New Favorite Purple - MAC's Violet Pigment

Monday, October 25, 2010

Well I meant to get this picture up much earlier, because I think I actually wore this at the beginning of last weekend, but you know how it goes - life never seems to go as you plan. The point of this post is to show off my favorite new purple, MAC's Violet. I know I'm the purple queen (my roommate teases me about it in fact) but I swear each one I have is in actuality different. Maybe not a lot different, but they're all different. 


What's so amazing about this one is as vibrant as it looks in this picture? That's how it looks in real life. It's not a matter of flash or nice angles; Violet is really just that amazing. I tend to use something like NYX's Jumbo Pencil in Purple underneath, just to give it something to stick to, but the color doesn't need the enhancing. It's almost like anything I do still has it look amazing. And since I got it at the CCO at Potomac Mills it's still in the old larger packaging, so I'm going to have this color for a LONG time. Thanks goodness (though for the rest of you out there Violet is a permanent color, so it shouldn't be going anywhere any time soon). 

If I remember correctly I probably used MAC's Soft Brown to soften the line in my crease and then my new shadow Graphology (which is LE) to deepen the outer V. I could have gone quite a bit darker and added in some black, but when I'm going out in the day I try to keep those tendencies under control (smile). Hope you enjoy!
RDT said...

Does indeed look beautiful! AND it looks like it needs to go with my nailpolish!!!

:o)

Dana said...

Oh so you've decided to keep the polish now?

Unknown said...

your lashes are to die for!!

i have the nyx jumbo pencil in purple, too : ) love it, purple's my favorite color. i'll definitely have to pick this up from MAC.

the way you darkened the v is nice and subtle too!

i awarded your blog, i hope you stop by : )

Dana said...

Thanks!! Those are purely the result of my Rimmel mascaras but I appreciate you noticing!

And thanks also for the award! I tried to comment on the post itself on your blog but I couldn't find the link :(

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