MAC My Paradise Cheek Powder Review, Swatch, FOTD

by Rati on August 30, 2011 · 87 comments

MAC describe My paradise as peach pressed powder with gold hibiscus flower overspray.

Price : Rs 1,660

My Paradise is a peachy orange blush with a thick golden overspray. Those who are scared of wearing deep orange blushes, this is could be a good beat. It is not deep orange. It is peachy orange. The golden over spray is quite thick and I suggest that you don’t swirl your brush all over it . It would totally take away the beauty of the blush.

You can go from day to evening with the same blush. Use the non shimmery part during the day and just apply a bit of golden shimmer on top for evening. the shimmers are very finely milled and the goldne part only gives that glow to the cheeks without any shimmers. Just a touch of brush on the over spray gives enough product to apply on the cheek. And a little would go a long way.

The texture is sort of thin powdery. I felt that on my skin tone I had to build it up. It is not sheer but it is not full on pigmented. However for orange I do prefer that the colour could be built up than going all crazy with colour in one go. The texture is also slightly different form the regular mac blushes. It is not like satiny smooth. It is more powdery than the regular blushes but that has nothing do with its blendability. It blends pretty smooth and fine. Infact it doesn’t go patchy as well.

The staying power is pretty good on me. It has lasted almost 6 hours on me. And I could see the light wash of colour on my cheeks by evening.

The quantity is 4gm more than your regular blush, which is quite a lot.

My Paradise would work on a various skin tones especially medium to dusky. On me , it gives a nice warmth to my face. However, if you are someone who prefers fresh pink blushes, his may not be for you. I would however love to use it more during the summers than in winters.

Swatch : left without golden over spray, right- with goldne over spray. WIth overspray it looks much woarmer and would kinda give you that tanned peachy look.

FOTD – Applied both blush and overspray.

Orange Blush Comparisons: These are not the dupes. This is just to show how it compares to other peach and orange blushes.

The square one is Sleek Aruba Blush , next is MAC Hipness Blush and third is My Paradise.

Sleek Aruba is deep burnt orange (bottom). My Paradise is more wearble and has much softer orange tones to it.

MAC Hipness vs MAC My Paradise:

left – My Paradise more orangey peachy, MAC hipness- pinkish peach

Indian Makeup and Beauty Blog Rating : 4/5

Go for it : If you are looking for more wearable orange blush . It’s beautiful color and you can’t go overboard with it easily.

Skip it : If you don’t prefer the warm tanned look.

MAC My Paradise Cheek Powder would be launching with MAC Surf Baby Collection (launching next weekend).

Would you give this cheek powder a try?

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Articles by: Rati

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Aruna August 30, 2011 at 3:41 pm

you make all these reviews look so tempting and its like we are already imagining how its looking on our faces :stars: ..i hope MAC is giving you a big fat paycheck for this :hihi:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:41 pm

hihihihihihi do you use peachy blushes. I am having such a grrr prr day today. :headbang:

Aruna August 30, 2011 at 5:25 pm

aiyyyyo why why? hope it all gets ok soon.. :puchhi: :puchhi:

i like peachy blushes. btw, after that i have bought over the last few months, this one might go to my wishlist bucket

Aruna August 30, 2011 at 5:27 pm

after ‘all’ that i have bought i mean..

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:39 pm: actually i have been trying to work since morning. something or the other was coming up. Then around 2 i thought ab aaraam se i’d work toh power got cut. :pissedoff: so i thought it would come back never mind i’d do soem skin care- so i gladly applied pack, nose pore strips, blah blah..but not power came :poop: so i thought I’d go to to parlour and get eyebrows done, the parlour wali was on chutti :headbang: By 4 i decided i must go to office finally . i reached at 4: 30 kinds an di guess i’d leave by 6

i guess i must go on official chutti today. forces are working against me today. :pray:

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Priya August 30, 2011 at 3:43 pm

:shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:41 pm

what happened.

Priya August 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm

i was still reeling with ur chanel buy hangover…. !!!

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:55 pm

oh!! Please enjoy the post :handshake:

Radhika August 31, 2011 at 6:11 am

Peeereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…next time you go to Delhi naaa…you take a baddddaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa bag and go…meet Rati..go to her house for dinner….steal everything and run away :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:41 am: good morningggg :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali: :hunterwali:

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Ritika August 30, 2011 at 3:47 pm

I liked it but Aruba looked sooooo much better on you :teddy: :teddy: :teddy:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:42 pm: geeee super orange one.

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Pooja A August 30, 2011 at 3:47 pm

Mast Hai this one Rati!!! I totally loved this…going to my wishlist (read must buy) :thanks: :thanks: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:43 pm

check it out pooji. you’d like it :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Pooja A August 30, 2011 at 4:48 pm

price nahi likha

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:51 pm

abhi launch nahi hua hai na pooja. toh i am not sure of the price.:( But i guess it would be around 1200-1400.

Pooja A August 30, 2011 at 4:54 pm

:puchhi: :puchhi: :thanks: :thanks: Rati it seems that i know u fr years (does it sound dumb)

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:59 pm

hihihihihi no! I have made some awesome friends through this blog. I feel they have been my chuddi buddi dost.

Pooja A August 30, 2011 at 5:00 pm

:cheers: :cheers:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:06 pm: :shying:

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anni August 30, 2011 at 3:48 pm

it made my heart skip a beat……its so pretty

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:43 pm: it is anni.

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Tanu August 30, 2011 at 3:49 pm

I liked the color.It suits u really well! :yes:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:47 pm: thanks tanu.

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Geeta August 30, 2011 at 4:05 pm

can’t say much abt the makeups. but i love the golden flower on My Paradise. so cute. does the golden come on the brush?

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:48 pm: yeah it acts as a highlighter.

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Rentu August 30, 2011 at 4:07 pm

i love this color
:yes:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:48 pm: thanks rentu!

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Parita August 30, 2011 at 4:43 pm

It’ll give lovely warm look with all those gold shimmer..nice blush! :yes:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:49 pm: thanks parita. yeah it gives that warmth to the skin.

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Priya August 30, 2011 at 4:52 pm

very intelligent question…..if the golden flower is all over the orange blush…how do you pick it up seperately

Rati August 30, 2011 at 4:57 pm

side se… it;s not all over. there is enough space on side to pick the blush. very intelligent answer

Priya August 30, 2011 at 5:04 pm

:headbang: :headbang:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:05 pm: :dumb: :cheers:

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Taps August 30, 2011 at 5:06 pm

very very pretty blush ! the golden design is soo unique and pretty am loving it !

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:25 pm: yeahhh i like it too taps.

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Kimi August 30, 2011 at 5:15 pm

somehow I didn’t like it much!! :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth: :shutmouth:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:26 pm

cali not everyone likes orange blushes.

calicoaster August 30, 2011 at 7:18 pm: yeah..this will make me look too tan!! (

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lp August 30, 2011 at 5:26 pm

That flower is so cute and this would be great for a day to night look. That blush with the golden tones would look really nice on darker skin :woot:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 5:30 pm: It would LP. It always looks. :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

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jyo August 30, 2011 at 5:58 pm

:inlove: :inlove: :inlove:

Rati August 30, 2011 at 6:00 pm: )

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Shivani August 30, 2011 at 6:12 pm

i liked the blush just for the golden flower

Rati August 30, 2011 at 6:41 pm: :silly: :silly:

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bhumika August 30, 2011 at 6:41 pm

I liked the color and design…but I read that the texture of this is not as good as other MAC blushes..

Rati August 30, 2011 at 6:46 pm: bhumika it is different. This one is sort of powdery as I mentioned and I think that is why they have named it as cheek powder and not a blush. It’s like mineral powder blush pressed and put forward kinds..

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Samantha August 30, 2011 at 8:21 pm

I have a very good idea :haanji:
You take out that pretty flower, and give it to me :dumb:

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:41 am: :stars: :stars: :stars:

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Neeraj August 30, 2011 at 10:08 pm

Love the blush though it looks more orange than peach! Not buying as it depressed me when i came to know that the gold is just an overspray!! Good product though its not a match to last year’s marine life powder blush!!

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:44 am: oh if overspray is disappointing then how did you like the marine life one. That didnt have even one forth of the over spray that this has. Also it’s more like an overlay than an over spray. It is sort of engraved quite deep and would last quite a while unlike the marine one , which came off with a swipe of a tissue. I think both are pretty.

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Nupur August 30, 2011 at 10:22 pm

rati rati ,…i got odange cream blush :toothygrin: :toothygrin:

Nupur August 30, 2011 at 10:24 pm

u got mehndi done :makeup: :makeup: :makeup:

Sanjeev August 30, 2011 at 11:30 pm

Hehehe, she has got mehandi on both hands…I had to apply all that nimbu and sugar syrup on it. Now I have to change even the TV channels for her

Nupur August 31, 2011 at 12:39 am

heheheh…..i was reading one very old posht..usmei u had written how u both wud go on rick wen u both wer not married for mehndi.n thn all tht nimbu chini etc. i was thinking abt dat only since afternoon …. :victory2: :victory2: :victory2:

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Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:45 am: yesh noofoorrr.. kal toh sab kaam se i took chutti :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

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Radhika August 31, 2011 at 6:09 am

:spank: :spank: so prettty…I would never use this blush if I bought it…it’s so pretty won’t feel like spoiling the design naaa..they should have made the gold go all the way through instead of just as an overspray

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:46 am: haan that would hav been better. bt na this gold thingy is quite like.. ummm thickk. so it would go on quite a while .

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Sabrina August 31, 2011 at 6:10 am

Awwww Rati…..superb superb….. :waaa: :waaa: :waaa: . BTW, in case you have NYX blush Cinnamon, how would you compare this one with that? According to me, this MAC one has peachy tinge, and the NYX Cinnamon has a yellowish tinge, both being orange-based though. Hmm, let me check this out when it’s launched. :waiting:

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:47 am: I have only seen cinnamon online and yeah you are right. i feel cinnamon is more like nars tajmahal than this one. this one is more peachy orangey.

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Radhika August 31, 2011 at 6:13 am

I like how you have applied the bloooooooooooooooosh..me copycat same to same and see if it works for me too..you look thinner

Rati August 31, 2011 at 9:48 am: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

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Geeta August 31, 2011 at 6:56 am