MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow Review

MAC Mineralize Eyeshadows

Hi everyone!
I bought the MAC Mineralize eyeshadows in Gilt by Association and Young Punk a while back, wanted to review them, but just never got round to it! Here are the shadows:

Mineralize eyeshadows are baked and can be applied wet or dry, both giving different results. These colours look so great in the pot! I chose these hoping I could create some smoky eyes with them and was really impressed at how they looked in the packaging. Swatched on my finger they look like this:

I would describe Gilt by Association as a kind of antique/old gold, with slight olive tones in it, occasionally with streaks of very dark gold or black. Young punk I would describe as a very vibrant purple with very dark tones. Both have a slight glitter in them, which I love. However, these are the two colours swatched on my arm with a MAC #239 brush:

As you can see the colours don't come out as great as they look in the packaging! This colour payoff was achieved after only a few sweeps though, so I guess layering it on would give you a great look! My fave is easily Gilt by Association, just because I can see myself wearing it in so many ways, and it's a much more versatile colour. I do love purple smokey eyes though so Young Punk does come in handy for those looks. One of my favourite looks to do with G.B.A is a bronze/gold smokey eye with G.B.A swept across the crease to intensify the look- the black goes really cool with it!

Sadly, I think I've used Gilt by Association about 5/6 times and Young Punk about once! I usually just reach for my MAC Pro Pallette and completely forget about the loose eyeshadows I have...so overall only buy these products if you know you're going to be using them a lot because for £16.50 they're not the cheapest about!