What’s your all-time favorite eyeshadow? Share!
MAC Rye, I’d say. It’s hard to pick, because it really just depends on the look I’m going for… but I have three Ryes. It’s such a gorgeous shade of antique gold.
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MAC Arena! It’s a multipurpose neutral and looks lovely as just an all-over wash of colour on the lids.
same – it is my favorite and if I had to only have one eyeshadow this would be it 🙂
Stila’s “Kitten” eyeshadow is probably my #1 favorite. The color is simple and pretty, it’s versatile, and I feel it’s the only eyeshadow I can wear by itself and feel like my makeup is finished. 🙂
totally agree! i can wear stila’s kitten anytime! if i need to just do something really quick and still feel made-up this is my go-to shadow.. i also almost always find a way to put it in any other looks i do! it’s the best most versatile eyeshadow.. and the best formula it’s buttery smooth lol ok i have to stop raving!
MAC Saddle. Such a pretty warm shade if brown.
I agree. It’s my go to crease color.
I love M.A.C all that glitters and Club! 🙂
Same Here!!! 🙂
Those are my two favourite as well 😀 I wear all that glitters every day and I add club as a crease colour for the night 😀 Love them!!!
MACs jest. it was the first es that I hit pan on.
Mac Retrospeck. It was my first Mac eyeshadow!!
Sugarpill Midori – I LOVE greens… and this one is AMAZING!!!
That’s a very tough question! I think I’m going to go with MAC’s Woodwinked. I’ve bought it 3 times, and I think it’s just a beautiful shade of gold.
My fave is Woodwinked as well!
I love that you can use it on its own and it looks like different colors of eyeshadow depending on how you look at it. Love love love it!
Oh it’s so hard to pick one favorite. I’d have to say NARS Mekong. I use it in so many looks – it’s a fabulous crease color 🙂
MACs Femme-Fi! I wish it permanent =(
Agreed! It’s the one I reach for even on the days I don’t plan to wear makeup. It give such a wonderful, light coverage that covers the redness on my eyelids without looking like I’m really wearing makeup.
It’s my favorite too! I usually use it for highlighting, but sometimes all I need is a bit of color on my browbone, and inner corners of my eyes and I’m good to go! I love that. I can use it to highlight my nose bridge – it makes all the difference because I can do that without a brush! Femme-fi is so versatile, and matches my skintone so well.
Bobbi Brown Cognac Metallic Eye Shadow is HG for me 🙂
Ahh. It’s SO hard to pick. I really love MAC All That Glitters. I wear it every day 🙂 It’s great for a lid colour…. But then I really love MAC Goldmine…
mac wedge 🙂
MAC Style Snob Style Snob Style Snob! (Vex comes in right behind.)
Prestige eyeshadow in “Comet”, which is very similar to swatches I’ve seen of Stila’s “Kitten” eyeshadow.
MAC Woodwinked!
MUFE #92 best purple i have ever set my eyes on and used on my eyes i love you it besides that purple is my fave color that is just the greatest purple.
MAC’s Sable eyeshadow is my favorite.
Oh, mine too!!!!! Somehow this is the one that makes me look like …. a goddess 😀
Mac’s Wide Eyed Wonder
MAC All That Glitters. I never realized how much I used it until the pan appeared in full force.
MAC Signed Sealed and in at 2nd is MAC Shadowy Lady
That’s really hard, but if I had to pick one I’d say Stars N Rockets by Mac.
MAC’s Amber Lights! 😀
Yip another vote for Mac Amber Lights – so beautiful and versatile
I have two… Mermaid by Australis and the matte black by Nyx. Looove!
macs memorabilia or purple haze. memorabilia was my first eyeshadow and i can wear it alone
Wow this was a hard question! I love so many but if I had to choose one… It would be MAC Graphology. I love my dark smokey eye looks and I have a special place in my heart for this one.
laura mercier’s matte eyeshadow in whiskey
great for all over, in the crease, or heavily in the outer corner
i could live with just this shadow for the rest of forever
I have 2 MAC Club and Lancome Backstage Pass!
MAC Woodwinked, I always come back to it!
Hmmm it’s a 3 way tie between MAC Club, Mineralism & Malt I wear those colours the most and have hit pan on all 3… But I’ve slowed down on using Mineralism since it was LE and they haven’t repromoted for a zillion years (or maybe they have and I missed it :S)
My favourite of all time is absolutely MAC Metal X eyeshadow in Gilded Ash!
MAC Sumptuous Olive. It was my first MAC shadow and the only one I’ve ever used up!
mac’s print!! it was my first mac e/s i’ve bought.. and i still use it all the time!!
i think it depends on my mood, if i’m going for color, i love using UD’s Graffiti. when i’m going more lowkey, i really like UD’s Shakedown
Oh, I love Graffiti! It’s such an amazing Green.
I don’t know if I can name a single e/s, but Tempting Quad is made for me! Even the MAs think so.
NARS Abyssinia. I use it as an all-over shade up to my browbone and it makes my skin glow translucently like porcelain. So gorgeous!
MAC’s paradisco! FAVE to the max!
Chanel Safari! 🙂
Urban Decay’s Mushroom. It’s stunning layered over a black base, is universally flattering, and blows MAC’s Satin Taupe out of the water.
I agree with this one! If you have the Naked Palette, Darkhorse looks stunning as the outer corner/crease color!!!!
Urban decay Graffiti!
It’s Lancome’s diamonds&pearls, unfortunately it’s discontinued for several years now and my back-ups are almost gone. It#s the perfect pearly, dusty pink (without being really pink)tone you can imagine.
Mac satin taupe or all that glitters, I can’t decide! Both are perfect shadows for a neutral look. They also look gorgeous on their own, when there is no time for an elaborate look with 2-3 shadows.
Definitely Mac Goldbit. I use it almost every day.
The very dark mauve from Chanel’s Kaska Beige quad.
UD’s Ruthless and Sellout:-)
First Satin taupe by M.A.C and Then Grain by M.A.C (so beautiful for a nude)
Too many to name. I do so many different things that it’s hard to pick one color they all have in common. Probably MAC Vanilla though, since it’s used in almost ALL of my stuff and I’m approaching hitting pan on it. Pretty, simple highlight color.
What a hard question! I might go for MAC’s Innuendo, or maybe Vex.
Urban decay mushroom – such a lovely taupe-grey!
Illamasquas ‘Intense’. (deep teal)
OK…I have 2:
one of them is…yeah from MAC and it’s CopperRing…I hardly use it, I even use All That Gliters more, but oddly enough, ATG looks like too much on me, and I feel like CopperRing doesn’t
I also love Mystic Blue (I think that’s the name) by Maybelline =)
MAC Juxt! Hands down my favorite!!! Followed by Humid, then Swimming. I LOVE green!
MAC’s satin taupe without a doubt:)
MAC’s Expensive Pink.
MAC Bronze, it probably has many dupes, but I’ve only ever use Bronze.
Probably Fyrinnae’s Digital Faerie or Futuristic Glamrock. Man, it’s so hard to choose just one, but I love my blue/aqua shades.
mac grand enterance
Mac Shale
Lise Watier Folie Douce
It’s a very shimmery neutral I use it almost every day
MAC Woodwinked.. AMAZING.
Great question! I really like seeing everyone’s answers for this 🙂
MAC Retrospeck. It goes with everything and looks great on it’s own. I’ve repurchased this countless times
MAC’s Naked
Is MAC Rye LE or Pro? I couldn’t find it on the Mac site
Rye was an LE shadow from a while ago.
mac naked lunch, satin taupe and rice paper
Urban Decay’s Haight. After that one, I have a lot of favorites, but Haight was just MADE for me.
Mac Club. Goes with everything and makes my hazel eyes stand out.
MAC Naked Lunch because it’s nice to wear as an all over lid color when you’re trying to be quick or subtle, but it looks beautiful when paired with almost anything.
Agree <3 I love Naked Lunch and All That Glitters. To me they are very similar, but both beautiful all over the lid colors
MAC’s Mulch. Very pretty neutral color for an all over wash. Very versatile. Whenever I wear it I get compliments.
MAC Family Silver!
MAC Satin Taupe 🙂 Copperplate is a close 2º.
MAC ricepaper
I think Urban Decay Half Baked is my favorite. I find myself using it all the time – it’s gorgeous by itself and goes with just about every other color.
Yes, it really is a unique and beautiful color!
Bobbi Brown Pewter or MAC Sumptuous Olive
Lancome’s Erika F.
Urban Decay Sin!!! 🙂
MAC Shroom my alldat highlighter and Woodwinked as an lidcolor.
Mac shale, parfait amour and beautiful iris. I love purple
If were talking about just the color, then I’d say I love Shimmermoss. But since I don’t have the courage to wear such a bright color, I’d say my all time favorite shadow (to use) is Brule, Ricepaper or this warm taupe I got from a Loreal quad (incidentally, it looks like a dupe for Woodwinked but leaning towards pink when sheered out). 🙂
I’m in love with MAC “tempting”
MAC copperplate – this is my favorite crease color! goes with anything and matches my color-type (very fair) perfectly
definitley MAC Mulch, hands down. it complements my skin tone perfectly, especially with the gorgeous reflects.
Oh and I nearly forgot stars n rockets-a new all time fab of mine thanks to temptalias recommendation
I love all my eyeshadows equaly haha! I can’t choose! Too hard! But I would have to say… No, I just can’t pick one… I’ll pick 4 (Haha!):
CHANEL Vert Khaki
MAC Mulch, Satin Taupe, Brule, Soft Brown.
Urban Decay Sin
Oh, I’m a Gemini, I have hundreds and it changes everyday. I admire Lancome’s Personal Style from afar and since it is unrequited and completely unsuitable this remains an abiding obsession.
Bare Escentuals eyeshadow in Queen Tiffany! is my <3
A tie between Urban Decay Flipside and Lounge. They look so awesome when worn together.
MAC Naked Lunch. It brightens my eyes when I’m tired and can be used as a wash or highlight. Multipurpose color that goes with many other colors as well.
I cant choose just one I would probably say my Ben Nye Lumiere palette because I can do so much with its bold brite shimmery colors.
MAC All That Glitters! It was my first MAC eyeshadow, it’s very versatile, and it still catches my eye when I look at the eyeshadow rack in the store.
Mac shroom
MAC- All That Glitters!! This is my favorite eyeshadow of all time 😀 I wear it almost everyday.
Mac soft brown– I can throw this in the crease for soft and easy contour and definition. I also adore mac all that glitters for a gorgeous lid color, and sable and satin taupe for outer corner. Urban decay half baked is also a must have!! Ahhhh can’t choose just one!
I think i Banshee. It’s a neutral but has a twist to it.
Mac Satin Taupe
Gosh, I don’t know. Probably MAC Expensive Pink, I reach for that most often. It’s a great shade for blue eyes.
Urban Decay Smog
Since I have 1000+ eyeshadows, it would be impossible to pick a favourite. 🙂
Urban Decay’s Blaze. I think it’s comparable to All That Glitters, but super-amazingly pigmented. It’s just a great shadow that I can wear daily, but I’m in love with Urban Decay’s entire non-glitter collection.
MAC Humid 🙂
My favorites (I can’t pick just one) are Stila Kitten, MAC Naked Lunch, MAC Woodwinked and this one shade out of the coastal scents shimmer palette. It’s a champaign-y neutral that is perfect with my skintone!
My favorite eye shadows are Nocturnelle, Fashion Groupie, Sumptuous Olive and Saddle I wear those the most so I couldn’t pick just one.
Kitten Heel by Lancome. Is the most beautiful shimmery gold eye shadow and it compliments brown eyes!
MAC Brule, Malt and Sable
My heart will always belong to Chanel Vega…
Recently I’ve been wearing MAC All that glitters,almost daily, I’ve gone beyond hitting pan to the point I have a few crumbs left, guess I’ll be hitting the MAC counter tomorrow.
Must say though, as a neutral lover the Naked palette has gotten a huge thumbs up from me 🙂
So hard to pick just one, but my immediate first thought was MAC Lucky Green so I’ll have to go with that. 😀
MAC’s CREOLE BEAUTY 🙂 From the colour 4 quad (spring forecast collection).
MAC’s Satin Taupe without a doubt! (Yogurt is a runner up)
This is hard to decide. My all time favorite eyeshadow is Black Tied.
MAC Satin Taupe
MAC Amber Lights! It goes with everything and makes my brown eyes pop!
Last Call by Urban Decay.
I’m OBSESSED with it! It’s a perfect burgundy-purple color. It’s so versatile and it looks great with my green eyes!
MAC’S Blanc Type
ahhhhh its so hard to choose
vibrant grape and saddle
MAC Carbon. Just a dark eye is usually my go to look, as I wear a lot of black. ^^
Mac Humid and Amber Lights!
MAC’s Sassy Grassy is def my fav, makes a great green smokey eye or an amazing liner if i am feeling lazy and don’t want to spend time on my eyes
Mac grain!
I am a minority! A month ago I would have put MAC’s juxt or vex but it is NYX Sahara now. yep, that’s right – the quality, texture is worth more than that I payed for MAC shadows. buttery, smooth, perfect base color.
Makeup Fever #9 (lavendar) and #26 (pink)
Mac: Pink Pearl
Macs odd couple mineral eyeshadow duo. Prettiest purple ever!
Urban Decay’s Sin. I wear it alone when I’m in a hurry or want something subtle, but it goes great with so many other colors.
I have a hard time actually picking an all-time favorite. So, I’ll just go with my first MAC shadow: Orange. I love the color so it was a perfect fit.
Still haven’t hit pan on anything ever, though. Need to wear my shadows more often!
MAC woodwinked
MAC ricepaper
Mac Star Violet.It’s purple and pink and brown and golden all wrapped into one…such a pretty, unique color and it goes with everything!
Even though I’ve moved onto MAC since Urban Decay never releases new colors unless they’re in a palette that sells out right away (that’s a whole other issue lol)… but I would have to say Urban Decay in Sellout. A perfect all over lid color, It’s my go to color that I can pair with anything and I think it looks good on all skin tones.
MAC’s All That Glitters.
Urban Decay’s Flash I just love it, it really brings out my brown eyes.
mac’s brule, nylon, and wedge. i could wear those 3 in so many ways.
Next to Nothing from the ‘Tempting’ quad by MAC; it’s so versatile and a brilliant base for other colors.
‘Sin’ by Urban Decay is one of my fave’s too. Pretty without being overpowering and easy to wear.
My favorite eyeshadow is MAC’s Modest Tone, I have two of them but since it’s LE I would have to say that my favorite (permanent) eyeshadow would have to be MAC’c Grain which is similar. I can wear Grain by itself and it gives me the perfect natural, nudish, slightly pink shade with the most beautiful sheen. It just makes me look so awake and fresh.
I would have to say Silver Ring. I am almost out.
(in no particular order):-
1. Mac Haze (blue-green), now discontinued- an oldie from way back in the mid-1990’s, where Mac didn’t yet have fliptops to their single eyeshadows.
2. Mac Star Violet
3. Bobbi Brown Buttercream