Most Over rated MAC Shadow?

[beckasings]

Trax makes me look like someone punched me in the face.
Parrot is alright - didn't look good on me so I sold it, and I agree it is overrated - but not a bad shadow at all.
Idol Eyes looks gorgeous in the pan, but I heard so many horror stories about application than I've never bothered with it.

[Pimptress]

shroom and pink freeze were two of my favorite e/s before i got new shades and learned more about mac and pigments and such! but i still love them. it must be a skintone thing... i find shroom does a good job with dramatic eyes for a highlighter..

i think i agree with idol eyes though, that's the silvery purple looking one? does nothing at all...

[SugarAsh182]

I second BeautyMarked and Shroom, although I still haven't given up on BeautyMarked. I'm going to try using it wet or over a red base or something.

Also:
Pink Freeze -- Chalky, bleh

Parfait Amour -- Again, chalky, no color pay off

Vex -- Just looks grey on me :-/ I see no duo-chrome

Aquadisiac -- One of my very first MAC shadows... and my first swap item haha. The color pay off was just not what I was expecting

Honesty -- Pretty shimmer... but doesn't show up on me at all

Pink Venus -- Gave me horrible rabbit eyes... and I like pink shadows typically

Retrospeck -- Again, very pretty, but didn't show up on me

[legaleagle]

have to be Hepcat for me. It irritated my eyes and I returned it.

[riri101]

I know people love it, but on me it looks plain old muddy!!!!

[Ambi]

Well, I hate greens so to me the very popular shadows like Bitter and Overgrown are icky.

[DaizyDeath]

Parrot - not beacuse its not a nice color im esp attracted to blues but they just dont go well with my super pale skin and blue eyes it doesnt look right

Shroom- I love the texture and would recommend it for darker skin tones but it doesnt even show up on my barely.

Black Tied- Its more of a gray unless you pack it on

Humid- uggh one of the first colors i got from mac its preety much a forest green good in combos but def not on its own.

Bronze- Again good in combos but not on its own with my skin tone.

[XoXo]

Sushi flower- awful...NO pigmentation at all. Its horrible.

Parrot-I love parrot, but I agree, there are many other similar colors out there.

Amber lights- It jsut turned plain orange on me...it was bad.

Trax- It just makes my eyes look BRUISED.

oh, and Maroon pigment. Its really NOT that pretty.

[Chic 2k6]

I'd have say these lot:

Budding Beauty - I have to PACK on the color to get what I want

Pompous Blue - This e/s is a bitch to put on, it doesnt go where i want it to go at all and its unblendable

Amber Lights - This is pretty hyped up and IMO it's like metallic orange on me than metallic brinzey color, just eww lol

I'm liking blacktied, i wouldnt buy it in store but I got it in my Zandra palette.

[Ella_]

Amber lights - If I use it on the inner 1/3 of my eyes, they water itch and burn. Its ok as a crease colour though. Nothing special as far as Im concerned.

Parrot / kicky blue - I have the Liza pm quad and got it just for the kicky blue and I did like the colour. Nothing fantastic but it did look good on me. That said, I got pompous blue and decided to use the two together - pompous blue in the crease and kicky blue on the lid.

I saw ABSOLUTLEY NO COLOUR DIFFERENCE!!! The only way you could even tell that there were 2 shadows used was that the shimmer faded out into matte So I swatched it on my hand and the colours are exactly the same on my skin tone, just different textures
Yet when I used it on my sister, kicky blue and pompous blue are sooo different. Im thinking of gettin rid of the quad, its such a dissapointment now, and I prefer the texture of pompous blue anyway.

Chrome yellow - makes me look like I am seriously ill. Canary yellow is a much better yellow for me, it makes my blue eyes pop and doesnt make me look like Im at deaths door.

[lara]

Parrot.

I'm sick of it on general principle.

[IcePrincess2250]

Honesty doesn't go on well for me

Has anyone tries any of these no-show shades with a mixing medium? I wonder if it would help.

[claresauntie]

Shroom, here, too. But I use it as a base for other colors so I don't swap it.

[circusflavouredgum]

Vex- no colour on my skin at all, even packed over a CCB. I used to use this a lot on fairer/non-olive girls and it was gorgeous!

Patina-same as above

Parfair Amour- something about blue purples on me, they look pretty initially then sink into my skin and turn muddy grey. I guess that's why I'm in the minority that loves Trax, Hepcat and other reddy purples.

Nylon-tacky 80's gold on me, hate it as a highlight even with the lightest hand.

[carolyn1]

vellum

[macface]

Honesty Sucks Its All Powdery And You Can Not See It At All.

[eowyn797]

Shroom: i totally agree - it would be great on a darker girl, but it doesn't show up on me. i use Nylon, Vanilla and Dazzlelight instead.

Parrot: which, like Lara, i am sick of on principal. and besides that i can't wear those kinds of blues so even if i had it, i'd hate it. this also means things like Belle Azure and Freshwater are on my no-fly list. stupid blues.

Cranberry - even though the reddish-purples like Trax and Hepcat are beyond awesome on my, the red of Cranberry just looks awful - like i went nuts with my mom's lipstick when i was 5 all over my eyes. fail.

Swimming - tried to like it, and it does blend much better than any other lustre out there, but the color just doesn't do it for me.

[Damfino]

Creme de Violet- it's such a gorgeous color in the pan, but on me I could never ever get it to work (and trust me I tried!) and finally swapped it away.

Pink Freeze- I actually loved this color years ago when I first got it, but now that I'm older and over my pink eyeshadow obsession (still love it, just not everyday) it's just so damn frosty!

Cranberry- I wanted this color so much seeing it in peoples collections and whatnot, but so far I cannot get it to work. It doesn't blend easily and so far just makes me look sick

I really dig Paradisco, but I'm paper white so I guess that's why it shows up I'm kinda in the middle of the road with Shroom, it's definitely too ordinary to deserve the hype it has, but I could finally make it work after just sitting down and experimenting. It's a fine base on me, but not my favorite.

[tsukiyomi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by laceymeow

for me it's trax. i just couldn't get it to work for me...

Try putting it over a shadestick. It looks beautiful.

[tsukiyomi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by aquarius11

Idol Eyes....looks HORRIBLE....doesn't even show up on me, just a glittery mess all over my face...ugh.

I meant to push quote but I am seriously obsessed with Idol eyes. YOu have to put it over a coloured base and that way it looks incredibly beautiful. Try it.

[claresauntie]

Swimming. I swapped it out!
I also swapped Jest.

I really love Shroom, though. It's almost exactly my skin color- it's a MELBB color for me. (my eyelids but better) :lolz:

[Holly]

For me it's gotta be Hepcat and Cranberry, they look so nice on some people, but not so much for me

[♥MiCHiE♥]

Honesty looks great mixed with WBMM. I'm starting to believe Blue Brown Piggy is overrated as a shadow......Or maybe it's 'cause it doesn't work for me....

[Pinkdaze]

I suppose it depends if you mean overrated for the colour or for the price people are willing to pay for it. I agree parrot does go for stupid amounts but I got 2 for retail this week and it's a gorgeous colour, so for colour I don't think it's overrated at all. The price some people sell for -yes, colour - no.

So most overrated colour would be sushi flower. I can't get any colour out of it at all.

Most overrated priced eyeshadow probably haze.

[vgarcia]

i love shroom. its a really nice eye opener for work when im not supposed to be all made up.

i hate idol eyes