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MAC Sideshow You Blush Review, Photos, Swatches

MAC Sideshow You Blush
MAC Sideshow You Blush

MAC Sideshow You Blush ($24.00 for 0.33 oz.) is described as a “light peach coral [with a Satin finish].” It’s a lightly brightened, medium pink coral with a semi-matte finish. I found it to be mostly matte with just a smidgen of shimmer, but on the skin, it appears more matte than anything else. Urban Decay Streak Blush (P) is a touch lighter. Guerlain Coral Blush (LE) is darker. Dior My Lady (003) (LE, $60.00) is pinker. NYX Apricot (P, $5.00) is similar. Milani Coral Cove (05) (LE, $7.99) is warmer, brighter. Hourglass Luminous Flush (P, $35.00) is pinker. Hourglass Diffused Heat (P, $35.00) is lighter. Dior Corail Bagatelle (763) (LE, $43.00) is more shimmery. Tarte True Love (P, $26.00) is pinker. NARS Day Dream (LE, $29.00) is more shimmery. MAC Supercontinental (LE, $21.00) is mor eshimmery. See comparison swatches / view dupes.

This is a new, limited edition shade exclusively available online as part of MAC’s collaboration with The Simpsons, which will launch online on August 28th and in-stores September 4th. It’s an over-sized MAC blush: think the size of Beauty Powders, Mineralize Skinfinishes, and so forth. The texture was soft, finely-milled, and on the thinner side. It had a little bit of powderiness, but it was blendable on the skin and didn’t read powdery applied. It had good color payoff that could be sheered out or layered for a brighter quality. On me, the blush lasted for almost eight hours before fading along the edges.

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Makeup Look
On face:
  • Giorgio Armani Maestro Foundation
  • Urban Decay Naked Loose Finishing Powder
On lips:
  • MAC Grand Pumpkin Lipglass

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shortie Avatar

hi christine. im confused because on the description you said the blush lasted 8 hours and had nice pigmentation etc but you gave it a B-??

Grace Avatar

Thanks for the review/swatches.. I think I will be just grabbing a lip gloss from this collection since I already have something similar with the blushes.. Sideshow looks similar to Frat Boy which I have. You know, I’m pretty surprised they don’t have polishes for this collection and just stickers.. I think a yellow or blue polish would go with this collection!

Grace Avatar

Now that you mention it, I totally agree! If they had makeup bags with that pattern on the boxes, I would totally get it. Or, makeup brushes with the Marge graphic… yeah, what happened.

Joanna Avatar

This color looks very beautiful, similar to Guerlain Blush G in the black case! I always wanted to get a backup of that but I couldn’t find one. Christine, do you know if this is a similar color?
I love the brightness that it has that distinguishes it from many other blushes in this color category.

julia Avatar

tbh I can see this pulling slightly cooler on me, but it just looks pretty. It actually reminds me of a blush from a Korean brand I used as a teenager.

Adhit Avatar

Hi Christine..
I was the one who ask you about the Mac Simpsons review on twitter..
Gosh.. this blush looks super pretty on you along with the lip color~
It definitely brighten your face.
I was thinking to get this but you gave it a B-
Might need to re-consider if it is worth the price tag.
And I already have the balm Frat Boy that I bought after reading your review.
Do you think they are similar in color?

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