When I first swatched it, I dismissed it and went for All That Glitters instead. It makes for a great all over lid shade pre contour/crease work.

In reality, this shade is a barely there pink with a frost finish. Pink glitter on your eyes? Unless you were going to a carnival or fancy dress party, I wouldn’t touch this with a barge pole. Naked Lunch (Frost) is described as a “Minimal pink with shimmer”. If you’re new to Mac eyeshadows, the finish of it is indicated in the brackets after the name of the colour. Without further ado, I bring to you my collection of Mac eye shadows a little description along with swatches. Suddenly it’s more of a case of NEED than WANT and I make it my mission to get down to the nearest Mac counter pronto. Just when I think I’m content with what I’ve got and happy I’ve definitely got the best of the shades out there for me, I seem to stumble on yet another shade that I’ve somehow not seen before, or have seen before but totally disregarded it, OR Mac goes and releases yet another product that’s got my name written all over it.

Deep Truth – A wearable shimmery blue, don’t be afraid, it works amazingly as a touch of colour in a smokey eye.Everyone loves a Mac collection post don’t they? Whether it’s eyeshadows or lipsticks, I love thoroughly reading the reviews but especially gawping at the up close and personal photos of beautiful swatches which never fail to have me lusting over what my next Mac purchase is to be (Mac Half n Half or Viva Glam II?).

Typographic – a matte dark grey, perfect for creating a classic smokey eye.

Smut – a dark brown with a hint of shimmer, a great darkening colour.

Satin Taupe – an iridescent purple/brown colour, works amazingly with Jest.

Handwritten – a matte dark brown, perfect for a brown grunge look or around the eyes when black is too harsh.

Mulch – a shimmery true bronze, great for a golden/bronze smokey eye.Saddle – a very warm tone medium brown, better on tanned skin and can work well as a crease colour.Jest – a light pink champagne colour I use all over the lid, great for daytime wear.I’ve by no means tried and tested every MAC eyeshadow to be had, but these next few have been my favourites and I’ve used time and time again. Back then I hadn’t done too much research into the best and the worst colours, so I ended up just picking the ones which had the best swatches.

My introduction to MAC eyeshadows came over a year and a half ago while I was in New York for Christmas, I created my own 15-colour palette.

Mac eyeshadow handwritten