MAC Office Hours: Pro Longwear Blushes

Last week, MAC released a new collection called Office Hours, which features a total of 25 products — two of which are new and limited edition, two of which are permanent, and 21 of which are new and will become permanent. Office Hours sees the release of eight shades of Pro Longwear Blush, all of which are new and will become apart of the permanent range. MAC describes Pro Longwear Blush as "a lightweight blush with extreme colour perfection and non-fading, eight-hour wear. Ultra fine, silky powder glides on and blends easily to provide a moist, flawless, natural finish or with layering, a brighter, more dramatic look." They come in regular black packaging with clear lids. Each Pro Longwear Blush contains 6 grams of product, and retails for $28.

Clockwise from left: Stay By Me, Baby Don't Go, Blush All Day, and Eternal Sun

Stay By Me, Baby Don't Go, Blush All Day, and Eternal Sun

Stay By Me is a light peachy beige in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more peach than Tenderling, and much paler than Melba. 

Baby Don't Go is a is a light beige brown in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more brown than Tenderling, and lighter than Prism. 

Blush All Day is a light-medium browned pink in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is darker and more pink than Tenderling, and lighter than Blushbaby. 

Eternal Sun is a medium-dark softened orange-brown in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less brown than Coppertone, and darker and more orange than Gingerly.

Clockwise from left: Rosy Outlook, Stay Pretty, Whole Lotta Love, and Stubborn

Rosy Outlook, Stay Pretty, Whole Lotta Love, and Stubborn

Rosy Outlook is a light warm pink in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is warmer than Well Dressed, and lighter than Pink Swoon. 

Stay Pretty is a light-medium cool-toned pink in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is lighter than Dame, and darker than Well Dressed. 

Whole Lotta Love is a medium-dark brightened candy pink in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is cooler than Dollymix, and lighter and less bright than Full Fuchsia (PRO shade). 

Stubborn is a dark raspberry red in a semi-matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft but slightly powdery texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is slightly lighter and more pink than Fever, and darker and more pink than Breezy.

Overall, I'm pretty pleased with the texture of these blushes. They are more powdery than MAC's regular powder blushes, so some of the lighter shades can look chalky on the skin, but in general, they go on very smoothly and are very blendable. Those who have paler, more porcelain complexions that have found most of MAC's blushes to be too dark or bright have some more blush options with this launch with Stay By Me, Baby Don't Go, and Rosy Outlook. That having been said, those with medium to dark skintones will find these shades difficult to show up without layering quite a lot of product, and even then, it will look chalky and possibly ashy.

On the opposite end, this launch also features some brighter and darker shades such as Eternal Sun, Whole Lotta Love, and Stubborn that give more options to those with dark to deep dark skintones. Similarly, those with pale to light skintones may find these shades too intense, but again, they are very blendable and can still be wearable. I don't personally find these to be that much longer wearing than MAC's regular powder blushes, but I don't generally have problems with wear time. I typically get about six to eight hours of wear before they start fading, with brighter or darker shades wearing longer. I don't find these to be better than MAC's other powder blushes, but for those looking for matte blushes that look more natural on the skin, these are good options to look at.