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Sugarpill’s Afterparty? 🙁 I have a hard time believing that only The 3 Bigs have true blues worthy of this list.
I just said Afterparty too 😀
Christine, could you do a post on your favourite matte navy eyeshadow?
Or favourite dark matte eyeshadows?
I know of several purples (e.g. Fig 1), browns (e.g. Handwritten), but I’ve never been able to find a navy.
Please ignore my previous comment (above) — you kindly responded to my question on a previous post! Thanks, Christine. 🙂
Sugarpill Afterparty, definitely! Best blue I own 🙂
I think NARS Outreamer is pretty close too 🙂
OMG #167 is beautiful! Might have to buy that! Styledriven from MAC is also a beautiful color. It’s a bit of a light blue though.
Confession: I have Freshwater, Blue Calm and Electric Eel and I hardly ever wear any of them. I love the way they look, though…
UD Dashiki or Adore! 2 of my faves 🙂 I also love the blues in the Kat Von D palettes. Theyre always super vibrant.
Milani – Blew my mind; Nars – Outremer; MAC – Sea & Sky; and Urban Decay – Mythology are a few of my favorite blue shadows.
i’ve Freshwater and it’s beautiful!
Definitely Outremer @ Nars ! <3
MAC’s Star By Night (often listed as a LE dupe for Deep Truth, which I don’t have so I can’t verify that). Gorgeous, gorgeous blue. My eyes are drawn to it every time I open my palette 😀
I used to have Freshwater but I back to MAC’ed it for Russian Red lipstick…best decision ever! I find I only wear turquoise, petrol, or navy blues. Bright blue just seems too Barbie to me, I guess.
Urban Decay’s Adore but of course its DC’d