MAC Wrapped in Gold Extra Dimension Highlighter Reviews & Swatches
Wrapped in Gold
MAC Wrapped in Gold Extra Dimension Highlighter ($40.00 for 0.35 oz.) had more of a light, almost transparent against my skintone, peach base with duochrome shimmer and finer sparkle that shifted from pink to gold throughout that gave it a lightly glittering effect on skin.
- Semi-opaque, buildable coverage
- Smooth, moderately-dense feel, not stiff
- Picked up evenly and blended out well on skin
- Long-wearing (8.5 hours)
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
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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)] ILN43931
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I thought this would be a dupe for Show Gold, but it’s a lot more copper!
If nothing else from MAC’s holiday collection this year, I know that I want to get this! Probably because it has that transparent looking base to it, at least for medium and lighter complexions that have a golden olive or peachy olive undertone to it.
NO way! I can bearly see this on your cheeks. For $40 too??!! Pass, easy pass!