I know I was probably annoying some of you with all of my Tweets about how much I was looking forward to this collection! I am a HUGE fan of mineralize products, so when I found out a new mineralize collection was coming out I knew I was going to want to buy a few items (ok, more than a few!) from it. I appear to be in the minority of bloggers who love mineralize products; a lot of people find the mineralize products can lack pigment, fade over time, can be full of glitter, and are just harder to work with overall. I will agree that there can be some mineralize ‘dud’ products out there. What I like about mineralize products is the fact they apply sheerly - I don’t always need a super-duper-uber pigmented shade for my eyes; I also like the shimmer in mineralize products - but I can do with out giant gitter chunks (like craft glitter); I also like how each mineralize product is unique - not everyone’s products look identical even though they are the same shade. Anyway, enough of that and on to information about the collection!
Semi Precious was released by MAC on July 7th (released 1-2 weeks earlier in Pro stores and online). After seeing a sneak peek of the collection on Temptalia’s blog, I knew exactly what I wanted from this collection and made up my shopping list. When it finally launched, I put in my order right away so I would be able to get everything I wanted before items started to sell-out. Lucky for me, I did get everything I wanted!
I ended up buying this collection in two pieces. I bought my initial pieces - eye shadows, one blush and one mineralize skin finish the day the collection came out; just this past week, I went back to the site an ordered a few more things (in an addition to an MSFN that was recommended to me).
I am not going to be posting swatches for all of you in this post - but there will be some great pictures of what the product looks like in the pan. I am saving swatches for when I review each item in the collection - I’ll be posting a few reviews next week.
There were 12 mineralize eye shadows released with this collection, and I ended up picking up seven of them.
Clarity
Light Pink, Off White Green, Gold & Black
Unsurpassable
Green, Teal, Purple & Copper
Jade’s Fortune
Bright Yellow, Lime, Blue & Black
Rare Find
Violet, Brown & Gold
Mineral Mode
White Base with Copper & Grey
See? This is a great example of how Mineralize products are all unique! My Mineral Mode shadow has no copper in it whatsoever - just white and grey! Maybe there is some copper baked into the shadow that I just can't see now...but I have a sneaking suspicion there's none at all in mine!Dark Indulgence
Forest Green & Black
Hint of Sapphire
Pink, Violet, Teal, Copper & Blue
The collection also has three mineralize blushes - a neutral brown, an orange-peach, and a blue-based pink. I ended up picking up two:
Pressed Amber
Nude, Beige, Brown
Warmth of Coral
Coral, Peach
The big item that drew me in and made me very curious about this collection was the Mineralize Skinfinishes. There were four released in this collection, and I picked up all four:
Semi Precious Pearl
Beige Champagne Base with a White, Plum and Bronze inner-circle.
Semi Precious Rose Quartz
Rosy Pink Base with a Silver, Lime, White Pink & Copper inner-circle.
Semi Precious Crystal Pink
Pink Champagne Base with a Pink, Dirty Green and Bronze inner-circle.
Semi Precious Goldstone
Brown Base, Rosy Pink, White and Gold inner-circle.
In amongst my collection purchase I also tossed in two items that are part of the permanent collection:
Paint Pot in Blackground
Mineralize Skinfinish Natural in Light Plus
Many of the items in the Semi Precious collection are still available online for purchase. A couple of the eye shadows are now sold out (Golden Gaze, Faux Gold, Ruby Smoke); the Warmth of Coral blush is gone, and so is the Semi Precious Crystal Pink MSF.
I’m still playing around with everything, so I haven’t picked any favorites yet - although the Clarity eye shadow and Crystal Pink MSF seem to be ones that I am reaching for the most!
Check out your local MAC store/counter to pick up products from this collection, or you can order online.
Did you pick anything up from this collection? Let me know! I would love to see what you got!
Enjoy the rest of your Friday!
