All Races is a light cool mauve-toned taupe-grey in a Matte finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2010's All Ages, All Races, All Sexes collection, and is limited edition. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. There's nothing really similar to this in MAC's permanent eyeshadow range; it is much cooler and more grey than Malt.
Idol Eyes is a light silvered lavender with a gold sparkle in a Lustre finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter and more grey than Beautiful Iris, warmer and more purple than Filament.
Magic Moor is a dark purple-toned burgundy with a pearly sheen in a Veluxe Pearl finish. This is a re-promoted shade from 2010's Tartan Tale collection, and is also permanent in the Pink Freeze Eyeshadow Quad. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly lighter and more burgundy than Shadowy Lady, and cooler and more purple than Sketch.
Carbon is a soft black in a Matte finish. This is a permanent shade. It has a drier, stiffer texture, and can go on patchy and unevenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered easily, but can be difficult to blend out well. It is warmer than Nehru, and less pigmented than Typographic.
Despite the return of Carbon in a limited edition eyeshadow quad (yet again), I actually really like the combination of these shades. While I do think MAC needs to come out with a smoother, more pigmented, true carbon black, Carbon is easy enough to work with in execution (it looks far patchier and drier in a swatch than on the eye), as long as you're using it to darken other shades. What irks me is Carbon's inclusion in so many damn palettes that MAC comes out with. I think Nehru or even Shadowy Lady would've been a great substitution shade for Carbon here, but I digress. On another note, I never thought much of Idol Eyes before, but upon playing with this palette, I've actually really come to appreciate the almost-duochrome effect of the gold sparkle playing off the lavender, and it really does look stunning on the eyes. I also love that All Races and Magic Moor have been re-promoted in this palette (they were actually re-promoted together in MAC's Stroke of Midnight Cool Face Palette that was out for holiday a couple months ago), because they're really gorgeous shades in wonderfully smooth, pigmented formulas that just veers into the purple territory without being full-blown purple shades. Whether you're punk or not (or even like punk style), this is a great palette for those who love their purple-tinted smoky eyes.
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