The Perfect Purple Eyeshadow

[Mina]

I love MAC purple all shades....MAC

 

[breathless]

i have a mac pigment in violet. i love it =]

 

[Twinkle_Twinkle]

I ordered the Ben Nye e/s in Amethyst. Thanx for the suggestions everyone.

 

[yumemiru]

It depends on what type of Purple you want. To get darker shades, I use black/purple gel eyeliner then shadow over it. For lighter, White Wintery base purple shadow over it, or mix it together on back of hand then apply to eyes.

 

[chrissy888]

My favorite is Purple Passion, its a deep purple with lots of shine. I get it online at CMH Essentials

 

[Ricci]

Voilet Pigment by MAC

 

[BeneBaby]

I adore MAC Parfait Amore....hey that's a rhyme.

 

[pkittie]

Urban Decay has two shadows:

Fishnet- a bright fuschia purple

Ransom-a violet purple

Urban Decay Cosmetics - Deluxe Eyeshadows

Hard Candy had a great grape purple in a quad that is discontinued, but a similar one in the Star quad (which really pops if you wet it).

Bobbi Brown's Amethyst is only pretty wet. Dry, it's disappointing.

I find Mac's purples to ashy/grey.

There was a company called Skinmarket that had the bestest purple ever. Unfortunately the company is defunct, and my shadow broke /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />.

Dior has some beautiful purples, but they are in the quint packs.

I usually wet my purples (and some blues) to make them more vivid.

I'm still looking for the perfect eggplant.

 

[ms_sunlight]

I don't really do purple on my eyes any more, I'm not happy with it. I used to as a teenager, and I do wear purple shades in clothes, nail polish and lipstick, just not eyes. I don't think it works well on blue eyes.

There's only one purple eyeshadow in my stash at the moment, and that's a Bourjois single in Violet Fascinant, a pretty colour but I don't use it. Bear in mind I use all the rest of my Bourjois singles regularly -- they do high-shimmer shades that are great to work with wet -- so it's definitely the colour rather than the formulation that's turning me off.

 

[russianred]

trax is purpley, i love that e/s

 

[ms_sunlight]

Update on the purple: I'm doing a very low-key makeup today as I'm just going out for lunch in the pub with my sweetie. So, I'd just put on brown-black mascara (Maybelline Lash Expansion), bronzer (Benefit Dallas) and lip balm.

Having talked about purple eyeshadow I thought I'd give it a second chance. I've put a soft wash of the Violet Fascinant on my lids (I smeared it on with a finger to give a very soft, sheer application) and paired it up with a Bourjois gloss I dragged out of my stash -- Effet 3D in Violet Magnific -- which is a lilac / gold shimmer.

Well, it looks pretty enough and goes well with my hair, but does absolutely nothing for my eyes. I give up. No more purple for me.

 

[KristieTX]

My favorite purples are:

Milani Shock

Milani Wild Violets quad

MAC Creme de Violet

UD Stalker

 

[pkittie]

If you have any green/amber in your eyes, you might want to try a navy or dark blue instead. If the colour is too dark, try it as a liner that is smudged. I know that purple pops green, but if you have that translucent skin, it can look like you're sick, or developing a shiner.

As much as I lurve purple, the blue colours seem to make my darkest brown eyes look more lighter.

 

[ms_sunlight]

I love to wear blue, and I also love to wear red eye makeup -- burgundy liner for example. It's just purple I can't do!

Blue definitely looks nicer on deep brown eyes than purple, especially muted or dark blues like denim or navy.

 

[pseudorocknroll]

MAC- TRAX (My favorite is to put Mac's Bare Study underneath it. It becomes one of the more beautiful colors of ALL time. I have never been complimented on my eyeshadow color alone by men until I started doing that!)