MAC Alluring Aquatic: Extra Dimension Blush in Sea Me, Hear Me and Seduced at Sea

This coming Thursday, MAC will be releasing their first major summer colour collection, Alluring Aquatic, in stores. It is inspired by "mythological sirens of the deep" and 1940s "aquamusicals" (such as those featuring Esther Williams). The entire collection features a total of 32 products, of which 29 are new and limited edition, and three are permanent at all locations. Alluring Aquatic will see the launch of two new and limited edition shades of Extra Dimension Blush. It is described as "a liquid-powder blush with prismatic reflections... Impact ranges from sheer crystallized light to a highly polished metallic effect." They come in special edition metallic teal compacts with clear lids that are "elegantly accented with sheer water droplets," as well as matching secondary cardstock boxes. Each Extra Dimension Blush contains 6.5 grams of product, and retails for $32.50. 
Sea Me, Hear Me and Seduced at Sea
Sea Me, Hear Me and Seduced at Sea

Sea Me, Hear Me is a medium-dark muted warm muted coral with soft golden micro-shimmer in a satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is less shimmery and more orange-toned than Sunbasque, less shimmery and less bronze than Peachtwist, less brown than Gingerly, and less reddened than Pinch Me.
Seduced at Sea is a medium muted warm golden peach with soft golden micro-shimmer in a satin finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. It has a lightweight, silky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It can be layered and blended out easily. It is more golden than Peaches, slightly lighter and more peach than Sunbasque, more peach than Margin, and darker and more bronzed than Style.

This is MAC's third time launching Extra Dimension Blushes, and I am pleased to find that they have the same super-silky, finely-milled, and ultra-smooth texture that we've come to expect from the Extra Dimension formula, but without the intense metallic finish that is associated with it. I've actually found that MAC has refined these blushes every time they launch them, so that these ones are even softer and more pigmented than the last iteration. Applies beautifully: Layerable to true-to-pan colour, and blends like a dream. Never powdery, never chalky, and doesn't emphasize skin texture. Both shades have a beautiful satin finish with a subtle sheen that leaves a nice illuminated glow on the skin without being shiny or shimmery; this is probably the most flattering blush formula that MAC has come out with (and actually very, very similar to — if not the same as — Clinique's Cheek Pops, which would come as no surprise to me as both MAC and Clinique are Estée Lauder companies). Stunning formula housed in even more stunning special edition packaging.