Time to showoff my MAC Greens and Blues palette!

Green is my absolute favourite colour, so I love working with it. I also have a high affinity for teal colours just because they’re so darn pretty.

I’m a bit sad I didn’t photograph this palette earlier. I had a very old shadow called Sprout in there that MAC doesn’t make anymore (discontinued somewhere in and around 2007!). Sprout was sheer, but I remember using it on a friend of mine for a Halloween dance party in high school when she wanted to be Britney Spears from the Crazy music video (I’m dating myself here), so I had a lot of warm and fuzzy feelings towards that shadow. Humid is the other empty slot which I haven’t replaced yet (loved it, but I’m trying out an Inglot shade that’s almost an identical dupe). I Humid predominantly with Juxt and it was those two shades together that sparked a deeper interest in makeup several years ago.

Here’s a closer look at the individual shades that make up this palette.

Name: Juxt
Finish: Satin
Notes: Discontinued by MAC in 2011. This is my second pan of this shade – beautiful light green with subtle gold highlights. I’m surprised it’s a satin as this can actually get quite shimmery/reflective. Some people say it’s sheer, but I really just feel like it’s a light shade – heck, it’s almost pastel!

Name: Bio Green
Finish: Frost
Notes: I bought this over a decade ago when I think it was released in a special collection. I’m pretty sure it’s a PRO only colour now. Beautiful vibrant green.

Name: Golden Olive
Finish: Pigment
Notes: Pressed pigment. I don’t wear this often enough (which is not good news since I’ve got a LOT of it) but it’s absolutely beautiful. As the name suggests, this is a very golden olive shade.

Name: Jealousy Wakes
Finish: Veluxe Pearl
Notes:  I bought this because as soon as I found out that Christine over at Temptalia had developed a shade for MAC, I knew it had to be good! I tend to wear this a lot with Vex. I wish I’d bought a backup because I doubt they’ll ever bring the shade back.

Name: Steamy
Finish: Frost
Notes: A bluey-green shade that can be kind of patchy if you don’t apply it thickly.

Name: Greensmoke
Finish: Lustre
Notes: Lustres are not my favourite finish as they can be really patchy, flakey and holy hell does it ever take some work getting this out of the pan. You really need to pack this colour on to get decent payoff.

Name: Fade
Finish: Satin
Notes: This shade has been re-pressed after being completely broken. I bought this ages and ages and ages ago. My older (wiser?) self has no idea how to wear a powder blue shade anymore!

Name: Tilt
Finish: Frost
Notes: Another one of the shades I’ve repurchased, this is my second pan of Tilt. It has a beautiful duochrome (light blue/violet) that reflects beautifully on the lids. This was one of my go to shades throughout my teen years.

Name: Freshwater
Finish: Veluxe Pearl
Notes: Beautiful… but underused. Honestly, I really have no complaints about this shade… I wonder why I don’t use it more.

Name: Deep Truth
Finish: Frost
Notes: Argh this one… I love the colour, it swatches beautiful, but I feel like it never looks this beautiful on my eyes. When I apply the shadow, it retains the dark blueyness of the shade, but the reflective properties seem to dissipate. Could just be user error… maybe I need to try a different brush.

Name: Birds & Berries
Finish: Veluxe Pearl
Notes: I’ve read that people consider this a dupe for Tilt, but I don’t see it at all. This one is darker, and doesn’t have the same duochrome that Tilt has. I picked this up with the Liberty of London collection.

Name: Moonlight Night
Finish: Pigment
Notes: Another pressed pigment and I use this one often. It’s a deep, dark teal (almost black really), shot through with teal glitter. This one was limited edition with the Tartan Tale holiday collection in 2010.

Name: Contrast
Finish: Velvet
Notes: Beautiful in the pan but looks mostly black on my lids.

1. Juxt
2. Bio Green
3. Golden Olive
4. Jealousy Wakes
5. Steamy
6. Greensmoke
7. Fade
8. Tilt
9. Freshwater
10. Deep Truth
11. Birds & Berries
12. Moonlight Night
13. Contrast

Two more palettes to go! Upcoming are my pinks/purples and whites/blacks.