Official description
shimmering mauve
Standardised colour
Mauve · Medium · Cool undertone Details
Shimmer finish · Cream · Shimmer
Ulta BeautyProduct price; this shade is not separately priced
Where to buy Smolder (1 store)
Ulta Beautyfrom $18 · product priceView at Ulta BeautySimilar to about-face Fractal Glitter Eye Paint Smolder
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other eyeshadows. Price is never part of the score.
Blush and lip colours to wear with Smolder
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with about-face Fractal Glitter Eye Paint Smolder, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing.
Neighbouring colours with a compatible undertone.
Blush
Angel
Lawless Pinch My Cheeks Soft-Blur Cream Blush, shade Angel
- Neighbouring colour: rose with mauve
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Neutral
$29
Barely Rose
Jane Iredale PurePressed Blush, shade Barely Rose
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$36
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Lipstick
Fairest Nude
L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Original Satin Lipstick, shade Fairest Nude
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Neutral
$12.49
Baby Pink
Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Mousse Soft Blur Lip Cream, shade Baby Pink
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$25
Lip gloss
Kimberly
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish, shade Kimberly
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$26
452 BAROQUE
Chanel ROUGE COCO HYDRA GLOSS Hydrating and Smoothing High-Shine Lipgloss, shade 452 BAROQUE
- Neighbouring colour: rose with mauve
- Combination · Rose · Light · Neutral
$45
Lip liner
Fierce Flirt
NYX Professional Makeup Line Loud Longwear Lip Liner, shade Fierce Flirt
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$8
Peony Tulle
Haus Labs The Edge Long-Lasting Shaping Lip Liner, shade Peony Tulle
- Neighbouring colour: pink with mauve
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$24
The same colour family across lips, cheeks and eyes.
Blush
Glassy Hibiscus
Haus Labs Color Fuse Longwear Hydrating Glassy Lip + Cheek Blush Balm Stick, shade Glassy Hibiscus
- Same colour family: mauve
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$34
Nearly Mauve
Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Melting Cream Blush, shade Nearly Mauve
- Same colour family: mauve
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$24
Lipstick
Dreamer
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Dreamer
- Same colour family: mauve
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$12.99
Silvery Moon
Clinique Dramatically Different Lipstick Shaping Lip Colour, shade Silvery Moon
- Same colour family: mauve
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$29
Lip gloss
Lavendar Lust
Revlon Super Lustrous Glimmer Gloss, shade Lavendar Lust
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$11.99
SKU 2932242
Laneige Glaze Craze Tinted Polypeptide Lip Serum Treatment, shade SKU 2932242
- Same colour family: mauve
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$38
Lip liner
Fawn
01 Pink Frosting
Sephora Collection Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner, shade 01 Pink Frosting
- Close match
- Colour match · Mauve · Light · Cool
$13
A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Blush
Just Enough
Patrick Ta Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo, shade Just Enough
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Pink · Light · Cool
$40
Archival
Lipstick
Mocha Mauve
Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Mousse Soft Blur Lip Cream, shade Mocha Mauve
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$25
Gem Stone
MAC Cosmetics Dazzlelips Crayon Lipstick, shade Gem Stone
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Cool
$28
Lip gloss
Grape Soda
Too Faced Kissing Juicy Tint Lip Balm, shade Grape Soda
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Berry · Deep / dark · Cool
$28
20 Lavender Latte
Lancôme Juicy Tubes Original Lip Gloss, shade 20 Lavender Latte
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Purple · Light · Cool
$25
Lip liner
Nude
Spiced Chai
Makeup By Mario Ultra Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil, shade Spiced Chai
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Neutral
$26
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Blush
Nearly Mauve
Rare Beauty Stay Vulnerable Melting Cream Blush, shade Nearly Mauve
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$24
Behave - 900
NARS Talc-Free Powder Blush, shade Behave - 900
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$36
Lipstick
Dreamer
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Dreamer
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$12.99
Silvery Moon
Clinique Dramatically Different Lipstick Shaping Lip Colour, shade Silvery Moon
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$29
Lip gloss
SKU 2932242
Laneige Glaze Craze Tinted Polypeptide Lip Serum Treatment, shade SKU 2932242
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$38
Sweetie
Lawless Forget the Filler Lip-Plumping Line-Smoothing Tinted Lip Balm, shade Sweetie
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$26
Lip liner
05 Marvelous Mauve
Sephora Collection Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner, shade 05 Marvelous Mauve
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$13
Lauren
Makeup By Mario Ultra Suede Sculpting Lip Pencil, shade Lauren
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$26
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Blush
Lush Lila
Natasha Denona Hy-Blush Cloudy Cream Cheek Duo, shade Lush Lila
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · The deeper blush pan · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$42
Thank Me Later
Patrick Ta Major Headlines Double-Take Crème & Powder Blush Duo, shade Thank Me Later
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Light · Cool
$40
Lipstick
Power Mauves
e.l.f. Cosmetics Glossy Lip Stain, shade Power Mauves
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$7
Rhyme
ILIA Lip Sketch Hydrating Crayon, shade Rhyme
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$27
Lip gloss
Figure
ILIA Overglaze Hydrating Lip Gloss for 24-Hour Moisture, shade Figure
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Medium · Cool
$26
Dolly Medium
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Polish, shade Dolly Medium
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$26
Lip liner
Satin Plum
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Satin Plum
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$4
Enduring Mauve
L.A. Girl Ultimate Lip Intense Stay Auto Lipliner, shade Enduring Mauve
- Deep colour that stands out
- Combination · Mauve · Deep / dark · Cool
$6
Each pairing compares two shades’ colours as sampled from retailer swatch images, which are not calibrated and are not how a shade looks worn. It does not predict how the colours look together on you. Price never changes the order.
Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #bc9697
- L* 65.5 a* 14.4 b* 4.9
- Colour family
- Mauve
- from the description (“mauve”)
- Colour depth
- Medium
- from the swatch colour
- Primary undertone
- Cool
- from the description (“mauve”)
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- Shimmer
- this shade's description
- Pigmentation
- Not listed
- not stated
- Shimmer
- Yes
- this shade's description
- Format
- Cream
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Long-wearing, claimed, Transfer-resistant, Waterproof
- the product's attributes or description
- Skin suitability claims
- Not listed
- not stated
- Data confidence
- Medium
- Swatch colour measured from a weak image
- Source
- Ulta Beauty
- checked 4 Nov 2026
Description from Ulta Beauty, kept word for word; the standardised values are stored separately and never replace it. Swatch colours are read from retailer images, which are not colour-calibrated; images from the retailers named under each one.
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- Cheriehot pink red
- Cloud Controlbaby blue
- Deep Spacedeep plum
- Digital Demiseshimmering golden cinnamon
- Errormandarin orange
- Fractureshimmering golden cocoa
- Glitchasphalt with rainbow sparkles
- Luminarygolden champagne
- Next Callerpastel indigo
- Orionballet pink
- Refractshimmering soft silver
- Smoldershimmering mauve(this shade)
- Sour Notelemon lime
- Take A Tripdigital lavender
- Tin Pan Alleyshimmering golden marshmallow
- To The Moondeep steel grey
- Unfazedvibrant orchid