MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Quad in A Glimmer of Gold

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.