RATING (out of 5 stars):
3.5 stars
COST: $14.50
THE SKINNY: I am the Imelda
Marcos of red lipsticks. You’d think that one color, in one milieu,
would suffice. So not true. In my book, you can never be too rich,
too thin or have red enough lips. It’s all part of my smoke and
mirrors approach to beauty — enough red will draw the attention
away from the bags under the eyes (which, along with stretch marks,
unfortunately accompany raising two kids).
I already had MAC Russian Red in the
Lip Glass collection, but that’s too dressy (read “slutty”) for
daytime and it has a tendency to migrate into those tiny lines around
my lips. I’m totally willing to sport the feathery lipstick look
when I’m 85, but with 50 years to go, I thought I needed to try
another approach. I saw that MAC offers the
same color in a lipstick and I had to give it a whirl. First of all, MAC lipsticks smell so good, you want
to devour them like a huge chunk of chocolate lava cake. With ice cream. And hot fudge. I have not
had this urge since the Lipsmackers debacle in 3rd grade. Having learned my lesson years ago, I merely
donned the lipstick instead of ingesting it. The color is an incredible blue-red, which makes teeth
look even whiter (and for the coffee and wine addict in me, is an
added perk). The formula stays put, even after a few glasses (or
maybe the bottle, but who’s counting) of vino.
The only drawback is that the matte
formula is difficult to apply. It drags on application. I thought
that my primer was to blame, so in the name
of research, I tried another application on bare lips. Same deal. It drags more than I do when I have to
get up in the morning. Before coffee. No woman wants to tug at her face that much. Trust me. Lips have
to be extremely well exfoliated too, because matte will show off any flaking or chapping.
KEEP OR TOSS: Other than the
tough application, the color is one of the most flattering reds I
have EVER sported. If it was a crème
formula, I would have given it my first ever 5-star rating.
CHECK IT OUT: For the complete
line of MAC lip goodies, visit their website.
Bonus—free shipping on orders over $50!
-- Tested by Laura
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