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First and foremost I need to chat with you all. My people. Because no one else around here understands. I am so sad that I completely missed out on the Gravitas Eye Shadow Palette from the MAC x Brooke Shields Collection. The levels of beauty sadness that I’m feeling know no bounds. My momma named me after Brooke Shields. This is a palette of neutrals and slight smokey shades, basically made for my life. Sigh. Anyway, as much as I know you all enjoy my dramatic ramblings I’m going to cut it and review the items I was able to get from the collection – the Brooke Shields Cherished Cream Colour Base and Scone Bronzing Powder.
The packaging is a flat grey with orange print. It’s the same material as the usual black packaging (plastic) but unfortunately neither of these products have a mirror at the interior.
Cream Colour Base ($31.00). The duo is named Cherished and is a bright coral pink/soft burgundy rose. The pigment on both of these is fantastic and while cream colour bases feel sticky to the touch they’re easy to tap on the cheeks and blend. When I use these I first apply to the apples of the cheeks and tap upward with my fingers. I use a brush to blend the product out. CCB’s always stay the day on my cheeks (around 12 hours) and need to be removed with makeup remover. (You can also wear CCB on the lips).
Bronzing Powder ($27.50). The shade is Scone (soft golden peach beige) and it has a satin finish. The top was dry but if you rub at it the product underneath is soft and easy to use. This is a rather light shade of bronzer, which is perfect for me (I’m NC20 right now). You can layer it up for more color or apply it lightly if you need less. This is a shade that I feel both warm and cool tones could wear. Wear time was usual for me on a MAC satin finish cheek product (about 7-8 hours).
Overall I think that these cheek products were a nice addition to the collection and were at least products I could see Brooke Shields wearing. In a perfect world there would have been a powder blush duo too 😉
Did you grab any products from the Brooke Shields Collection? Share your hauls and wishlists in the comments!
MAC x Brooke Shields is available for a limited time at Macy’s, Nordstrom and maccosmetics.com.
The Cream Colors are so pretty! Love the two contrasting shades for totally different looks.
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I picked the bronzer up and fell in love almost instantly
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They sound like nice blush bases!
Definitely 90s shades 😀
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How cute that you were named after her. She was the thing back in the day. I even had a Brooke Shields Barbie doll!
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OMG!!
They are so gorgeous 🙂
Visiting your blog for the first time..
Love and hugs from India 🙂
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I like that LE packaging, it’s so very different!
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The bronzer is a pretty color.
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Love these colors, hope you can get the missing item for your collection!
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those blushes look fabulous. Love your swatches.
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I like that bronzing powder shade.
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This collection still kind of weirds me out. I just don’t see the correlation between Brooke and MAC.
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Why do I have that feeling you were named after Brooke Shields…. and so it’s true!
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Most of us from the late 70’s/early 80’s probably were lol
For me, this collection is a little underwhelming.
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These are pretty! I skipped this collection so my wallet could breathe a little
Awww I wish you could’ve gotten your hands on the shadow palette, that’s terrible!
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I was sick the week the collection launched so instead of stalking the site I was sleeping on the couch LMAO
I like the looks of the Cherished set.
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Cool that you’re named after Brooke Shields!! Love the cream base! Glad you got it
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These are a little dark for me – but they so stand out!
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I love that pink!
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I hope you can get the palette you want! The cream blushes are beautiful – I totally would wear them on my lips, too.
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The bronzer is beautiful – I also wish it had a mirror! and try calling around to different MAC stores for the palette – I had mine shipped from FL!
I need to try that… I tried to get Nordstrom to sell me the untouched tester LMAO ugh
That duo looks gorg! I don’t own ANY Mac products….I need to work on that, haha.
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