Sumptuous Olive is another MAC shadow that I don't seem to reach for very often. Probably because it's in my 15 pan palette which is kept in a separate drawer to my MAC eye shadow pots. Shame really, as this is quite a pretty shadow.
It's described on the MAC site as a subdued khaki with metallic coat. I'm not quite sure I agree with that! It's definitely olive green in the pan but it shows much more bronze toned on my skin. Even with Pixie Epoxy (which works wonders for getting "true" colour to show), it was still a bronze toned olive. Still quite a pretty colour, but just not exactly what is in the pan.
Sumptuous Olive is part of the Veluxe Pearl line. These tend to be softer and more pigmented than the other finishes and most seem to have a glow to them that the other finishes do not. The Veluxe Pearl shadows contain 1.3g as opposed to 1.5g of the other finishes. Sumptuous Olive seems to be a little harder than some of my other Veluxe Pearls. It certainly isn't as soft as something like Shimmermoss.
There isn't a great difference in the colour between the swatches, just the intensity of the base colour and shimmer. As I said, I can't get this to show up as true to colour in the pot on me. It's a bit better over a green base (like the Lucky Jade shadestick) but still has the bronze tone.
I like wearing this packed on as a lid shade with a very deep crease for a great olive smokey look. If that's too much for you then this would look great in the crease with a cream coloured lid shade.
MAC Shadows are available from MAC (website/stores/counters):
-Pro pans are £9.00
-Pots are £11.00
I've had this color FOREVER and it was sitting in my makeup case. I just found out you can use it all over the lid, then in your crease use tete-a-tete. To darken the v you can use brun, and for highlight.... icant remember the name of it... its a super white color that doesn't come out white really when you apply it.... this is my new everyday color! BTW where do you get pixie epoxy, that really pops your color! i normally jsut use mac pps.
ReplyDeleteawww thats a nice colour :) xx
ReplyDeletethat's my favourite eyeshadow, the glow is more "noticeable" on this shade than on the other velux pearl shades
ReplyDeletethanks for the reviews Becky, it's always a pleasure to read your posts
xxx
Nathalie
It's such a shame that you can't get it to show up on you the way it looks in the pan, because it looks like a great color! I think it looks great with Pixi Epoxy though! :)
ReplyDeletedrugstoreandbargainlover
where can I get pixie epoxy?
ReplyDeletethis looks like such a pretty colour
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