MAC Strobe Cream Review

I brought this thinking it would be fabulous to wear underneath my foundation, thinking it might brighten my dull skin from underneath..

I brought the 50ml bottle and at $70 I was hoping I was going to love it, but for the life of me I cannot work this cream out.

The White plastic bottle has a black screw top lid but the silly part is it can't sit on its lid because it's dome shaped so it has to sit inside something else so the cream runs to the bottom, then the plastic is quite hard making it hard to squeeze the cream out and when you do you get way too much. Yep the packaging is a huge let down

The actual cream looks white but as you spread it over your skin it has a pink sheen. I have dry skin so this does absorb into my skin pretty quickly it doesn't leave much residue and once it's fully applied I can't really notice too much difference to my skin. In certain light I can see very small shimmer specks. I apply foundation and notice absolutely zero difference to my skin. I gave up on this until I did some reading about mixing it in with your foundation. Having dry skin I like dewy foundations so adding this just left my foundation looking like I had sat in a sauna all day. It looked like it had melted and was very streaky.

I also had a quick play adding it like a highlighter but you have to be very light handed and precise 2 things I am not!

Overall I would almost say I hate this cream yes I know hate is a strong word, but I can't see what the hype is and I really don't understand the product, let alone the price tag it comes with, would greatly appreciate any tips.

I am not a fan. I brought it off the MAC website in a travel size of 30ML just to try it out and im so glad i didn't spend all my money on a big version. I brought it because there was just so much hype about it being amazing so i thought why not give it a go right? I put it under my foundation like a primer, i looked like one of the vampires out of the twilight movie... so much shine.. I then went on to put my foundation and powder over it but even then i spouse it was just a little to much dewiness for me, it made me look quite oily through the day. So after giving that a go, i went on to see what it would be like under foundation where you would put your highlight and that looked okay, didn't make me go oily but the product just doesn't stand up to the hype i thought it would. Don't get me wrong it has very pretty and simple packaging which sits nice on any makeup stand! In the end i sold it and the lady i sold it to loves it. I wont be buying again. Don't buy into the hype!

I bought the travel size of this just to try it out. I have been using this as an all-over face primer. As a primer, I wouldn't say it make my foundation last any longer. It does make the application smoother (studio fix fluid) but I found that as my face heated up, the foundation began to break up overtop, rather than just become shiny as it does with a more sillicon type primer. I would say that it makes my foundation a tiny bit more glowy, but not enough to say it is illuminating. With all the new primer products on the market currently, I will use up the tube, but not repurchase.

This is a lovely moisturiser with a pearlescent tint to it. It makes your skin feel great and look glowing. It is not too white which makes it great for all skin colours. I like to mix this with the studio fix fluid foundation to shear it out and add a glow finish.

This product is great for highlighting check bones, and under brows, not so much a primer because it is to glossy. The texture is a nice smooth consistency and is easy to apply. It has a nice pearly white colour to it which is really nice but i think i wouldnt be buying again as mac products can be expensive and not as great.

I was excited to try this, as it's such a cult product. However, despite my best efforts, I struggled to understand how to use it. Was it a moisturiser? Was it a primer? Was it a highlighter?

In the end I did use it as a primer. And yes, I did feel I could see a healthy 'glow'. However, my main makeup concern is a tendency to redness (common in us pale-skinned types!), so this felt a bit superfluous to my needs.

If dull skin is your issue, this is a great product to try, but if you are more concerned with controlling redness and shine, this product is unlikely to do anything amazing for you!

This was one of the first primer/base I used and I found it great. It definitely gave me a nice glow and was hydrating and brightening. More of a moisturizer than a primer. Still really like the product just doesn't quite do all it's said to do.