Product Brand and Name, Price (CDN), Where Purchased
MAC Mineralize Blush in Pressed Amber, $27.50 CDN @ MAC.ca
Reason for Purchase
I was extremely excited about the Semi Precious collection and, consequently, ended up buying most of it.
Notable Features
This blush is limited edition, released as part of the Semi Precious collection in July of 2011.
Packaging
This blush comes in the standard black MAC compact.
The blush will not fit into a blush Pro Palette.
Experience Using Product
I don’t have a brown/nude blush, and wanted to add this one to my collection. Initially when I bought this blush, I wasn’t sure I would like it. This is because a lot of the other fair-skinned bloggers who reviewed this blush all claimed it was too dark for them to use as a blush, and that they were more tempted to use it as a contour shade or a bronzer. I figured, worse come to worse, that would be exactly how I would end up using it if it was too dark for me to wear as blush.
I am very happy I bought this blush - it’s the perfect nude shade for me. Pressed Amber is a blend of nude, beige and brown pigment. It looks matte in the pan, but it’s actually got a bit of a satin sheen. The pigmentation of this blush is silky smooth, and there are no shimmer or glitter chunks to speak of in it.
I use a standard puffy blush-brush to apply this to the apples of my cheeks - one swipe across the surface of the blush and that’s all I need. The blush gives me just enough color to give my cheeks a pretty warm glow of brown, like I’ve had sun.
Here is a swatch of the blush:
Would I Re-Purchase, Recommend, or Reject
I am extremely happy with this purchase; it was just what I was looking for. If you are also looking for a nude blush then yes, I would absolutely recommend this blush to you. If you’re a MAC collector, definitely pick this up.
You can get this blush from the MAC website or your local counter; remember that it’s Limited Edition, though - so once it’s gone, it’s gone!
