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MAC Cooler-Toned Purple Eyeshadows Photos & Swatches

MAC Cooler-Toned Purple Eyeshadows

Beautiful Iris is described as a “lavender with sheen [with a Veluxe Pearl finish].”  It’s a light-medium, lavender purple with cool, undertones and a soft, frosted finish. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

Digit is described as a “soft violet with subtle pearl [with a Satin finish].”  It’s a light, muted lavender with cool undertones and a pearly sheen.  See comparison swatches / view dupes.

Indian Ink is described as a “deep eggplant [with a Matte finish].” It’s a medium-dark, cool-toned purple with a matte finish. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

Parfait Amour is described as an “blue-violet with shimmer [with a Frost finish].” It’s a medium, bluish-purple with an iridescent, pearly sheen. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

Bonus:

These two shades are no longer available on MAC’s website, but since they were in my “permanent” palettes and were re-photographed and swatched, I’m including them below (maybe one of the dupes will be helpful!):
Graphology is a deep, dark, muted purple with cool undertones and a matte finish.  See comparison swatches / view dupes.

Purple Haze is a muted, medium purple with a matte finish and subtle, cool undertones. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

What’s Swatch Saturday? I can’t always review products with full, in-depth reviews, but sometimes, I can at least give you photos and swatches, and then also provide a link to dupes and comparisons for those interested! This also helps us to build up our Swatch Gallery and add even more entries to The Dupe List, which can be helpful to readers at any point.

MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow
MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow

MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow
MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow

MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow
MAC Beautiful Iris Eyeshadow

MAC Digit Eyeshadow
MAC Digit Eyeshadow

MAC Digit Eyeshadow
MAC Digit Eyeshadow

MAC Digit Eyeshadow
MAC Digit Eyeshadow

MAC Graphology Eyeshadow
MAC Graphology Eyeshadow

MAC Graphology Eyeshadow
MAC Graphology Eyeshadow

MAC Graphology Eyeshadow
MAC Graphology Eyeshadow

MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow
MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow

MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow
MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow

MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow
MAC Indian Ink Eyeshadow

MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow
MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow

MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow
MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow

MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow
MAC Parfait Amour Eyeshadow

MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow
MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow

MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow
MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow

MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow
MAC Purple Haze Eyeshadow

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Denise Avatar

Too much purple going on for me (not really my colour) – wouldn’t want to look like I’ve been the victim of a vicious mugging!

Lotus Avatar

YaY! Some of my FAVORITES! I’m adding Laven-duh! DC, but a Gem! Oh, I love MAC PURPLES! YaY! I could go on with these & greens, and duochromes, heck.. Let’s play with colors! (I realized today that most people confuse Bronze with Copper.. I’m guessing due to slang
summer tanning talk..?.,.)

Ammara Avatar

Hmm. Not my favorite shades. I like Purple Haze out of these, but otherwise they’re too light and cool toned to suit me. I was trying to figure out why they were all so likely to look powdery on me, and then I saw it was right there in the title. :p

rashmi Avatar

I absolutely adore purples 🙂 MAC do make great purples but MUFE …. ohhhhh you name it and they have it .. some or the other shade for everyone 🙂
my fav purple from MAC would be beautiful iris and i so want to pick DIGIT soon 🙂
i have stopped using eyeshadow for some weird reasons 🙁 🙁 🙁

Liz Avatar

Aah thank you for this! I want them all (at least, the ones I don’t already have.) Any recommendations for what to pair these with other than cool taupe or silver? (I’m fair, very cool toned with multicolored eyes that tend green).

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