MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line Eyeshadow, Review, Photos, Swatches
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line ($21.00 for 0.06 oz.) contains pink and plum eyeshadows with a purple eyeliner. The Studio Sculpt Shade & Line Eyeshadows can be used wet “for a defined look with super-saturated colour” or dry for “medium buildable coverage.” Looking at the big picture, this trio still doesn’t represent a really high quality product, but within the eight trios released, it is one of the “better” ones. The eyeshadows are both usable, only slightly powdery, and had decent color payoff. The eyeliner still had that stiff, dry texture where you really have to wet the brush significantly to yield any color payoff, but getting even, smooth color isn’t easy. When you manage to get them on, though, the wear is eight hours.
Violet Blend #1 is described as a “light white-pink.” It’s a light-medium, cool-toned pink with a frosted, metallic sheen. It had semi-opaque pigmentation whether applied dry or wet–it just became more metallic when applied damp. The texture was a little powdery but not too bad. MAC Pink Sensibilities #2 (LE, $21.00) is darker. MAC A Medley of Mauves #1 (P, $21.00) is a touch darker. MAC Pinkluxe #1 (P) is darker. MAC Joy & Laughter #1 (P, $21.00) is similar. MAC Fresh & Mint #2 (P, $21.00) is lighter. MAC Young Venus (LE, $19.50) is similar. MAC Maribu (LE, $32.50) is similar. Dior Garden Roses #5 (LE) is also similar. Dior Garden Roses #1 (LE) is darker. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Violet Blend #2 is described as a “deep violet.” It’s a medium-dark, muted purple with subtle cool undertones and a satin-matte finish. It had sheer color payoff when applied dry, which intensified to semi-opaque color payoff when applied with a very damp brush. The texture was fairly dry, stiff, and generally had to be used with a very wet brush to get any usability out of it, whether you wanted to use it as an eyeliner or as an eyeshadow. Makeup Geek Duchess (P, $5.99) is very similar. Giorgio Armani Fatal #4 (P) is darker. Inglot #379 (P, $6.00) is brighter. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Violet Blend #3 is described as an “iridescent cool pink.” It’s a brightened, pinky-plum with warm, red undertones and a frosted sheen. Applied dry, it had semi-sheer pigmentation, and applied damp, it was mostly opaque. The texture was just a little bit powdery. Illamasqua Ensnare (P) is brighter, warmer. Chanel Pink Lagoon (LE, $34.00) is lighter. Chanel Abstraction (LE, $36.00) is lighter. See comparison swatches / view dupes.
Violet Blend
LELimited Edition. $21.00.
Violet Blend #1
LELimited Edition.
Violet Blend #2
LELimited Edition.
Violet Blend #3
LELimited Edition.
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Eggplant Blend + Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
MAC Eggplant Blend + Violet Blend Studio Sculpt Shade & Line
Wow it looks marvelous!
Haha! Mauve-a-louse!
I quite like it…Super tempted to give atleast one from the 8 a try 🙂
Hope you like it after trying!
Oh darn! This was the one I was waiting on for your review. I think I’ll have to pass. The texture and pigmentation doesn’t look worth the money. Darn!
Sorry I couldn’t share better news!
This would have been AWESOME if it were of better quality…Sigh!
Could have worked well for travel!
# 1 is pretty, and the look you did pretty!
Thanks, Melissa!
Pretty shades, but..
Not worth it!
Shade #3 is gorgeous! I wish they would release it as a single, because it certainly isn’t worth getting this little trio.
If only!
This is PERFECTION! Sigh… If only that was true.. Lovely shades with decent pigmentation but not worth it collectively. Thanks for sharing! <3
No problem! xo
I may need to buy Fatal #4 🙂
It’s a nice shade!
Looks like it performed better then some of the others (yikes!) but still pretty unimpressive :/
I’m in total agreement!
This is actually quite pretty on, and I approve of the dreamy grey purple colour of the liner…but i’m still too annoyed at MAC for this kind of fail-collection to give them much headspace at the moment 😛 MAC (supposedly) makes very good eyeshadow singles – there’s no reason why these should be hard to work with!
They’ve even released some excellent LE formulas (Mega Metals come to mind), so they are totally capable of it!
Up here (canada) the trio’s are $28 at my local Mac. SO NOT WORTH IT. 🙁
Ouch!
I’m bizarrely impressed that, despite their utter failure at making that black liner in the grays trio work at all, they managed to make the purple mediocre, at least. I thought purples were supposed to be difficult! XD
LOL!
The bad and sad parade continues! It is hard to believe this is MAC. 🙁
LOL!!
that pink is gorgeous…!
It is!