MAC Fabulous Felines: Burmese Beauty Review, Photos, Swatches (Eyes)
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
MAC Fabulous Felines – Burmese Beauty
MAC Fabulous Felines: Burmese Beauty Review, Photos, Swatches (Eyes)
I’m going to break each section into two parts — eyes and lips/cheeks. There are a lot of products, and I definitely want to focus on each part of the collection, it’s hard to digest so much in just one post. I’m working as fast as I can to get all the photos and swatches up, and I’ll fill in with more dupes as I find them. I am missing a few pieces, and I will update the post and review once I’m able to purchase them.
Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad ($36.00 U.S. / $43.00 CDN)
- Prized is a soft nude beige with pale white micro-shimmer with a satin finish. It reminded me of a much more pigmented Shroom. This will work well as a highlighter on light to medium skin tones, but it may be more of a light lid color for darker skin tones.
- Skintone 2 is a slightly neutralized gold with a frost finish. It’s not a cool-toned gold, but it doesn’t have really strong yellow undertones either. This is a shade of gold that can be worn by both warm and cool skin tones. It’s a lot less yellow compared to Goldmine (and not as frosty). Maybe like Flip from Spring Colour Forecast. This is a repromote from Makeup Art Cosmetics.
- Burmese Beauty is a duochrome of teal and red-based deep brown with a lustre finish. It doesn’t actually feel like a lustre to me–it’s much smoother, not so glittery like your typical lustre. This is very much like Blue Brown pigment except less intense (the brown base isn’t as strong, nor is the metallic finish). It’s a lighter, more pigmented version of Club eyeshadow as well.
- Showstopper is a dirty, cool-toned dark matte brown. It works well when used with a brush in actual application, while it doesn’t swatch very well. This shade has been repromoted at least a half dozen times in the past five years.
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner ($17.50 U.S. / $21.00 CDN)
- Desires & Devices is an antique gold with a dirty olive base and a mixture of green and gold shimmer.
- Defiantly Feline is a medium-dark brown with deep gold and amber shimmer. It looks rather medium brown when used lightly and thinly.
- Treat Me Nice is a medium grassy green with gold and green sparkle.
Pigment ($19.50 U.S. / $23.50 CDN)
- Antique Green is a darkened cool-toned green with a touch of teal. It’s definitely green, but it’s not your typical green, which tends to have stronger yellow undertones. This is a repromote.
- Gold Stroke is a reddish medium bronze brown with a frosty finish. It’s pretty, and it has some warmth to it, but it’s not overly warm. It makes a nice base for golds. This is a repromote.
See photos and swatches!
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad: Prized, Burmese Beauty; Skintone 2, Showstopper
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad: Prized, Burmese Beauty (top row); Skintone 2, Showstopper (bottom row)
MAC Prized Eyeshadow
MAC Skintone 2 Eyeshadow
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow
MAC Showstopper Eyeshadow
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad: Prized, Burmese Beauty (left half); Skintone 2, Showstopper (right half)
MAC Burmese Beauty Eyeshadow Quad: Prized, Skintone 2, Burmese Beauty; Showstopper
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner
MAC Treat Me Nice Superslick Liquid Eye Liner
MAC Defiantly Feline Superslick Liquid Eye Liner
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner: Defiantly Feline, Treat Me Nice
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner: On the Hunt, Desires & Devices
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner: On the Hunt, Desires & Devices
Superslick Liquid Eye Liner: On the Hunt, Desires & Devices
MAC Antique Green Pigment
MAC Gold Stroke Pigment
Pigments: Antique Green (Dry/Wet), Gold Stroke (Dry/Wet)
All products in this post were purchased by Temptalia.
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Hi Christine! I got the Desires and Devices superslick eyeliner, and I do love the color, and love that it stays on all day. HOWEVER, it seems to irritate my eyes all day while I wear it. It feels like it is pulling on or is tight on my eyelids. Also, it is difficult to remove at the end of the day, and I find "scraps" left over on my eyelids after I remove it, and pieces in my eyes the next morning. Have you heard of anyone else having these problems? Also, do you know of any similarly long-lasting eyeliners that might NOT have these effects? Thanks as always for your gracious help and WONDERFUL website.
I didn't experience any tightness/pulling, though I could understand why you might as it does dry down to this skin-tight kind of finish (like pants so tight you aren't sure how someone ever got them on, lol). Have you tried MAC's Penultimate? I find it a bit similar, though it's only in black, and it has a different texture/finish - so it shouldn't set and feel tight. In general, felt-tip eyeliners (of all kinds, many brands have them!) seem to stay on really well (for me!). Thank you!
I bought this quad and I am in absolute love love love with it! <33333
aaahhh... i wish mac would sold these shades in singles; i see 1 shadow from each quad that i would want, butof course im not going to buy a quad for 1 shadow...ugh
LOL, that's always the way!
I saw a preview collection at my local Saks counter, and the makeup artist swatched club, and burmese beauty on my hand. The difference was that burmese beauty had some chunky glitter in it. I was definitely disappointed that they wouldn't be a bit more creative with that color.
If I already have the UD Naked palette, is it worth it to get the burmese quad?? I'm already planning on getting kittenish/media...trying to save some moolahs!Thanks Christine!!
I don't think you need to, but I'm not particularly impressed by the quad. I think side-by-side, the discrepancy in texture/payoff would be so disappointing.
burmese beauty looks just like Label Wh*ore from Too Faced Cosmetics
Ooo Antique Green pigment looks beautiful. Might be my first. :) I don't like quads b/c I usually only like one, if I'm lucky, two colors. It's just a waste of money.
Can you buy the eye shadows separately from the quad? I really like the Burmese Beauty...
Nope!
wish Burmese Beauty was a single, would love Club to be even more CLUB, if you know what I mean. The pigments are pretty close to NARS 'Blade Runner' duo, perhaps close enough to be dupes. thanks for the great swatches and reviews. this collection is huge and interesting...
Too Faced Label Whore is a more intensed pressed version of Club :)
thanks! will check it out, I love Too Faced liquid glitter eyeliners but I haven't checked out the eye shadows in years.
How do you think the 'Burmese Beauty' single color in the quad compares with Too Faced's color called 'Label Whore?' I'm thinking they look VERY similar? Thanks!
It's similar, since Label Whore is similar to club, but it's more intense than Burmese Beauty.
'Fabulous felines' is OK, how about 'Marvellous Mellan' ? ;))
In his dreams! He has been giving me dirty looks all morning. "Fabulous Felines, PFFT!"
:))
can the quads be refilled?
It doesn't appear like they can.
would have been tooooo cool ;) thanks!
wow i love the eyeliners! they are so pretty!
that DOES look a lot like club or blue brown! funny... thanks for the swatches! do you think you'll do a review on the new liquid liners? since they are a new product? or just leave it at the swatches?
Yes, in the overall review :)
I really like Burmese Beauty e/s, but not enough to buy the whole quad. Also Antique Green, but luckily for me I found it in the CCO on Monday, old jar as well, for just over £10! :D
I was looking forward to this quad but the colors are sooo dupable :(
I got to admit, I was really excited about this collection, but the more I see of it, the less excited I am. Burmese Beauty are just not my colors, I will see what the others are like. But it suits me quite well - I fell in love with the Chanel Enigma Eyeshadow Quad (just about to be released in Europe), so the less I like about the Felines, the better for my wallet! Thank you so much Christine, for putting up the posts and swatches of the collection at lightspeed - you are doing an awesome job there! I rarely buy a MAC product without checking out your blog first!
You're welcome!
What's your opinion of the liquid eyeliners?
Please wait for my overall review, where I will discuss them, thank you!
I'm so glad you are reviewing these now-thank you!!!! Lovely job as always---I LOVE when you talk about the texture of the eyeshadows--meaning, Lustre, Veluxe Pearl, etc. It's so helpful. Also, is Antique Green a repromote? For some reason I thought it had been out in Rush Metal but I'm not sure. Many thanks!
Yes, Antique Green is a repromote!
Repromote? I'll snatch is then before it's gone. I doubt I'll even finish it though lol. I wish they sold like half sizes for half the prince. Marketing strategy, stupid MAC. It looks like it'd be a beautiful eyeliner!
Antique Green is a repromote!
Love the swatches, thank you !
No prob, Cindy!
Wow -- I wasn't expecting to like these as much as I do! I was wondering if you know if the eye shadow colors are available individually, or only as a quad? Thanks!
Only as a quad.
i love the pigments, definitely feline e/l, and im still on the fence about the quad
everything looks great but i'm particularly interested in the superslick liner, are they waterproof or resistant? i love the corresponding packaging.
They are water-resistant.
Burmese beauty? Check. I think I want all the quads from this collection but I will need to see the rest of them first. Thanks for the swatches!
I thought burmese beauty would be more green, but the swatch is gorgeous! That quad is offically on my must have list. I also like Gold Stroke pigement, even though it looks way more chocolatey than gold.
I've heard the liners are going to be permanent, but I'm not sure where. Do you know if that's true?
This is what I've been told.
I only like Treat Me Nice e/l and Antique Green pigment so far. I'm sure the list will get bigger though.
The quad looks great! Skintone 2 shadow seems to be very similar to UD's Lounge, is it? (Or maybe to Club?)
Sorry, I confused the names and got so excited that I didn't even read the descrption:-(
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