MAC Love Joy Mineralize Blush Review, Photos, Swatches
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, $27.00) is more shimmery, brighter (90% similar). NARS Liberation (Right) (LE, ) is more shimmery, lighter (90% similar). Chanel Elegance (370) (P, $45.00) is cooler (90% similar). Chanel Canaille (89) (LE, $45.00) is warmer (90% similar). Chanel Jersey (80) (P, $45.00) is lighter (90% similar). MAC Glow With It (P, $33.00) is darker, cooler (90% 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). 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). NARS Takeover (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter (85% similar). MAC Cheek Pollen (LE, $24.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (85% similar). Guerlain #02 (P, $53.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar). theBalm Balm Desert (P, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (85% 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.
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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
Very pretty!
It is!
I’ve been impressed by these Mac mineralize blushes. Great color for summer!
Me too! I like the way they look, even if I do wish they’d wear a wee bit longer!
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!
So glad to hear it’s been a go-to for you, Megan!
This one is quite a glow-inducing beauty, too! Very sun-bronzed effect, this one goes on my list of things I am likely getting for next spring .
Yay! Can’t wait to see which ones you end up with, Nancy!
It’s very beautiful, although not really my color. It gives you a really nice sun-kissed look.
Thank you, Rachel!
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..
Could be! This is from the newest release!
Very nice, it is too warm for me, though.
Totally understand, Helene!
Way to warm and dark for me but it sure looks great on you and I bet it would look even better on dark skin!
It would!
Way too orange for most complexions including mine I think. But I love the range.
The range is nice!
This was the one I picked to try at the Nordy’s beauty event. It’s gorgeos! I have it on right now with a pretty colorful, smoky eye !:)
Woohoo!! 🙂
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
You are just naturally luminous 😉
I’ve had my eye on Love Joy for a while and now I’m pressed to toss it in my cart lol. It looks like such a pretty blush for brown skin
It should be 😀