Product Review: MAC Mineralize Skinfinish - Porcelain Pink

Hello Everyone!

After a sneaky trip to the MAC counter a few weeks back, I returned home with my very first Mineralize Skinfinish (Popularly abbreviated to MSF) in the shade 'Porcelain Pink'. Feeling rather pleased with my purchase, I decided it was only right to write up a review.

I have been testing this product out for a few weeks now, and I must admit, I have fallen in love. This product is gorgeous, and makes the cheekbones glow healthily in all weathers. I think this will be a summer must-have this year for all beauty lovers like me,as the sun reflects this MSF beautifully.

Porcelain Pink gives a beautiful golden-pink glow to the cheekbones, with a fair amount of shimmer. It is very multi-purpose, and looks great when applied to the inner-corner/tearduct area of the eye, the browbone, and obviously, the cheekbones. 

Unless you like glitter, I wouldn't recommend applying this product with a fan brush. For the first two or three days of using this product, I decided to use a fan brush (a MAC 205, to be precise) and found it had a poor colour pay off and made my cheekbones look glittery and cheap. Before passing the product off as a bad job, I decided to give it another whirl, but this time, using a blush brush. I have two favourites for applying this MSF - both by e.l.f. The Complexion Brush, and the Blush Brush, both from the studio line. At a cost of only £3.75 each, you really cannot go wrong with e.l.f. brushes (let me know if you want a review!) Anyway, when Porcelain Pink is applied with these brushes, it gives a more pink toned shimmer to the cheeks, with slight golden undertones. I came to the conclusion that the MAC 205 brush has bristles that picked up only the glitter particles from the product, rather than any of the actual colour. For this reason, I have decided to avoid using the fan brush for this particular highlighter.

Overall, I am really enjoying this product. I feel like my skin looks a lot healthier and more radiant when wearing this. Also, it compliments any colour of blusher, which I feel is an important feature of a good quality highlighter. And despite the name 'Porcelain Pink' this product is not a bright and pigmented pink that could be used as a blusher. It is definitely a highlighter, and can't really be used as a blusher, so don't be fooled by the word 'pink'. I would 100% recommend this product, and if the pricey cost of £21.50 doesn't phase you too much, definitely give this a try.

Link to buy MAC Mineralise Skinfinish in Porcelain Pink;

http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/products/spp/shaded.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT159&PRODUCT_ID=PROD782&SKU_ID=SKU45315

Apologies for the lengthy review, but hopefully it has covered any queries you had about this product. Let me know in the comments what you think of this product if you have tried it, and also leave any requests you have for future posts!

Thanks for reading!