I put my matte highlighters on the outsides of the first row, with a bit of a gradient in every row. I then reshuffled all the shades to make it a pleasant looking whole. Row 6: Antiqued, Mulch, Embark, Sketch, Beauty Marked Row 5: Green Smoke, Humid, Paradisco, Expensive Pink, Coppering Row 4: Retrospect, Honeylust, Amber Lights, Cranberry, Star Violet Row 3: Wedge, Malt, Swiss Chocolate, Corduroy, Blackberry Row 2: Arena, Woodwinked, Patina, Satin Taupe, Shale Row 1: Naked Lunch – Nylon – Dazzle Light – Vanilla – Yoghurt Rows 5 and 6 became my colorful and darker shadow rows. My fourth row became all super shimmery lid shades. Then another row with shimmery all over lid shades, followed by a row of matte shades that could be used for adding definition or for blending. I decided on making one row with light highlight like shades. Then I divided them up again into rows of 5 to see which shades could go together in a row. To determine the layout of the palette, I first grouped all similar shades together. I ended up picking: honey lust, embark, beauty marked and corduroy. Luckily for me, I mostly bought shades that I felt very pleased with over time.
New mac eyeshadow how to#
I started this palette back when I had little to no clue about shadows or how to use them. I felt my shades were too middle of the road which made the palette not as versatile. The shades from my MAC shadow collection were: a gold, a dark matte brown, a deep liner shade and a neutral toned crease shade. As you can see the shadows didn’t fit all that well in this palette.
Because my MAC palettes had 2 empty spots however, my shadows slid around a bit too much and that just became a nuisance. I have had this palette for years already and love how easy it is to change things round. I plan on reusing this and take the plunge to try some Make Up Geek shadows.
Meet my old Z-palette filled with MAC shadows. Moreover, I felt my palette lacked a few good basics and in order to add those I needed more space in my palette. I was unhappy with the layout of my shadows which resulted in my always grabbing for the same shades.
New mac eyeshadow update#
My second reason for wanting to update the palette was because I figured that with a double palette I would be able to have all shadows in one place and an overview in a glance. For one, I took out the insert to fit more shadows in my old palette, but that proved so impractical after a while, that I placed my MAC shadows in a Z-palette a while ago. That’s why I decided to invest in a new palette that looks sleeker and is much more practical than the old version. At the time they were THE shadows to get and I still love them. I first bought MAC shadows a few years ago when I first got into make up. In short, it was the difference between paying 18 euros or 26 euros.įor comparison I decided to show the new palette against my old one. Since I needed space for 30 shadows, I knew I had to double it up. A single palette costs 10 euros and 3 euros for an insert. A double palette costs 12 euros for the palette and 3 euros per insert. Since I hardly travel with my MAC shades, I didn’t mind the palette being slightly bulkier. The single palettes + inserts are much more expensive than the double sided one. The main reason why is because of the price. I decided to go with the double sided MAC palette rather than the single ones. I will do a more thorough review of the 4 new shadows I bought, but today I would like to take you through my brand spanking new MAC palette. There were a few MAC shades that I had been eyeballing as well and so I decided to kill two birds with one stone. I still had one of the old ones, which I wasn’t using anymore anyway. I went shopping in Amsterdam not too long ago and decided to bite the bullet and update my MAC palette. Apologies for the overkill in eyeshadow products lately, but I’ve been on a massive eyeshadow kick.