MAC Flowerescent Glow Play Blush Review & Swatches
Flowerescent
MAC Flowerescent Glow Play Blush ($30.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a brighter, medium cotton candy pink with strong, blue undertones and a satin finish. It had a clay-like feel to the touch, where the product would have a visible indent if pressed firmly enough, and was easiest for me to apply using a fingertip to pick up and then pat onto my skin.
The product had more medium, buildable color coverage that applied evenly, blended out well, and wasn’t prone to lifting up base products. It lasted nicely for eight hours before fading a bit.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
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Formula Overview
$30.00/0.25 oz. - $120.00 Per Ounce
The new, limited edition formula is supposed to have "eight-hour, fade-free wear" with an "ultra-blendable" formula that has "sheer" but buildable coverage with a "gel-cream texture" that is "bouncy." It's gel-to-powder blush that has a lightly emollient, slightly sponge-like quality to it--more like a smoother, more emollient clay-like texture to me--that feels more like powder as soon as it comes into contact with my skin.
The pigmentation was definitely more sheer to semi-sheer, buildable to medium to semi-opaque coverage with some of the deeper/darker hues in the range having more coverage and better building capabilities. I preferred using fingertips for application as I felt it was easier to faster to apply, though fingertips will yield slightly higher coverage compared to a brush. The formula applied well--most of the time--over bare skin as well as over base products like liquid foundation without lifting it up. They wore eight hours before starting to show signs of fading.
Browse all of our MAC Glow Play Blush swatches.
Ingredients
Talc, Dimethicone, Diisostearyl Malate, Hydrogenated Poly(C6-14 Olefin), Silica, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Hexyl Laurate, Hydrogenated Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Hydrogenated Butylene/ Ethylene/ Styrene Copolymer, Lauroyl Lysine, Mineral OilParaffinum LiquidumHuile Minerale, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Tin Oxide, Polyisobutene, Phenoxyethanol, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Aluminum Powder (Ci 77000), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 (Ci 42090), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Bronze Powder (Ci 77400), Carmine (Ci 75470), Chromium Hydroxide Green (Ci 77289), Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288), Copper Powder (Ci 77400), Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 7 (Ci 15850), Red 28 (Ci 45410), Red 30 (Ci 73360), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Yellow 5 (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 (Ci 15985), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)]
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Wow – that looks SO pink in the pan but seems to apply very naturally and not over the top pink. I just wish this was a powder. I’m not wild about cream type blushes…I have a few and like them well enough but they’re not as easy for me as powders.
Very pretty shade for this time of year, but not for someone of medium skin depth such as myself or anyone any darker, either. This wouldn’t even show up on me, I’m afraid.
I bought this and it arrived broken. I got a replacement and it’s a beautiful color. It’s in the running to be my wedding blush next month! I’m so glad to hear it has great wear time!
I just purchased this formula in cheeky devil for the first time and i am really enjoying the cream to powder putty like texture. Its a better application than most powder blush and not greasy like so many cream formulas. Ive really been on a blush buy lately.
Beautiful! I love a good candy pink blush, and this isn’t overly bright.