A Review: MAC Eye Shadows

Fifteen Pan Palette (with insert removed fits 21) $17.00 CAD. Eye shadow in pan format $14.00 CAD each.

Claims: According to MAC Cosmetics website their eye shadow is, "Highly pigmented powder. Applies evenly, blends well."

Actual Experience: My overall experience with MAC Eye Shadows has been fairly good. They come in seven different finishes: Matte (no frost, no shimmer, flat), frost (frosty, shimmery, sheen finish), satin (between a matte and frost finish), veluxe pearl (shimmery but not as shimmery as a frost), lustre (glittery, chunky, not much colour pay off), velvet (wash of sheer colour with a hint of shimmer), and veluxe (similar to veluxe pearl but with less shimmer). I am not a huge fan of MAC's mattes or lustres. The mattes do not always have the best colour pay off and the lustres are chunky, hard to work with and have a lot of fall out. All of the other formulas are pigmented, apply easily, and last all day (especially over an eyelid primer).

Buy or Avoid: Buy any formula except for mattes or lustres. Urban Decay also makes excellent eye shadows, and all of their finishes, in my opinion, perform equally well. However, they are a bit pricier than MAC eye shadows when bought individually. They do have some nice palettes to choose from, such as the cult favorite Naked Palette. When bought in palette form they are an excellent bang for your buck!


This product was bought with my own money

A Review: MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural

Skin type/color: combination (oily) and sensitive, pink undertones, MAC NW 20

My color in this product is medium.

Claims: According to MAC's website, "A luxurious domed face powder with minerals, slowly baked to provide a dimensional yet natural-matte finish. Provides perfect low coverage. Use to set and fix foundation or as a touch-up throughout the day."

Actual Experience: I use this to set my liquid foundation but I have a friend that uses it as her actual foundation (she loves it so far). It provides the most natural finish of any powder that I have ever tried. It doesn't cake, doesn't clump, and doesn't look chalky. Tip, if you have a blemish use a little cream concealer on top of it, gently blend. Then use a small eye shadow brush to buff some of this gently over top. I have never been able to hide a blemish so naturally or completely as when I use this method (it only works for me with this specific powder mind you).

Buy or Avoid: Buy! This powder is a little pricey at $33CAD plus tax but this is the third time that I have bought it.  I got sick of throwing out the drugstore powders when they didn't work (big waste of $$). One of these used almost daily lasts me 6-8 months.


This product was bought with my own money