I've spent many a trip to MAC swatching the Mineralize Skin Finishes, trying to narrow it down and pick one to take home, but to be honest, none of them really seemed worth the ridiculous £22 price tag - after all, it's just a highlighter. My mum has Soft and Gentle, and after playing with that, I decided that if I was going to get one, that would be it. But to be honest, I was waiting for an unexpected cash windfall, a Beales discount day, or a day where I just had the urge to treat myself.
Then Lightscapade was re-released with the Hayley Williams collection, and it was compared to the incredibly overpriced Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder, which I was coveting, so I decided to bite the bullet and pick it up.
This is kind of a two in one product. Whilst it still works as a highlight, it's a lot more subtle than the other MSF's. There's a shimmer to it, but it's not sparkly or glittery, and it's ever so slight. It's kind of a soft, candlelight beige with veins of orange and blue running through, not enough to show on the skin, but just to add a little more dimension. Unlike the other MSF's this can be dusted over the whole face as a setting powder, which softens your features and blurs the appearance of imperfections and pores, whilst giving your face a natural glow.
This is a very very soft highlighter, I can imagine that on darker skin tones, it's not going to show up one little bit, but for pale skin like mine, it's the perfect natural highlight. Some have said that the wear time of this isn't great, but I've been setting everything with Urban Decay All Nighter, so I haven't noticed that.
All in all this is a lovey little product. The powder is super soft and finally milled and the finish is unparalleled. I really can't find a fault with this powder that would make it worth buying the Hourglass alternative instead!
And like my boyfriend says "it looks like a planet!"
Do you have any of the Mineralize Skin Finishes?
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