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Home » Eyes » Eyeshadow » MAC Dame Edna Wisteria Eyeshadow Trio dupes?

MAC Dame Edna Wisteria Eyeshadow Trio dupes?

January 21, 2009 Paris B 10 Comments

Most of the new MAC collections have not excited me. I’m just not a MAC girl, sorry to say. This explains the lack of posts about MAC on this blog. However, when I saw the Dame Edna collection, I had to laugh. I remember watching Dame Edna on comedy skits on British tv on cold winter nights and he/she was hilarious!

I love that MAC put the trademark Dame Edna spectacles on the case of the Dame Edna collection – It is just fitting. Since I’m not a MAC girl, I can’t bring myself to buy anything from there. However, having seen pictures of the collection, the Wisteria eyeshadow trio seems to call my name. Over the weekend, while I was passing a MAC store, my eye was drawn to the bright red words “DAME EDNA” over the store front, and I knew I had to walk in to take a look.

MAC Dame Edna collection
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To my surprise, I actually had a good shopping experience at MAC Cosmetics! I enjoyed chatting to the makeup artist/sales person at MAC Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and I enjoyed playing with the Dame Edna collection and talking about the upcoming MAC collections with him. He was friendly and helpful and showed me various items without once being rude or dismissive – it made me rethink my earlier impression of MAC – seriously. If you are thinking of buying MAC, I recommend Stephan from MAC Pavilion Kuala Lumpur. Tell him the lady who was discussing Hello Kitty with him sent you 😉 That is, if he remembers LOL…

Anyway, after seeing the Dame Edna collection and the Wisteria eyeshadow trio (RM125) in person, I knew there was no chance of me buying it. I have owned MAC Lustre eyeshadows before and after playing with the trio, I was reminded that MAC eyeshadows are just not my style. So, I thought to myself, “Hey, why not dupe it since you won’t be buying it anyway?” And you know what? I agreed with myself in a split personality sort of way, and went off to trawl through my stash.

These are the 3 colours in the Dame Edna Wisteria palette

Fineshine – Frosty true-silver (Lustre)
Wisteria – Frosty robin’s egg blue (Velvet)
Divine Night – Frosty charcoal with silver pearlized pigments (Velvet)

From my stash I found this likely combination of colours:-

T’estimo SV21 – Shimmery/glittery silver
T’estimo BU55 – Shimmery Light blue
T’estimo GY36 – very dark grey with silvery shimmer

MAC Dame Edna Dupes
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Another possible dupe came in the form of:-

Stila Poppy – Shimmery light blue (for Wisteria – bit too light)
Blue from discontinued Kate trio – robins egg blue with slight shimmer (for Wisteria)
Shimmery black from Beautilicious Alyssa quad (for Divine Night)

Stila Poppy is rather more sheer than Wisteria but can be packed on over a base. The T’estimo shades are also slightly more sheer and more shimmery than the MAC Wisteria trio. However, swatched side by side, I think the Kanebo T’estimo colours are a pretty good dupe of the MAC Wisteria Trio.

MAC Dame Edna Wisteria Trio dupes
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All in all, I’d say that whilst I did not find an exact dupe of the trio, I found a similar combination of colors that worked for me right in my stash! Knowing I’d never buy the MAC palette, I was pretty happy with my finds. I do realise the brands I have chosen are not very popular brands so if you have possible dupes of the MAC Wisteria trio from more popular brands do share!

Stay beautiful,

Paris B

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  1. vonvon says

    January 21, 2009 at 11:57 am

    Hi hi Paris,

    I think the dupes are great, very close to the real MACs. I like BU55 better than Wisteria cos Wisteria is a bit too opaque. BU55 is one of the few eye shadow shades I like. Do they still have it at the counter? How much is it?

    I’m still trying to find a dupe for Lancome #105. Went to their counter in Robinsons The Gardens but they don’t have the stock. Besides it’s RM135. 🙁

    Btw, I created a blog, vonvonsinterests.blogspot.com. I put a link to here. Just started, not much yet. But if you have the time, do visit and leave some comments yeah? Thanks. may be you can give me some advice too. I’m just a super amateur.

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    • ParisB says

      January 21, 2009 at 2:41 pm

      Hi vonvon, I’m not sure if BU55 is available at the counters anymore because T’estimo has been discontinued (much to my dismay) and replaced with Coffret D’or. Some counters might still have it but I can’t say for sure where. There is to my knowledge, no dupe for Lancome #105 – its absolutely gorgeous! haha… Yes I made a mistake with the price earlier.

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  2. prettybeautiful says

    January 21, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    i have never owned any MAC as well, no thanks to the SAs. but anyway your testimo looks almost 80% to the MAC palette, great dupes! And dupe is the in thing now 🙂

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    • ParisB says

      January 21, 2009 at 2:42 pm

      Hi prettybeautiful, I was very impressed with how similar they looked too – yay! Dupes are good only if you don’t want to or can’t get the real thing else you might just spend more money “duping”. 😉

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  3. Nikki says

    January 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm

    that is wonderful of you Paris to have found a dupe so fast like a speeding bullet!! 🙂 I’m glad you had a better experience with MAC 🙂

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    • ParisB says

      January 22, 2009 at 11:22 am

      Hi Nikki, The colours haunted me heh… I was quite surprised at my recent MAC experience 🙂

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  4. Amanda says

    January 21, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    The dupes look pretty close to the ones from the new collection. I don’t normally buy the limited MAC collections. I only own a few limited items from MAC, the rest of my stash are permanent.

    I personally dislike Lustre. Most of my eyeshadows are Velvel Pearl, Matte and Satin.

    I’ll definitely stop by at Pavilion on Friday and ask for Stephan (if he’s at work) *lol* I’ve only been to the one in KLCC. I don’t understand why are MAC girls rude in Malaysia???

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    • ParisB says

      January 22, 2009 at 11:25 am

      Hiya Amanda, I tested Lustre once and never again! Its just too glittery. The infamous rudeness of MAC appears to be a worldwide phenomenon not just here. Unfortunately.

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  5. Cathy says

    January 24, 2009 at 3:29 am

    haha….when u mention MAC Pavillion and “he” , the person who came in my mind is Stephan!!!
    yea, he’s the best MAC SA i ever seen! even though i have some friends who work as SA there. and i agree tat most of the MAC SA are rude!!! even my friends.

    I know Stephan from MAC Sunway. Miss those days chatting with him and just can’t resist buying something after talking to him XD
    I felt lost when he told me tat he’s going to be transfered to Pavillion 🙁

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