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Temptalia's Collection: Eyeshadow Palettes - Close Up 2009


Column 1: Antiqued, Cranberry, Limo;
Column 2: Coppering, Expensive Pink, Til Daybreak;
Column 3: Post-Haste, Passionate, Living Pink

Phew, here are close-ups of the eyeshadow palettes labeled 🙂 I have some MAC holiday palettes, premade quads, and one self-made quad to accompany all of these eyeshadows, in case some of you were like, “How does she not own Carbon?!” My self-made quad is Carbon, Casablanca, Ricepaper, and Vex.


Column 1: Post-Haste, Passionate, Living Pink;
Column 2: Pink Papillon, Da Bling, Up-do;
Column 3: Orange, Firespot, Fab & Flashy


Column 1: Evening Aura, Juiced, Goldmine;
Column 2: Flip, Going Bananas, Dreammaker;
Column 3: Rose Blanc, Gorgeous Gold, Rye


Column 1: Rose Blanc, Gorgeous Gold, Rye;
Column 2: Rye, Tendermetal, Summer Neutral;
Column 3: Henna, Glare, Warming Trend


Column 1: Patina, Sable Wrap, Greensmoke;
Column 2: Femme-Noir, Flourishing, Scarab;
Column 3: Mink & Sable, Velvet Moss, Humid


Column 1: Mink & Sable, Velvet Moss, Humid;
Column 2: Lucky Green, Overgrown, Eyepopping;
Column 3: Juxt, Wondergrass, Bio Green


Column 1: Aquavert, Metamorph, Bottle Green;
Column 2: Shimmermoss, Newly Minted, Melody;
Column 3: Gulf Stream, A Bluer Blue, Talent Pool


Column 1: Gulf Stream, A Bluer Blue, Cool Heat;
Column 2: Stormwatch, Talent Pool, Parrot;
Column 3: Freshwater, Blue Flame, Deep Truth


Column 1: Electric Eel, Moon’s Reflection, Blue Storm;
Column 2: Atlantic Blue, Climate Blue, Deep Shade;
Column 3: Cinders, Thunder, Parfait Amour


Column 1: Cinders, Thunder, Parfait Amour;
Column 2: Top Knot, Fig. 1, Beautiful Iris;
Column 3; Lotusland, Seedy Pearl, Digit


Column 1: Stars ‘n Rockets, Romping, Beauty Marked;
Column 2: Pearl of the Earth, Thunder, Wintersky;
Column 3: Neutral Pink, Smut, Satin Taupe


Column 1: Neutral Pink, Smut, Satin Taupe,
Column 2: Magnetic Fields, Embark, 100 Strokes;
Column 3: A Little Folie, Beautyburst, Glamour Check!


Column 1: Bold & Brazen, Valet, Texture;
Column 2: French Cuff, Arena, Say Yeah;
Column 3: Motif, Bronze, Cork


Column 1: Motif, Bronze, Cork;
Column 2: Woodwinked, Elite, Romp;
Column 3: Taupe Note, Ochre Style, Soba


Column 1: Jasmine, Nanogold, Daisychain;
Column 2: White Tie, Rite of Spring, Blurr;
Column 3: Pen ‘n Pink, Hush, Grain


Column 1: Pen ‘n Pink, Hush, Grain;
Column 2: Malt, Bisque, Performance;
Column 3: Modest Tone, Femme-fi, Femme-fi


Column 1: Shroom, Blanc Type, Crystal;
Column 2: Vellum, Pincurl, Clue;
Column 3: Copperplate, Smoke & Diamonds, Charred


Column 1: Copperplate, Smoke & Diamonds, Charred;
Column 2: Knight, Silver Ring, Cumulus;
Column 3: Electra, Mont Black, Cloudburst

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christy golightly Avatar

Hey Christine,
Wow! One day with any luck my collection will look this.
I do have a question though, I have been looking online for a true hot pink e/s with shimmer but so far nothing doing. Do you think ‘passionate’ might fit the bill or is there something else out there I missed? Thank you so much for all the work you put into this site, it is amazing!

sprut Avatar

this is so helpful…I’m going to come back to this when I want to buy new shadows because I have a hard time trusting the colors on mac’s website. I just like seeing them in an actual palette or pot prior to purchasing. thanks!

Heather Avatar

Looks like you had some boo-boos when depotting 🙁 I hate that! Which method do you use? I use an iron and some parchment paper and rarely have any problems.

Nice collection! You’re catching up to me…but you have way more LE colors – like the square shaped ones! 🙂 Thanks for sharing!!

Christine Avatar

LOL, it’s actually clumsiness. I constantly nick and gouge my pans just taking them out of the palettes or holding them. I am not very graceful while depotting. I’d say maybe 1 of 30 will have any chip or oops from the actual depotting process… all the rest, well, that’s me.

I use the oven method 🙂

S. Avatar

You know what I completely understand. At first I didnt like when I took off the cover but now I am use to it :)I do keep my quads in tip shape. Also I have a very bad habit, I take a q-tip spray it with alcohol and I have to clean the excess from the eye shadow- like on the edges. I have a little traveling bottle from target that I put alcohol and I have to wipe my palletes as well. I clean my palettes like a crazy person lol.

cloudburst Avatar

I didn’t at first realize that you were repeating some of the columns, so I was thinking “wow she owns a lot of ryes!”. LOL. I’m jealous you have Melody!

My-Linh Avatar

Wow, I am silly…it took me about half way through to realize the color names were for columns and not rows (even though it said column). No wonder why I thought some of the names didn’t really match the colors 🙂

mars Avatar

thanks for making me think about depotting my holiday palettes into my pro palettes. i’ve depotted everything else but still have those separate because I didn’t realize they would fit. Now I can do a little rearranging and put those in as well. I love having my shadows in palettes so that they are easier to organize.

Christine Avatar

Yep, they definitely fit! 🙂 I should depot the ones from last year or two, but we’ll see. They’re not as easy to depot as regular eyeshadows, so I always put them off, LOL. If I don’t have them in my palettes, I rarely use ’em, so that’s why I depot everything!

Saira Avatar

This is so cool :o) ! I love seeing all the different eyeshadows. It’s also really helpful for when I am thinking of getting a new shade and want to check out different Mac colours!

Kohl Girl Avatar

Christine,

MAC should really pay you a fee for doing this service for all of us ladies!! Their website would be sooo much better if it had product colors labeled like this!!

crystal Avatar

woooaoww! I love to see the “bottom”!
I just realize that the “squares” taken from holiday can fit in the palette!Thanks for showing us!
I got trip palettes, there’s no way of fitting those rectangles into the little holes 🙁

Rachael Avatar

Hey Christine, I love the look of the color Limo. How close is it to cranberry…and if it’s not close, is there a good dupe you can recommend for it? Thanks!

love Avatar

Wait… Correct me I’m wrong, does MAC make a 9 pallette? I thought it was 3, 8, and 15 or 16. I think I have the largest pallete, LOL.
Great collection Christine!!

Kelli Avatar

Hey,
Do you know if they’re gonna release any collections in the future wuth “elite”??
It’s my all time fave eyeshadow from MAC and my own is almost finished! 🙁

kimbo Avatar

It would be great if you could tell the other shadows in your 15 palettes for those of us that need ideas on organizing our shadows.

Thanks for the pix and ideas!

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