My MAC Lipstick Collection with Swatches

Heya! So today I decided to talk to you about some of my favourite products and by one of my favourite brands of all time. MAC lipsticks. Love them or loathe them (not that loathing them is possible!) they are a classic makeup essential in my opinion. Priced at £14 they're not the cheapest of products, but compared to other high end brands they are very competitively priced like all MAC products. I decided to take you through my collection and give you an in depth review on each. Enjoy!

Overview of my collection:

 I'm going to go from lightest to darkest, starting with Myth.

 As you can see, it is a peachy nude colour. It matte, but has a very slight gloss to it when applied opaque.
Below are two swatches on my lips- one sheer (patted on) and one opaque (one full coat).

Sheer

Opaque

Although I'm not a fan of the colour on me personally, this is a very creamy and buttery lipstick.

Pigmentation- Brilliant colour pay off, and still nice when sheered out
Texture- Creamy and Buttery
Finish- Matte with a slight sheen due to the creaminess
Smell- Nothing unpleasant
Staying Power- Medium
Rating- 6/10

Although the quality of this lipstick is great, the colour is so light it makes me look a bit ill! That is why my personal rating is lower, but on a different skin tone it may work (just avoid if you have fair skin with olive undertones!).


Next is Angel.

As you can probably tell, I have gotten a fair bit of use out of this one! The colour is a cool toned baby pink, and although I'm not the biggest fan of nudes, I can certainly tolerate this one!

Sheer

Opaque

 As well as not being an ambassador for the nude lippie, I also dislike most cool tone shades because of my skin tone (which looks white on the flash which is a very poor representative!) which like I said has olive undertones (in case you were wondering where I got that from, I am from England but my Mum's, Mum's, Mum is from france! What a mouthful!) so cool shades stand out on my skin. But this shade has always looked OK.

 Pigmentation- Good colour pay off, and still nice when sheered out
Texture- Creamy and Buttery
Finish- Matte with a sheen
Smell- Nothing unpleasant
Staying Power- Medium
Rating- 7/10

 I do like this lipstick, but it is not massively lighter than my natural lip colour so doesn't show up brilliantly.



Next up is..... Sunny Seoul.

 Another pretty pink lipstick, but this time with a warm, rose undertone. It really is a lovely colour and would suit practically all skin tones.

Sheer

Opaque

 The flash did not really do this lipstick justice and in my opinion it is more pigmented than that in real life, but here goes...

 Pigmentation- Medium, it's a creamsheen so more glossy than pigmented
Texture- Smooth and glossy
Finish- Gloss with shimmer
Smell- Nothing unpleasant
Staying Power- Low/Medium
Rating- 8/10

The staying power of this lippie is not great due to the glossy texture, but I love the colour and the fact you don't need a lip gloss with it.


Roll on.... Betty Bright

 A hot pink coral. As you can probably tell, its difficult to put my finger on the exact colour of this! :)

Sheer

Opaque

Overall a lovely lipstick, great pigmentation. It comes out a blue toned rosy pink, a bit deceiving from the bullet if you ask me! ;)

 Pigmentation- Brilliant
Texture- Creamy and Buttery
Finish- Matte with a sheen
Smell- Nothing unpleasant
Staying Power- Medium
Rating- 9/10

Nothing awful to say about this, I really can't fault it. The only reason it doesn't get full marks is when applied opaque it can look so bright I look almost clown like! >_<

And finally....... Plumful

 A beautiful pink toned plum, I saved the best until last. This lipstick is literally amazing, a must have!

Sheer

Opaque

My shoddy application skills in the second picture aside, this lip stick is my favorite of all time. I love it the whole universe and back, and would repurchase it in an instant.


Pigmentation- Fantabulous
Texture- Soft, silky, smooth
Finish- Sheen
Smell- Nothing unpleasant
Staying Power- Medium/High
Rating- 1000000/10

What can I say? This lipstick is faultless. Not only is it great sheer or opaque, its silky and smooth and I never ever want to add a gloss as its perfectly shiny on its own. Its a no brainer- everyone needs one! ;)



Lauren xoxo

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