MAC Chenman Love & Water: Beauty Powder

Today, MAC released a new collection in collaboration with Chinese fashion photographer, Chenman. This collection, entitled Chenman Love and Water, features 18 products in total, 10 of which are limited edition. There is a limited edition shade of Beauty Powder released with this collection, which is a re-promote. MAC's Beauty Powders are soft, finely-milled face powders that generally have a shimmery finish, making them ideal for use as a subtle highlighter and blush, or an all-over illumination product. They don't have the frosty metallic finishes of Mineralize Skinfinishes, so these are great for a more subtle veil of shimmer on the face. Each Beauty Powder comes in a regular black compact with special edition secondary cardboard packaging, contains 10 grams of product, and retails for $27.50.

Play It Proper

Play It Proper is a pale pastel pink with a subtle white-gold shimmer-sheen. This is limited edition, and is a re-promoted shade from 2010's Stylishly Yours collection. It goes on soft, silky, and smooth. It has medium pigmentation with semi-opaque colour pay-off, but can be easily layered to get full opacity. This shade is ideal for fair to medium skintones for use as a highlighter, to lighten up a darker or brighter blush, to add shimmer to a matte blush, or as an all-over illuminating powder. Those with medium-dark to deep dark skintones may find this product too ashy on the skin, but can try adding it on top of a blush to add shimmer and illumination. There is nothing similar to this product in MAC's permanent range.

This is a really pretty, basic highlighting powder. It's not particularly unique, but it does have a beautiful silky texture, and goes on very smoothly and evenly. It's not overly frosty or metallic, which is really nice, and may be a nicer option for those who don't like Mineralize Skinfinishes. The only con about this product is that, because it is so light, it's not going to be as flattering on medium-dark to deep dark skintones. If you have a similar product, you might want to skip this, but if you're looking for a good, general, all-over highlighter, this is something you might want to consider.