Blushers (MAC palette)

Helloooooo! I almost forgot about this blog post.. hahaa. Trying to keep up with the "one post every 3 days" thing. Yesterday was suuuch a tiring day.. woke up at 3AM.. left the house at 4AM.. met up with my intern boss.. drove down to San Clemente (well, I passed the f out, LOL) and.. then.. we had a photoshoot at Lowe's (yah, like Home Depot).. didn't leave until about 6PM.. it was "CRAY CRAYYYY" (haha).

Anywayy.. decided to show you guys my BLUSHERS.. give you a quick idea on pigmentation, rough color descrip (probably just copy paste from MAC or where ever site), etc. Might end up doing an "OVER ALL" ranking post if I'm feeling lazy.. hahaha. We'll see :P

ON TO THE PICS/SWATCHES~

TOP (L-R): MAC dollymix, MAC peachykeen, MAC margin

BOTTOM (L-R): MILANI luminous, blank, MAC harmony (hit pan!)

MILANI Luminous

- It looks weird because it totally was owned when I was depotting it.. sigh!

- Very pretty color, supposedly a dupe for NARS Orgasm but I don't have it to compare (well, I did but never though to compare it.. mostly because.. I hated the glitter in the NARS!)

- Found at drugstores, can't remember how much but I bet it's $10 or less.. plus it's the same size pan (sliiiiiightly smaller, as in the edges don't meet all the way.. but you can hardly tell) as MAC.. definitely cheaper than NARS.. good stuff!

- Good color pay off.. mine is a little weak.. I think it's because of how I re-pressed it. If I suddenly get lots of money (helloooo loan check in Feb!) I think I may repurchase it, because I really do love this color, it was definitely a "go to" shade for me.

- Pigmentation is good, it's hard to over do it (in my opinion, maybe my brush sucked back then) since it has a pretty "duotone" sheen.. peachy pink.

- Recommended!

MAC Dollymix

- Bought off a blogsale (thanks Sher!)

- MAC describes it as a "pure candy pink (sheertone shimmer)".. looks like there are smaaaaaall silver microglitter (I guess microglitter would cover the "small" huh?) but you don't really notice it. Not quite as natural since it's a shimmer, but that's fine with me.

- Swatched (L) once, (R) heavily

- As you can see.. you can only really wear this blush if you're IN THE MOOD FOR BLUSH. Either that, or apply with a light hand. That's why it doesn't really look like I've used this shade very much~ because I really haven't.

- Great for "dolly" looks, sweet innocent flush that's popular with "gyaru" looks.

- MAC prices.. $18.50/per (unless you buy just the pan) which is kind of a bummer.. I'm sure there is a drugstore dupe out there if you're strapped for cash.

- Pigmentation is great (as you can see).

MAC Peachykeen

- Bought the pan off the MAC website.. after a recommendation from Whit

- MAC describes it as "very baby peach (sheertone shimmer)"

- MAC prices.. $18.50/per (unless you buy just the pan) which is kind of a bummer.. I'm sure there is a drugstore dupe out there if you're strapped for cash.

- Definitely my current "go to" blush.. LOVE this color! It's hard to over-do in my opinion, swatched once on the left side, swatched heavily on the right. Pigmentation is on point.

- Downside is that it IS a shimmer.. so it's not as natural as a matte blush. But I don't really care :P harhar.

- RECOMMENDED!

MAC "Margin"

- MAC describes it as "peach with golden shimmer (frost)".. definitely not as natural. I still like the color.. but.. I'm sort of leaning towards finding a similar color but in shimmer or matte.

- Bought at the store while looking for a pretty peachy blush. Definitely warms up your complexion, and can be used as a sort of orangey/peachy bronzer.

- Definitely kind of sits in here in my palette.. I don't want to get rid of it but I don't really tend to use it either. It also chipped during my depotting process but instead of repressing the pieces that fell out, I just dumped it.

- Texture is SUPER smooth (as are the other MAC blushes!). Feels like butter.. or silk.. or something.

- Pigmentation is SUPER. It's easy to overload your blush and go crazy, so be careful.

- MAC prices.. $18.50/per (unless you buy just the pan) which is kind of a bummer.. I'm sure there is a drugstore dupe out there if you're strapped for cash.

SWATCHED

Sonia Kashuk: Flamingo (in a later post)

Milani: Luminous

MAC: Dollymix

MAC: Peachykeen

Swatched on my arm in reverse order.. I'm about NC37. See the pretty sheen that Luminous gives?? And how silky/powdery the MAC blushes are--I guess I swatched a bit too heavily xD

MAC Harmony

- I don't really consider as a blush, since I use it to contour. I bought this when I was looking for MAC Emote (recommendation for contour) but.. of course.. it was d/c'd so the SA and my friend said this was a good dupe, if you don't want to shell out $30+ to get a hard-to-find Emote.

- MAC describes it as a "muted rose-beige brown (matte)".. I don't really see the "rose tone" part of it since it seems more neutral to me. Some people don't like this because they think it looks muddy. As far as contouring goes.. and bronzing.. I've also tried the NYC Bronzer but I feel that it's too orangey to truly contour with.

- Pigmentation is great.. texture is great.. etc.

- MAC prices (again) sort of suck at $18.50 and I hear there are a few other good drugstore dupes.. like NYX "Taupe". You can also use 1-2 shade darker powder for contour.

If anyone's interested, I haven't listed it up on my blogsale.. I'd be willing to sell MARGIN and DOLLYMIX for $10/ea.. or both for $17. They're both depotted (obviously). Let me know :)