Glow like JLo

Summer is coming up here in The Netherlands, and for someone like me coming from a small Caribbean island I never thought I would say that summer is one of my favorite seasons! Since I was used to the sun and all, try to hide from it when it was too hot and that kind of crap. Coming up with excuses, like, “can we meet AFTER 4pm, it’s so hot now”. WTF? Whenever the sun comes out around here I try to enjoy it as much as I can and as long as I can! If that means sitting on a terrace for 5 or 6 hours bored out of my mind I will do it! I now appreciate the sun and love it with all my heart.

Everyone is trying to fit in to their bikinis and short shorts, trying to lose the pounds that were accumulated during the long winter season… As for me, I’m trying to get my skin to GLOW like JLO! I love the way that rhymes, her perfume name makes so much more sense now LOL. I pretty much gave up a little bit on the “oh, I can sooo lose all the fat in a month” bull crap. Whatever dude, I want to get tan and pronto! J

How am I going to achieve this? It’s way too hot to go to the tanning salon. I’ve contemplated this many times; I think I still might go just to speed up the process. Or I might try the L’Oreal self-tan spray that I saw in this month’s Cosmo. Just for the sake of trying it out and using it in the comfort of my own home. Okay enough of that!

The real reason I wanted to post this is, because I was stupid enough not to ever purchase the MAC Lustre Drops that came out with the “To the Beach” collection. And for no good reason at all, I just didn’t. So I decided to get them now!

They are now part of the permanent collection, which I think is awesome for those of you who have been disappointed every time they were sold out. I’m not quite sure if the MAC counter in The Hague has the Lustre Drops in stock, but I’m pretty sure the Amsterdam Store has them. I got mine online so maybe my facts suck. But in case you’re interested you can always check out the store/counter for more information.

In any case, MAC describes it as “a bronzer that applies like liquid sun. Water-based, beautifully smooth to apply with added pearlized lustre. Inspired by the popular MAC Face and Body FX. Provides sheer, natural-looking highlights with a luminous, shimmering finish.”

Oeh la la… it sounds so good! And actually it is haha. Of course otherwise I wouldn’t have even bothered purchasing them.
The colors that I got are Sun Rush and Pink Rebel. I think those are the most popular ones and these are the ones offered on the website. There are some other colors like Bronze Hero that was also released in a different collection (Style Warriors ’09) but of course being limited edition it’s pretty hard to get your hands on that.

Both these colors are absolutely amazing and so pretty! And even though the Pink Rebel is a little on the lighter side for my skin tone it would work really well in the winter, because I want to glow all the time, so there you go.

As promised they do apply on smoothly on to the skin and blend out easily to a sheer, shimmery finish. Both the colors provide a healthy (and much needed) glow to the skin and can be used on your cheeks, cupids bow and all over the body (think of your chest/décolletage to create cleavage, your back/shoulders). And I must say I absolutely love the packaging! The small bottles have fine tips that provide -when lightly squeezed- a small amount of product. Which is really all you need, unless of course you want to take the description too literal and actually look like the sun? Whatever toots your horn though!

Sun Rush: is the more bronzed one out of the two and would be perfect for people like me with a warmer undertone. I have to say even for me, I have to blend this out to its “sheerest” finish in order for me not to look too orange. That would be a definite no-no.

Here is a swatch of Sun Rush. On the left a larger amount of product so you can see the color (this is way to much product to use at once.) And next to it a blended out swatch.

Pink Rebel: is somewhat pink-toned and suggested to work better for people with cooler undertones. However, I feel that it works really nice for me (being warm and all) because it gives me a real natural glow, and after all that’s what I’m looking for. 

Also, this particular highlighter can be used with your foundation, by mixing the two together one can accomplish an all over glow, which can look really pretty and fresh.

So, to conclude to get that glow for the summer, or spring or winter these Lustre Drops do the job. They are $19.50 a bottle for 18ML/0.60 US FL OZ, but like I said you only need a small amount so it will last you a long time if you go easy on the shimmer. J