MAC Cheer Up Glow Play Blush Review & Swatches

- January 29, 2020

Cheer Up

MAC Cheer Up Glow Play Blush ($30.00 for 0.25 oz.) is a brighter, light-medium coral with subtle, pink-leaning and moderately warm undertones paired with a satin sheen. There was very faint and fine pearl throughout, so it didn’t have a full-on matte finish but did not appear overly shimmery either.

The texture was smooth to the touch and malleable where I could push against the surface and get a lasting indent, but it didn’t have the traditional wetness of a true cream blush. It felt more like powder once it came into contact with my skin, and I didn’t have issues with the product lifting up base products when I patted this over my liquid foundation. It had semi-opaque, buildable coverage with a fingertip and more semi-sheer, buildable coverage with a brush. It wore well for eight hours before fading visibly.

MAC Glow Play Blushes launch February 6th and will be available in 11 shades; see the collection information here.

Top Dupes

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Charlotte Tilbury Summer (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
MAC I'll Hold My Breath #2 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
Colour Pop Count Me In (P, $8.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
KIKO 108 Orange Coral (DC, $12.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
Guerlain Ors et Merveilles #7 (LE, ) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Guerlain Gold Palette #7 (LE, ) is darker (90% similar).
Tom Ford Beauty Winter 2018 (Blush) (LE, $60.00) is darker (90% similar).
Smith and Cult Warm Pink (P, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
Too Faced Peach Cobbler (LE, ) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
Colour Pop Holiday (P, $8.00) is cooler (90% similar).

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Formula Overview

$30.00/0.25 oz. - $120.00 Per Ounce

The new, limited edition formula is supposed to have "eight-hour, fade-free wear" with an "ultra-blendable" formula that has "sheer" but buildable coverage with a "gel-cream texture" that is "bouncy." It's gel-to-powder blush that has a lightly emollient, slightly sponge-like quality to it--more like a smoother, more emollient clay-like texture to me--that feels more like powder as soon as it comes into contact with my skin.

The pigmentation was definitely more sheer to semi-sheer, buildable to medium to semi-opaque coverage with some of the deeper/darker hues in the range having more coverage and better building capabilities. I preferred using fingertips for application as I felt it was easier to faster to apply, though fingertips will yield slightly higher coverage compared to a brush. The formula applied well--most of the time--over bare skin as well as over base products like liquid foundation without lifting it up. They wore eight hours before starting to show signs of fading.

Browse all of our MAC Glow Play Blush swatches.