Imagine the marriage of two textures of the MAC skinfinishes we've grown to love: the natural and the shimmery. The best of both worlds are combined in this amazing duo - one has a matte finish but provides a smooth, creamy finish to your face, and the other one works as a highlighter for your cheekbones, browbones, or anywhere you need a subtle glow - yup, even the decolletage.
I've just posted my MAC collection a few entries down, and you can see that I am a mineralize skinfinish (MSF) collector. However, I've never owned the natural skinfinish until now. This weekend, I just casually strolled into my neighborhood MAC store and there was this really hot MA (I talked about him a few entries ago as well) helped me try out a few products. Hot-rock-star-slash-MAC-makeup-artist applied the New View duo in Medium Dark on me, and my jaw literally dropped when I saw my reflection in the mirror. My face just looked radiant, creamy, softly luminous but definitely not shiny or greasy. It can be a pretty substitute to any of the finishing powders I use, because it gives just a beautiful instant polish to any look. I also believe the highlight side of this particular duo is the best among all the New View duos. It gives a gorgeous peachy-gold sheen to the skin, and on my cheekbones, it was a winner. I read that some lighter-skinned ladies can wear this highlighter as a blush as well, and the natural skinfinish can be used as their contour powder. I think this would be a tad dark on me when winter comes, but right now it's just the perfect summer shade on me. A tad too dark in the swatch, but applied with a fluffy brush it comes out really natural and not dark at all.
Some of you might be wondering what the matte MSF is for. It can be a finishing/setting powder for your mineral or liquid foundation, or it can pretty much be used by itself, as I see some ladies do, especially now during summer time when they want something as light as air on their skin.
If you've never owned a MAC natural MSF before, I highly recommend that you get the duo from New View as you get two beautiful products in one compact. I like that it's not an "either-or" product for me, I immensely love BOTH the matte and highlighter in this duo.
7 comments:
I have never own and thanks for your recommendation! :)
16 July, 2008 18:10wow....now i'm lemming on that as well! i only have the MSF natural in Medium and Medium Light (shades are too close, i know..stupid me) and to have one of those wont hurt (i guess?) LOL
16 July, 2008 19:08thanks sis!
that is prrreeettttttyyyyy!!!
17 July, 2008 07:47ahh im so in love with the MSF from new view! the MAC MUA put it on me and my eyes popped out too! =]
18 July, 2008 00:23I'm convinced! I'm definitely getting this!
19 July, 2008 09:19Do you think that both products can be swirled together and applied all over the face, or would the look be too shimmery?
27 July, 2008 16:48the collector- nah, I think it would look too shimmery. The highlighter is really just for those areas you want to stand out, like your cheekbones.
28 July, 2008 10:01Patty- go get it, I know you'd love this.
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