MAC Bronze Everyday Swatches and Review Part 1: Mineralize Skinfinishes and Bronzing Powder

Note: New Vegas is NOT a part of this collection.  My apologies!

Swatches and review after the jump






Golden Bronzing Powder


Refined Golden Bronzing Powder


Sun Power MSF Natural


Give Me Sun! MSF Natural


Soft and Gentle MSF


Gold Deposit

Here is MAC's offering for the bronze goddess in everyone. It features two new golden shades of Mineralize Skinfinish/Natural, plus Mineralize Skinfinish and Bronzing Powders. It also has two shades of Skinsheen Leg Spray, and two shades of Lustre Drops, which all help to reveal smooth, sunkissed skin without frying ourselves to death under the harmful rays of the sun.  What is great is that this is actually part of the permanent line! 

For the first part of this collection's review and swatches, we tackle the mineralize skinfinishes and bronzing powders.

I am a huge mineralize skinfinish addict.  I have been collecting MSFs since 2006.  These products are made in Italy and are baked in terracotta pans for 24 hours until domed and perfect.  At one point, I'd owned all the MSFs MAC has ever come up with except Pleasureflush.  Now, I have everything except Pleasureflush, Metal Rock and Lightscapade.  The colors are absolutely breathtaking in person as the beautiful swirls in the MSFs hypnotize me. I don't know why these shimmering orbs fascinate me so. All I know is that these are coveted by every hardcore MAC addict; and since these are always limited edition, some really rare ones fetch insane prices on Ebay and some MAC online communities. The marriage of colors in each compact is mesmerizing.  Some people may wonder what these actually do. They act as highlighter, blush, contour color, the darker ones can be used as eye crease color, and are very versatile; they can be used in a myriad of ways.


Give Me Sun!, Sun Power, Refined Golden, Golden




Golden


L-R: New Vegas (not included in this collection), Soft and Gentle




Gold Deposit



Soft and Gentle is one of my favorite MSFs.  It is a beautiful "gilded peach bronze" according to MAC.  It is your quintessential highlighter- it is beautiful on the cheekbones and temples, and it doesn't look powdery at all - it even looks moist in some angles.

Gold Deposit is one of my least-used MSFs. I don't think I've used this in years, which is a shame because it's a pretty golden bronze shimmer. This would be great for medium to dark skintones. Perfect on tan skin!

Golden is one of my favorite MAC bronzers.  It is a muted golden-tan beige with shimmer.  I think it looks better on my skin than Refined Golden, which is darker.

I think Give Me Sun! is going to be one of my favorite bronzers from MAC. I like that it is matte so it can also double as contour powder. It is a light summer peachy tan. Sun Power, on the other hand, looks too dark for my skintone, unless it is used very lightly. It is a deep terracotta bronze that is obviously for darker skintones.

All in all, I think you will find a bronzer or MSF in this collection that will pique your interest. The fact that this is part of the permanent collection is good because if for some reason you find one of these bronzers/lustre drops/MSFs/Skinsheen leg spray to be your holy grail product, you won't have to panic because they will always (knock on wood!) be available at your neighborhood MAC store.

The Shades Of U Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

Note: Some products in this entry were provided by a representative of the company for consideration. All opinions are completely mine.