Best MAC Eyeshadows 2017 | Share Your Favorites
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10 Best MAC Eyeshadows
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- Best in Blushes/Bronzers: Blush, Copper Blush, Coral Blush, Everyday Blush,Matte Blushes, NARS Blushes, Orange Blush, Peach Blush, Pink Blush, Plum Blush, Best Bronzer, Best Bronzer for Your Skin Tone
- Best in Highlighters: Copper Highlighter, Gold Highlighter, Highlighter, Liquid Highlighter Formula, Natural Highlighter, Pink Highlighter
- Best in Palettes: Best Eyeshadow Palette, Best Neutral Eyeshadow Palette
- Best in Eyeshadows: Copper Eyeshadows, Eyeshadow, Green Eyeshadows, MAC Eyeshadows, Peach Eyeshadows, Eyeshadows, Taupe Eyeshadow
- Best in Foundations: Cream Foundation, Liquid Foundation, Loose Powder Foundation, Pressed Powder Foundation
- Best in Lipglosses: Lipgloss, Shimmery Lipglosses, Most Hydrating Lipgloss Formula, Most Pigmented Lipgloss
- Best in Lipsticks: “Nude” Lipstick, Berry Lipsticks, Brown Lipsticks, Burgundy Lipsticks, Coral Lipstick, Fuchsia Lipstick, Lipstick, Best Mauve Lipsticks, Orange Lipstick, Peach Lipsticks, Pink Lipstick, Plum Lipstick, Purple Lipsticks, Red Lipstick, Most Hydrating Lipstick Formula
Deep Truth, Plumage, Red Brick. Very disappointed that they discontinued the Matte2 formula. Copperplate was my favorite and they do not have another shade that compares.
Agree about copperplate. Don’t have a lot of Mac shadows, comparatively. But the initial favorites show why warm neutrals remain the predominant force in offerings from all brands. Of the ten selected by readers, seven are warm neutrals. Guess that’s why I only have copperplate, fathoms deep, and lucky green, lol.
I recently gave away most of my MAC neutrals (several on the above list) because I was just over-saturated, I couldn’t make use of them all and that irks me. I think the only ones that survived were Malt, Blackberry, Deep Damson, and Sable. And a few LEs. Deep Truth and Plumage are my must haves.
Agree about Matte ² formula!
Well Pooh on me, I totally forgot all about Vex and Savant until I just now saw both recommended. Vex was my very first MAC eyeshadow. I literally wore it to death that 1st winter I had that gem in my possession! Paired it with Nyx’s Root Beer and Beanie for a very dreamy, yet smokey purpled taupe look that made my eyes glow. And how did I forget that???
Not surprised a lot of the faves are in the Veluxe Pearl formula, their best one in my opinion.
PS All that Glitters makes an amazing highlighter – it was all I used to use before highlighters exploded
Veluxe Pearl is one of my faves too but they axed some of their really excellent formulas – the Matte2’s, all the original Pro Longwear shades, Starflash and the Mega Metals – all of these were really outstanding but of the formulas remaining, I also like the VPs the best.
Oh Matte2 and Starflash! Those are my favorite finishes!
I think that Satin Taupe, Sumptuous Olive and Fathoms Deep are some of the best that MAC has to offer. The Extra Dimensions range was particularly good as I recall. Gorgeous shades.
Woodwinked is one of those eyeshadows that doesn’t look that special in a swatch but looks amazing on the eye. One of those ‘one and done’ shades that makes it look like a complex eye look when you’ve only used one eyeshadow. I didn’t realise it was Limited Edition though (indicated as such in the list above).
Christine, just an FYI – sadly, Copperplate is no longer “permanent”. It’s been discontinued (drat!).
As it turns out, I have 7 out of the 10 eyeshadows listed here! My all-time favorites include expensive pink, coppering, all that glitters, amber lights, soft brown, brun, woodwinked, rice paper, and satin taupe. I’ve branched out to other brands of eye shadows over the years (UD, Colourpop, etc) but I’m still a total MAC girl at heart.
What palette do you store your eyeshadows in?
In the photo, those are Make Up For Ever palettes.
How did you get such a good swatch of Deep Damson? I feel like mine has so little pigment!
I didn’t do anything different or special…
Soft Brown, Cork, Saddle, Embark, Brown Script, Naked Lunch, Sumptuous Olive, Coppering, Nylon, All That Glitters
I wish Folie wasn’t discontinued. It was my favorite for the crease.