The MAC products worth spending your dollars on..♡

Hello my loves,

I want to have a little chat with you all about the 'MAC' hype. MAC is a brand I think most people are familiar with & when someone mentions more high end products, I think MAC springs to most of our heads. When you walk into a MAC shop you are greeted by 1 million different products & if you aren't very in the makeup know, you can end up spending your hard earned dollars on products that ain't worth their hype. So In this blog post I'm going to share with you some of the best MAC products, and the ones that are really worth the investment & worth your money.

#1. MAC skin base visage.

Primer is a detrimental part of your base. DO NOT SKIP if you want good skin as you age. While chemist primers are fine & while they do the job, when you use a good high end primer you will not look back. MAC's skin base is the perfect primer to pair with your dewy, demi matte foundations. It is almost moisturizer texture when you pump it but it leaves you with a veil of silkiness that your foundation can adhere to for the whole day.  Once you try this you may never go back.

#2. MAC prep + prime fix +

Have you ever wanted to emulate a Victoria Secret's angel's skin? Ever wanted make pigments stay on your eyes and not fall down on your cheeks when you're applying them? Have you ever thought 'god, I need to refresh my makeup'? 

If so, this is the product you need in your life. Fix + is the product of a million uses & your makeup bag is incomplete without it. Spray this over your powder you placed to lock down your foundation to turn your skin into a flawless base. It is a form of setting spray and it will keep that face in place without ever looking cakey.

#3. MAC mineralize skinfinish in Soft & Gentle.

While I love to look highlighted & glowing like an angel, I hate to look like a disco ball with lumps of glitter on my face and unfortunately, drugstore highlighters can do that. They sit on your skin and just do not look pretty because a lot of them are that pearly white unnatural shade. What you want is something that nearly melts & blends to the skin. Soft & Gentle is that product. Although it's a powder highlighter, the powder is so finely milled that glides on the skin with none of that chalky residue. The peachy shade of this is so flattering and gentle, that you get that stunning highlight without it being so obvious. You nearly look like you are glowing from within & that's the aim at the end of the day.

#4. MAC lip liners

I love lip liners. Love them. I'm quite conscious about the unevenness of my lips so I do have my techniques, much like Kylie Jenner (only not so crazy) to make my lips look fuller. MAC's selection of lip liner is incomparable to any other brand in my opinion. They have basically got every shade you will ever need. If you want that lip liner that honestly looks like your lips only better, MAC will have that shade. They last a very long time on the lips & are of a creamy yet firm texture so they are easy to work with. My favourite shades are spice & soar. These are my perfect lip colours and I've been habitually buying these 2 for 2 years. I will never be converted to any other lip liners. Go in swatch a few and if you are unsure ask one of the staff what would be the closest to your lip shade.

 #5. MAC Face & Body foundation

There's a reason that this is one of the most used foundations on photo shoots and runways and that's because this foundation is extremely good. It's build-able coverage means you can go for a very light base & build it up to a very decent medium coverage if you want. It's like your-skin-only-better. The choice of colours is vast and can be confusing as MAC work on cool and warm tones, so again ask to be colour matched. This foundation has no SPF so have you ever wondered why in photos your lovely tanned face looks like Casper the friendly ghost? That's because your SPF in your foundation has created a barrier that the flash has bounced off. As this foundation is SPF-less you will not have this issue but if you are going to be spending a lot of time outdoors I'd recommend using a moisturizer with SPF in it.

#6. MAC Pro longwear paint pot in soft ochre

If you would like your eye shadows to look exactly like they do in the pan & not like a wishy washy version of the pan shade, you have got to have a paint pot in your life. It intensifies and amplifies the eye shadow colours by providing the perfect base. It covers all them bluey veins on your lids, any redness, everything.  There are a few shades to chose from however either soft ochre or painterly works for most fair-medium skin tones. I'd like to add that this can be used as a stand alone with no shadow on top to give you a flawless eye.

I buy all my MAC products in Brown Thomas or the stand alone MAC shop on Henry street in Dublin. You can shop MAC online from Brown Thomas here for Ireland or the MAC store here if you're in the UK or USA.

With Love from,

Rebekah x♡