MAC released a new collection in-stores last Thursday called Heavenly Creature. This collection is comprised of three different parts: Colour, Eyes, and Skin. Together, Heavenly Creature features a total of 35 products — 25 of which are new and limited edition, three of which are re-promotes, and seven of which are permanent. Heavenly Creature sees the release of four shades of Mineralize Skinfinish, all of which are new and limited edition. MAC describes Mineralize Skinfinish as "a luxurious velvet-soft powder with high-frost metallic finish." It's ideal for adding "buffed-up highlights to cheeks or an overall ultra-deluxe polish to the face." Each Mineralize Skinfinish comes in regular black packaging with a clear lid, contains 7 grams of product, and retails for $34.
Center of the Universe
Center of the Universe (swatch)
Center of the Universe is a mélange of medium warm gold, medium peachy orange, and medium-dark coppery bronze. When swirled together, it creates a medium-dark orangey copper with gold shimmer-sheen. 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 more copper than Peachtwist, and darker and more orange than Sunbasque.
Earthshine
Earthshine (swatch)
Earthshine is a mélange of medium dirty gold, medium peachy tan, and dark plum-burgundy. When swirled together, it creates a reddened brown with gold and burgundy shimmer. It has a soft, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has intense pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. A little goes a long way because this shade can build up in colour intensity very fast, so I recommend using a light hand (and a stippling brush like MAC's #188). It can blend out, but because of the darkness of the shade, it will be hard to diffuse the colour well. I can't think of a dupe for this in MAC's permanent range.
Light Year
Light Year (swatch)
Light Year is a mélange of light pinked peach, medium dusty rose, and medium-dark bronze. When swirled together, it creates a medium peachy pink with gold shimmer-sheen. 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 more pink than Springsheen, and lighter than Peachykeen.
Star Wonder
Star Wonder (swatch)
Star Wonder is a mélange of medium champagne beige, medium warm pink, and medium-dark pinked plum. When swirled together, it creates a medium cool-toned raspberry pink with champagne shimmer-sheen. 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 cooler than Dollymix, and lighter than Love Thing.
All four shades had really soft, smooth textures and good pigmentation. Keep in mind that, like the Mineralize Eyeshadows and Mineralize Blushes, each Skinfinish is created differently; that is, each one has different "swirls" with differing amounts of colour, so they may look slightly different than the ones swatched here (for example, Star Wonder may look more pink or more plum depending on the swirl design). I would definitely use these more as cheek colours than anything else, though those with darker skintones can definitely use Light Year as a highlighter. As usual, Mineralize Skinfinishes have very metallic finishes, so for those who like a more matte look to their skin, you can definitely skip these. I find that Mineralize Skinfinish has a tendency to emphasize skin texture and pores due to the high-frost finish, and I find that these shades are no different except for Light Year, which imparted the perfect glow. If you aren't a fan of Mineralize Skinfinishes, these likely won't change your mind, but if you are, definitely check these out because they are really pretty.
I've never owned a MSF - the shimmery quality really turns me off, though sometimes when I see it on others I love the look :P I think to pull it off well you need near perfect, non-oily skin, which unfortunately I DO NOT have! Or likely just a much better makeup technique than I can produce :) In any case, I love the way they look - so pretty Denise!
ReplyDeleteMSF is sort of a love-it-or-hate-it product, it's true. I think some shades look better than others on the skin -- some of them really emphasize skin texture and pores, whereas some other shades just make your skin look so perfect and glowy! I have really oily skin, so for me, it's really important that I don't put this all over my face -- I just put it on the cheekbones and sometimes a little over my blush, but nowhere near my T-zone! Ironically, I don't think MSF's look that great on dry skin because it ends up looking too powdery. :P I think the key to these is to use a light hand and build from there. Definitely try these in-store first and see if you like them! You'll never know otherwise. :)
DeleteI also can't get into MSFs. These look amazing in the pan but I can't put them on my face. #bloggerfail
ReplyDeleteHow about as a highlighter?! I've been using Light Year as a highlighter for the past week or so, and it seriously imparts the most amazing glow without being too bright or too shiny.
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