MAC Spring Colour Forecast: Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
MAC Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad
MAC Spring Colour Forecast: Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Parts 3 and 4 each have an eyeshadow quad, complete in the brand spankin’ new eyeshadow quad packaging. I have to say that I don’t love the new packaging — it’s glossy, so it holds fingerprints a bit, and it looks dirtier once you’ve used the quad a few times compared to the older packaging. It also feels a bit bulkier and not as slim as the older packaging. It looks sleeker and certainly more modern/updated, though. I just hate fingerprints on packaging!
Colour 3 is definitely a cool-toned, purple dominated quad. None of the four shades really grab me personally, but I can see this appealing to others. If you love smoked out purples and plums, this is definitely a quad worth checking out.
Eyeshadow Quad — Colour 3
- Mink Pink is a soft, dusty fleshy beige pink with a veluxe finish (though it feels more like a matte finish to me).
- Bruised Plum is a mauvey plum with a silvery sheen. It’s like a more purple version of Shale. It’s a veluxe pearl finish, but it’s not as pigmented as I’d expect for a VP.
- Black Tulip is dark purple with just a touch of sheen. The finishes of this quad don’t make sense to me, because this doesn’t feel like a frost at all.
- Jungle Moon is a matte, darkened brown with a plummy feel. MAC describes it as a blackened deep eggplant, and I think that’s a fairly accurate description. It’s a soft, well-pigmented matte eyeshadow that doesn’t feel chalky or dusty.
See product photos and swatches!
MAC Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad
MAC Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad
MAC Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad: Mink Pink, Bruised Plum, Black Tulip, Jungle Moon
MAC Mink Pink Eyeshadow
MAC Bruised Plum Eyeshadow
MAC Black Tulip Eyeshadow
MAC Jungle Moon Eyeshadow
MAC Colour 3 Eyeshadow Quad: Mink Pink, Bruised Plum, Black Tulip, Jungle Moon
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I LOVE this number 3 quad! How could you not? It's for a deep purple smoky eye for heaven's sakes! I'm wearing it right now in the office. And I look hot in it! LOL Stop being scared of dark purple and embrace this heavenly quad today!
Yay I finally bought this number 3 quad! Woo hoo! Now I can have deep purple smoky eyes! Smoke on the water......fire in the sky....
Hey I copied and pasted the review you gave on the color, I hope you don't mind but I linked it back to your post. Black tulip is def. my fav. so far. I haven't figured out how to use Mink Pink yet >_<. I tried to do a swatch and review on my blog, but yours are wayy more detailed. Thanks :)
hey christine, how would you compare bruised plum to something like swish or da bling?
It's more like Shale. Not pink like either Swish or Da Bling...
I think the bruised plum is STUNNING - tried it in the store. Is it worth buying all 4 just for that one? Not sure......
Try Shale instead :)
i thinks is like guerlain's cherry blossom quad
Hey Christine. I wanted to ask you what you think of the new quad packaging. I would love ur input.
Hi Kim, Did you see the top of the post? I wrote, "I have to say that I don’t love the new packaging — it’s glossy, so it holds fingerprints a bit, and it looks dirtier once you’ve used the quad a few times compared to the older packaging. It also feels a bit bulkier and not as slim as the older packaging. It looks sleeker and certainly more modern/updated, though. I just hate fingerprints on packaging!"
I'm really interested in checking this out, but I'm wondering if the dark colors will compare to Fig 1 and Nocturnelle. I think I can probably live without this quad...... but i'll still go look :).
Very pretty, and very much my colours. How does the shimmery one (Bruised Pink?) compare to Mauvement, I wonder...
*Plum*, Bruised *Plum*, I meant. D'Oh.
It's similar - but Mauvement is probably a little bolder and definitely frostier.
christine, do you feel that perhaps black tulip may pass for a satin finish? when swatched it looks so dull. i cant believe its the same color as the one shown in the package! :( i'm not sure what to expect from this palette. i would have liked the finishes to be the same.
Maybe... but it's still more of a matte finish, I'd say!
must have
WHY does MAC keep changing they're packaging on us? :( As for the quad, though, it's very pretty, but I feel the colors can be duped if you want a smokey dark plum eye. For example Jungle Moon = Shadowy Lady (maybe)
Most likely because they feel the need to update their line, I'd imagine! They've had this packaging for what... at least five years (since that's about as long as I've been into MAC), if not more like seven, eight, maybe even ten!
URGH... Why can't these be singles too??? I have mink pink and jungle moon reminds me of shadow lady.... I want the other two though :(
amazing. i've been so into purple shadow lately and this is a great mix of shimmer and matte in sophisticated colors. it's not like grape soda!
I'm getting this quad!
This was always sort of a given for me, since I absolutely adore anything purple/ plum. I find that the bruised plum looks similar in photos to Illegal Cargo from the Naughty Nauticals collection. Do you find they look similar in person?
I do think they're similar! Maybe a little more red in undertone.
Thanks for the info. I'll still end up buying it, I'm sure. I guess at the least it'll give me a back-up for when my Illegal Cargo runs out...
Under impressed with this quad...I only want the Bruised Plum e/s:(
I think I'm in love with this palette. I'm such a sucker for purples and neutral pinks. My wallet's gonna be losing some weight. u_u;
I love Mink Pink, but it TOTALLY looks matte! Maybe even matte squared! it' looks sooo matte. but i'm a huge fan of matte eye contouring, so that's awesome! :)
Is there a MAC permanent equivalent of mink pink? I feel like I've seen one, but then again, maybe not. I really like it, though!
Maybe Pen 'n Pink... if that hasn't been discontinued.
Girlie is similar in shade and in texture, and is permanent. :)
This palette is pretty but I don't think I would be using these eyeshadows so much. When I see the colors I'm imagining an evening makeup which I don't use that often. But still they are pretty :)
OOhh, I know I MUST get this!
cant say i love the new packaging, and the colors look like they would look like you had a black eye if you used them together... i think ill be skipping this one. what im really excited about in this collection are the blushes!
the packaging is pretty nice in person!
Wrong again!
Do you think these will be easy to de-pot? They look like the have a lot of extra space around the pans so I hope I can pop them out easily. I wish they just came individually.
Just looking at them... I don't think so. They're not as easy as the older packaging, at least.
I thought I would love the purple quad but it is not capturing my heart.
if i were to get an e/s palette it would be this one but i already have so many similar colors...
I was initially excited for this quad but now it doesn't look that appealing. I'm still waiting for MAC to release a "true" purple shade. Something close to Urban Decay's Deluxe shadow in 'Freakshow'.
can i just get jungle moon please and not the whole palette MAC? Lol
Definately my colors....Chrisine, does the new packaging look like it would be harder or the same, when regarding depotting?
Oh, much harder. I have no idea how you can get them out other than using heat to loosen them enough to put a glue dissolver or lift them out using tweezers (or else dumping alcohol and hoping to get enough beneath the shadow... and letting the eyeshadow itself dry out).
Oh, I was afraid of that.....oh, what to do?!?
Wow... dumb question... how do you get the eyeshadows out of the old prepackaged quads?? I love to arrange my e/s my colour in the 15 palettes... I didn't even think it could be done!
You can actually pop the quad insert out - it'll lift the black part out and leave the four pans glued to the bottom, then you just kind of DIY it from there.
Think I'm better off with the purples in the permanent collection....pass (thank goodness, $43 less to spend, unless its replacing other items...lol!)
I don't care for this at all. Might get the other quad, but probably not as I don't wear those colours much.
I think I need this. xP Christine, was the Mink Pink shade hard to get color out of?
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