MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Beauty Powder Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
MAC Beauty Powder Packaging
MAC Give Me Liberty of London: Beauty Powder Reviews, Photos, Swatches
The Beauty Powders are housed in all-white packaging with an opaque cover (they’re sometimes clear, sometimes not–usually not clear if it’s part of limited edition packaging) with the MAC for Liberty print printed in color on the top. Beauty Powders can be used for a variety of things–blushing, highlighting, setting, or what-have-you. Your usage depends on both the shade itself and how well it shows up on your skin tone. Shell Pearl may be a blush on fairer skin tones, but deeper skin tones will find it is more of a highlighter.
Beauty Powder ($25.00 U.S. / $30.00 CDN)
- Summer Rose is a satin-y pinky-plum with very subtle, nearly invisible shimmer/sheen. This is a repromote from last year’s Rose Romance Collection, but it doesn’t have the rose petal embellished design–on the flip side, this one is housed in special packaging. It has a smooth texture and can be layered for more intensity, though on first swipe, it’s quite sheer and soft. It doesn’t build up to an ultra intense shade by any means, but with two or three layers, it should show up on light and medium skin tones. Deeper, darker skin tones may find that this can look ashy, so I’d recommend swatching in-store first if possible!
- Shell Pearl is a beautiful peachy-coral with a soft golden peach sheen. For whatever reason, I never owned Shell Pearl when I first started my journey down the limited-edition lined path o’ MAC, but after I saw someone use it, I was like, “I need that!” So, finally, I get to have it, and it’s lovely. It’s soft, smooth, and delivers a beautiful glow to the skin. It’s not super pigmented, so for medium and darker skin tones, it’s more of a highlighter or potentially an all-over highlighter than a blush, but lighter skin tones may find it a suitable blusher as well as a highlighter. Shell Pearl has also been released in the past, but I believe that was over a year ago.
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MAC Summer Rose Beauty Powder
MAC Summer Rose Beauty Powder
MAC Shell Pearl Beauty Powder
MAC Shell Pearl Beauty Powder
MAC Beauty Powders: Summer Rose, Shell Pearl
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That packaging is impossible to miss. Summer Rose is a repromote from A Rose Romance. (I read the MAC Collection Database pretty much every day! I love that!)
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Shell Pearl I am NW15/20. As shell pearl is now discontinued, what would you recommend be the closest dupe for Shell Pearl?
I can't think of anything in the permanent line, but By Candlelight (releasing on Thursday in-stores) is similar.
I'm looking for a pinky peach highlighter powder to layer over blush! Do you recommend Shell Pearl or Benefit Sugarbomb or other recommendations?
Sugarbomb!
Hi Christine! How Shell pearl is compared to Hush ccb regarding the color they deliver?? thank u :)
They're similar - I'd say Hush has more of a metallic sheen, Shell is frostier.
Hi Christine! Is shell pearl similar to hush ccb comparing colors? Could shell p. replace hush?? Thank you :)
I think it could :)
Christine, need your advice: may I use the fist beauty powder like a blush and what do your think will it look good on we(I have ivory skin, dark eyes and blondy hair)
Try the champagne-y one!
Ciao, I'm from Italy ;) How do you compare Shell Pearl Beauty Powder to Springsheen blush? I'm NC20 with combination skin, and I fear that Shell Pearl could be too light to be used both as a blush and as a highlighter... Thank you!
It's too light to be used as a blush for just about any skin tone, to be honest!
Hi Christine, If I already have Azalea Blossom, do I need to have Summer Rose, or would it be too similar on the cheek? I'm NC30.
Skip!
hi Christine, is Shell pearl similar to MSF refined and perfect topping?
It's almost like a mix of the two!
If you had to choose, would you go for the shell pearl or prim n proper?
Prim & Proper
I just bought Shell pearl and came home and compared it to hard candy's Honeymoon and they look almost identical when swatched with the dif that honeymoon is more pigmented so has to be used with a light hand.
I'm wearing Shell Pearl today! It's so beautiful - reminds me of Nars Luster but with more pink, and more shimmer than color (if that makes sense).
Christine, thanks for the swatches. I'm interested in Shell Pearl also but I have two questions. First, have you tried using it and did it break you out? The second question is - is this similar to Dior's Rose or Amber Diamond as a highlighter? I already have Rose Diamond. Thanks so much!
It didn't break me out! More similar to Amber Diamond than Rose, though it's much more heavy/shimmery.
I want to get this beauty powder but I think is similar to By Candlelight. Do you think the color is the same?
Similar, not as pink I'd say.
Is shell pearl anything like spaced out blush?
I don't think so! :/
Christine, which do you think would look better on someone with NW20 skintone?
Shell Pearl, still, if only because Summer Rose is so, so hard to get to show up!
i agree Shell Pearl is uber pretty! question though: do you think it resembles Milani Minerals' Luminous or is SP still lighter than that?
I don't have that one :/
Luminous is a lot pinker/slightly peach/gold flecks. Love it but hate the packaging. Shell Pearl is more like Soft & Gentle/By Candlelight. More like S&G though. It's a champagne-pinky-peach.
I was pleasantly surprised with shell pearl! It's so pink and gorgeous on me..not much peach at all on me :)
Hey Christine, awesome posts as always. I usually only buy beauty powders for their packaging, so I already have "Tahitian Sand" from the Hello Kitty Collection. Do you think those that and Shell Pearl are kind of similar in color, just that Shell Pearl has more of a sheen to it? I really like the Summer Rose as well; would it look as natural as the Cremeblend blushes from the Lillyland collection if I wore it on my cheek a little bit more heavier? Sorry if you don't really remember how both of the older products I mentioned look like, but thanks for being amazing as usual! :D
Chrisitine is shell pearl anything like other wordly blush ????
IMO, not at all!
Hey Christine. :] I was wondering which BP would be better for my skin tone? I'm about an NC 15 or NC 20. I would like to use one for all over my face, not just a blush or a highlighter.
I'd say Shell Pearl!
I knew i had shell pearl it was released in the look in a box set. it is beautiful. thanks christine , thanks to you i didnt buy another one and made sure i had it lol =)
if i have soft and gentle and by candelight do i really need shell pearl? :)
I think you could skip!
I love the look of Shell Pearl, I will have to look out for it at my CCO.
Thanks for the swatches Christine! Question… with background… • In blushes I have NARS Orgasm, MAC's Buff and Ripe Peach. • I have Soft & Gentle (not a big fan of this as it makes me have jumbo pores but it’s nice on side cheek/temple area) and Porcelain Pink MSF (I’m meh about this product and use it as a side cheek/temple area highlighter only). • For highlighters I have NARS Cococabaña multiple and MACs Accentuate. • I’m NW15 with brown eyes/hair. Based on the products I have, my skin color and my love of peach/coral/pinks, is Shell Pearl something that I should pick up? Or should I wait for the Beach
Hey Cherie, I think if you are not a big fan of the MSFs, even though this is subtle, you may still find that the shimmery-ness of Shell Pearl still emphasizes your pores, to be honest!
Phew! Thanks for saving me some $$$ and regret :)
how does shell pearl compare to benefit dandelion? which has more shimmer? shell pearl looks lovely, but I'm worried about the shimmers.
More shimmer, more pigmented, I'd say...
hi christine i am from mexico and im a suchh a bif fan of you!!! my questions what is a beauty powder? whats the one you recommend mefrom this collection? im a medium skin type thanks byee:D
I think you'd like Shell Pearl! Beauty powders are like highlighters or blushes.
Do you think Shell Pearl is simular to Refined MSF?
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