This product retails at $38 nzd and I brought mine from Kirkcaldie and Stains department store. The packaging is very convenient almost frosty bottle with white MAC labelling and a black twist lock cap to ensure no spillage.I use this product for a couple of purposes to set my powders down, to refresh my makeup and to makeup my eyeshadows more pigmented. All the ways I use MAC fix + does an amazing job. The spray when it comes out of the bottle is very fine and sprays nicely and not in big wet clumps, it doesn't move my makeup when sprayed. If you have a problem with cakey powder and it not sitting nicely on your skin test out MAC fix + it really settles all your powders down into your skin to make it look flawless. After a long day and your makeup doesn't look as fresh as it was at the start when you first applied it spritz some MAC fix + and it does the trick of refreshing your makeup The scent is hard to explain but very light.If you have eyeshadows that you want to be super pigmented load it up on your brush and spray so fix + and put onto your eyelid and it becomes soooo pigmented love doing this. Overall awesome product it doesn't particularly help with long longevity of makeup but does refresh and it claims and settles down powders.
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MAC Prep + Prime Fix + Review
A lightweight, mineral rich finishing mist that refreshes the skin and finishes makeup. Helps create an even surface for a smooth makeup application Same Fix + formula with updated packaging. Hold the bottle 12 inches away from face and spray evening onto freshly washed skin to hydrate before applying moisturizer. Mist on top of foundation to finish makeup and add a glow. Mist onto skin throughout the day for an instant boost of hydration and to refresh makeup.
Website www.maccosmetics.co.nz
Reviews
The prep + prime (Fix +) range is a range that has been designed to be used together. This is why I would only recommend if you use other mac products in this range. If you don't you will not see the same affects and it may not actually help set your make up at all. I also would only recommend if you use a mac powder foundation as your foundation or as your setting powder.
I use this with my mac studio fix powder foundation and it works a treat, i love the way it settles the powder and sets it giving it the most amazing looking finish to my skin.
Over all for the price and what it does I would buy it again providing I am still using my mac studio fix powder.
Tips: If you see it in mac make sure you buy it as it always sells out!
OHK so I love the product but hate the packaging!! So lets start with the negative point first, that nozzle!!!! Just thinking about that nozzle makes me grrr!!! When I first started using it, it was great. It sprayed an evenly spread out perfect amount of mist and it felt amazing as it swept across the face, but then over time all of a sudden it would spray big droplets of the liquid in a concentrated area that it felt like I could just go stand outside under the rain drops. And now with about 1/3 left I can press the pump down and only get little spurts of shattered spray of fluid. But apart from that nozzle issue the actual product is amazing. It is so universal, I use it to hydrate the skin, I use it to settle powdered products once applied to my face, I use it to intensify eyeshadows and then use it throughout the day to re-fresh my makeup. It doesn't make the skin greasy looking or clog pores. It's a great product and can see why everyone raves about it but I hope MAC fix the nozzle problem.
Tips: This is not a finishing setting spray but a refreshing finishing mist so in other words it won't lock your makeup application like Urban decay setting spray or Skindinavia setting sprays would.
After reading everyone's reviews on this product , I don't like to say that I don't like it, but I really don't.. I'm not sure why it doesn't work for me, maybe it's my super oily skin or the foundation I use, but I found it didn't do anything for my skin or my makeup. I tried using it as a pre makeup moisturiser and after as a makeup fix, and it didn't work as either for me. It was a product I really wanted to love, but it didn't work for me. Glad I only bought he travel version.
I had been looking for this product at the Mac counters about 6 months ago but couldn't get my hands on it as they were changing the packaging. A few weeks later on my birthday my friends gave me a Mac voucher and I tried my luck again - and they had them in stock!
The product itself looks beautiful. The black shiny box that it comes with really makes it stand out, it looks classy and sleek and so pretty. The bottle itself is a matte white/clear, you can see inside to see how much product you have left which is a bonus. It also looks so stunning on my makeup table which I love!
Over liquid foundation, the mist doesnt make too much of a difference over it. BUT over powder products (I've used the Mac Studio Fix powder and Australis Fresh and Flawless), the Fix+ settles your powders so well and (almost) makes it look like you're wearing foundation or no makeup at all! It doesnt change the coverage of your makeup, instead just puts everything into place.
Compared to the Austalis finishing mist, the Mac Fix+ doesnt have a strong scent which is nice. The spray bottle also allows for the product to be sprayed onto your face nice and evenly.
This is the only finishing spray I would use when I want my makeup to look good. I trust it and it has given me amazing results so I would definitely repurchase!
I got this in travel size from the MAC Pro store at South Coast Plaza. I only purchased it because it was on the counter by the till and it was only $10. Over the last 10 months, and half a bottle, I've finally found my feet with this product.
As a setting spray, it does a decent job if you're using mineral makeup. It really does a good job of setting it in place and "melting" it to the skin. If you can get past the odd way that it sprays on your face. If you want to make your finishing powder look less cake, spritz!
I'm now using it as an eyeshadow superpower. Yup. Use this with eyeshadow and it has superpowers! I spritz a brush, put it in my eyeshadow and your shadow becomes super duper pigmented and even without a primer, stays in place.
If my skin is a little sensitive after a microderm, I also find this great for adding a bit of moisture into my skin before using makeup as it is pretty gentle as well. I can see me buying a full size bottle of this when my little travel one dies. (What does a travel sized / full sized bottle retail for in NZ? I'm so used to paying american prices!)
Tips: Use the superpowers of this product to supercharge eyeshadow - enhance colour and staying power.
PLEASE NOTE : this is based on my daily look of BB cream and studio fix powder......
Where to start?! This was the first finishing spray I ever tried. I was at Mac getting tested for my summer shade. When I sat in the chair, and my lovely artist spritzed on my face, I instantly shouted 'what was that?!' As she was buffing my 7hr old make up, I literally died as I saw my make up come back to life. I had to have it there and then. So good under make up and over. Great to spray ob half way through the day to resuscitate your make up. The smell is out of this world, classy packaging, fine mist application. I recommend this as first choice to anyone wanting a setting spray. The caffeine in it really does wake your skin up and make you look and feel like a new babe! Try this .... Plus it can go towards your next Back To Mac ;)
Tips: Spray on before and after make up. Spray half way through the day and buff away dead make up. Spray whenever you want!
Love the product it does what it aims to do refresh the skin and allow makeup application to go on smoothly as well as setting powders down so that your makeup doesn't look cakey. Also a great product to use with eyeshadows to build pigmentation on lid. Bought the full size about a year ago and still have a decent amount left.
Tips: Spray from a distance after powdering face for an even looking complexion and a refreshed feeling.
Well at least in my opinion!
This spray comes in a rather generous size that I will see lasting me a long time, previously I had the "to go" size to trial it which I fell in love with, that lasted me a good 3 months so the full size could be triple that at least! With a even sprtiz from the nozzle that finally veils your face to set your makeup and clear cap.
I use it not only as a finishing spray but as a loose powder and glitter mixer to turn them into a paint state so I can apply them to my eyes properly and evenly, helps to get the pigments to stand out and sets them all at the same time which is just perfect.
As a setting/finishing spray I use it when I need it, not every day requires fixing but when I do apply it, it settles almost instantly so you are not left with a wet mess that could cause your makeup to drip and move. Nope a quick mist that covers the entire face and your ready to face the world with unmovable makeup!
I love this product and received it as a gift last year - thanks Mum! At first I was unsure at what stage in my makeup routine I was meant to use this but quickly decided I liked it best after I had applied my foundation/powder. This product goes on well, sits on skin then sinks it to hydrate my face like nobody's business! I have also found that it helps my powder to set on my foundation and leaves a nice dewey finish to my face makeup. I am definitely going to replace this product once it runs out but so far it has lasted me for a while so I give it a big thumbs up in terms of value for money and longevity!