MAC: Magic Of The Night Highlighters in Oh, Darling and Shaft of Gold Review

Hey guys! Once again, I'll be talking about highlighters on my blog! Clearly if you haven't noticed, I'm OBSESSED with highlighters! You can honestly never have too many! You guys probably have seen that MAC released their holiday collection! They have several limited edition products in this collection, as well as a few value sets and palettes! I've never purchased any of their holiday palettes, so I can't really tell you guys what to expect, but the prices are really reasonable! This year I may just purchase one! However, the products that captured everyone's attention were the Extra Dimension Skinfinishes! There are 2 shades; Oh, Darling and Shaft of Gold. Both of them are gorgeous! So, I decided why not do a review on these!

New Extra Dimension Skinfinishes in Oh, Darling and Shaft of Gold

First things first, I'm not impressed with the packaging. It just feels so cheap and I feel like they could have came out with a better design! It just comes in this metallic blue compact (the old MAC compact). The compact itself is light as a feather! It doesn't feel sturdy! Like be extremely careful with it, because I feel like if it ever fell, the product would shatter into bits! The box of the compact is the same color as the compact, like nothing fancy. However, the embossing on the highlighter is stunning! It's the classic MAC embossing, but I find it adds value to the product! The product itself comes with 9g of product and it costs $38.50CAD. They're limited edition, so if you're interested get them ASAP! I purchased mine online at Hudson Bay's (The Bay or La Baie) website. I actually got this the first day that it was available on The Bay's website, which was Monday and I received it no jokes, the day after! I was super impressed with the shipping and the site didn't crash, so the process flowed smoothly! I've said this before on my blog, but every time MAC has a new collection, it's best to purchase it from The Bay's website! MAC's website always crashes and it always gets sold out on there! I purchased the MAC Giambattista Valli lipsticks from there and legit no issues! You also just need to spend over $45CAD to get free shipping (at least for Canadians, but check for your country!) and as mentioned, shipping is normally really fast! However, Oh, Darling is sold out on The Bay's website (it's mostly sold out everywhere online), but these will hit the counters on October 26th I believe, so definitely pay a visit to your local MAC store! Shaft of Gold is available on MAC's and The Bay's website!

The packaging

Another look

Let's discuss the formula of these. I'm personally obsessed with the Extra Dimension Skinfinishes, however for some of you, it may seem like it's a bit too much. These are intense highlighters! They leave a beautiful metallic and reflective finish! So, if you're someone that wants a subtle highlight, these will not be for you! However, if you love that glow, you'll legit be glowing for the Gods with these on! They're super pigmented! A little goes a long way! The texture of the highlighter is also really nice. The powder is very finely milled and it feels like those gel to powder formulas. They're also so smooth and glides on the skin easily! They also blend like a dream! In terms of the duration of this highlighter, I find by the 6th-7th hour it started to fade away. It doesn't fade away completely, but you can  see that it's slowly going away. If you have a long day, I highly recommend that you keep this in your purse for touch ups! I think that's the only downside of this highlighter, it's not as long wearing as I would like it to be!

So gorgeous!

Now let's talk about the shades. I'll start with Oh, Darling. It's described as a metallic gold on MAC's website. It basically sums up the shade. It's a light-medium metallic gold with slightly warm undertones to it. I find this is a shade that looks different on different skin tones. I have medium skin and it appeared more of a true metallic gold with warm undertones on me, but I've seen that on light skin, it appears as a metallic gold with orangey brown undertones. It's beautiful regardless, but I find it's best to do comparisons, if you're debating about getting this shade! When I first saw pictures of Oh, Darling, I legit thought MAC was bringing back Whisper of Guilt! I got so excited, but it's slightly different. I don't own WOG so I can't compare it for you guys! This shade would suit any skin color!

The swatch of Oh, Darling on my medium skin 

Oh, Darling

I wanted to show you guys a little comparison. Just keep in mind, I have medium skin. The swatches will look different on different skin colors! I fished out the highlighters in my collection that I thought would be similar or in the same shade group!

Let's compare these!

Top to bottom: Oh, Darling , MUFE #2 & Moonstone

 On top, it's Oh, Darling. The second swatch is Make Up For Ever's Pro Sculpting Duo is #2. They're very similar as you can see! Just Oh, Darling appears more yellow than MUFE does! Oh, Darling is really a true gold! The last swatch is Becca's Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone. As you can see, it's really different. Moonstone is more of a really pale gold compared to Oh, Darling.

Let's compare these 2 now!

Top to bottom: Oh, Darling & Champagne Pop

I also wanted to compare it to Champagne Pop by Becca and Jaclyn Hill. Again, it's very similar, but Champagne Pop is a bit of a paler gold. You can also see that there are peachy undertones to Champagne Pop, whereas Oh, Darling is just a true yellow gold!



Next we have is Shaft of Gold. Now this is definitely a unique shade in my collection, because I have nothing like it! It's described as a deep bronze on MAC's website. I somewhat agree with it, but it appears a bit different on my skin color. It's a light medium bronze with peachy undertones to it with a golden frost. This is what I meant by a unique color! It's kind of hard to describe! This obviously appears different on different skin colors! I've seen swatches of this shade on light skin and it appears more of a orangey bronzey shade. I highly recommend this shade for dark skin! It would even look stunning on medium to tan skin! I'm just not sure if it would look o-m-g on fair and light skins, because shades like Shaft of Gold may appear muddy, since it's a bronze shade.

Swatch of Shaft of Gold

Shaft of Gold

I actually couldn't find a bronze highlighter in my collection, besides "Bronze Glow" by Bobbi Brown. I own nothing similar to this shade surprisingly!

The only bronze highlighters in my collection

Top to bottom: Shaft of Gold & Bronze Glow

Shaft of Gold is on top and Bronze Glow is on the bottom. Bronze Glow is a lot lighter than Shaft of Gold as you can see! You can also see that Shaft of Gold looks more bronzey and peachy than Bronze Glow.




Here's both swatches of Oh, Darling and Shaft of Gold. They're super different! However, they're both stunning! It really just depends on your skin color and your preference!

Left to right: Shaft of Gold & Oh, Darling

[I took all these pictures using my ring light! There were no edits done to them! I just took them in different angles! I also didn't use a flash!]



I actually took pictures of myself wearing these highlighters, but they just didn't come out true to color! That's why I decided not to post them! I've also been really busy, so I didn't get a chance to retake the pictures, so I apologize! I also wanted to get this review up ASAP, because they're hitting counters tomorrow and I'm sure there's a lot of you that are interested in purchasing this product! Your best bet is to go early! Oh, Darling will sell out in the first few hours, so don't wait up! I personally love these highlighters and I think they're an amazing addition to my collection! Out of both of them, Oh, Darling is my favorite and I highly recommend that you guys look into it! Shaft of Gold is a unique shade in my collection! It definitely gives you a break from your typical light gold highlighters! I'm telling you, you can't go wrong with these!