Winterlude is a light warm beige with a pearlized sheen in a Satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Shroom, more pearlized than Brule, and more beige and more pearlized than Orb.
No Curfew is a medium warm pinked beige-brown in a Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly more pinked than Wedge, lighter and cooler than Soft Brown, and more brown than Malt.
She Sparkles is a light warm pewter beige with silver and pink glitter in a sparkling metallic finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, slightly gritty texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer and more sparkly than Vex, lighter and more silver than Last Dance, and warmer and more silver than Sugared (Solar Glow x 9).
Shiver of Delight is a light-medium warm rose gold with copper glitter in a sparkling metallic finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, slightly gritty texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer and more sparkly than Sweet Heat, lighter and more gold than Slow/Fast/Slow, and more rose than Honey Lust.
Budding Passion is a dark warm mahogany brown with a copper shimmer-sheen in a Frost finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and cooler than Antiqued, darker and cooler than Amorous Alloy, and darker and more reddened than Tempting.
Drama in the Snow is a deep-dark neutral blackened brown in a Matte finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a soft, finely-milled texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and warmer than Brun, darker and cooler than Embark, and slightly warmer than Dance in the Dark (Warm Neutral x 15).
What I appreciate about this year's holiday eyeshadow palettes is that they are both neutral, well-curated, and widely flattering. In previous years, MAC came out with more colourful options and extraneous shades that looked pretty in the compacts, but intimidated a lot of consumers — it just takes that one hot pink or mustard yellow, even in a sea of neutrals, to put someone off getting a palette. This year, MAC focused on two colour waves, and made sure that they were both wearable for all skintones and could easily create full eye looks with a single palette. Six shadows per palette is just enough to offer a good variety of shades and finishes without being overwhelming, and I like that they included two shades of Dazzleshadow in each palette to give a festive pop of sparkle. (Note: Dazzleshadows go on more sheer and sparkly when used dry, and more opaque and metallic when used wet or on top of an eye base.) I'm also pleased to note that there are no real duds here; all the shadows perform well. They go on smoothly and evenly, have great pigmentation, and are easily blendable. Whichever one you choose, both palettes will create the perfect holiday party smoky eye.
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