A fresh, glowing blusher is an absolute essential in my make-up collection. A ride-or-die liquid/cream formula devotee, I’m not even sure I’d know how to apply powder blushers these days. One of the biggest reasons I love them? They work into my dewy aesthetic perfectly. There’s nothing quite like the bouncy, radiant effect a pretty liquid blush can bring, and my favourites are the ones that both add a pop of colour and highlight the high points of the face. Perhaps this is why I’m a huge fan of Mac’s new creation: the Strobe Beam Liquid Blush. It’s the perfect highlighting blush.

Mac Strobe Beam Liquid Blush: a beauty editor’s review

The goal of the brand’s new formula is to look like a blusher, but act like a highlighter. In its own words, Mac hopes this offering will “strobe, sculpt and shape.” It has a lightweight, illuminating finish, which (thanks to being water-based) feels really undetectable on skin.

If super pigmented, bold blushers are your thing, this may not be the product for you; this is one for the ‘your skin but better’ girls who prefer to take a ‘less is more’ approach with their make-up, mostly due to its fairly sheer pay-off.

That said, you can build up the colour (to a point), it just takes a little extra product. This also depends on the shade you pick, too (more on these later!). The colour I like most is Starlite, which (despite its golden appearance in the brand’s product snaps) is a pearlescent peachy-pink with gold undertones. It’s very pretty and subtle, but offers a touch of colour on the cheeks, as well as a light reflecting effect when brought up to the tops of the cheekbones.

The large doe-foot applicator also makes putting this on a breeze; if you’re usually running a little late (and are a touch lazy with your make-up like me!), this will revolutionise your morning routine. I’d even go as far as to say it’ll BUY you time, making it a wise, worthy investment…