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Sneak Peek: MAC Soft Serve Shadows Photos & Swatches
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows ($22.00 for 0.17 oz.) is a new, limited edition formula launching online on May 26th and will be available in-stores on June 2nd. There are twelve shades in total, and I have eleven of them to share here, which I’ve been testing, so I should have reviews up within the next week or so 🙂
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
MAC Soft Serve Shadows
Looking forward to the review! I’m really hoping their formula would be like the Chanel Illusion D’Ombre
I like how these look sheered out. I enjoy really shimmery wash of color with some mascara in summer. Quite excited about this launch!
They remind me of Korea eyeshadows that I can’t remember the brand off… The soft wash of colour I’m liking but again with the LE formula. lol
So, So Saucy is soo wearable to me.
*scratches chin* On one hand, I anticipate that people might not be happy with the fact that this formula isn’t very pigmented applied dry. On the other hand, with the exception of a few of the shadows, it looks like these swatch pretty smoothly, and some of them appear to have a pretty attractive glow that’s not overly glittery or glossy. If these perform like some of the good Asian cream eyeshadows that I’ve tried (i.e. long-lasting with little to no settling in creases), I might want to check these out, because they also seem to resemble lots of Asian eyeshadows in that, rather than being ultra-pigmented, they’re more like sheer, even washes of color. I’ve been finding over time that that’s the look I prefer from my eyeshadows!
Totally reminds me of the Chanel Illusion D’ombre eyeshadows!
Don’t even know how to explain what I think, except by analogy. To me, all B&BW scents have an underlying similarity that overrides what the individual scents smell like.(know this might have to do w/hyposmia, but real, nonetheless.) In the group swatches, despite all these soft serves being different shades, their underlying similarity comes to the fore and detracts from their individuality. (To me only, prob.) They don’t differentiate well to my eye, when swatched. That aspect improves when the individual swatches are presented. Maybe just my eye/brain seizing on the similarity. They could do it, though, for a soft wash of allover shimmery color.
I thought the same thing. I didn’t see a big difference in the swatches, they all kinda looked the same overall with a very slight variation.
I saw it, too. There’s an underlying iridescent quality across the collection. Not sure what I think of these. Looking forward to Christine’s review and application suggestions.
These look lovely! I’m getting the weirdest urge to try wearing Jealous Girl as a highlighter.
Oh boy, these look terrible! I expected so much more out of these. I definitely wouldn’t pay $22 for each of them. You let me down again, MAC. What a bummer.
Very pretty if one just wants a sheer wash of color. Not my thing, but I love the shimmer.
Can’t wait for your review!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m so confused by the texture and packaging! Are they powder? They look like they’re similar to fluidline or paint pot packaging with a screw-top lid?
I feel like these are more shimmer than color – and I’m not sure how I feel about that!
They look really lovely. But most of the shades look pretty sheer, I will wait for your review before I get all excited.
was hoping these would be as pigmented as their normal cream eyeshadows…..disappointed =( they’re more like suspended glitter.
Like others, I’m looking forward to your review but, to be honest, I’ve got such lovely shadows like these from Lise Watier (yay, yay and triple yay), Shiseido, Clarins and Chanel that I probably won’t bother (but I can’t promise!)
Lise Watier is the Canadian revenge on colourpop! Don’t think she ships to US, or if so, it’s exorbitant. The site is lovely. Her story is good, too. Kind of makes me want to do a makeup crawl to Canada. But thanks to our 9/11 friends, we need a passport now. WTF?
Not quite. Her products aren’t quite the “budget price tag” items of Colourpop. And as for exorbitant charges to order to the US, it’s what we Canadians deal with all the time, even when our dollar has been at par with the US or even when it was valued higher. The markups have always been insane….20 dollars more for a Stila palette, for example, even when the Cdn. dollar was higher than the US one. As for the passport issue, I believe the US started that after 9/11; it wasn’t a Canadian initiative. I refused for quite a while even to get a new passport “on principle” but with family in the US and a brother in law with health issues, it became unavoidable.
Okay, I just checked and while we Canadian citizens DO require a valid passport to enter the US, American citizens don’t need a passport to enter Canada! “Generally, if you’re not a Canadian or U.S. citizen, you require a valid passport or visa to enter Canada. There are two exceptions: U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents may use their I-551 (“Green Card”) — instead of a passport — for travel between Canada and the United States, by air, land, or sea.” There ya go!!!
Lise Watier is sold at Naimes
Hmmm….if nothing else, these DO have me curious to see how they fare. The 2 that have my attention are the light, creamy white-gold shades. Interested to see whether either one has a warm/cool duo-shift going on.
With the first post about this the other day, I just craved some ice cream. Now I don’t want any after seeing these swatches. I’m sort of thankful for that. These just make me think they are expensive glitter bombs. Meh….thank you for saving me some money as well as calories??.
Oh no, I was looking so forward to them and they look so disappointing. Whyyyy?? 🙁
I am sure there is a large market for these colors – I think they are lovely! I don’t wear sheer eye shadows but for those who do, wow!
Nothing impressing me so far… I have dupes for almost all of them!
So far I’m quite liking the photos! The fact they are sheer is a good point for me, i can’t pull off very opaque glittery shadows. I’m looking forward to the review!
Bounce Around is the only one that grabs my attention but they just seem weirdly sheer.
Like some people on here, I’m rather disappointed that these are pretty sheer on, I don’t think I’ll be buying these ?. I prefer my Clarins Ombré Iridescente shadows. It’s nice that the other half of people on here prefer this lighter wash of colour though.
It’s probably wishful thinking to hope that these are the poor woman’s version of Tom Ford cream eye color but I’m definitely curious.
They actually look like a pricier (and possibly worse) version of L’Oreal’s Infallible Shadows. The 2 shades I like the look of look very similar to Tender Caramel and Bronzed Taupe.
Softened Up looks good but very dupe-able, and the rest look either disappointing or terrible. They don’t look pigmented enough to be used as base or shadows, but maybe they can be used as sparkly toppers, assuming there’s no fall out.
I was curious about these new shadows, but everything looks so light and sparkly, except for one. I don’t feel like I need any of them!
Very soft and shimmery for a light wash of colour. Gorgeous colours for spring/summer.
These look promising! Which is good, because the name was giving me flashbacks of the big bounce shadows….don’t think I’ll ever forget your review on those! 😉
Hmm. I’m not sure will probably have to see them in person. Yes, they don’t seem super pigmented but that doesn’t always make or beak something for me..
Softened Up looks nice. Looking forward to your review on these.
Cushy Life and Girls Girls! looks very pretty 🙂