The liquid lipstick fad is never-ending and MAKE UP FOR EVER are dipping their toes into the fray with their Artist Liquid Matte Lipsticks!
And I do meaning “dipping their toes”! MUFE has released six shades of their Artist Liquid Matte formula and I hope it’s just a testing ground to see how consumers feel about the products because I would love to see some vibrant shades added into the mix. Currently, MUFE has six shades of neutrals – which, if you look at the tubes, you’d swear they were all near identical shades! (More on that later.)
The claims on the Artist Liquid Matte lipsticks are pretty lengthy (taken from Sephora):
Finally, a comfortable liquid lipstick with intense color in an ultra-matte finish. With concentrated pigments, Artist Liquid Matte provides truly matte, saturated color payoff with a lightweight feel. Its unique formula boasts beeswax for long-lasting wear and avocado oil for soft, nourished lips. It’s an ultra-matte, liquid lipstick with high color payoff and 20-hour, comfortable wear. Its precise applicator coats and defines every peak and valley of your lips to perfection.
As we’ve discussed before, I am not someone who is going to wear their lipstick for longer than 6 hours, so a 20 hour wear time is insane to me. (I have no idea how you people do it.) So while I can’t tell you how this will wear for practically a full day, I can tell you that I find this quite comfortable for 5-6 hours. Even me just saying that about a liquid lipstick is kind of wild – I struggle with liquid lipsticks and often want to rip them off my lips due to the dryness. That wasn’t the case with these!
I mentioned earlier that a lot of the shades in the collection seem very, very similar in the tube – so much so that I thought swatch and face shots were going to be incredibly boring. That is not the case! The colours dry down a few shades darker than what they appear in the tube and there is definitely more variety amongst the shades than I had previously anticipated.
MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Liquid Matte Lip Swatches
My Thoughts
When I put the very first shade on my lips, I was astonished. Not only was the colour completely solid, but I could also rub my lips together. I don’t know if you’ve experienced this with other liquid lipstick formulas, but generally, you can’t rub your lips together for fear of the liquid lipstick balling up and/or generally feeling like sandpaper. With the MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Liquid Mattes I could do some light rubbing and it made wearing a matte liquid lipstick so much more relieving to me. Because of this, I felt like my lips were less dried out! However, with a little bit less of a dry factor, I did notice that I would lose a little bit of product on the inside rim of my mouth at a slightly faster rate than other liquid lipsticks. It wasn’t really bad though (just thought it was worth mentioning) and the product does layer well so I was able to re-apply on the center portion of my lip without issue.
In short, for me, as a non-liquid lipstick lover overall, the MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Liquid Mattes have been one of the most comfortable liquid lipstick formulas to wear. They are less drying than others which makes me feel less trapped in my makeup (please tell me I’m not the only one that can feel that at times!). I love the colours that I tried (Praline is especially gorgeous), but I really do hope they come out with more vibrant shades.
The MAKE UP FOR EVER Artist Liquid Matte Lipsticks can be purchased on sephora.ca for $25 CAD each or on sephora.com for $20 USD each.
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I agree! I too was surprised that I could rub my lips together, has zero tackiness and it didn’t ball up. I hope MUFE releases more shades, I really like the formula of these.
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I couldn’t believe it frankly – I was blown away by my ability to rub my lips! Like what the heck???
Rosewood and Praline look awesome! I love your description of how it felt – I am definitely going home to try on my own LLs and see if I can rub my lips together haha.
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How did it go?? Were you able to rub your lips together without the liquid lipstick balling up??
I knew these were gonna be good! I sooo want to try these!
I was really impressed, which is kind of amazing considering it feels like there’s every kind of liquid lipstick on the market right now!
I love Cream Beige on you!
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Such a nice shade!
Wow, they do look way more different once swatched than they do in the tubes! The formula sounds really good. All three colours look great on you, and I agree that Praline is gorgeous!
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Praline actually feels like a unique shade in my collection too much is really refreshing!
I like Praline best on you, but they all look good!
Yes, I know what you mean with the rubbing your lips together…or when you get the weird peely bits coming off…so gross.
UGHHHHHHH the weird peely bits are the WORST. Like that is NOT attractive man!