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victoria Avatar
victoria

this is not fair, i only like one color from each palette. i wish they would repromote neutral pink but i like smudged violet, sweet chestnut and i missed out on next to nothing:( but if i get desperate, i’d probably go for tempting quad, that sharp e/s looks great.

Skyler Avatar
Skyler

I don’t get where Sharp comes from. It doesn’t go with the rest of the quad or the collection. *lol* Odd. Anyway, I still want all three quads despite the fact that I have the perm colours. I use the perm colours that happen to be in these a lot anyway. I’ve also used a lot of my Nanogold and Next to Nothing. Spiced Chocolate is a great collection of colours. Love the look of both blushes too! 😀

michelle Avatar
michelle

this is the first time in almost 2 years that i am *truly* interested in hauling some MAC quads. When and where are these available? Shadowy Lady must be mine.

Kendra Avatar
Kendra

OOOh I love shadowy lady, the only problem is I already have deep truth! :p I am almost hoping that this launch doesn’t come out for a while yet, my bank account is still recovering from my dazzleglass haul (I got 9 of them) and my HUGE haul from the 15% of promo (I still feel like I should have got more! LOL!) I seriously need to ban myself from MAC for awhile!

EK Avatar
EK

this whole “waiting until September” thing is just *not* going to work for me! I soooo want them all! Mac quads are $40 each? yikes

Ariele Avatar
Ariele

Ahh, I think I can pass on the Tempting quad. That makes me feel a little better 🙂 But I’m loving Spiced Chocolate AND Shadowy Lady.

Do we know what finish the Plum du Bois blush is? Looks like it would look awesome with the Spiced Chocolate quad 🙂

Thank you Debbie for the awesome swatches!!!

kat Avatar
kat

The quads look amazing, especially spiced chocolate! I’m eyeing the shadowy lady one, too… but even the tempting quad looks cute! oh I’m so excited for this now!

Nicole Avatar
Nicole

oh gosh, i want the spiced chocolate quad and the tempting quad, partly for the new colors and cuz i only bought modest tone from the N collection and this way i get dark edge and nano gold and also next to nothing from the smokey eyes quad(?) that i missed out on. these quads make me love repeats! hahaha! as for the blushes, i’m kinda not feelin’ those, i think i would need to see them in person.

claudine Avatar
claudine

yay the tempting quad is lovely i will get it for sure
im not feeling the other quads enough and i got deep truth so money saved haha

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cloudburst

I’ll probaby get Shadowy lady & Tempting quad…do you guys ever get the feeling that MAC repackages the left over e/s colours from previous releases in their quads, just to use them up? Ha, ha.

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Tekoa

I am SO getting the Spiced Chocolate and Tempting quads! I already have Deep Truth and Shadowy Lady from the Shadowy quad. Maybe I should start a petition that no quads can have perm eyeshadows in it?

Angi Avatar
Angi

Is it shameful that I want all of those? Even though many of the shades look similar to other colors I have I don’t have THOSE shades and they all look quite wearable to me.

traca Avatar
traca

Why are so many ppl excited about shadowy lady? u can go to the store and get that now. i have it on my make up table now. IMO, Ive found the color is actually a lil difficult to work with. its hard to get it to appear how it looks in the pan without some sort of paint. If any one has any suggestions, hit me up.

Claire Avatar
Claire

I love warm colours so I’ll definitely be getting Spiced Chocolate. I’m on the fence about the Temtping quad though – it’s the green shade that is putting me off because I look terrible in green e/s. However, it might be worth it for the other 3 colours(plus I could maybe get it out of the quad and give it to my sister who loves bright colours on her eyes). I could attempt to display some willpower and NOT get it, but I go through some sort of temporary insanity everytime I visit a MAC counter so will probably end up purchasing it. 🙂

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fionna

i really like that smudged violet e/s….would you know any dupes? weren’t mac quads cheaper than $36 before?
I want the spiced chocolate quad or the tempting quad (but I don’t really like the color sharp)

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