Swiss Chocolate goes well with SO many classic MAC neutrals, too.

MAC Ricepaper layered underneath MAC Vanilla on my brow bone, MAC Bamboo and MAC Saddle in the crease, MAC Swiss Chocolate on my lids and MAC Ricepaper in the inner corner, and MAC Smolder Eye Kohl topped with MAC Carbon on my upper lash lines, MAC Costa Riche on my water and lower lash lines, and Chanel Inimitable Mascara in 10 on my upper and lower lashes. Then, blend a bit of transparent powder on top, because that powder will act as a buffer between your eyeshadow and your primer, enabling those powder grains to slip and slide better.

That seems to make the blending easier for me.Īlso, after you apply your primer, wait for it to completely dry. First is to lay down a primer, of course, and if your primer doesn’t seem to be working well with Swiss Chocolate, try using a thinner layer of primer. I haven’t experienced that myself, but if it’s something you’ve run into before, here are some things that might help. I’ve heard some folks say that they have issues blending out Swiss Chocolate. MAC Bamboo Eye Shadow (lids), MAC Swiss Chocolate Eye Shadow (crease), MAC Teddy Eye Kohl (water lines and lower lash lines), Chanel Inimitable Mascara (lashes) and Covergirl Bombshell Intensity Liner (upper lash lines) Swiss Chocolate’s red tones really make blue, green and hazel eyes pop IMO, but, you know, I have brown eyes, and I think it looks great on brown eyes, too, especially if you do a bronzed brown or reddish brown liner like MAC Teddy or MAC Costa Riche. It’s still warm and brown, but I prefer to wear Saddle with warm brown, peach and coral lipsticks and blushes, and Swiss Chocolate with berries, plums, etc. Now, instead of being an orange brown like Saddle, Swiss Chocolate is more of a reddish brown. It functions a little like MAC Saddle in that you can do your lighter brown crease color first (colors like Soft Brown and Texture, by the way, look great in the crease with Swiss Chocolate), and then layer Swiss Chocolate on top, but if you leave room for it to feather up into that crease color, it’ll appear to deepen your crease. I repeat! - do not fear the red, because matte reddish brown Swiss Chocolate strikes that delicate balance between being red and not being too red, so you won’t look like you’ve got demon eyes, OK?

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