MAC - YEAR OF THE SNAKE - ALTERED STATE deluxe eyeshadow

Hey everyone, I thought I would start to do some mini reviews on new products and give you my thoughts on them.  I'm going to start with a deluxe eyeshadow from MAC from the Year of the Snake collection called Altered State

SWATCHES 

(This is a unique shade, a blackened purple that looks different when the light catches it - it has a drama to it that will look great with a vampy eye)

PROS

1. I love the pattern on the surface of the shadow
2. The lovely dark purple colour is amazing
3. It's huge - which means that the pattern has much more drama and you get a lot more for your money
4. The design of the slipcase is really classy looking, they could easily have gone for quite a cheap finish and i'm glad that they didn't

CONS

1. The inner packaging being plain lets it down a little, even just a different coloured casing on the shadow would have added that extra drama that would have really made this collection shine
2. While the colour is amazing, it HAS to be layered as its incredibly sheer.  One swatch is not enough to get a decent colour payoff - just as well it's huge
3. It's huge and more expensive
4. The purple looks amazing but when its on the skin it's quite unique, it looks black from some angles, but when it hits the light the purple is worth it (as you can see in the swatches above)

This is the only item I got from the collection as none of the other colours appealed to me, although it is not without fault I do love the colour once you build it and the the unique pattern on the shadow surface is really nice.

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