Hey loves!
As you may already know, MAC's new collection A Tartan Tale hit stores in North America last Friday. There was only one product I wanted from this collection and that was My Highland Honey - this was before even seeing any swatches. Basically all it took for me to want this blush was the description of it ~ bright coral with soft gold pearl. Woooo, sounds just like me! I placed my order on MAC's website on the 27th and got my package delivered on the 29th. Perfect!
I fell in love with it the second time after I received it however couldn't help but notice how much it, at first glance, resembled both MAC Peaches and Illamasqua Lover.
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| My Highland Honey (L) No Flash, (R) Direct Sunlight |
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| Illamasqua Lover, My Highland Honey & Peaches |
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| Lover, My Highland Honey, Peaches in different lighting |
My swatches proved me wrong! They only look similar in the pans. As we can see, My Highland Honey looks nothing like Lover or Peaches. It's a coral-y apricot shade with a sheen. Lover has a bit more orange to it while Peaches has more pinks in it. I'm just glad that My Highland Honey didn't end up being a dupe of a blush that I already had! My Highland Honey has great pigmentation; you can sweep a bit of it for pop of color or if you want bright orange cheeks that's also doable as it's very buildable. I know I will be enjoying this blush a lot because I just love orange and shades of it when it comes to blushes.Only thing I didn't like about this blush was the packaging. I think MAC has done a good job by choosing plaid but why are the only individual blushes in this collection in regular packaging? I would have loved to see this in a Limited Edition plaid packaging!
What do you think of My Highland Honey or other products in A Tartan Tale collection?
Yay for My Highland Honey haha. I seriously love this blush too! So glad I didn't listen when everyone said it was just like Illamasqua Lover. Can't wait to see it on your cheeks! Xx
ReplyDeleteomg yes! i wish they had changed this to some plaid packaging too! yuppers i bought this and i was like... looks like peaches, loved, and nars gina thankfully there was a diff in them all and i felt justified hahahaha great review!
ReplyDeleteI was actually at the MAC counter today and had my eye on this, but I didn't think it would be bright/pigmented enough for my skintone - so I went home with Peaches.
ReplyDeleteTo me they look the same, I'm glad I picked Peaches up :)
great swatches. you can see the slight differences but they're all pretty!
ReplyDeletei picked this up too :) gonna review it soon!
ReplyDeletei swatched utterly game and peaches together with highland honey together, and they're different :D im a huge peach blush fiend LOL after looking at your swatches i think i'm gonna get Peaches too!!!
I also ordered this blush! love it! :))
ReplyDeleteYou always have the most amazing pictures on your blog that tempt me soooo much!!!!
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I NEEED this xx
ReplyDeleteI may try to get this one, if it's still available, I think it's a beautiful shade! Can't wait to see it on you xo.
ReplyDeleteI read another bloggers post and saw they said it was somewhat chalky?
Ooh thid is a cute colour, not sure I could pull it off though!
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Ohhhhhhh can't wait til you do a FOTD with this!
ReplyDeleteI was a bit disappointed that MAC didn't put everything in plaid (special) packaging like they for 'liberty of london'. It would have made the permanent and repromoted products more appealing.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I walked by this at the counter now.
ReplyDeleteI bought one of the sets in the tin like a couple weeks ago. I've been wanting to blog about it.
ReplyDeleteI bought this Friday ONLY b/c the MUA at the MAC counter in Atlantic City put it on me, I didn't think it would show up on my skin at all, but it looks AH_FREAKIN_MAZING!! I don't have the other two blushes, but someday I'll get Peaches! Lovely swatches, lady!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry I walked by this at the counter now.
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