Perfectly Poised Mineralize Skinfinish

When you think Christmas makeup, do you think red lips, bronzey eyes, glittery accessories and, of course, that beautiful, glowing skin. And the chance to be all glittery, again. I previously picked up one of the Christmas Mineralize Skinfinish in the shade Divine Night, and if you read my post, you would have known that I actually wanted the MSF in Perfectly Poised originally. And I love the result that I got from the MSF (having never owned one before), and they had Perfectly Poised in stock online, so whatthehey, limited edition, I went and ordered it.

I was a bit skeptical about the way this product looked, as in, the inner part with the outer shell. It didn't look to appealing and then I thought that application might prove difficult too. But it does give you three options of how to use the skinfinish which adds value to the product. Perfectly Poised was just so gorgeous when I swatched the tester in store (why would they put the tester out if it's not in stock, or at least mark that it's sold out like the usually do). It was this gorgeous gold and pink sheen; an amazing rose gold colour that's so nice and subtle. I can see this being a great finish for parties especially. It gives that angelic topping to your look. 

left to right, without flash: inner part, outer shell, mix of both, blended

Without Flash

The pictures really don't do justice. It's shimmery, but not too shimmery, gives a really nice glittery glow to your skin. I would think this would nice applied to the collarbones and decolletage too. I feel super glamorous when I have this very finely milled powder on, the gold pink sheen looks so gorgeous, especially on my tanning skin. I don't really see this shade working for those that are fairer, unless using quite a light hand, but with the Summer sun this MSF really suits the season.

Divine Night Mineralize Skinfinish

To be honest, I wasn't too impressed by the Christmas range that MAC was releasing for the 2013 year. I thought maybe an eyeliner, a lipstick or two would be all that I would get from the entire line (not even the bags or kits really screamed out to me), but as I went into David Jones the other day before work, I swatched the gaudy-looking Mineralize Skin Finishes from the Divine Night range, and ooh. My interest was captured again. 

I actually wanted the shade Perfectly Poised, which gave this nice gold sheen with a pink reflect, super pretty shade. But unfortunately, David Jones had sold out of that one, so I went across the road to Myers... Where they also happened to be sold out, and where the lady then started to try push all these other products on me. To which, I decided that Scene to Be Seen was actually quite nice too... And they had sold out of that at Myers as well! Why did she up that particularly product to me when it was also out of stock? And then she started to push other products on me too, that weren't even remotely related. I tailed it out of there saying I had to head to work, and thanked her for her help (why did I thank her). Anyway, I actually went back to David Jones to see if they had Scene to Be Seen in stock, and they did and they were lovely, and this is why I constantly choose to go to David Jones over Myers. But either way, I was able to grab Scene to Be Seen (and later noticed that Perfectly Poised is in stock online, so might pick that up later too... It was just so pretty!), which is described as a mauve with a pink sheen/brick rose with gold reflects.

left to right, without flash: inner part, outer part, mixed, blended

With Flash

I would describe this as quite the plum-toned Mineralize Skin Finish, but a mauvey-pink is quite accurate. I love the result that you get from blending this out on the skin, the pink and gold shimmers look absolutely wonderful, especially on my medium toned skin; and, I assume, as my skin will tan a bit more with the warming weather, this can give that ethereal look. This can be built up to be used as a blush too, but that will take about four layers or so, as this blends like a dream on the skin. I think one of the nifty things about this Christmas range of Mineralize Skin Finishes is that there are essentially three options of shades: the inner part, the outer shell, and mixing it together.

I've never owned a MSF before, and I can really see the appeal of them now. They're so smooth and finely milled, it really adds a nice touch to the skin at the end. This shade is probably best that it came about in the holiday season, I don't see much opportunity to wear this (although I probably will, screw "appropriate" makeup), it will really look nice to give that sun-kissed glow, so that's a nice addition to a summer tan or that "festive cheer" you get from a little bit of bubbly.