September 10, 2012

MAC Styleseeker On the Hunt & Marche Aux Puces Eyeshadow Duo Review & Swatches

This was provided to me by a brand for review but all opinions expressed are my own

MAC Styleseeker sees the release of four limited edition shades of Eyeshadow x 2 Palettes. I don’t typically rave the MAC Eyeshadow Duo compacts as these seem to fail for me for some reason but two shades from this release were a rather pleasant Fall surprise.

If you like Fall shades that resemble freshly fallen leaves do check these out.

MAC On the Hunt Eyeshadow Duo ($27.50) contains two shades of eyeshadow in Star Myth and Raving Mad. Both are very Fall-like colors that will create warm looks for the season ahead. Marche Aux Puces also contains similiar freshly fallen leaf shades with Chessa and Indie Spirit. The thing I like about these two compacts is they’ll actually work well together as well as individually. You can easily combine these four shadows by mixing and matching to create a very Fall friendly eye look! Coppery orange and red will definitely have you thinking autumn.

As much as I liked the colors I do think the duos fell victim to some of the performance problems I had with past Eyeshadow x 2 Palettes. The colors do look incredible in pan but they always have a rather dry feeling to them that takes a bit of scraping to get out of the pan. They do prove workable but it takes a little elbow grease to get the best color payoff.

Marche Aux Puces and On the Hunt

Marche Aux Puces

On the Hunt

Although the formula disappoints some, I think the colors are unique enough to rave about and might be worth further exploring on counter. I really thought these shades were a vivid pick for Fall.

Being a sucker for autumn, I liked them a lot and thought they deserved some minor raving.

Did you pick anything up from MAC Styleseeker?

Do share!

Available now at MAC Counters or online at maccosmetics.com

This was provided to me by a brand for review but all opinions expressed are my own

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  • Tiffany Martin

    I’m not sure if I like these or not. They’re strange colors to my eyes. The oxblood color is on trend but I’m still not 100% warm to it yet.

    I do always love a good copper shade, so these could be worth checking out at least for the sake of curiosity, eh?

  • Helz Nguyen

    I planned to get some eyeshadows from Styleseeker, I loved how they look in the promo pics. But after a few swatches, I wasn’t so impressed by them. But the lipglasses were gorgeous and so were their nail lacquers. I got a few items from this collection 🙂 and so far, pretty happy with them!

    • the Muse

      helz I agree, the lipglasses were solid gold!!!!!!!!!!! I think duos seem to always suffer a rather poor formula for some reason!

  • Cj

    Hey um have you tried the office hours blushes yet? Any thoughts? Christine totally ripped them a new one but really sheer might be good for me ya know?

    • the Muse

      testing now, little too sheer for me and a little try, will have swatchies and review tomorrow likely after I complete my testing ;-D for you, they might be good, very soft shades nice and flattering on fair skin…texture is a little blah though!

  • Kiss & Make-up

    The colors are definitely unique, but I don’t think I could make these four shades work on me. So I won’t be getting them. I have two of the Styleseeker lipglasses, though, and I love them.

  • Camille

    A little disappointed at how late this is, only because both of these palettes are now sold out online (and have been for a week and a half) & in most stores – like mine. 🙁

    However, I hauled 2 mattene lipsticks (Camden Chic & Fashion Nomad), a lipglass in C-Thru – it was a permanent item that was in the collection, wished I’d realized in the store while I was buying it, and Supercontinental blush, which I absolutely love! I’m upset that I missed Worldly Wealth, though.

    • the Muse

      sorry camille, I was on vacation when styleseeker launched so I was def late getting reviews up. Perhaps your local Nordstrom got them in stock? or another counter? I’m glad you got a lipglass I thought the lipglasses were the best part of this collection!