0 MAC semi precious - MSFs and Mineralized blushers

The highly anticipated Semi precious (it's a major major key collection for MAC ) was finally launched today in my country, and being the blush addict that I am I bought all the msfs and all the mineralized blushers. I initially wanted to buy ALL the Mineralized eyeshadows, but alas, I've overspent this month, and need to budget myself.

Anyway, this collection is named semi precious because it is inspired by 4 semi precious stones, Pyrite aka fool's gold ( a metalic goldish looking mineral), Bronzite, Black tourmaline and lepedorite. So yep, the both the MSFs and MES are extremely glittery. So if u like glitters, u'll probably love this collection. The mineralized blushers are more of a matte finish though, so if u don't like glitters, you still can get the mineralized blushers. They are way much less shimmery than the regular mineralize blushers. Their texture sorta reminds me of the Mineralized blushers from Fabulous Felines.

Without further ado, here's pics and swatches of the MSFs and mineralized blushers which i bought. All pics are taken without flash.

 Click for enlarged pic. Rose quartz MSF

 Click for enlarged pic. From left to right: Solid, Melange, Mixed

Click for enlarged pic. Crystal pink MSF

Click for enlarged pic. From left to right: Solid, Melange, Mixed

 Click for enlarged pic. Pearl MSF

Click for enlarged pic. From left to right: Solid, Melange, mixed

Click for enlarged pic. Goldstone msf

Click for enlarged pic. From left to right: Solid, Melange, Mixed

Click for enlarged pic. Feeling Flush mineralized blush

Click for enlarged pic. Feeling flush mineralized blush

Click for enlarged pic. Warmth of Coral mineralized blush

Click for enlarged pic. Warmth of Coral mineralized blush

Click for enlarged pic. Pressed amber mineralized blush

Click for enlarged pic. Pressed amber mineralized blush

Amongst all the msfs, Rose quartz seems to look the prettiest in the pan and I have a feeling this MSF will be one of the first ones to be sold out. And as for the mineralized blushers, I think warmth of coral seems really pretty. Looks a lot like My Highland honey blush from A tartan tale, but with more color pay off.

0 My make up collection part 5 - MAC mineralized cheek products

I am a self confessed blush/cheek/face color addict. It's my soft spot. It's my obsession...to collect as many blush / face color products as possible. I am nuts i think :x This is the first part of my MAC cheek product stash - mineralized skin finishes and mineralized blushers.

Mineralized skin finishes

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From left to right, top to bottom

1. Soft & Gentle, Cheeky Bronze, Comfort, Blonde, Redhead

2. Light Flush, Lightscapade, Gold spill, Warmed, Golden Lariat

3. Northern lights, Stereo Rose, Petticoat, Porcelain pink, Pink power

4. By Candlelight, Perfect Topping Refined, Glissade

Mineralized blushers

Peach

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From left to right, Top to bottom:
1. Happy together, Improvise, A little bit of sunshine, Sun & Moon
2. Utterly game, Warm soul, Chic couple, Hot planet
3. Nuance, Earth to Earth, Cheek & Cheerful

Pink

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From left to right, top to bottom

1. Pleasantry, Hang loose

2. Pet me, Band of roses, Gentle

3. Daft pink, Two virtues, Love rock

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From left to right: 

Moonriver, Handwritten, Dainty

Red 

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From left to right, top to bottom

1. Love Thing, Gleeful, Buddy up, Intenso

2. Merrily, New vibe, Bi tone, Grand duo

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From left to right: Sakura, Giggly

0 MAC Wonderwoman face products - Blush powders and MSFs

After waiting for ages, this collection was finally launched @ my local mac counters. Being a sucker for face / cheek products, I bought both msfs and both blush powders, 2 colored mascaras (the purple and the green one, I may be goin back to buy the blue one), 1 lipstick in marquise D and lipgloss in Emancipation. This is Part one of my Wonderwoman pics and swatches - face products. As i'm pretty ill recently, I may be a bit slow in updating my blog, pls forgive.

Packaging of the blush powder

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Click for enlarged swatch pic. Amazon Princess blush powder

Click for enlarged pic. Mighty Aphrodite blush powder

Love love love Mighty Aphrodite blush powder. The red side might look really pigmented, but when swatched, it's actually pretty sheer. This blush duo gives a very nice rosy pink flush on the cheeks. Love love love  this.

Comparison pic of size of Wonderwoman msf vs the normal msf (The wonderwoman msf is 20g ....)

Pink Power MSF. Click for enlarged pic

Pink powder msf swatch. Click for enlarged pic

Golden Lariat MSF. Click for enlarged pic

Golden Lariat MSF Swatch. Click for enlarged pic

I personally find that the colored parts of the Wonderwoman msfs are a bit too frosty to be used as blush colors by themselves, but they make beautiful highlighting colors over other blushers. Golden Lariat msf is especially a very versatile msf, it's both a bronzing product and highlighting product at the same time. Would highly all to get Golden Lariat msf, It works for all skintones although for fairer skin ladies they would have to use with a lighter hand

0 MAC Mineralized Skin Finishes (MSFs) - Part 3

Part III of my MSFs review

 Click for enlarged pic - All MSFs LE

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By Candlelight: Released with Warm & Cozy collection. On very fair skin ladies, it can be worn as a blush color alone, but several swipes are needed in order for it to appear as a blush color. Otherwise for medium to darker skintones, this is a beautiful shade of highlightin powder. Not much glitters or shimmers, but might be metallic of overapplied

Refined: One of my favourite MSFs as well. Great texture (no glitters, no frostiness or whatsoever) and Great color. Gives a healthy flush of peachy color to the face without being overly shimmery or frosty. May be used as a blush color. Not to mention I LOVE the look of how this MSF looks in the pan. I can keep on looking @ it and never get tired of it

Perfect Topping: Depending on which part of the MSF your swirl (the muavey part or the whitish part), you will get a different color - either pink or more whitish. I use this more of a highlighting powder rather than a cheek color as the Perfect topping I bought contains more white parts rather than muavey parts

Lightscapade: LE released with Danse. It's my Holy Grail highlighting powder which i reach out for everyday. I CANNOT live without this. It's buttery smooth and non frosty nor glittery. Love this!

Gold Spill: Plenty of chunky glitters in this and little color payoff. Not a fan of this MSF

Stereo Rose: Plenty of raves for this color. It's a nice coral color that will suit all skintones and no chunky glitter nor frostiness in this. So I can understand why others love this. But I feel this is overhyped and overraved. There are other BEAUTIFUL blush colors from MAC which wins this hands down e.g. Hipness and Instant chic. Those 2 are beautiful Coral colors....more so than Stereo Rose. But this is just my personal opinion. Others may not think it this way.

o yep this wraps up my swatch n reviews of my MSFs collection. Broke it into 3 parts, cause I thought that if i wrote everything in one post, It would be too hard for u guys to digest... See ya till the next post! =)

0 MAC Mineralized Skin Finishes (MSFs) - Part 2

Here's part II of the pics and swatches of the MSFs that I own

 

Click for enlarged pic. Once again, All MSFs are Limited edition

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Warmed: This was LE from the N collection. I almost wanted to pass this on as it looked really dark in the pan, But when I tried it on, It was nowhere as dark as it looked like in the pan. It gave me more of a nice golden peachy glow if used with a light hand. No chunky glitters in this as compared to some of the other MSFs.

Cheeky Bronze: Another peachy bronze shade similar to Warmed but has slightly more glitters in it.

Comfort: Would use this as an all over the face bronzer and as a contour color as it contains the least shimmers amongst all of MAC's colored msfs, but it still contains some shimers to give  a glow to the face without being overdone.

Redhead: LE from Blonde, Brunette, Redhead. I LOVE all the MSFs from this collection. They are the most smooth and buttery of MAC's msfs. Pigmentation is  great as well. Can use the lighter part for highlighting and the darker part as a cheek color. Otherwise u can swirl it together as blush color. Redhead gives the perfect peachy glow to the face without being overly shimmery or glittery. Luv this.

Blonde: Also LE from Blonde Brunette Redhead. It is more pink than redhead, but with the same great texture and color payoff

Brunette: For fairer skin ladies, pls use this with a light hand. Cause if over applied, it may give a sunburnt kinda look. But this would look gorgeous on ladies with darker skintones.

0 MAC Mineralized Skin Finishes (MSFs) - Part I

One of MAC's most popular and highly raved products, the MSFs (colored) ones are mostly limited editions and can be used either as highlighting powders, bronzers or blushers depending on the finishes of the product. As the products are hand baked, not one MSF is identical to one another. Each has its only unique swirl and mix of colors in it. It's actually like lookin at a piece of artwork really. 

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Northern Light: This does show up as a blush color on me by itself, but as the chunks of glitter is a bit big, I mostly use it over my blushers to add a some shimmer and glow to the face. 

Light Flush: Kinda reminds me of pink bronze pigment - a wee bit of orangy bronzy pink when worn on the face. It can be worn as a blush color on its own as well, but I do have to be light handed with this one, otherwise it can give a kinda weird orangy bronzy metallic pink look on my cheeks when I do not exactly like.

Glissade: One of the MSFs which contains the most chunky glitter of all. It's pretty sheer and too glittery to be worn as a cheek color by itself. If u don't like glitter on your face, or have open pores or acne scar on the face, lay off this. Cause the chunky glitters in this will only enhance the flaws. This is my least favourite MSF from MAC

Petticoat: Am loving this as a cheek color by itself. Gives a very nice raspberry pink flush of color to the cheeks.  And it looks delicious in the pan as well. I almost feel I can eat this. LOL!

Porcelain Pink: It's a pinkish highlighting color. Too light to be worn as a cheek color by itself

Soft and Gentle: Another highlighting color but more leaning more towards the neutral tone. I prefer this to shimpagne msf which i swapped off as I didn't like the chunky glitters in it. Suits all skintones. Be light handed with this though, it can look greasy if overly applied.