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        <title>MAC Mickey Contractor: Comparisons &#038; Dupes for Eyes</title>
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                <excerpt><![CDATA[Products pulled for comparisons MAC Mickey Contractor: Comparisons &amp; Dupes for Eyes IVY is slightly greener than Minted, while Urban Decay Graffiti has a stronger yellow base and appears much lighter. Jade Way is too dark to be a dupe.]]></excerpt>
                <description><![CDATA[<div><img src="http://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps.jpg" width="250" style="border:1px solid #999999; margin-bottom: 5px;" /></div>MAC Mickey Contractor: Comparisons & Dupes for Eyes IVY is slightly greener than Minted, while Urban Decay Graffiti has a stronger yellow base and appears much lighter. Jade Way is too dark to be a dupe. Make Up For Ever #22 Aqua Cream is significantly more of a yellow-based green, while Urban Decay Grass Cream Eyeshadow is less yellow but still doesn't have the slight teal tinge that Ivy has. Urban Decay Loaded Ink for Eyes is, again, too yellow in its base. SIAHI is darker and almost teal in comparison to Make Up For Ever <a href="https://www.temptalia.com/mac-mickey-contractor-comparisons-dupes-for-eyes/"> Continue Reading… </a>]]></description>
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<em>Products pulled for comparisons</em></p>
<h2>MAC Mickey Contractor: Comparisons &amp; Dupes for Eyes</h2>
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<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>IVY</strong></span> is slightly greener than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Minted</em></span>, while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Urban Decay Graffiti</em></span> has a stronger yellow base and appears much lighter.  <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Jade Way</em></span> is too dark to be a dupe.  <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Make Up For Ever #22 Aqua Cream</em></span> is significantly more of a yellow-based green, while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Urban Decay Grass Cream Eyeshadow</em></span> is less yellow but still doesn&#8217;t have the slight teal tinge that Ivy has.  <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Urban Decay Loaded Ink for Eyes</em></span> is, again, too yellow in its base.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>SIAHI</strong></span> is darker and almost teal in comparison to <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Make Up For Ever #20</em></span>; greener, less blue tham <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Stila Peacock</em></span>; darker than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Make Up For Ever #12L</em></span>; darker and tealer than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Smoothblue</em></span>; tealer than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Waveline</em></span>; and tealer than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Inky</em></span>.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>MARVEL</strong></span> is slightly less vibrant than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Push the Edge</em></span>, while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Grape</em></span>comes close, but it&#8217;s a darker, less iridescent purple.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>OOMPH</strong></span> is slightly blacker and less brown than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Fiction</em></span>, while it is just a little blacker than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Greensmoke</em></span>.  <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Humid</em></span> is significantly greener and <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Sumptuous Olive</em></span> is totally different.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>RANI</strong></span> is only slightly pinker than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Passionate</em></span> (a lot closer than I thought), while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>MUFE #75</em></span> is off the charts bright but fuchsia and blue-based.  <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>MUFE #52</em></span> doesn&#8217;t come anywhere close.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>SAFFRON</strong></span> is less intense and a touch lighter than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Red Brick</em></span>, while it is darker, less intense (appearing rustier) than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Orange</em></span>.    <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Rule</em></span> is more orange, as is <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>MUFE #50</em></span>.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>JAAN</strong></span> is browner and really not comparable to <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Gleam</em></span>, while it is slightly lighter than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Soft Brown</em></span>.  It is a touch darker and less warm than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Bamboo</em></span> (without the shimmer, of course), while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Arena</em></span>has more shimmer and appears peachier.</li>
<li><span style="color: #cc3399;"><strong>VIVAH</strong></span> is darker and warmer than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Cork</em></span>; less red than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Sable</em></span>; less red than <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Twinks</em></span>, while <span style="color: #cc3399;"><em>Tempting</em></span> is not at all like it.</li>
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<h4>See swatches! <span id="more-27730"></span></h4>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_ivy.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Jade Way, Minted, Urban Decay Graffiti, Ivy</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_ivy2.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Ivy, Make Up For Ever #22, Urban Decay Grass, Urban Decay Loaded</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_siahi.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Make Up For Ever #20, Siahi, Stila Peacock, Make Up For Ever #12L, MAC Smoothblue, Waveline, Inky</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_siahi2.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Make Up For Ever #20, Siahi, Stila Peacock, Make Up For Ever #12L, MAC Smoothblue</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_marvel.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Grape, Marvel, Push the Edge</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_oomph.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Fiction, Greensmoke, Oomph, Humid, Sumptuous Olive</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_rani.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Passionate, Rani, MUFE #75, MUFE #52</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_saffron.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Red Brick, Orange, Rule, Saffron, MUFE #50</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_jaan.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Gleam, Jaan, Soft Brown, Bamboo, Arena</em></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img decoding="async" src="https://www.temptalia.com/images/spring2011/mickeycontractorcomps_vivah.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<em>Cork, Sable, Vivah, Twinks, Tempting</em></p>
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