My Highland Honey

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.

My Highland Honey (L) No Flash, (R) Direct Sunlight
Illamasqua Lover, My Highland Honey & Peaches




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?

16 comments:

  1. 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

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  2. omg 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!

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  3. I 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.

    To me they look the same, I'm glad I picked Peaches up :)

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  4. great swatches. you can see the slight differences but they're all pretty!

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  5. i picked this up too :) gonna review it soon!

    i 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!!!

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  6. I also ordered this blush! love it! :))

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  7. You always have the most amazing pictures on your blog that tempt me soooo much!!!!
    xxxx

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  8. I 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.

    I read another bloggers post and saw they said it was somewhat chalky?

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  9. Ooh thid is a cute colour, not sure I could pull it off though!
    Sam
    xxx

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  10. Ohhhhhhh can't wait til you do a FOTD with this!

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  11. I 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.

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  12. I'm sorry I walked by this at the counter now.

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  13. I bought one of the sets in the tin like a couple weeks ago. I've been wanting to blog about it.

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  14. I 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!

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  15. I'm sorry I walked by this at the counter now.

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