience of the quad and the appeal of the colors sucked me into getting them. I can't really recommend one particular quad, it really depends on what colors you like to wear. If you are into warm colors, get Leopard Luxe. If you like sable, olives, greens, get Burmese Beauty. If you are into deep berries and mauves, choose Palace Pedigreed. The colors in each quad are complementary with each other so you get to create a myriad of different looks.
The Shades Of U Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Watch out for swatches and reviews of the rest of the MAC Fabulous Felines collection.
NOTE: Some products in the first two pictures were sent by a representative of the company for consideration and evaluation. All opinions are 100% mine.
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