MAC

 Extra Dimension Skinfinish Highlighter

Most Helpful Positive Review

Review for "Beaming Blush" and "Show Gold"

Oh, MAC, how I love you for you Extra Dimension line! I'll preface my review by saying that I am of highlight ilk, and love to strobe so hard that Mars waves at me. So here's my experience with 2 of these: Beaming Blush -- HOLY GRAIL of golds!!! It's pink in the pan, breaks gold on the skin. Here's... the kicker tho, and the reason I love it. It's a gold that's on the lighter end of so many of the gold toned highlighters out there. It's true gold, none of this champagne business, just that it's a paler version, as opposed to the others on the market that are deep golds and borderline bronzers. It's perfect on my NC20 skin. I bought this in Nov. 2016 when it just released and thought I'd have to wait for spring/summer to really pull it off..nope! Wore it straight thru winter and now into spring. What also makes this holy grail is that it's a true iridescent, it borders on metallic when you spritz it with a setting spray and it's stunning. I get at least 8-10 hours wear easily. No transfer, no fading. LOVE IT. Show Gold -- Stunning pink! It's rose gold in the pan, but breaks pink on the skin. It's particularly gorgeous because it's a TRUE duo-chrome,and the different tonalities of pink, depending on the lighting and where it hits, is unmatched. Spray it w/ Fix+ or setting spray, and you can achieve the loveliest metallic. And I returned it...OMG it broke my heart to do so, it is such a gorgeous and unique highlight. BUT, it's a glitter bomb. If they'd kept the formulation to just iridescence and metallic without the teenager-y glitter, I'd have kept it. I struggled with the decision because it's perfection in every other way, but I couldn't justify the cost for all that glitter. I have yet to find another pink so striking or so beautiful. Come on Mac, work with me here.