MAC Give Me Fire, Strike While Haute, Red Alert Eyeshadows Reviews, Photos, Swatches
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow ($16.00 for 0.05 oz.) is described as a “soft pink champagne with pearl [with a Lustre finish].” It’s a light-medium, beige-brown with warm undertones and a golden sparkle. It had semi-opaque color coverage with loose sparkle that tended to drop underneath the lid when initially applied. The texture was thin but not dry. It wore well for eight hours on me. MAC Terre (Left) (LE) is lighter, more shimmery. MAC Sweet Sovereign (LE, $15.00) is more shimmery. Chanel Envol (847) (LE, $36.00) is a cream product. Hello Kitty Apple Pie (LE) is lighter. Urban Decay Last Sin (LE, $18.00) is similar. bareMinerals Future (P) is pinker. Make Up For Ever I520 Pinky Sand (P, $21.00) is lighter. Marc Jacobs Beauty Honey Bunny (400) (P, $28.00) is a cream product. Tom Ford Beauty Orchid Haze #1 (P) is lighter, pinker, more shimmery. Too Faced Cheers! (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery. NARS Nepal (P, $24.00) is very similar. MAC Naked Lunch (P, $15.00) is pinker. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow ($16.00 for 0.05 oz.) is described as a “true red [with a Matte finish].” It’s a brightened, medium red with warm, orange undertones and a matte finish. It had fairly good pigmentation that went on smoothly, but it does need to patted on with minimal blending to maintain its intensity. On me, the color wore well for eight hours before fading. Wet ‘n’ Wild Three’s a Party #2 (LE, $2.29) is warmer, darker. Sugarpill Love+ (P, $12.00) is richer. Inglot #366 (P, $6.00) is darker. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow ($16.00 for 0.05 oz.) is described as a “rusty red mid-tone copper [with a Veluxe Pearl finish].” It’s a rusty, muted orange-copper with hints of brown and a slight reddish tint. It had a frosted finish with a smooth sheen. The color payoff was fully opaque with a soft, blendable texture that made it easy to use. The color wore well for eight hours before fading. Marc Jacobs Beauty The Siren #2 (LE) is redder. MAC Gingersnap (P, $15.00) is a smidgen lighter. MAC Amorous Alloy (LE, $19.50) is darker. NARS Cambodia (LE, $24.00) is redder. Sleek MakeUP Sunset #8 (P, $9.99) is redder. Sleek MakeUP Sunset #3 (P, $9.99) is more shimmery. Disney by Sephora Trust Me (LE) is similar. NARS California (P, $24.00) is darker. MAC Magnetic Attraction (LE, $21.00) is redder. MAC Coppering (P, $15.00) is brighter. Le Metier de Beaute Innocence (DC, $30.00) is redder. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
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MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Give Me Fire Eyeshadow
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow
MAC Strike While Haute Eyeshadow
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow
MAC Red Alert Eyeshadow
Give Me Fire, Strike While Haute, Red Alert Eyeshadow, Ardency Inn Gold Eyeliner
Give Me Fire, Strike While Haute, Red Alert Eyeshadow, Ardency Inn Gold Eyeliner
Love these! Gorgeous!
Glad ya liked ’em!
Give me fire is cute. The name makes me think of Metallica!
Fun!! 🙂
\M/ Yeah! Queue Enter Sandman! 🙂
I’m glad I’m not alone– I need the eyeshadow Give me Fuel to go along with it. 🙂
I feel like I have dupes for all of these already, but it’s a really nice grouping of colours that I hadn’t thought to try together. Now I feel inspired! Lovely look you did for the eyes, by the way. I’ve said it before but I really miss seeing your makeup looks (although I doubt you have time to do them very often with everything you’re testing!)
Thanks a lot, Kate! I wasn’t crazy about it – so much red! Felt really… red but not in a good way, haha, so I appreciate the comment 🙂
I agree, very very pretty!
Red Alert is so pretty and like I said earlier, the look you created is simply beautiful!
Thank you again, Agata!
These colours are really pretty!
They’re very fun!
I was waiting on your reviews before I went after these. I think they’re beautiful. I like how this whole collection is a red collection, but they took the shades in different tangents. There are reds, corals, “red beiges” 😉 , gingery reds, etc.
I only wish Red Alert wasn’t so similar to Coppering!
I don’t have Coppering, so not an issue for me. I can see where that would be annoying for someone with a large MAC collection. I can’t fine Strike While Haute listed in any of the stores, so I’m assuming it sold out fast. I do have the Wet n Wild shade, though, so not all is lost. It’s easy enough to get the Inglot shade if I want a little more oomph.
You can call 1-801-261-4402 for a Nordstrom in Utah that has everything and always free shipping! 😀 I hope that helps! 😀
Awesome! I’ll give them a try. Thank you, Lotus.
Yay! I think you’ll love it and I hope I’m right! 😀 You’re welcome, Rachel! 🙂
Lotus, I was able to get their last one, and they are shipping it out to me today. Very nice store. The SA called me “Miss Rachel.” So cute. Thanks again! Love to you.
Oh, Rachel! That’s such happy news! It really makes me feel good to hear that! So much love! The online Nordies kept with me on the phone while locating the *best* one and everyone was so kind and genuinely accommodating! And to learn you experienced the same good fortune, My heart is bursting with gratitude! I’m so glad as well because you’ll be so happy!!!! Awww!!! I’d like to share the BEST thing that ever happened with customer service and I have pictures to prove this! Story: NORDSTOM IS THE BEST: I was facing a fatal infection right around Mother’s Day and just had gotten out of the hospital but was getting sick agsin and would have to go back so I needed to do something quickly for my mom with my limited funds but I made a huge mistake at Nordstrom and I felt so badly because my money was gone and I really needed to cheer my mom up, so I called them and of course I was crying because I made the mistake and was sick and didn’t want trouble, and this amazing guy, Adam, listened patiently and managed to put my money back in my bank, have the order go back to him, and he told me, “Don’t worry about it now, ok? Just get better.” That kindness and maneuvering just for me was the greatest treatment I’d ever have and I just cried. In and back out of the ER, I came home to find the most beautiful bouquet sent to me!!! It was healthy, so happy, and lovely.. But from who? The card said something very sweet and it was from that Adam in customer service!!!! WHO DOES THAT? <3 I think of that and my heart swells to pay it forward 🙂 What a difference a call to Nordstrom makes! Thank you, Rachel. You've also brought me find memories today. 😀 <3 <3 <3
How does Give Me Fire compare to Hey (my all-time favorite MAC eyeshadow)
http://www.temptalia.com/submit-dupe?sbs=1&pid=183168&dupe=105481
Forget the eyeshadows and gimme that gold eyeliner!!
Lol jk, I think these are nice, especially the matte one. However, imo anyone interested in these is way better off with the Sleek Sunset palette (just get it, ppl!). Although that palette doesn’t have any mattes…
True enough!!
Strike While Haute is pretty, but it reminds me or a redish sushi flower too much to bother. Besides, I barely ever reach for reds or pinks.
I kind of dig the muted quality of it – made it a little easier to wear, I think.
Oh, I definitely, DEFINITELY want Strike While Haute.
Yay!
I really like the last two shades here. And I love the look your created! Xx
Thanks, Jenny!
Red and orange eyeshadows really don’t do it for me but I do very much like the look of Give Me Fire. I’ll have to check that one out.
I just wish it wasn’t a Lustre!
I am not sure about red eyeshadows – I think they can easily make someone look like they have an eye problem.
They can be tricky to work!
Actually, when I saw my mom last night and so had just washed my face, she told me she liked the pretty dark Orange colors of my eye.. I told her they were bare, she said she knew but wanted to say it. I’m not sure how to take that.. Lol 🙂
Aww! She was just telling you that you look lovely all bare!
Haha.. That would be nice. I feel she just looks at me sadly because I’m sick. I can’t ever tell what people mean anymore. It makes me quite sad. That’s why I like this blog. It’s full of goodness. I can always trust being here. Thanks for that. 🙂
🙂
Oooh, I like all three! 🙂
Woohoo!!
Sorry, the dupes are superior this time around. IMHO, Sugarpill’s Love+ is the standard for matte red eyeshadows. It is awesome, especially during holiday season and the summer months. Red Alert is cute, but I prefer Mac’s extra dimension e/s Amorous Alloy. They should’ve re-promoted Love’s Lure. That’s a pretty metallic red/burgandy eyeshadow. Great for the holiday season too.
I think if you want a really bold red, yes, but I think there is room for a more muted red as well 🙂
I think you have done an excellent job of making red eyeshadow very wearable and accessible in this look; particularly for peeps who are leery of red and those with warmer complexions.
Aw, thank you Wendy! xo
Love Red Alert! It’s a beautiful color
Glad ya liked it, Fancie!
I did order these! I’m excited even though they are basically dupes for MAC Frankly Scarlet Blush, Nars Dolce Vita, Unlawful, others are similar as well, Albatross, Kitten.. But I adore red eyeshadows and they have the bonus of being both blush and highlighter as well! The matte shade swatch, if sheered out, is the same color as my eyelids, the darker areas like the darkest eyeshafow, and same for the lightest and my lightest brightest eye areas! 😀 I’m very pigmented, thought have color on when I don’t.. But I love amping it up! Bringing any combination of eyeshadows that will play like the very old and DCd MAC large eyeshadow in Mystic.. SO HAPPY! 😀 Thanks to your review, Christine, I’m now also very tempted by the Beauty Powder! What are your thoughts? 🙂 I trust you’ve an idea of what I have.. 😉
Happy you were able to grab ’em, Lotus!
The Beauty Powder is only worth considering if you’re very light, I think.
Me too! Thank you! I’m The shade of Ethereal Hourglass ALP.. Exactly. 🙂 Would you recommend as a good addition or more so think it’s unnecessary?
I think it’s unnecessary!
Red Alert is really pretty!
It is!
Hmmm, gonna keep Strike With Haute and Red Alert in mind, I like the look of them!
Let me know if you end up getting ’em!
Strike While Hot is an interesting colour to have in the collection – may consider it.
Fun!!
I *love* the look you’ve done with these! Just that touch of bright red in the outer corner, set of by the black/gold lower lashline combo. <3
Thank you so much, Sylirael! 🙂
Give Me Fire looks a lot like Urban Decay’s Shotgun (discontinued)
Good to know! Thank you, Alexandra!
How does the “strike while haute” eyeshadow compare to the MAC LE “Louder Please” eyeshadow? I own that one from the “dare to wear” collection. I’m curious to see if they are at all close by first glance they look similar.
Louder Please is blue-based!
Thanks!! That helps I think I migh skip it. I will have to check out the sugarpill red, I really love the vibrant shades.
I’d love to see mac put out another collection full of brights. 😉
No problem! 🙂
I love red based eye shadows, I think they look stunning against brown, hazel and green eyes! You nailed this look
Glad to hear it!