MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Eyeshadow Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
MAC Eyeshadow Packaging: Bough Grey, Dame’s Desire, Birds & Berries, Free to Be
MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Eyeshadow Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Each of the eyeshadows is packaged in white flip-top containers, but on top of the clear lid, there is a flower, and each shade has a different color (or flower!).
Eyeshadow ($14.50 U.S. / $17.50 CDN)
- Bough Grey is a smooth, softened gray with a tinge of blue and a subtle sheen with a satin finish. I can’t think of a shade quite like this — perhaps Scene, but the texture feels smoother, softer and the color seems grayer.
- Dame’s Desire is a medium purple with red undertones and an almost icy purple shimmer with a frost finish. It reminds me of Creme de Violet’s coloring but more pigmented and with a different finish. Maybe if Stars ‘n Rockets and Creme de Violet had a baby? It was originally in the Dame Edna Collection.
- Birds & Berries is a shimmery, frosted bluish-teal with a veluxe pearl finish. It reminded me a lot of Strike the Pose eyeshadow, except a little greener/tealer, but the two are incredibly similar.
- Free to Be is a coral-orange with a matte finish. It goes on smooth and pigmented, but it is also a permanent shade (recently added).
- Give Me Liberty of London is a dusty milky pink. It reminds me of Pen ‘n Pink. It goes on very lightly, semi-sheer, but it doesn’t look or feel chalky.
See more photos & swatches!
MAC Bough Grey Eyeshadow
MAC Dame’s Desire Eyeshadow
MAC Birds & Berries Eyeshadow
MAC Free to Be Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Liberty of London Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Liberty of London Eyeshadow
MAC Eyeshadow: Bough Grey, Dame’s Desire, Birds & Berries, Free to Be
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I have birds and berries and its dark and not as vibrant as it is on here. Did you just layer it a lot or wet it? I'm NC20 so I'm pretty fair skinned
Nope... that's how it showed up on me!
If you run out of Birds & Berries - mix MAC's Tilt and MAC's prussian... exact match! It's a great dupe if you dislike buying limited edition stuff cause once you finish it there's no more. So go ahead and buy it :) Plus you can always depot and put alternative colours in the cute packaging!
Hi Christine I love your blog! I never shop without checking here first :) I missed out on the Mystic Cool palette from Magic, Mirth and Mischief. Do you think Birds and Berries is similar to Blue Enchantment? Or is there something that could be added to Birds and Berries to make a dupe? Thank you so much!
Birds & Berries is pretty close, actually! :)
Hi Christine! I know people are kinda ocer LoL (:)), but it has recently arrived here, and I was wondering if Free to Be seems similar to Soft Flower from the Emmanual Ungaro collection...? - I know it's supposedly a new permanent, but I think we didn't receive those shades here (we didn't get Riveting nor Lilyland either for exc) -if You do see this and have the time, I'd appreciate Your oppinion! Thanks: :)
It's much, much more coral, IMO!
Thanks, Christine! :)
are this colours permanent??
These are LE!
Hi Christine, quick question: do you think I'd really be missing out on "Give Me Liberty Of London" if I didn't get it? I've been wanting a matte light pink for a while, but I'm sure there are more pigmented versions out there... Is there anything from the permanent collection I could dupe it with?
There's nothing from MAC's permanent collection quite like it - it used to be like Pen 'n Pink, but it got discontinued. For what it's worth, though, it's not that great of a shade :/ It's very, very light.
The only e/s that I bought was Bough Grey.. And I'm wondering if anyone out there knows if I'm getting crazy or PEACOCK LUSTRE by Revlon its very similar to birds and ... Sorry I forget the whole name but it's the teal e/s from this collection Anyone??
im a little late is this collection still available? I want Bough Grey & Birds & Berries
Yes! It should still be available.
hey - anyone have any ideas of how to use the Bough Grey color eyeshadow for an everyday look?? I got the Birds and Berries too but for everyday at my office job- together they are just a bit too much. (I'm pretty fair with Blue eyes) thx!!!
Try it with a nude or camel toned eyeshadow :)
when i tried to swatch free to be on my hand it was not pigmented at all but i did get dames desire and birds and berrys and both are very pretty!
Definitely getting Bough Grey & Birds and Berries. The rest i'm not too keen about. However, the packaging.....wow!
Dame's desire kinda looks like stars n rockets...
i didnt want bough grey initially but now i am liking it. in store when i swatched it, it didnt as pigmented as this one. hmmss i might go back and try it again. Birds and berries is very pretty. I used it with smoke and diamonds e/s... love!!
Mmm... Free to be seems to change a lot in various lighting.. It is really the same as the permanant one? I might pick Dame's Desire tough.. Decisions, decisions..
I've been waiting for these, thanks Christine! :]
got bough grey yesterday.. and wohoooo i think i have found my perfect day.. am wearing it at work today and you have no idea how pretty it is and how happy i am... Couldnt thank you more Christine, for putting it as a must have.. I would say its a MUST MUST MUST have for people in their late 20s (like me, haa haa)
YAY!! :) So glad you are lovin' Bough Grey! It's a really fun color.
ohh its beautiful..... can become my HG gray!
OH GOD I LOVE ALL!
Bough Grey and Birds&Berries are the most prettiest colors of this collection. Love them. I can't wait for GMLOL to hit Europe.
hey! I got birds and berries and its beautiful, been wearing it way too much lol. I'm going tomorrow for the actual release and plan on picking up some lipsticks and a beauty powder, wondering about bough grey.. do you think its different enough from scene that I should get it? thanks!
If you already own Scene, I don't know. It's different, but it IS close.
these colors you can dupe so easily! they just change the names or add more texture or frost, im not wasting my money
I am going to pick up all of them when they come out. I need to! I'm love all the colors, but I'm trying to think of how to pull off that coral. This is one of those collections that the colors are so pretty in the pan but it might take some technique to make it looks good on the face ;)
Bough Grey looks like hold my glaze...did you think?
Kind of, I'd say more gray!
Hi Christine!!! will you be doing any more looks on this collection? i like dame's desire and the grey but how would u put them together :( The model on the promo picture for the collection looks like is wearing a really nice combination of the colours, dont you think?
I'm going to try!
Do you think that Dame's Desire would go with Beautiful Iris? : )
Yes!
I'm really having trouble deciding if I want to get Dame's desire! I actually don't have a light purple eyeshadow. Is this comparable to any MAC perm. eyeshadow? I like the red tone. (I'm new to MAC)
It's like a darker, more purple Stars 'n Rockets.
I was very excited for this collection but after going to M.A.C on Sunday and playing with it [the MAs let me play with the samples even thou they weren't for sale] I didn't like anything except for the greenish teal eyeshadow which to me resembles shimmermoss eyeshadow a lot.
do you think 'give me a liberty of london' and 'free to be' will go great together?
They'd be nice!
im so getting birds n berries BUT! i have a question. i already have a good amount of purple eyeshadows and it seems every time i go to the store i buy one. lol. but do you think i should get dames desire? because it looks reallllllyy nice. lol. and i do LOVE stars n rockets so if its a more purple version....hmmmmmm would i be missing out if i didnt get it?
I don't think you'd be missing out if you skipped it!
These are beautiful colors!!! I've been looking for a color to dup for smoke and diamonds. Would bough grey be good???
Thanks a lot, Jami! Try Bobbi Brown Pewter or Stila's Lil' Diamond (I think that's the name) to dupe Smoke & Diamonds :)
Are the shadows really $14.50? When I meant to my MAC counter today, the MUA I normally talk to said that everything was going to be $2 more because of the LE packaging. I did get to see all the colors though and they look awesome.
The press sheet says $14.50 for eyeshadows. I've never seen MAC charge more for standard limited edition packaging -- e.g. different print/color but the same actual packaging. I've really only seen them charge more for their Couture launches (always around Christmas), which comes in totally different packaging (usually metal-ish) or when they did Hello Kitty Kouture, which again, had the heavier, metal packaging - totally outside of their typical plastic.
I absolutely have to have Birds & Berries shaddow!
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