MAC Mineralise Skin Finish Soft and Gentle Review

Soft and gentle is a powder highlight which comes in its own makeup compact. It is a large pan which holds 10 grams, but no mirror. The powder has a marbled effect in a gold champagne tone which would suit most skin tones.

It leaves a beautiful golden glow to your skin with fine gold glitter flecks.If your wearing your makeup from morning through night you would likely need to re apply in the afternoon.

Being part of the mineralize skinfinsh range It is smooth, silky and made in Italy giving It a luxurious feel.

It is really quite beautiful, world renouned and popular. I personally would just perfer if it was without the fine gold glitters.

Not only does this mineralise skin finish look like a beautifully baked mooncake, but it gives you that perfect sheen. I've used it on myself and others and I find it blends really well no matter the skin tone. Perfect if like me, you want to be a beautiful lil glazed donut.

I've been using this for almost a year and it barely looks used. This was my first ever highlighter, and since I have expanded my highlighter collection, I would recommend this to a beginner.

If you lightly dust this on with a fan brush you get a gorgeous 'soft and gentle' glow (yes I did just do that) but you can build it up to make a very intense highlight.

This would be a great highlight for beginners. It looks beautiful on most skin tones. When using this product the pigmentation depends on how you put it on, and fix plus definitely makes it pop. The cost wasn't too bad for me as I'm a Macpro member but without it's probably an unnecessary cost with so many other highlighters out there. Love the packaging

For the longest of time I've been lusting over Macs Soft and gentle skin finish, every time I saw people posting with their beautiful highlights it reminded me how much I needed it in my life. It took me a long time to justify the price compared to most of my $10 highlighters, I could buy 8 more! But I was certain to purchase this for my 30th, I wanted to spoil myself and this was on my lust list.

I finally got this baby in my hands and opened the compact, it looks like a marbled bronzed ball pressed into the compact. Swatching this was pure sensation, when you slide it on your skin it glistens in the light. The gold and champagne shades make a really beautiful highlight.

I was disappointed when I tried this on my cheeks, it didn't really show up as well as the swatches did on my hand. My first thought was then to slide my brush into the compact a few times before adding it to my cheeks which was too much, I looked like I had been sitting in the sauna for 10 minutes.

After a few months of testing this product I have learnt to use this. The powder is very very fine, and you have to add a small amount at a time to prevent the sweaty look. It is a beautiful highlight on my cheeks and under my brow bone, then I use the rest that's on my brush to dust my nose lightly. I used to like adding this above my cupids bone until my husband told me I keep sweating under my nose, when it was actually highlight. (Lesson learned)

Since purchasing this product, I use it less than what I imagined I would, but it is one of my favorite highlights, I don't know if I would repurchase this again.

This is my third purchase of soft and gentle, and I don't think I will be able to survive without it out.

I use both to highlight my cheeks, and also use in corners of my eyes, as an eyeshadow and even mixed with lip gloss. The uses are endless.

The only thing I don't like is that they have changed the packaging from a clasp/clip to a magnet- since then I am always fumbling and it seems to open a lot more in my makeup bag

I love this product. Perfect to gently brush a small amount over your face it is great for a higher under your brows on your cheeks and above your Cupid's bow. I love this product. The packaging is beautiful the pigment is stunning, a little goes a long way, it doesn't make your face look to shimmery all and all a gorgeous product

Another product I brought purely because of reviewers highly recommending it along with vloggers use of it in videos.

Packaging wise this mineralised powder comes in a slightly larger rounded compact that the regular blushes and powders, in it's MAC black tone and easy to use click to open and shut. In the centre of the lid is a domed clear acrylic insert that allows you to see inside at the marbled effect of the powder.

Formula wise this powdery blend of mineralised powders that have been baked into place, giving the champagne, pinks, creams and brown marbled effect that is visible on the surface. It is a dry powder with no hint of creamy effect to it. Applied using a big fluffy brush sees this leave a thin veil of soft shimmery glow to your skin, be more precise with a smaller brush for a more higher impact beam of intensive champagne gold shimmer.

The shimmer comes from the powder itself there is no hint of glitters in the product or on the face after use, it is easily blendable and buildable I can see why this is a firm favourite amongst the makeup community.

 This is a gorgeous peach champagne highlighter with a frosted sheen and fine shimmers.  I generally don't mind fine shimmers but this product has A LOT of it and if you're from the chocolate club it'll be more evident on our skin tones. In the pan and under natural lighting it doesn't look like it has a lot of shimmer but shine your phone torch on it (yes I know judge me later haha) and voila c'est disco ball.  

Once your makeup starts to fade along with the frosted sheen from the highlighter guess what will still be there? The shimmer.  Don't get me wrong I really like this product but it's not anything too different to the bajillions of highlighters that are out there that we haven't seen already.  

What makes me happy to have it in my collection is that it has a finely milled texture which helps the highlighter glide on smoothly and leaves you with a beautiful glow  (if applied with care) where you can't really pinpoint what is it that's making that person glow (until you see the shimmer).  It's stunning but I have to show restraint when applying it.  With highlighters I love to apply them on my cheeks as well however this highlighter is strictly for cheekbones and nothing more (FOR ME) - for a highlight lover that is NOT cool.

The frosted sheen begins to fade by the 5th hour so I tend to be left with more shimmer than highlight but to manage that I layer it over another highlight with a richer champagne colour (i.e. Laura Mercier in Indiscretion).  The shimmer transfers so just be mindful to keep your hands away from your face.  Would I recommend this highlighter hmmmmm yes but it wouldn't be my first option - with this highlighter I think application is key.