Wednesday, February 23, 2011

MAC Wonder Woman Mighty Aphrodite Powder Blush



Hi everyone! Hope you are all having a great week. There have been numerous posts on the internet of MAC's new Wonder Woman collection. I've managed to resist many MAC collections in the past 6 months, but couldn't not resist purchasing their Powder Blush in Mighty Aphrodite.

I'm a huge fan of Superheroes. My favourite being Superman having watched The Adventures of Lois and Clark when I was younger, as well as the more recent Smallville. Wonder Woman is an empowered Amazon. She's super gorgeous, fights for sexual equality, and with her bullet-proof bracelets, and Lasso of Truth, has amazing accessories to boot!




I bought my powder blush from the MAC stall in London Selfridge's whilst accompanying my husband to his last ever exams as a Doctor. Until available nationwide, the Wonder Woman collection is sold exclusively at Selfridges.

The packaging of the box is super fun, bright and colourful. The packaging of the blush itself is a bit chunky looking, and the primary colours makes it look a little like a toy. It comes with a great sized mirror. The blush itself is a lot bigger than normal MAC blushes.




This blush contains 2 absolutely gorgeous shades; a warm peach coral with gold pearl, and a bright coral pink with gold pearl.



Swatches on my skin; without flash (above), with flash (below)


It's hard to use the bottom shade alone, unless you use a small blush brush. I like to swirl the two shades together (using more of the lighter top shade) to create a fresh looking, bright peachy-pink shade with a satin sheen. A really light-handed application is needed, anything more and I start looking like a clown.
In the pics below, I used a too much of the bottom shade and too heavy-handed application, resulting in overly bright colour on my cheeks.


Here is a pic using a slighter lighter application, and using more of the lighter coloured shade:

23 comments:

  1. Those colors look gorgeous, I love Wonderwoman :) x

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  2. What a great color! This was my favorite item out of the collection =)

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  3. It loos lovely on you!

    I haven't bought anything from the Selfridges early release - trying to stop buying so much! But I'm sure I'll eventually succumb when it gets released online at MAC.

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  4. wow it looks gorgeous on your cheeks! it's not over the top i think :) the collection isn't out here yet >_<

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  5. thank you for the swatches :) Ive been ooh and ahhing over this for so long and to see it swatched on a similar skin tone makes me want it so much more! x

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  6. It looks GORGEOUS on you!*__*<3
    Aww,wonderwomen,this colection is amazing!:D

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  7. love this blush, this looks great on your skin!

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  8. I love bright blushes! The Wonder Woman display at the MAC counter looks awesome... maybe I'll take a closer look next time I go shopping ^_~.

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  9. it does look gorgeous on you! it looks very pigmented. havent bought MAC in a long time.. wonder if I'll bother in the US lol.

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  10. The color look gorgeous on you! I wanted one of their lipstick, but I might purchase late on.

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  11. That is SO beautiful on you!!!
    I want it more now :( :(

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  12. Wow Penelope I love your blog! It's amazing and the way you write is just so fun!

    The blush looks really beautiful on you! I haven't been to a mall that has the Wonder Woman display yet, but I want to check it out even more so now <3

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  13. i love the colours combined! u are soo gorgeous..i wonder if they still have it in Malaysia where i live..and congrats to ur hubby for making it to the final exams.im doing my final year MBBS as well, but will sit for my final exams in March2012.wish me luck.. and all the best to ur hubby... :)
    xoxo
    Yana

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  14. I haven't bought any mac since the first gaga collection but when this collection was out and i saw it on the weekend I bought a blush as well as a lipgloss, I love their colors! and you are soo pretty in these pics :D

    I'm also your newest follower ;)

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  15. WOW, that blush is super pigmented. I love how you used a light hand with it in the 2nd pic.

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  16. i've heard so many great things about this collection. the packaging is so cute! note to self to check it out this weekend. xo

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  17. That is BEAUTIFUL on you. Just pinched blossomy beautiful.

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  18. oh wow you hauled the collection already! though the packaging is fun i didn't find anything that i really needed. now after seeing your swatch, i'm so tempted lol. btw, the blush looks nice on you!

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  19. The blush looks lovely on you! The darker shade does give you a bit of a wind burned look but the second application is very nice.

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  20. This collection is going to be in the stores on monday and I just NEED this blush!!

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  21. Healthy glow, looks pretty on you.:D

    ***** Marie *****
    allthingsmarie.com

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  22. I saw and it though, "uh huh" then I saw it on you and went WOW!

    It's so pretty on you!! Then again, you got flawless complexion that I'm dying with envy here

    <3 Good buy

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  23. i wish i picked this up when i had the chance :/ it looks SO gorgeous!

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