Rosé Olé

Rosé Olé is a soft pink highlight with golden and peachy undertones from MAC's Cham Pale Collection. The packaging is Mineralized Skinfinish, but the product is something new (to me) called Special Reserve Highlight Powder. It has a much finer milled and velvety texture versus Mineralize Skinfinishes like Petticoat, By Candlelight, etc. The shimmer is very, very subtle. No overbearing frostiness or shine here. See our comparisons below!

Rosé Olé

I am the biggest sucker for patterns pressed on products. Those Chantecaille powders with butterflies, dolphins, tigers, etc just make me weep. When a pretty pattern is embossed to a pressed product, it makes opening it new even more special. Using it for the first time, and disturbing it's delicate surface, is a such special moment. A friend confessed to me that her MAC Marine Life was now "dead to her (me)" since she blurred the surface with use.

With all that, I am really disappointed about the overall look of this product. I kinda don't know what to say about all this mess going on Rosé Olé. I get what it's meant to look like. But what it does look like is what happens when a shattered pressed powder has been re-pressed with alcohol. The surface gets all lumpy and fugly. MAC, couldn't you just slap an endangered cuteoverload on here and call it day?!

Rosé Olé

Though the texture of the impression didn't translate into the best execution, the actual texture of the product is really smooth and velvety. Very soft and buttery (for a pressed product). I am really liking it, and I have been using it all week. My goal is to use it enough to wear down some of this pattern!

Swatched. Super fine glow. No glitter particles detected.

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From left to right: Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder, Perfect Topping MSF, Porcelain Pink MSF, Glissade MSF, By Candlelight MSF and Rosé Olé.

On the skin, I didn't think that Rosé Olé was so pigmented, but swatched you can see that it's the darkest of the shimmery, pink highlight powders from MAC that I have in my collection. This works best as a highlight for me, NC35, and probably darker skintones. Paler beauties could use this as a blush.

In sunlight.

From left to right: Pearl Blossom Beauty Powder, Perfect Topping MSF, Porcelain Pink MSF, Glissade MSF, By Candlelight MSF and Rosé Olé.

To Review:

MAC Cham Pale Rosé Olé Special Reserve Highlight Powder
$28, 10g 0.35 oz - Available at MAC counters.
Pro: Soft, subtle pretty glow. Softer texture than Mineralized Skinfish.
Con: Limited edition. Unattractive impression pattern.
Overall Beautyburg Rating: A-

Do those impressions make an impression on you? Do you ever buy a pressed product but don't use it because you don't want to disturb the pattern? Or is that disturbing?

What has been your favorite pink, shimmery highlight product from MAC?