MAC Grand Duos Mineralize Blushes
I decided to give the MAC Grand Duos collection a second go after seeing more swatches online and ended up purchasing Love Rock and Grand Duo.
Grand Duo is the deeper and more intense of the two. As expected of the Mineralize Blushes, the color payoff of the solid color side (without the veining) is excellent and it's easy to over-apply these. I had to wipe some off with a tissue after I got to the office and realised that I had put too much on one cheek ;-p
Grando Duo applies as a plum-toned pink on me, and is not too dark such that it looks unnatural on my MAC NC20 skintone. You can apply it lightly for a pink flush. It has icy pink, candy pink, burgundy and golden bronze veining that look very pretty in the pot but don't add much color, just shimmer.
Love Rock is one of the top two fastest sellers in the MAC Pro store and it's easy to see why. It looks incredibly pretty in the pot, a shimmery bubblegum pink paired with a highlighter side that has light pink, purple and pinkish beige veining.
Love Rock does take more layering to show up on my cheeks, as compared to Grand Duo, and I felt there was more shimmer than actual color. It does give the skin a nice sheen and glow, but have to be careful not to over-do the highlighter part. Of the two, I ended up liking Grand Duo more on my skin but Love Rock is just so pretty to look at in the pot!
I still think these are horribly overpriced at S$44 each. The normal Mineralize Blushes are still only S$37. The MAC SA tried to justify the price difference by saying that one only needs to pay $7 more to get a highlighter, but this doesn't seem that compelling an argument to me as the Grand Duos blushes actually weigh only 3.2g compared to 3.5g for the normal Mineralize Blushes. But the Grand Duos are supposed to be limited so I just sucked it up like a good old MAC addict and handed over my $88. But I've cut down a lot on my MAC purchases, to two or three a year so at least it's not too much damage overall.
Grand Duo is the deeper and more intense of the two. As expected of the Mineralize Blushes, the color payoff of the solid color side (without the veining) is excellent and it's easy to over-apply these. I had to wipe some off with a tissue after I got to the office and realised that I had put too much on one cheek ;-p
Grando Duo applies as a plum-toned pink on me, and is not too dark such that it looks unnatural on my MAC NC20 skintone. You can apply it lightly for a pink flush. It has icy pink, candy pink, burgundy and golden bronze veining that look very pretty in the pot but don't add much color, just shimmer.
Love Rock is one of the top two fastest sellers in the MAC Pro store and it's easy to see why. It looks incredibly pretty in the pot, a shimmery bubblegum pink paired with a highlighter side that has light pink, purple and pinkish beige veining.
Love Rock does take more layering to show up on my cheeks, as compared to Grand Duo, and I felt there was more shimmer than actual color. It does give the skin a nice sheen and glow, but have to be careful not to over-do the highlighter part. Of the two, I ended up liking Grand Duo more on my skin but Love Rock is just so pretty to look at in the pot!
I still think these are horribly overpriced at S$44 each. The normal Mineralize Blushes are still only S$37. The MAC SA tried to justify the price difference by saying that one only needs to pay $7 more to get a highlighter, but this doesn't seem that compelling an argument to me as the Grand Duos blushes actually weigh only 3.2g compared to 3.5g for the normal Mineralize Blushes. But the Grand Duos are supposed to be limited so I just sucked it up like a good old MAC addict and handed over my $88. But I've cut down a lot on my MAC purchases, to two or three a year so at least it's not too much damage overall.
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