MAC Show Gold Extra Dimension Skinfinish Review, Photos, Swatches

Christine — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 19:00:00 +0000

Show Gold

MAC Show Gold Extra Dimension Skinfinish ($33.00 for 0.31 oz.) is a light, yellowed peach base with shimmer that shifts from pink to golden peach with a more sparkling, metallic finish.

The Extra Dimension Skinfinish formula now features four, permanent shades, and the formula is supposed to be a highlighter that “lasts up to ten hours” with “prismatic reflections.” Show Gold was the most sparkly of the four new, permanent highlighters that were released–it had noticeable sparkle and was both more visible on as well as felt by touch in the pan. The texture was drier and looser in feel, though it did not feel too soft or actually loose in the pan overall. It blended out well on the skin and had medium, buildable coverage. It wore well for eight hours on me before I noticed fading, but it was very subtle applied with a highlighting brush, as I think the shimmer was larger and so there was less of an all-over sheen compared to the other shades.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

Top Dupes

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ColourPop Frosty (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
ColourPop Star Brite (P, $10.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
Too Faced Starlight (PiP, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Kaja Twinkle Lights (PiP, ) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
ColourPop Felicity (LE, $10.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
Smashbox Prismatic Petal (LE, $39.00) is darker (85% similar).
ColourPop Everybody's Got a Weakness (LE, $10.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
MAC Last Dance (P, $18.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Makeup Geek I'm Peachless (DC, $6.00) is warmer (90% similar).
Too Faced Canary Diamond (P, $34.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).

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Formula Overview

$42.00/0.31 oz. - $135.48 Per Ounce

The Extra Dimension Skinfinish formula is supposed to give “the perfect glow to the skin” with a “creamy powder formula” that wears for “10 hours.” It’s a powder highlighter that I’d describe as a moderate to intense highlighter, and they come in varying hues with some that might work as highlighting blushes/bronzers are on some skin tones and true highlighters on other skin tones. In general, the formula is very pigmented, blendable, and wears around eight to nine hours on me.

Browse all of our MAC Extra Dimension Skinfinish swatches.

Ingredients

Mica, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, C12-20 Acid Peg-8 Ester, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Squalane, Glycerin, Chondrus Crispus (Carrageenan) Extract, Ethylhexylglycerin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Polysorbate 80, 1,2-Hexanediol, Silica, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Tin Oxide, Caprylyl Glycol, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Carmine (Ci 75470), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Ultramarines (Ci 77007), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)]

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Show Gold

PPermanent. $42.00.

8.5

Product

8.5

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

84%

Total

MAC Show Gold Extra Dimension Skinfinish

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MAC Show Gold Extra Dimension Skinfinish Review, Photos, Swatches

Show Gold

Top Dupes

Formula Overview

Ingredients

Show Gold

PPermanent. $42.00.

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