MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Quad in A Glimmer of Gold

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Two weeks ago, MAC released new Mineralize Eyeshadow quads "coordinated in a collection of looks for day and night." It features "Mineral-Rich Yeast Extract, a blend of 77 minerals that nourishes the skin while providing silky sooth coverage. Its sheer, lightweight application allows each shade to build lightly, layer after layer, for dramatic colour with a lustrous glow." It comes in six new and permanent colour combinations in "bold, blendable shades and gorgeous shimmer." They are packaged in black round mirrored compacts with magnetic closure. Each Mineralize Eyeshadow quad comes with 2 grams of product, and retails for $52. 

A Glimmer of Gold

A Glimmer of Gold — top two shades and bottom two shades, used dry

A Glimmer of Gold — top two shades and bottom two shades, used wet

A Glimmer of Gold #1 is a light soft champagne gold with a frosted finish. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. When used wet or over a base, it becomes more metallic and significantly more opaque. It is less yellow than Ricepaper, darker and more yellow than Dazzlelight, and darker and much more muted than Nylon.
A Glimmer of Gold #2 is a medium muted gold-copper with golden shimmer-sheen in a metallic finish. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. When used wet or over a base, it becomes more metallic and significantly more opaque. It is more gold than Honey Lust, lighter and less orange than Amber Lights, and more copper than Brownluxe #3.
A Glimmer of Gold #3 is a medium copper-bronze with golden shimmer-sheen in a metallic finish. The texture is somewhat gritty and powdery, and can go on patchy and unevenly as a result. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. When used wet or over a base, it becomes more metallic and significantly more opaque. It is more muted than Amber Lights, lighter and more orange than Bronze, and darker and more copper than Brownluxe #3.
A Glimmer of Gold #4 is a medium-dark warm taupe brown with golden shimmer-sheen in a satin finish. The texture is soft and silky, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. When used wet or over a base, it becomes more metallic and significantly more opaque. It is lighter and warmer than Satin Taupe, cooler and less reddened than Mulch, and lighter and cooler than Twinks.

Those who like Mineralize Eyeshadows may like the idea of having four different shades altogether in one compact. As these are baked eyeshadows, they have a drier, lightweight texture and are meant to have buildable colour pay-off, so those who like their eyeshadows to be rich, pigmented, and buttery right off the bat may not have patience with these. What I like about Mineralize Eyeshadows is that they're quite versatile because you can use them both wet and dry, so you can execute anything from sheer washes of colour to full-blown saturated colour. These seem very similar in concept and formula to Chanel's baked eyeshadow quads, so if you're a fan of those, you may be drawn to these. This colour combination is beautiful if you like warm gold shades and is quite foolproof to use because they're generally quite muted and not too dark, but we've seen it many times over; MAC itself has released many, many palettes and singles with very similar, if not exact, shades to these.
8 comments on "MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Quad in A Glimmer of Gold"
  1. Oooh, I just want shade #4! Maybe it's time for me to finally get Satin Taupe, lol.

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    1. OMG, I can't believe you don't have Satin Taupe. ADD IT TO YOUR EVER-GROWING LIST.

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  2. Oooh, I like! But I'm too much of a lazy a** to use eye shadows wet, ever, LOL, and I'm one of those impatients you're talking about - I want my dry shadows to be BAM. I think this has reaffirmed my desire for a palette, though. But I want a huge one that I can never possibly use...hahaha. The only ones I know I want so far are Amber Lights and Coppering, though! So that might take me a while.

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    1. By "wet," it doesn't mean that it has to be damp, just that you use it on top of a primer or base. I've been using these on top of NARS Smudge Proof Shadow Base, and they perform beautifully! I also use a flatter, denser brush rather than super fluffy brushes. I find that these blend really easily (a little too easily, so that fluffy brushes sheer them out big time), so they don't actually take that much work. :)

      Welp, you can always slowly build a 15-pan palette from MAC -- no need to build a big one all in one go! Amber Lights and Coppering are gorgeous, definitely worth getting. If you like more shimmery, buttery shades, I also recommend Expensive Pink, All That Glitters, Antiqued, Bronze, Sable, Satin Taupe, Sumptuous Olive, and Woodwinked. Maybe that 15-pan palette won't take so long, after all... ;)

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    2. Let me just stop eating for a month so I can afford it T_T

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    3. LOL!!! Build it slowly. :P I usually do like, three shadows at a time when I'm building a 15-pan.

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  3. ....and THESE shades are too warm for my stupid skin tone. Damn it, why can't I seem to wear any eyeshadow shades lately!?!

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    1. I don't think these would be too warm for your skintone... BUT I do think they'd end up being too light on your skintone, because those gold shades don't really add much depth; they seem more like a metallic wash of colour. I think something more copper- or bronze-toned would work really beautifully with your complexion!

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