From the left: MAC Fix+ Lavender, real techniques Contour Brush, Fix+ Yuzu, Fix+ Coconut and Fix+ Rose
I am absolutely fixated on MAC Fix+, and the obsession is so real that I can’t even figure out how lots of bottles I’ve gone through in my life.
Ten? Twenty??
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No, it’s gotta be a lot more than that… I normally get a new bottle about every two or three months.
I know that I talk about Fix+ a lot, but I use it every single day (I even bring a small bottle on trips).
Also known as MAC Prep + Prime Fix+, it’s a refreshing $22 mist in the MAC skincare line that you spray on bare skin or other products to moisturize and set your makeup to help it last longer. It includes water packed with vitamins and minerals and infused with a blend of green tea, chamomile and cucumber. just spray it directly on your face for a subtle sheen.
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I normally use it ideal when I start applying my makeup to moisturize my skin, and then again when I finish to help my face products last longer.
Starting when I’m bare-faced, before I’ve put anything else on, I spray Fix+ all over my face, where it adds a light layer of moisture and creates a wet surface upon which to a lot more easily blend foundations, tinted moisturizers and BB creams. The end result just looks a lot more natural and “lived in” (particularly if you tend to be heavy-handed with your product application).
After finishing my makeup, when I’m all finished with my eyes, face and lips, I spray another misty layer all over my face to mellow out the powdery texture.
And there are also some other things you can finish with Fix+, like using it to wet your eye brushes (it intensifies the shimmer and color of powder eyeshadows), to amplify highlights on your cheekbones and to blend foundation.
Yup!
Fix+ also works terrific with BeautyBlenders for sheerer, a lot more lifelike foundation. I’ll dampen mine with water first, then mist it with Fix+ and use it to tap my foundation onto my skin.
And if you don’t have a BeautyBlender, no problem! A kabuki brush misted with Fix+ works, too. use it to buff out your foundation for a similar effect.
Sometimes I just like to spray Fix+ on my skin for the heck of it because it’s refreshing, and because I like the light green tea scent.
Incidentally, MAC recently introduced Fix+ in a few limited edition scents (shown in the picture at the top) that sold out in 2.5 seconds, and they’re a little hard to find ideal now, but get one if you happen to see it at a counter. I think they’re all wonderful.
Somehow, Fix+ doesn’t make my makeup blotchy or disrupt my face powder, blush, etc. I don’t how or why it works, but it’s great. The spray nozzle is pretty fantastic, so maybe that’s one of the reasons. The mist is exceptionally even and fine, so you don’t end up with big drops of wet product on your face. Plus, you can lock the nozzle to stop accidents while traveling, which is genius.
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If you’d like to give it a try, choose it! Fix+ is available now in the MAC permanent collection (it’s $22 for a 3.4-oz. bottle).
Your friendly neighborhood appeal addict,
Karen
The MAC Unsung Heroes series (a subset of my regular Unsung makeup Heroes series) features some of my all-time favorite products from MAC’s permanent collection
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Fleur Power Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Swiss chocolate Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Costa Riche Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC extra dimension Eye shadow in Havana
MAC Unsung Heroes: Chicory Lip Pencil
MAC Unsung Heroes: Smoked Almond Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: half ‘n half Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Chili Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Coffee Eye Pencil
MAC Unsung Heroes: Mineralize Skinfinish in global Glow
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC extra dimension Eye shadow in Havana
MAC Unsung Heroes: retro Matte liquid Lipcolour in Burnt Spice
MAC Unsung Heroes: Mineralize Foundation/Loose
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC giddy Lustre Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC studio fix fluid Foundation
MAC Unsung Heroes: Amorous Alloy Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: texture Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Prep + Prime 24-Hour extend Eye Base
MAC Unsung Heroes: Swiss chocolate Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Saddle Eyeshadow
Unsung Heroes: MAC In extra dimension waterproof Mascara
MAC Unsung Heroes: Minted Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: Take the Plunge Technakohl Liner
MAC Unsung Heroes: Cork Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: 221 tiny Tapered Blending Brush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Matchmaster shade intelligence Compact
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Oh My Mocha Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: pro Longwear waterproof Colour Stick in Lilacked
MAC Unsung Heroes: Satin Taupe Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: High Tea Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Blooz Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Fleur Power Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Layin’ low paint Pot
MAC Unsung Heroes: Constructivist paint Pot
MAC Unsung Heroes: Prep + Prime Fix+
MAC Unsung Heroes: Mineralize Skinfinish Natural
MAC Unsung Heroes: Persistence Matte Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Veluxe Pearlfusion shadow in Brownluxe
MAC Unsung Heroes: Costa Riche Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: The studio Chromagraphic Pencils
MAC Unsung Heroes: Brun Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Staunchly elegant pro Longwear Lip Pencil
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC warm soul Mineralize Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: reflects Antique Gold Glitter
MAC Unsung Heroes: style Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Shaping Powder in Lightsweep
MAC Unsung Heroes: pro Longwear paint Pot in Painterly
MAC Unsung Heroes: era Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Bronze Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Honey Lust Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: sun rush Lustre Drops
MAC Unsung Heroes: great Buzz Plushglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: 33 Lash
MAC Unsung Heroes: Shale Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: harmony Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Careblends pressed Powder
MAC Unsung Heroes: fulfilled Plushglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Bamboom Paint
MAC Unsung Heroes: Sublime Nature Paint
MAC Unsung Heroes: face and Body Foundation
MAC Unsung Heroes: Prunella Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: The 239 Eye Shader Brush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Greensmoke Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Ample Pink Plushglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Indianwood paint Pot
MAC Unsung Heroes: Bare study paint Pot
MAC Unsung Heroes: Rubenesque paint Pot
MAC Unsung Heroes: tarnish Eye Kohl
MAC Unsung Heroes: big baby Plushglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Kohl Power Pencil liner in Feline
MAC Unsung Heroes: format Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: Ambering rose Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Iridescent Powder/Loose in Silver Dusk
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Iridescent Powder/Loose in golden Bronze
MAC Unsung Heroes: C-Thru Lipglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Fresh Flare pro Longwear Eye Shadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V Lipglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Loud & charming Cremesheen Glass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam VI Lipglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: breezy Sheertone Shimmer Blush
MAC Unsung Heroes: care blends vital Oils, Grapefruit + Chamomile
MAC Unsung Heroes: Prep + Prime Vibrancy Eye Primer
MAC Unsung Heroes: ideal image Cremesheen Glass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Modesty Cremesheen Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: double dare Cremesheen Lipglass
MAC Unsung Heroes: Bamboo Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: speak Louder Cremesheen Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Sandy B Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Club Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: uniform Technakohl Liner
MAC Unsung Heroes: sweet fulfillment pro Longwear Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Red Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: lady danger Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: tempting Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Ruby Woo Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Retrospeck Eyeshadow
MAC Unsung Heroes: Eyeshadow in Phloof!
MAC Unsung Heroes: Twig Lipstick
MAC Unsung Heroes: Creme in Your Coffee Lipstick
