THE PAT McGRATH THREAD

[veronika23]

~ Updated Sept 26th 2019 ~

Since the brand is coming to Sephora. I thought I'd start a thread just for the brand for news and info. 

Brand page: https://www.sephora.com/pat-mcgrath-labs

NEW PRODUCTS

Blitz Astral Quad Eyeshadow Palette

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/blitz-astral-quad-P451138

Obsessive Opulence: MatteTrance Lipstick

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/obsessive-opulence-mattetrance-lipstick-P451132

Mothership VI Eyeshadow Palette - Midnight Sun

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/mothership-vi-eyeshadow-palette-midnight-sun-P449790

Eye Ecstasy: Eye Shadow Palette Mini

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/eye-ecstasy-eye-shadow-palette-P448447

Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/skin-fetish-sublime-perfection-foundation-P447519

Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Primer

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/skin-fetish-sublime-perfecting-primer-P447764

Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Setting Powder

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/skin-fetish-sublime-setting-powder-P447770

Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation Brush

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/skin-fetish-sublime-perfection-foundation-brush-P448622

Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Powder Brush

https://www.sephora.com/ca/en/product/skin-fetish-sublime-perfection-powder-brush-P448623

Mothership VI Eyeshadow Palette - Midnight Sun

Spoiler

[SportyGirly125]

Highlighter and Nymphette arrived today. So gorgeous 😍

[SportyGirly125]

On Beauty Chat Room Mother said the top seller blush shades are Nude Venus and Desert Orchid at Sephora.

[Buootiful]

Wow, Electric Bloom is sold out too! @SportyGirly125 

[SportyGirly125]

@Buootiful My store has all of them in stock

[SportyGirly125]

Flesh 7, the highlighter, structure lipliner and Nymphette seem to be PMG exclusives. Everything else is on Sephora’s site. 

[SportyGirly125]

Went in store after calling. They don’t have it out on the floor from the 2 stores I called but had them in the back. I couldn’t touch them, the SA had to open them for me. I looked at 6 of them and chose the 3 I initially wanted even though they brought 7 out. Applied the Rouge reward and the 500 points for $10 off and it came out to $4.  I got Nude Venus, Paradise Venus and Desert Orchid. 

[Mochapj]

A few more blush swatches

[Sunnysmom]

Great swatches @Mochapj thank you! 

[sabrinas]

Morning all! I also got my order 🙂 top to bottom are fleurtatious, nymphette, divine rose, and the quad. I did a VERY quick eye look and slapped on some fleurtatious (on eye-look cheek) and divine rose on the other cheek.  The blushes feel so smooth that they almost feel creamy! Also the eyeshadow is splended. Blended SO well and so fast and I didnt even use primer! 

 

 

[curlychiquita]

The blushes look beautiful on you, @sabrinas!. I'm happy to hear that the eyeshadows in the quad have the great PMG quality.

[Sunnysmom]

Very pretty on you @sabrinas ! Thanks for your swatches too. 

[WinglessOne]

Will probably take some on-face photos tomorrow, if we get decent sunlight. (The weather suddenly remembered it's still spring, not summer yet.) But I did try everything on my face tonight and I'm very pleased. 

First, a swatch of the new Lip Fetish shade I bought, just to show how pigmented this balm is on my natural lip coloring: 

Left: my bare lips. Right: 1-2 coats of PMG Lip Fetish, Flesh 7. Photo taken in warm bathroom lighting.

Next, swatches of the 2 blush shades I bought vs. a few other blushes/highlighters a friend asked me to compare: 

Didn't leave enough room for Hourglass Brilliant Nude, oops. 😄 It's up there though, really, honest. Might redo these swatches in natural daylight because my bathroom lighting skews temperature so much, and I didn't edit this photo's temp much tonight.

Each PMG blush: 

• Feels creamy soft, and the pearl finish isn't gritty at all 
• Plays nice with my skin texture (then again, my skin's very well hydrated and moisturized today) 
• Doesn't cake/clump up in my oily zone's visible pores 
• Blends easily (I used my Rephr no. 5, a saikoho goat cheek brush) 

A few longer notes: 

Spoiler

Next time I apply Electric Bloom, I'll use my Chikuhodo Z-4—though I suspect that squirrel brush will also pick up a lot of product in the pan. To apply a sheer layer, you must either go into the pan with a VERY light hand or brush off (tapping-off alone won't do it) some of the excess before applying to your face. 

With the Rephr goat brush, I over-applied Electric Bloom (oops) but had no problem toning it way down with a top layer of Desert Orchid. I layered Desert Orchid over just the apples of my cheeks, leaving a bolder layer of Electric Bloom as a face-lifting blush up to my temples. Blending these 2 shades together was very easy. It also showed me how pigmented Desert Orchid truly is: though it's close to my skin tone, it's opaque enough to cover up most (or all, if I want it to) of Electric Bloom. Desert Orchid's not a big bold color punch or screamin' bright highlighter, but it's no slouch. 

That said, anyone who's in my "medium-deep to deep" skin tone range will be disappointed if you expect Desert Orchid to look very pigmented, beyond a soft gold pearly sheen, on your skin. Eh, that's not why I bought this shade. See, I normally use Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Collection Brilliant Nude as a center-of-face brightener (I never use concealer for that purpose). I figured Desert Orchid might be close enough to my skin tone that I can also use it the same way, for times when I don't want the full ethereal sparkly glow of Hourglass Brilliant Nude. I also planned to layer Desert Orchid with other blushes. Now that I've played with it in person, I want to try it as a brightener in my hollow tear troughs: it's more subtle than a true highlighter (which I sometimes use on that sunken skin) and its bisquey rosy base could make for a nice additional layer of color correction. 

I'll have more thoughts after I've seen how both shades look in natural daylight and tested their daylong performance. 

[Sunnysmom]

Thanks @WinglessOne , I like them on you! 

[WinglessOne]

Thank you @Sunnysmom @blackkitty2014 @SportyGirly125 @Ispend2much6 ! I still haven't done a full wear test for either of these blushes, or visited a local Sephora to see more shades in person. Hopefully I'll get to do that tomorrow or Tuesday. 

[SportyGirly125]

@WinglessOne Thank you for your review. 

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you for the review @WinglessOne . I also get Desert Orchid. Can’t wait until my arrive🥰

[Ispend2much6]

@WinglessOne   You are so talented with how you use makeup! (I can't think of the right way to phrase that comment.)  I do think Desert Orchid suits you well, and Electric Bloom is nice for a brighter shade.  I knew I should have bought Flesh 7 (still can!)

[Ispend2much6]

Wow, these are way warmer than they looked online. 

Top- Cherish, bottom- Divine Rose

Top- Fleurtatious, bottom- Nymphette

These all look slightly warmer in real life; taken with indoor lighting.

To describe these as I see them (take with a grain of salt!)

Cherish is a bright pink with a good bit of coral in it.

Divine Rose is a plum.  Reminds me a little bit of  MAC Plum Foolery but a little warmer.

Fleurtatious reminds of a blush I have that is called Desert Pink, more beige than pink.

Nymphette is a peachy pink, sort of like a very pale Nars Orgasm.

They blend extremely easily.  The luminous finish of Nymphette is subtle and gorgeous!

The top ingredient for all of these shades is talc, except for Cherish- that shade contains no talc, thought I'd mention that as it can be an allergen.

[blackkitty2014]

Thx you for posting @Ispend2much6. You got all gorgeous shades.

[Ispend2much6]

@blackkitty2014   You're welcome!  Did you happen to order the eye quad?

[blackkitty2014]

@Ispend2much6 I keep going back and forth on it and I missed the discount