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MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush Review, Photos, Swatches

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush ($27.00 for 0.10 oz.) is described as a “warm mid-toen brown with gold pearl.” It’s a muted, medium-dark brown with subtle reddish tones and soft, gold shimmer. MAC Pleasure Model (LE, $31.00) is more shimmery, brighter (90% similar). NARS Liberation (Right) (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Chanel Canaille (89) (LE, $45.00) is warmer (90% similar). Chanel Elegance (370) (P, $45.00) is cooler (90% similar). Chanel Jersey (80) (P, $45.00) is lighter (90% similar). NARS Takeover (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). MAC Glow With It (P, $42.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar). MAC Sweet As Cocoa (P, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar). MAC Perfectly Lit (LE, $34.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). NARS Cheek Studio III (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). Guerlain #02 (P, $53.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). MAC Cheek Pollen (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar). MAC Tint (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). NARS Summer Dual Intensity Blush IV (LE, ) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar). theBalm Balm Desert (P, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar). Patrick Ta She's So LA (Powder) (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (80% similar). See comparison swatches / view dupes side-by-side.

MAC’s Mineralize Blush formula is supposed to be a “blush that builds lightly” that has a lightweight feel and “luminous colour.” Lovejoy had good, mostly opaque color payoff, which makes it more pigmented than the formula is described, but for those who wanted the sheerer blush as promised, it is more forgiving and can be blended out quite a bit (you can also use a lighter hand, of course). The texture was soft, smooth, and silky with a lightweight, thin consistency that blends easily and sits well on the skin. It had a noticeable sheen, but it didn’t emphasize pores. On me, this shade lasted for seven and a half hours before fading.

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush
MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush

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megan Avatar

I love Love Joy. I got mine when it was first released in 2009ish. On my dark skin its a rosy brown that is just the perfect everyday blush. Love it!

Tangie Wimberly Avatar

This looks different from the lovejoy I own.. I have an older one. It’s more mauve toned I suppose. Let me me look again LOL… Nice color tho either way..

Jessica Avatar

So nice on you. Would be especially nice paired with a red lipgloss with golden shimmer in it. But I can’t wear anything luminous because my skin looks like an oil slick within an hour of leaving the house no matter what, so if I try to put makeup with luminosity on top of that… just awful

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