MAC Warm Soul Mineralize Blush

Warm Soul is one of those blushes that everyone seems to love.  I have been hearing people rave about it forever.  I do love me some blush and despite being rather cool toned, I am not crazy about wearing cool toned blushes.  So, obviously, I needed to pick up Warm Soul.

Look at it.  It's beautiful.  This is one of those cases of the hype being true.  This is a gorgeous warm coppery pink color with gold shimmer.  It could be used as a blush or a bronzer.  I am in LOVE with this blush.  It is fantastic and it is an absolute staple for me.

It's a Mineralize baked blush with great payoff and a lovely texture.  I found it blended out easily, but it also has great staying power.  I got a solid 9 hours out of it before it started to fade noticeably.

The MAC Mineralize blushes all contain 3.5 grams of product and retail (currently) for $25.

Overall:  10/10

Oh, and for what it's worth, I also happened to pick up a Maybelline LE baked blush the same week that is pretty similar (review forthcoming).  

The Maybelline blush is called Golden Fuse and it's part of their Summer 2013 So Electric collection.  It's a tad bit more golden and shimmery, but it's really pretty close and it's 2.5 grams of product for around $5.

Review: MAC Dainty Mineralize Blush

This will be the first in a series of reviews on products that I swapped for rather than purchasing.  I swap on Make Up Alley.  Some of the swaps have been great.  Others, not so much.  This swap was fantastic.

I swapped with Kristina whose MUA handle is krissyb1979.  I traded my Naked palette for her bottle of MAC Matchmaster 1.0 (which I *LOVE*) and she included the MAC Dainty Mineralize blush.

In general, I'm not a huge fan of mineralized or baked cosmetics, but you all know about my blush problem, so of course, I had to try it out.  

MAC describes the color as "light yellow pink with gold pearl".  I don't really know that it's a gold pearl.  There is gold glitter in it.  It has great pigmentation, but it's very versatile.  You can sheer it out easily or apply it more heavily for a bolder look.

The texture and pigmentation are really similar to the Milani baked blushes I've tried, though the MAC price point is nowhere near as tempting.

The MAC Mineralize Blushes are packaged in the same size pans as the non-mineralized blushes, but because they're baked, they're not as dense so they only contain 3.5 grams of product as opposed to the regular MAC blushes which contain 6 grams of product.

And despite containing less product, the Mineralize blushes are more expensive as well.  The regular MAC blushes retail for $20, while the Mineralize blushes are $23.50.

I love the color and texture of this blush.

Overall: 9/10