MAC Blind Score Casual Colour ($23.00 for 0.08 oz.) is described as a “dirty reddish lilac.” It’s a slightly muted, dark berry with cool undertones and a natural sheen. CoverGirl Deep Mauve (DC, $9.99) is more shimmery (95% similar). ColourPop New Lowes (LE, $8.00) is warmer, less glossy (90% similar). IT Cosmetics Magical in Mauve (P, $24.00) is more shimmery (90% similar). Viseart Violet #3 (PiP, ) is less glossy (90% similar). Chanel Vivacite (88) (LE, $45.00) is less shimmery, less glossy (90% similar). MAC Passionately Tempted (LE, $24.00) is darker (90% similar). Glossier Haze (P, $18.00) is glossier (90% similar). MAC Hot Nights (LE, $24.00) is warmer (90% similar). MAC Restores Dazzle (LE, $21.00) is warmer (90% similar). MAC Here You Go (LE, ) is brighter (90% similar). NARS Jeanette (LE, $39.00) is lighter, less pigmented, warmer (85% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

The Casual Colour formula is designed for use on lips and cheeks with a “non-sticky,” “lightweight,” and hydrating formula. As you might exect with a multi-tasking product, it is better in one area than the other; in the case of this formula, it’s better on the cheeks than on the lips. Applied as a blush, it goes on easily–blendable, smooth, and doesn’t lift product if used on top of foundation nor does it sit poorly on bare skin–and looks like stain, which wore for nine hours. Applied as a lip color, it is thin, clingy, and emphasizes the natural texture of the lips, and it is somewhat drying over the four and a half hours it lasted. Blind Score had semi-opaque coverage that was easily built up to opaque coverage or sheered out for sheerer coverage–it’s very easy to control and diffuse, particularly on cheeks. The thinness of the formula on lips makes it harder to sheer it out, but it is still buildable to opaque coverage on lips.

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour

MAC Blind Score Casual Colour