MAC Favorites / Neutral Eyeshadows

I've been wanting to write about my favorite neutral MAC eye shadows for the past week but either it was super cloudy out and would just be pointless to even try to take decent photos or when it was nice and sunny I was out enjoying the weather. Today I was finally able to get some good photos and here they are!  I would repurchase all of these gorgeous shades.


Top: Phloof!, Orb, Naked Lunch, Grain, Wedge
Middle: Era, All That Glitters, Sable, Patina, Omega
Bottom: Femme-Fi, Retro-Speck, Woodwinked, Texture, Brown Down


L-R: 
Phloof! - My go-to inner corner color of choice, it helps define and brighten eyes with a little sparkle!
Orb - Great all over or brow bone color for neutral looks.
Naked Lunch - Perfect as all over or on inner corners, this is definitely one of my go-to 'lazy day' shades
Grain - My daily lid color, goes with anything and everything
Wedge - Love it on my crease for blending soft, daytime smokey eye


L-R
Era - Go-to taupe.
All That Glitters - It's in my daily MAC quad, need I say more?
Sable - Beautiful mix of plum, gold and bronze. One of my favorite fall shades and looks great by itself!
Patina - See All That Glitters' description.
Omega - I use it for blending out crease colors in the same family.


L-R:
Femme-Fi - only one of my many favorite all over colors, great for daytime.
Retrospeck - very wearable shimmery light gold also looks great on inner corners with a darker look.
Woodwinked - Favorite coppery-gold that looks beautiful on lower lash line
Texture - an absolute must on crease when I'm doing a smokey look with Print (which is also a neutral favorite of mine but I talk about it all the time that I didn't even feel the need to include it in this post :))
Brown Down - Perfect brown for smokey brown look, love it on the crease and lower lash line.

What are your favorite neutral MAC eye shadows?
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45 comments:

  1. cutiegingerbreadSeptember 10, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    LOVE so many of these colors! Great, versatile palette of neutrals =]

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  2. lilladylifeSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Why in the world dont I own wedge???? need that! (wish listed!)
    face mac neutrals are: Sable, Femmi fi, Satin Taupe, Twinks, Mulch, Brown Down, Phloof!, and I just recently purchased Brule
    I freaking hate shroom!! lol

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  3. Sarah S.September 10, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    This is the blueprint of a perfect MAC neutral palette. Great post!

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  4. DoveySeptember 10, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Very pretty! I love seeing neutral Mac palettes; everyone's is a little different. I love wedge and femme fi from your swatches.

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  5. ebrushkaSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Thank you hunni :)

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  6. ebrushkaSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Ok so your next B2MAC purchase has been determined :D You have some great faves there girl! Twinks and Mulch have been on my wish list forever, need to fix that soon ;) I think you either love or hate Shroom, some people seem to be in love with it!

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  7. ebrushkaSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:02 PM

    Thank you Sarah, glad you enjoyed it :)

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  8. ebrushkaSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Thanks Dovey, I absolutely love seeing/reading about others' neutral favorites too! :) Both are great staples in my opinion :)

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  9. YuSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    I now want Grain and maybe Omega for a blending colour! Your palette is so well put together, when I saw it I was just like "woooooooow" it's so pretty ;)

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  10. ebrushkaSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:33 PM

    Aww thanks Yu, you're so sweet :) Both get a lot of love from me, ok Grain gets the most love between the two! Were you able to decide between Print and Scene? It's a tough choice :)

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  11. TiffanySeptember 11, 2011 at 1:21 AM

    You've got a gorgeous neutral MAC collection!! I'm loving "Texture" so some reason...I think it's because I like that color in clothing. Super pretty!! I actually don't own any MAC shadows...but will have to check some of these out!!

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  12. Sarah@Blush CrushSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:24 AM

    Love the colours in your palette! I've have been wanting to start building my Mac eye shadow collection and I wanted to start with neutrals ofcourse. Thanx for the post. It's really helped :) xx

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  13. KalmoSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    Thanks for all the pretty swatches. I love Femme Fi, it looks like it would go great with everything. My favorite is their Vanilla pigment. :)

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  14. themakeupfairySeptember 11, 2011 at 3:53 AM

    Love your selection. retrospeck is so underrated and it's a great colour

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  15. Iveta AntolikovaSeptember 11, 2011 at 5:43 AM

    Great collection, many of them are my favourites as well, especially Grain, Naked Lunch, Wedge, Sable, Femme Fi... PS: thanks for following my blog - I'm following back :) xx

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  16. eviSeptember 11, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    excellent post! thank you! i'm thinking of buying sable. i need a plum brown eyeshadow for all over the lid and wear it everyday. can you suggest anything else except sable?

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  17. Kelly C.September 11, 2011 at 8:43 AM

    these look great! Sable and Woodwinked are some of my favorites too

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  18. Jessica RiveraSeptember 11, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    I love that burnt orange one

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  19. Michele_tuttle3September 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM

    I must say that MAC is topnotch when it comes to shade selection. As an eyeshadow addict, it is very difficult to name just one shade as a fave! I also love the All That Glitters palette. Patina is GORGEOUS!

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  20. Amy SmolekSeptember 11, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    These are so gorgeous! Thanks for the post––I'll be referring to it the next time I've got a yen for a MAC neutral :)

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  21. Bubblegarm / MuhsineSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    Looks like I need 'Texture' :) great photos! xXx

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  22. futilitiesandmoreSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:44 PM

    All your shades looks great, we have the same tastes for sure!!!!

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  23. Eden-Avalon Celeste-DeamoneSeptember 11, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    I just picked up my first two MAC shadows (Woodwinked and Saddle) ...now I have a WHOLE bunch more to pick up! Lol!

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  24. KaylaBeautyCharadeSeptember 11, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    Oh my goodness. I want all of these! I don't have many MAC neutrals but I have a feeling that's going to change now. =/

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  25. WillWorkForMakeupSeptember 11, 2011 at 8:16 PM

    Ooo...I love this post! I have some of those too but right now, I'm really love Phloof as well :) Now I also want to get Naked Lunch, Grain, All that Glitters, and Patina :) Uh oh for my wallet...

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  26. DanielleSeptember 11, 2011 at 9:37 PM

    Love those swatches! :) I have now added Femme Fi and Era to my must-get list! :) I love my MAC Neutrals!

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  27. MercipaigeSeptember 12, 2011 at 10:20 PM

    I adore your blog so much! Keep the great posts coming!

    http://mplusbdiaries.blogspot.com/

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  28. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    Thank you Tiffany! Definitely check out Texture, I think it's a beautiful but underrated shade :)

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  29. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM

    Thank you and you're welcome Sarah, glad I could help :) Enjoy building your MAC eyeshadow collection, it's such a fun process :)

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  30. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:24 PM

    You're welcome Kalmo :) Femme Fi does go with everything and I love it on inner corners as well. I only have samples of a couple MAC pigments, I really wanna check them out next time I'm at a store, will make sure to check out Vanilla ;)

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  31. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:25 PM

    Thank you, you're right I hardly ever hear about Retrospeck...so many ladies are missing out!

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  32. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    Thank you Iveta, glad to know we have some favorites in common :) Thanks so much for the follow, you have a great blog! :)

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  33. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Thanks Evi, glad you liked it! I think Mulch, Twinks and Satin Taupe make great everyday all over the lid colors, you should check them out. Twinks is a little plummy, Mulch is brown that has a little red to it, Satin Taupe is taupe but on me it looks a plummy brown. Hope I could help :)

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  34. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    Thanks Kelly, yay! :)

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  35. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:33 PM

    It's gorgeous ;)

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  36. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    Hi Michele, I totally agree :) Both All That Glitters and Patina are on my daily MAC quad - I'd have a heart attack if I found out they were discontinued lol I love them that much! :)

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  37. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    Thanks Amy :)

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  38. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Thanks for your comment Summer ;)

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  39. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:35 PM

    Yeahhhh lady Texture would look gorgeous with your eye color! Say hi to baby bubbles from me! :)

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  40. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:36 PM

    Thank you, that's great :)

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  41. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Ok why don't I have saddle?? It looks so pretty *wishlisted* Woodwinked is a great choice :) Sorry if I enabled you hehe

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  42. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Oooo can't wait to see what you end up getting Kayla :)

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  43. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:39 PM

    Ah it's only 5 eye shadows :p I know how it is...the never ending wishlist, it's hard! :)

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  44. ebrushkaSeptember 12, 2011 at 11:40 PM

    Thanks Danielle, it's great coming from you because you're the swatching queen for sure :) Both are great colors, you will love them :)

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  45. AnonymousOctober 6, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    Woowww i love your palette! They are all gorgeous, i wanna have them all ^^

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