Family Silver

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow

MAC Family Silver has a frost finish. It is a limited edition eyeshadow that retails for $21.00 and contains 0.06 oz.

Claims / Ingredients

The Mineralize Eyeshadow formula is supposed to have "low-to-medium coverage" when applied dry and "more intense coverage and color" when used wet. Most shades have color payoff that is true to the brand's description: semi-sheer to semi-opaque when used dry and semi-opaque to opaque when used with a dampened brush. I tend to find that they apply more smoothly and evenly with a more metallic finish with a dampened brush as well. Some shades can be a little too dry or dusty and do not apply as well with a dry brush. The wear is typically a bit less than average on me--six to seven hours.

1 Written Reviews

By Mariella 12 years ago.

This was the first MES I ever purchased. It looks so beautiful in the pan but, unfortunately, the darker shade - which looks like this lovely deep pewter in the pan - doesn't look any different from the lighter shade (both just look like very sheer, shiny silver shadows). If you put a darker base under the darker shadow - either a dark grey or a dark brown or even taupe or deep purple - you will get a lovely end result though. When I wear this, I often put it over NYX's Jumbo Pencil in French Fries and I like how it looks. I just think it shouldn't take this much work to get a product to look like it does in the pan. These can also be used wet, though even wet, the pigmentation isn't outstanding.

Skin Type: Normal-to-Dry - Skin Tone: Very Light - Undertone: Pink