I Made History With MAC Cheeky Bronze

Note: Just to warn you, I will be doing a lot of gushing over something fairly normal to the average human being. So, before you roll your eyes and make snide remarks, you may wanna look at things from my perspective. If you know me well enough (Carmen, Plue...) you'd understand how big of a deal this is to me and share my joy :) If not, well, you can simply ignore this post or cringe for the review and swatch.

I own MAC products, yes, but I've never bought a single MAC product for myself at full price in Malaysia (I've purchased full price from the US). Might as well flush that stand down the toilet now because on one fateful Monday, Connie history happened.

I paid full price for a MAC Mineralize Skinfinish in Cheeky Bronze from the Color Craft Collection from a Malaysian MAC store. Man, I hate pay day. Read on for the full story with excruciating details and the more relevant review and swatch.

There was zero expectancy to buy anything from the Color Craft Collection even after coming across a few reviews and swatches. I was hardly paying attention. On Monday, Carmen and I went to Mid Valley to pick up our cheques then we ran some errands, bought corndog from Jusco (eating corndog in public is obscene)...

As we were heading to Watsons (I needed to replenish my Cetaphil Cleanser and Simple Toner), I casually mentioned that I wanted to stop by MAC to check out the new collection. Unless I have a friend with me, I don't step into MAC. The store makes me feel poor, inferior and intimidated. Just so happened, there was a free standing MAC (which I thought was for a promotion but rather the store's under renovation and that was their temporary counter). Mind you, we weren't even eager to look at the Collection. Just randomly browsing the new Lightful Foundation packaging and being nosy, like always.

Finally swatching the MSFs, I wasn't wowed but Triple Fusion intrigued me with the three stripes of colors. Unfortunately, they appeared too gritty. Double-swatching Cheeky Bronze got me curious so I thought I'd ask the SA (Watie, sweet girl!) to try it on for me. I only did it with hope that it'll look "meh" and I can get over it. When I looked into the mirror, first thing that came to mind was "Oh Crap. This looks good".

Then Carmen had to be nodding at the back... *sighs* How could I not? Especially when I couldn't stop grinning! This is a whole new feeling to me. Sane Connie would've gone home, think it through, read more reviews, do some calculations, look around for discounts online, purchase from the US ($27 = RM97) or at the very least walk around the mall a couple of times... Buying the MSF isn't a big deal. It's buying spontaneously that's shocking. It was definitely temporary insanity.

I convinced Carmen to try an MSF for herself too and suggested Porcelain Pink but she wanted something with more color. Watie suggested Triple Fusion, applied it on her and I started nodding too. The words "We accept debit card" and "It's limited edition" sold Carmen straightaway. She's a lot more easy to persuade than I am :) While I was still contemplating Triple Fusion, Watie did not encourage it hence I didn't try it. There was just enough cash in my wallet for one MSF (RM115) and my transport home. I couldn't be happier.

Remember I mentioned "fateful"? What happened after the MSF purchase was rather peculiar. We wanted to buy Krispy Kreme but Original Glaze was sold out until hours later. Cetaphil was out of stock in Watsons... The heavens knew that we won't be able to get what we intended to get and led us to the MSFs instead. Fine, I'm just trying to justify my surreal action.

Cheeky Bronze is only two nipples away from looking like boobies (excuse me). It's a soft golden coral with bronze pearl as described by MAC. This would be my third MSF and I pinky swear that I'm not a "collector" although I do wonder why I'm having more of these when they're impossible to finish using.

I love the peachy bronze and golden sheen. The shimmer isn't too intense and the powder blends effortlessly with my Silk Naturals Fiber Optic Brush (MAC 188 dupe). This shade is a lot more pigmented than my other two MSFs -- Light Flush and New Vegas. It's also not as powdery compared to New Vegas.

There's also this duochrome effect which reminds me of a bronzier version of Melon pigment. This could work as a blush, bronzer and eyeshadow.

Ehh.... I applied too much. It was dark, I couldn't see and the MAC187 was too big. Nevertherless, the color is pure hotness. I love this MSF to bits! The glow, the color... is everything I hope for in a blush. Unlike most blush/bronzers, less is more (ob-vi-ously) with Cheeky Bronze. You'll get to see what I mean in future FOTDs.

I bought more Beauty Diary masks :D Now I have Cooling, Rice, Red Wine, Natto, Q10, Bulgarian White Rose, Sake Yeast and another Lavender. I'll be reviewing them all in one post after I've tried each and every one of them.