Product Brand and Name, Price (CDN), Where Purchased
MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow in Mineral Mode, $ 24.00 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 eye shadow is limited edition, released as part of the Semi Precious collection in July of 2011.
Not all mineralize eye shadows have the same amount of colored veining as others; and very rarely does what you get actually look like the display picture on the MAC website. You may have to browse what’s available at your MAC counter for the shade you want, to find one that you will be happy with!
Packaging
This eye shadow comes in the standard black MAC compact.
The eye shadow will not fit into a Pro Palette.
Experience Using Product
There were twelve eye shadows launched with this collection, and of the twelve this is probably one of the more neutral, simple shades you can buy.
I thought that this eye shadow would be a safe bet as a foolproof, very wearable, neutral color that I would be able to get a lot of use out of. It has quickly turned in to one of my favorite eye shadows ever.
This eye shadow is made of a white base (both shimmer and matte) with copper and grey veining. However, my Mineral Mode has no copper in it at all. The veining in my Mineral Mode is matte white, shimmery white, grey, and mauve. Maybe there’s some copper further in my shadow that I’ll uncover as I use it - but as far as I can tell, I didn’t get any copper!
I use this eye shadow as an all-over color and as a highlight. When I blend all of the veining in this eye shadow, I’m left with a shimmery white-mauve color. It looks awesome blended over top of a creamy purple or purple-taupe eyeliner.
Here is a swatch of what this eye shadow looks like:
Would I Re-Purchase, Recommend, or Reject
I don’t know if I would feel the same way about this eye shadow if it had the copper it was suppose to have in it. I love the one I have! I don’t feel I can recommend this to you either, because it’s missing one of the shades it was suppose to have. However, if you’re at your MAC counter and happen to see a Mineral Mode like mine, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed with it if you pick it up!
You can get this eye shadow from the your local MAC counter and online. Remember that it’s Limited Edition, though - so once it’s gone, it’s gone!
