MAC Baking Beauties: Fresh Out Of The Oven Review

MAC stepped in the kitchen, pulled out their recipe book and whipped up some really cute names for their Baking Beauties Collection. Some products rose to baking perfection. Others fell flatter than a poorly put together angel cake. Here's my fresh-out-of-the-oven review! Now where are my oven mitts? Ouch!

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MAC Pink Buttercream Pearl Matte Facepowder

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MAC Pearl Matte Facepowders can be used as a blush or highlighter. Pink Buttercream in my opinion is a highlighter. I applied it to my cheek bones (see pic below)...wait for it... nothing! I applied a little more...wait for it...ashy! Why do I give it a sweet rating? Because when it's mixed with either a blush or MAC lustre drops the effects are truly beautiful. If you have a pale skin tone, you can probably get away with wearing it alone. But I honestly feel you need something (blush or lustre drops) in conjunction with this.

MAC Pink Rebel Lustre Drops 

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Everybody say Abracadabra! Are you ready for the magic? Combine Pink Buttercream with the Pink Rebel Lustre Drops! Now, look at my pic (cheeks) below! I'm smiling! Look at that GLOW!  That little shine is the Pink Buttercream. The warm glow are the lustre drops. This was my first time trying this product and I loved it! MAC describes their lustre drops as a bronzer, that provides a luminous shimmering finish. Well, that's true. However, I wouldn't use this all over your face like a regular bronzer. It's way too much. You should pinpoint where you want to place these drops (cheeks etc.). It truly gives you a really nice healthy glow. 

MAC Fancy Frosting & Let's Skate

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These are accent eye shadows (see my lavender whip pic at the very bottom of this post). A little here. A little there, around the eyes. Fancy Frosting is a white & silver shimmering accent eyeshadow. It's great for the inner corner of your eyes or bottom lashes etc. Let's Skate is a shimmery pink. One swipe is enough! Too much will leave you with a pasty mess. Why do I give it a bittersweet rating? There's fall out with both, plus I feel you can achieve the same look with a cheaper product. Another little quirk...what does Let's Skate have to do with baking? I don't get it. Am I missing something?

MAC Mooncake & Eclair

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Mooncake is a shimmering beige-y champagne eyeshadow. This shade compliments a variety of skin tones. It's also a really good neutral. There is fall out with Mooncake. Eclair is a metallic bronze-y brown chocolate eyeshadow. It's totally different from the others. No fallout (at least that I experienced while testing). It just gives you great chocolate bronze color with hints of gold.

MAC Pistachio & Confectionary* Nail Lacquer 
*note: MAC spelled their product confectionary and not confectionery :(

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Back to the cookbook & kitchen for these nail lacquers MAC! The formula for these MACs nail lacquers were horrible. MAC always come out with beautiful colors, but application for these was HELL! They're very streaky and seem to be watered down. You need a lot of patience when applying any of their polishes (I did my best in the pictures below). They're too expensive for all this drama! I was really surprised when I received Confectionary. It's not the pretty pink so many bloggers "photographed" it to be. It's a "dirty pink" or a light pink with a hint of lilac. Guess how many coats guys? 1, wrong. 2, wrong. 3, wrong...Ding! Ding! Ding! It took 4 coats to achieve the look below. I'm not joking. The formula for Pistachio was a little better. It took 3 coats to achieve the look below. If you want the color to be lighter then go with 2 coats. Whip up another batch MAC! I know you can do better than this!

MAC Lavender Whip

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This shade of purple is a little tricky. Either you will love it, hate it or say WTF? It has me scratching my head. So I guess I'm in WTF mode. I've seen it on light skin tones and loved/hated it. I've seen it on dark skin tones and loved/hated it. It definitely should be tried on. I think I carry it off, but I have to watch what blush and eye makeup I use. It's just not my favorite lipstick shade on myself.

photo credit & gifs: A Very Sweet Blog

Well, just like MAC, I did my best to dress up this blog post. HaHaHa Did you guys like the flour, rolling pin, egg beaters and such as props? I was going to bust out my apron, but who am I fooling. I'm no Betty Crocker. HaHaHa I loved the Archie's Girls Collection much better. But it is what it is. MAC, just hire me as a consultant next time. I promise I'll triple your sales. Let's forget the baked goods and talk candy bar collection next! >.< I hope you guys have a great weekend.