Formula Overview

$35.50/0.35 oz. – $101.43 Per Ounce

It’s supposed to have a “sheer veil of colour” that “blends effortlessly,” but it is still labeled as a “highlighter.” Most, if not at all (depending on the shade, of the shimmer is an overspray (as is the gradient effect), and this is in line with this formula — MAC’s “High-Light Powder” has typically been over-designed with a more underwhelming product underneath. It’s one of the most confusing formulas MAC has in their arsenal, because it really doesn’t jive with the expectations they set with the overspray nor the product’s name. It’s too bad they didn’t pull out their Blush Ombre formula from years past.

It’s just not at all what anyone would expect with a formula name of “High-Light Powder” nor with how it appears in the pan (upon purchase). Most of the iterations I’ve come across are more blush-like in color with semi-matte to matte finishes that really mattify the skin rather than bring in any luminosity. The colors have ranged from pale pink to brown to coral. Even Marine Life was nowhere near a highlighter, which I recall being one of the more covetable MAC products of years gone by.

Browse all of our MAC High-Light Powder swatches.

Ingredients

Talc , Zea Mays (Corn) Starch , Dimethicone , Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate , Zinc Stearate , Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate , Rosa Canina (Rose Hips) Fruit Extract , Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract , Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer , Isostearyl Alcohol , Zea Mays (Corn) Oil , Tetrasodium Edta , Potassium Sorbate , Chlorphenesin , [+/- Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499) , Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163) , Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288) , Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510) , Red 6 (Ci 15850) , Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360) , Red 33 (Ci 17200) , Ultramarines (Ci 77007) , Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)]

Formula Overview

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The formula is supposed to be “powerfully pigmented” with a “butter-soft” texture that “glides on like a dream.” The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.

I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018’s formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers–slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.

Browse all of our Wet ‘n’ Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.

Ingredients

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Boron Nitride, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sorbitan Stearate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Water/Eau, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Ultramarines/CI 77007, Blue 1 Lake/CI 42090, Black 2/CI 77266, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Mica, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470].

Formula Overview

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The formula is supposed to be “powerfully pigmented” with a “butter-soft” texture that “glides on like a dream.” The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.

I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018’s formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers–slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.

Browse all of our Wet ‘n’ Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.

Ingredients

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Boron Nitride, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sorbitan Stearate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Water/Eau, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Ultramarines/CI 77007, Blue 1 Lake/CI 42090, Black 2/CI 77266, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Mica, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470].

Formula Overview

–

The formula is supposed to be “powerfully pigmented” with a “butter-soft” texture that “glides on like a dream.” The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.

I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018’s formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers–slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.

Browse all of our Wet ‘n’ Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.

Ingredients

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Boron Nitride, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sorbitan Stearate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Water/Eau, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Ultramarines/CI 77007, Blue 1 Lake/CI 42090, Black 2/CI 77266, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Mica, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470].

Formula Overview

–

The formula is supposed to be “powerfully pigmented” with a “butter-soft” texture that “glides on like a dream.” The majority of the eyeshadows are on the drier side, sometimes feeling loosely pressed and other times more chalk-like and truly dry to the point where a primer became a must for getting good adhesion and wear out of the formula. Most of the matte shades were quite pigmented, and I found they actually applied better to bare skin than some of the shimmers, which often appeared faded and muted in practice compared to how they appeared in the pan. The pigmentation varied from decent to mostly opaque depending on the shade, and the wear was typically between five and seven hours on me.

I did not keep most of the previously-released trios and palettes from the brand as mine, but when I compared 2018’s formula to the prior one (and mine are likely five or more years old), the previous formula was far better for their shimmers–slightly more slip, creamier in feel, and typically more pigmented and true-to-color on the lid. I think the mattes, overall, are improved as they are more blendable and pigmented on the lid.

Browse all of our Wet ‘n’ Wild Color Icon Eyeshadow (2018) swatches.

Ingredients

Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Dimethicone, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Boron Nitride, Talc, Magnesium Myristate, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Polysorbate 20, Phytosteryl Macadamiate, Ethylhexylglycerin, Hexylene Glycol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sorbitan Stearate, o-Cymen-5-ol, Water/Eau, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Ethylene/Propylene/Styrene Copolymer, Butylene/Ethylene/Styrene Copolymer, Polyacrylamide, Tocopheryl Acetate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Tocopherol, [+/- (MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): Red 40 Lake/CI 16035, Ultramarines/CI 77007, Blue 1 Lake/CI 42090, Black 2/CI 77266, Titanium Dioxide/CI 77891, Mica, Manganese Violet/CI 77742, Iron Oxides/CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499, Carmine/CI 75470].

Formula Overview

$17.50/0.1 oz. – $175.00 Per Ounce

The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.

I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.

Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.

Ingredients

Hydrogenated Polyisobutene , Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil , Octyldodecanol , Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax Copernicia Cerifera Cera Cire De Carnauba , Tocopheryl Acetate , Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil , Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil , Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil , Acrylates Copolymer , Alumina , Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate , Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate , Calcium Sodium Borosilicate , Silica , Synthetic Fluorphlogopite , Tin Oxide , Polyethylene Terephthalate , Propylene Carbonate , Disteardimonium Hectorite , Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate , Vanillin , Phenoxyethanol , [+/- Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77491) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77492) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77499) , Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163) , Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090) , Bronze Powder (Ci 77400) , Carmine (Ci 75470) , Copper Powder (Ci 77400) , Red 6 (Ci 15850) , Red 6 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 21 Lake (Ci 45380) , Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410) , Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360) , Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200) , Yellow 5 (Ci 19140) , Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140) , Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)]

Formula Overview

$17.50/0.1 oz. – $175.00 Per Ounce

The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.

I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.

Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.

Ingredients

Hydrogenated Polyisobutene , Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil , Octyldodecanol , Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax Copernicia Cerifera Cera Cire De Carnauba , Tocopheryl Acetate , Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil , Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil , Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil , Acrylates Copolymer , Alumina , Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate , Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate , Calcium Sodium Borosilicate , Silica , Synthetic Fluorphlogopite , Tin Oxide , Polyethylene Terephthalate , Propylene Carbonate , Disteardimonium Hectorite , Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate , Vanillin , Phenoxyethanol , [+/- Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77491) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77492) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77499) , Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163) , Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090) , Bronze Powder (Ci 77400) , Carmine (Ci 75470) , Copper Powder (Ci 77400) , Red 6 (Ci 15850) , Red 6 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 21 Lake (Ci 45380) , Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410) , Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360) , Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200) , Yellow 5 (Ci 19140) , Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140) , Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)]

Formula Overview

$17.50/0.1 oz. – $175.00 Per Ounce

The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.

I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.

Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.

Ingredients

Hydrogenated Polyisobutene , Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil , Octyldodecanol , Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax Copernicia Cerifera Cera Cire De Carnauba , Tocopheryl Acetate , Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil , Orbignya Oleifera (Babassu) Seed Oil , Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil , Acrylates Copolymer , Alumina , Aluminum Calcium Sodium Silicate , Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate , Calcium Sodium Borosilicate , Silica , Synthetic Fluorphlogopite , Tin Oxide , Polyethylene Terephthalate , Propylene Carbonate , Disteardimonium Hectorite , Ethylhexyl Hydroxystearate , Vanillin , Phenoxyethanol , [+/- Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77491) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77492) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77499) , Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163) , Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090) , Bronze Powder (Ci 77400) , Carmine (Ci 75470) , Copper Powder (Ci 77400) , Red 6 (Ci 15850) , Red 6 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 21 Lake (Ci 45380) , Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410) , Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360) , Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200) , Yellow 5 (Ci 19140) , Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140) , Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)]

Formula Overview

$35.50/0.35 oz. – $101.43 Per Ounce

It’s supposed to have a “sheer veil of colour” that “blends effortlessly,” but it is still labeled as a “highlighter.” Most, if not at all (depending on the shade, of the shimmer is an overspray (as is the gradient effect), and this is in line with this formula — MAC’s “High-Light Powder” has typically been over-designed with a more underwhelming product underneath. It’s one of the most confusing formulas MAC has in their arsenal, because it really doesn’t jive with the expectations they set with the overspray nor the product’s name. It’s too bad they didn’t pull out their Blush Ombre formula from years past.

It’s just not at all what anyone would expect with a formula name of “High-Light Powder” nor with how it appears in the pan (upon purchase). Most of the iterations I’ve come across are more blush-like in color with semi-matte to matte finishes that really mattify the skin rather than bring in any luminosity. The colors have ranged from pale pink to brown to coral. Even Marine Life was nowhere near a highlighter, which I recall being one of the more covetable MAC products of years gone by.

Browse all of our MAC High-Light Powder swatches.

Ingredients

Talc , Zea Mays (Corn) Starch , Dimethicone , Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate , Zinc Stearate , Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate , Rosa Canina (Rose Hips) Fruit Extract , Ginkgo Biloba Leaf Extract , Acrylates/Octylacrylamide Copolymer , Isostearyl Alcohol , Zea Mays (Corn) Oil , Tetrasodium Edta , Potassium Sorbate , Chlorphenesin , [+/- Mica , Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891) , Iron Oxides (Ci 77491, Ci 77492, Ci 77499) , Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163) , Chromium Oxide Greens (Ci 77288) , Ferric Ferrocyanide (Ci 77510) , Red 6 (Ci 15850) , Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850) , Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360) , Red 33 (Ci 17200) , Ultramarines (Ci 77007) , Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140)]