Build a Quad: “Soft Fire”
Posted On: 10/30/09
Posted in: Five Ways, MAC Cosmetics
Build a Quad: “Soft Fire”
Dubbed Soft Fire, this eyeshadow quad features four permanent shades of MAC eyeshadow: Amber Lights (a coppery frost), Antiqued (a reddened brown frost), Bronze (a rich bronze frost), and Grain (a lightly shimmered beige highlighter). All of these shades have warmer tones, so I would consider this to be a warm quad. (I say this to caution you if you dislike warm shades, this is probably not the one for you!) All four shades are colors I’ve been using for years without fail, because they’re pigmented, smooth, and easy to work with. Grain is more of a neutral highlighter, and I like the way it accents the rest of the quad’s stronger warm tones–it helps to balance everything out.
A few combinations to try with this…
- Amber Lights all over the lid, Bronze in the crease, Grain to highlight
- Amber Lights all over the lid, Antiqued on the outer lid, Bronze in the crease, Grain to highlight
- Grain all over the lid, Bronze in the crease
- Grain on the inner lid, Amber Lights on the outer lid, Antiqued in the crease
Build a Quad is a feature focusing on creating different eyeshadow palettes that are both beautiful and functional using permanent shades of eyeshadow. We invite readers to suggest their own build-a-quads — just leave your ideas in the comments!
P.S. – As this is a new feature… tell me if you love it or hate it so I know whether to continue it! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wow! this is great :)
Thank You♥
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Jess!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Love it! I’m about to go pick these babies up…. Thanks girl!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yayy! No prob!
Friday, October 30, 2009
That’s awesome! My idea of building a smokey eyes quad is Silver Ring, Knight Divine, Carbon and Gesso. For a neutral quad, All That Glitters, Satin Taupe, Brun and Dazzlelight.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Jacquelyn! And thanks for your ideas :D You just may see them featured here!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love this new feature! I hope we see more of it!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yay! Definitely will if it gets a positive response :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
I really like this idea, is very functional and pretty! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Erika :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
Absolutely LOVE this new feature. I really hope this one becomes a regular because I am always on the lookout for new quads!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy to hear you are liking this new feature, Laetitia!! :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
I like this Christine. The only one I don’t have is Grain but I want to try some of the looks you posted. Do you think Femme-Fi or Arena are good subs for Grain?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Femme-Fi would work just fine!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I really like this new feature! I wish I knew what colors would go well with each other, and this makes it so much easier! Thanks!!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
No problem, Odessa!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ah, brilliant! Sometimes my perm items get neglected.
Friday, October 30, 2009
I can relate to that for sure!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I like this idea!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Crystal!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I think it’s a great idea (although I’m not much of a warm shadows person), and would find more combinations very interesting too.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Definitely have other quad combos coming up that aren’t so warm :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is great! Very helpful for the permanent items and ideas for quads to take on vacation.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, KyaLyn! Glad you like it!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
I agree!
Good job Christine :)
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Thanks, Roxanne!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Nothing new to say, just repeat that I absolutely ADORE this idea.
Great new feature Christine.
I can always count on you to give me more ideas on how to go over budget on beauty products… but make my investment worthy.
I think Amber lights was the first MAC shadow I ever bought. and a brownish one that was mislabeled; therefore I have no idea what I bought back then :P. It’s good to know new ideas on how to wear it.
Friday, October 30, 2009
YAY! I’m so happy you are all (so far!) liking this new feature!
Amber Lights was one of my first shadows, too!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Amber lights was my first shadow too!!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Haha, we can start a club!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I like this feature!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great, thanks for letting me know, Anja :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love this new feature, it will definatly give me more ideas on eyeshadow combination!!
can’t wait to see more!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Happy to hear it! Thanks, Jodie!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love this new feature! I can’t wait for future quads in cool tones.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Definitely have those lined up! And am always taking suggestions ;)
Friday, October 30, 2009
I think this is an awesome idea! Some of the quads mac comes out with are just plain odd. I thik you’ll be much better at it!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Glad you think so, Nadine! Thanks :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
I think it’s a great idea !!
but i was hoping to see some swatches of those eyeshadows
i know you have swatches on the site but it would be more handy if you would put them in this post
x
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Yen-ah! I appreciate the suggestion!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Love Amber Lights! I don’t have Bronze though, so I may go get that today.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ahh, Bronze is one of my favorite shades of all time! Get it!
Friday, October 30, 2009
LOVE the idea of this. gives us an idea of what works together, and what to get =]
Friday, October 30, 2009
Woo! Sounds like this will be a regular feature :)
Thanks, Yuliya!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I like this feature. Thanks for the ideas!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Ada!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great idea. I have some open spaces in my quads that may now be filled.
I have one with Vex, Da Bling, Sumptuous Olive and Sable that I love. So many possible combinations.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sounds like a gorgeous quad, Erin :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Best idea! This will make pulling ideas and pulling colors together so much easier! Nice job Christine
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yay! Thanks, CoCo!
Friday, October 30, 2009
LOVE it! This is the area I always stumble through – mixing up different colors in a quad.
I’m newer to your site – do you post videos on how you apply your eye-shadows? Love the way you do it!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Hi J!
I don’t have too many videos, but I have some. (I’ve pretty much been sick for the past six weeks with two different flus, so videos have been 100% impossible, which isn’t helping me stay motivated, LOL!) http://www.youtube.com/temptalia
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great idea!!! I am all for it!! Christine, can you make a purple quad too? I can’t figure out which purple is best for my dark brown eyes…thanks!! Love
Karen
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Karen! Purple is up next, I think!
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is so awesome! Please keep these posts coming. So helpful!
Friday, October 30, 2009
So happy you like this post!
Friday, October 30, 2009
LOVE this feature Christine!!!!I have 2 of those colors…gives me an excuse to go out and buy more MAC!!! Yay!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Perfect!! :) Thanks, Candi!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Oh…and here is an idea for a stunning purple quad…cranberry all over the lid, Shadowdy Lady and Nocturnelle in the crease and Vex on the brow bone. This Look is LOVE!!! lol!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks for the purple quad idea, Candi!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Love this idea, great picks!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yay!! :D Thanks, Bunny!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wonderful idea!!! Happy Friday!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Mary! Happy Friday! Got any fun plans?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Not much fun stuff this weekend. I have a lot of work to catch up on (side business at home). I’d like to squeeze in some studying time too. I have a couple of godchildren visiting tomorrow, so I guess I get to buy some candy! The most exciting thing is dinner tonight with my boyfriend!! :)
What are you up to this weekend?
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ohh, candy! What are you and your boyfriend doing for dinner tonight, Mary?
Lots of studying, working on a presentation for school, and blogging for me :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Well my boyfriend luvs Sushi and I was thinking going somewhere like BJ’s…so we’ll have to flip a coin for it!
Friday, October 30, 2009
LOL! My boyfriend loves sushi, too, and I keep trying sushi/Japanese food, but I can’t find anything I really like! I loveee the Shark pizza (something like that) at BJs!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Would that be the Great White pizza with Alfredo sauce? LOL! That actually sounds pretty good!!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yes, that one!! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great idea :D
I would love to see one with Cranberry
Friday, October 30, 2009
Will try!
Thanks, Nance!
Friday, October 30, 2009
wowwwwww such a fantastic post plssss christine make this a daily post so that we all will be able to arrange our quads … i have only 1 quad and 1 quad with two empty pans hahahah i will buy 1 – 2 after getting inspiration from here
pls show some with pink like – expensive pink , da bling , pink venus
and yes yes GOLDS which is ur favourite…. :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Rashmi! What’s the quad you need 1 or 2 more to complete? What’s already in it?
Friday, October 30, 2009
thanks dear for ur reply i really need help with this …
i have
expensive pink ( my fav and first ever eyeshadow)
da bling
sushi flower
shroom
woodwinked
naked lunch
i have to 2 buy eyeshadows to arrange the above 2 quads
and as i told u m just tryong to buy few mac so i will buy one more quad but now that u r posting so i will buy after reading from here
my fav are golds and pinks
and yeah i have 2 paint pots painterely and indianwood
pls suggest an idea
Friday, October 30, 2009
I think these would be two pretty quads:
Naked Lunch, Woodwinked, Shroom, and BRONZE!
Expensive Pink, Da Bling, Sushi Flower, and CRANBERRY!
I think those would be very pretty. The pink quad is pretty heavy on the pink, so you’ll still need a separate highlighter (Shroom from the other one).
Friday, October 30, 2009
thank you so much
i was sitting in front of my laptop with my little box and i already did what u suggested and hopefully this sat or sunday m gonna buy the rest of two
once again nobody is comparable to u on DOT COM
Friday, October 30, 2009
Girl, you’re too sweet! Thank you! I’m really just glad to be able to help :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
hahahhaa christine m glad u said girl hahaha m 31 yr old lady and just started doing makeup and to be honest i really wanna thank u in some or the other way
whenever u r in india please be my guest and oblige me
i will be relocating to mumbai next month
i mean we are going back to india
and i will really look forward for ur trip to india
Sounds GREATTTT
Friday, October 30, 2009
I’ll definitely let you know if I’m in your neighborhood :) Thank for your graciousness!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Love it! such a great idea!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Ashley!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love this idea Christine!!! I also agree with a previous poster who said that it would be very helpful to post swatches of those e/s in the quad :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks a lot, Daina :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is a great idea, would love to see more!! :-)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great! Thanks, Dee :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
Oh my gosh Christine I love this!! I’m still a makeup newbie so figuring out how to pair with what is still really hard for me. This is so fantastic and I’m going to go pick up these shades!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Awesome! I’m so glad you’re finding it helpful, Sarah! If you have any questions, feel free to ask :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
I love this! It will greatly help put color combination together! Good work Christine! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Woo!! I’m so excited to do this more often now :)
Thanks!
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is PERFECT! I’ve always been tempted to build quads but I never knew which colours to put in them. There are so many, right? This really helps, Christine!
It would be great if you could “label” them (ugh, can’t think of another word), do one in blue, green, pink, neutral, etc. (but I’m guessing you’ve already thought of that). I’m hoping you will use different e/s in every post, so there won’t be any “doubles” or “overlap” (sth’s wrong with my brain today).
I can just feel my MAC/Temptalia addiction growing… My bank account’s going to hate me :) LOL
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Roxanne! I’m not sure what you mean by label them, and I’m definitely going to try to use different shades, but we’ll see how it turns out! I imagine I’ll overlap at least a few times on highlighters… but again, we’ll see!
Friday, October 30, 2009
loving the post and looks great x
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thank you!
Friday, October 30, 2009
would love it if there were a FOTD of one of the combinations!
Friday, October 30, 2009
If we wait for me to get around to doing a look, we may never have content on the blog, LOL!
But you can always check the gallery, because I might have done a similar look (hey, MAC makes so many LE shades, it’s hard!):
Antiqued – http://gallery.temptalia.com/?s=antiqued+eyeshadow
Amber Lights – http://gallery.temptalia.com/gold-copper-black-smoky-eye
Bronze – http://gallery.temptalia.com/tag/mac-bronze-eyeshadow
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is a feature I’ve been longing for! I have many permanent shadows but for the most part I don’t know how to combine them with other shades (that’s why I also have mostly LE collections stuff). Keep them coming!
Friday, October 30, 2009
If you ever need help with a specific shade, feel free to ask :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
I’m thinking MAC will probably see a burst in sales for all of those eyeshadows because of this brilliant feature on Temptalia :) Can’t say enough how excited I am for this feature.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Haha! Wouldn’t that be cool? If things like that ever happen, I officially dub it THE TEMPTALIA EFFECT!
Friday, October 30, 2009
This is such a great idea!!! It makes you think about how to use colors you have already and introduce you to colors that you might have never known about.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks, Samantha! :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
What a great idea, and fantastic colors to debut with too!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thank you, Noa :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
Please keep doing this! :]
Friday, October 30, 2009
Will do!
Friday, October 30, 2009
I LOVE this!! Great idea!! It will really come in handy for newbies and help some of us oldies have some new color combination ideas! Thanks!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Yay! Thanks so much :D
Friday, October 30, 2009
I LOVE IT!!! I own 6 pallets which I made myself (with somteimes a little help of your blog) and most of the colors are brown´s, gold´s en `Shrooms´s (naturals). I have Amber Light and Bronze (bought the last one 2 weeks ago) and pair them with Honey lust.
Could you please advise me on this matter: I bought Knight Devine last Spring but I don´t have an idea how to wear it? I´ve tried it with Et Tu Bouquet (rose collection), but it´s not really `smashing`…. Any ideas?? Thanks!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Ohh, try Knight Divine with one of your naturals like Shrooms – probably something with a little more shimmer than Shroom. Mix the two together and create a cool gradient of silver-gray :) It’s also nice with softer browns as well!
Friday, October 30, 2009
like the new idea – really helpful, one thing u need to add is the swatches of the actual colors!!! – i think it would help even more!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thanks for the suggestion, Katya!
Friday, October 30, 2009
love this new feature!!! i am on my way out the door to buy these! THANK U.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Aww!! I am flattered :D
Thank you!
Friday, October 30, 2009
Great idea! I’ve really been looking at trying to get some more permanent shadows and this will definitely help me decide :)
Friday, October 30, 2009
YAY! I love me some MAC permanent eyeshadows :D