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MAC Unsung Heroes: Sun Rush Lustre Drops

March 21st, 2013 by Karen 12 Comments

MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops
MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops ($21)

Why wait for summer to wear MAC’s $21 Sun Rush Lustre Drops? The petite 0.60-ounce bottle, which fits in the palm of my hand and snugly into my teeniest makeup bag, is ready to go places NOW (spring break girls’ trip, anyone?).

MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops

And with the sun beaming down on the Bay Area today on this, the first official day of spring (See ya, winter! It’s been real!), I was in the mood for warm-weather makeup — tinted moisturizer, lots o’ lashes, lip gloss and Sun Rush’s peachy golden bronze shimmer.

MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops 2

Sometimes referred to as a water-based liquid bronzer, other times as a pearly highlighter, I call Sun Rush a reason to fall to my knees and humbly pay tribute to the Makeup Goddess of Faux Tans…whom you may refer to in whispers as Bronzeta.

MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops
Liquid gold, yo! Err…more like a peachy bronzed gold, yo!

Whenever I dot a couple drops of Sun Rush on my upper cheekbones and swirl them in with a MAC 224 or 217 brush, usually on top of whatever tinted moisturizer or light foundation I may be wearing (and possibly blush tint if I’m feeling extra ambitious), I’m transformed into one of those impossibly chic beach gals who wears Pucci print caftans, calls strangers dahhling and resort hops between the poshest places in the South of France.

I guess what I’m trying to say is, Duuuuude, I look relaxed.

MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops
I’m a golden girl when I wear MAC Sun Rush Lustre Drops blended on the tops of my cheekbones

And that’s because I am. Sun Rush is just so easygoing. It barely demands any of my time, yet the payoff? Radiant, sun-kissed skin without the harmful solar rays.

Now that’s golden. 🙂

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

The MAC Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorite products from MAC’s permanent collection

  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sun Rush Lustre Drops
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Ravishing Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Nice 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: Prunella Eye Kohl
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: The 239 Eye Shader Brush
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Tarnish Eye Kohl
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Kohl Power Pencil Liner in Feline
  • 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: Loud & Lovely Cremesheen Glass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Breezy Sheertone Shimmer Blush
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Care Blends Essential Oils, Grapefruit + Chamomile
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Modesty Cremesheen Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Double Dare Cremesheen Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sandy B Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Club Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Uniform Technakohl Liner
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Red Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Tempting Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Phloof Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Crème in Your Coffee Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Paramount Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Mocha Blush
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Oh Baby Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Mulch Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: The Cremestick Liners
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sable Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Soft Ochre Paint Pot
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Ricepaper Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: This Cremesheen Glass Is a Veritable Deelight
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Lipglass in Spite
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Impassioned Lipstick (and Watermelon)
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: This Lip Pencil Is In Synch
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Soba Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Bombshell Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sunbasque Sheertone Shimmer Blush
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Clear Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Humid Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Naked Lunch Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Russian Red Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Syrup Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Blushbaby Blush
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Gorgeous Gold Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Patina Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Face and Body Foundation
  • 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: Big Baby Plushglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Ambering Rose Blush
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Pink Poodle Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Fresh Flare Pro Longwear Eye Shadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam VI Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Prep + Prime Vibrancy Eye Primer
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Right Image Cremesheen Glass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Bamboo Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Speak Louder Cremesheen Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sweet Satisfaction Pro Longwear Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Lady Danger Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Ruby Woo Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Retrospeck Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Twig Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Party Line Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Melon Pigment
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Sumptuous Olive Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: MAC Vex Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Costa Chic Lipstick
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Fast Response Eye Cream
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Strobe Cream
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Blot Powder/Pressed
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Subculture Lip Pencil
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Soft Brown Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Woodwinked Eyeshadow
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Powersurge Eye Kohl
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: All That Glitters Eyeshadow Is Not Just Another Gold
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: The Technakohl Liners
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Groundwork Paint Pot
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Nymphette Lipglass
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Viva Glam V
  • MAC Unsung Hero: Blacktrack Fluidline
  • MAC Unsung Heroes: Lychee Luxe Lipglass

MAC Unsung Heroes: Sun Rush Lustre Drops / Originally published March 21st, 2013

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  1. Painted Lady says

    March 21st, 2013 at 11:45 pm

    I totally need this in my life. I need another bronzer like a I need a hole in my head, but this is gorgeous!! And hey, I don’t own a liquid one, so it’s justified, right?
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  2. C'enna says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 12:18 am

    Omg!! As soon as I finished reading this post, I ordered this! This looks amazing and im hoping it will look as good on me as it does you! And its easy to work with.

    Reply
  3. Agata says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 2:32 am

    Ohh, I think I need that, I am on a bronzer kick lately. I know there are new lustre drops coming out with the soon to be released Baking Beauty collection.

    Reply
    • Agata says

      March 22nd, 2013 at 5:10 am

      Actually it’s just Pink Rebel, nothing new unfortunately.

      Reply
  4. Sonya says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 5:14 am

    That looks great on you! Unfortunately it’s probably a bit too golden for my pale skin, but I love the concept!
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  5. Samy says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 7:15 am

    It is very pretty and something I would love to have, but I don’t think I could justify the price tag.

    Reply
  6. Jennifer says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    I love the way it looks on you but how about lighter skin tones?

    Reply
  7. Olivia says

    March 22nd, 2013 at 4:46 pm

    Looks gorgeous on you!
    Olivia recently posted … Jouer Spring Lipsticks: Olivia and Whitney (Review/Swatches)

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    • Karen says

      March 22nd, 2013 at 7:33 pm

      Thank you, Olivia!

      Happy weekend!

      Reply
  8. D says

    March 24th, 2013 at 8:51 am

    Hey! That looks amazing! I was wondering, how does it compare to Benefit Sunbeam? I absolutely love Sunbeam as a highlighter/bronzer but this is a wee bit cheaper and you get more product! Would you say they’re similar enough to sub one in for the other?

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  9. jess says

    March 24th, 2013 at 7:12 pm

    Love highlighters–this one looks so beachy! I like the pink one exactly like this that MAC makes, forget what its called!
    jess recently posted … My Top 10 Favorite Workouts.

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  10. Silvi says

    May 14th, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    Hello! 🙂
    Is this product similar to the strobe cream in golden elixir?

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