You ever look at something and just go “nah, that’s not for me”? And then you forget about it and move on with your life because it wasn’t worth a second thought? That was me with the Lancôme Matte Shakers. I loved the Juicy Shakers when they were first introduced, but I kind of figured a matte version of it would make no sense. And so I forgot about them.

So imagine my surprise when a few turned up in my mailbox completely unrequested. Now I HAD to try them… and I’ll be honest, my curiosity was piqued. How on earth were they going to make that weird bu delightful, fat, spongey-tip work for a matte lip colour?

The idea behind of the Matte Shakers is the same as the Juicy ones – shake up that little martini shaker to mix the pigment and then twist off the top to reveal the pigment tipped sponge. I hadn’t read the instructions, or even what the package would say the product would do on my lips, so I was more than a little surprised that, once applied, these actually dried down to a completely matte finish. I mean… they are called the Matte Shakers, but we’ve been mislead by a lot of brands lately (I’m looking at you Maybelline) calling finishes something ridiculous like “glossy matte”. *shakes head*

But sure enough, these are MATTE! Just look at the swatches above – that is solid pigmentation (not opaque, but still more than I was expecting) and MATTE!

Lancôme Matte Shakers – Lip Swatches

Final Thoughts

The Lancôme Matte Shakers are actually marketed as a liquid lipstick, but it’s unlike any other liquid lipstick I’ve tried. These do NOT dry down to that horrid sandpaper feel that most liquid lipsticks are prone to do. I’d personally call this more of a lip stain – which is fine by me because I LOVE lip stains and I feel like they’ve really disappeared off the market in recent years. These will definitely leave behind a stain even after you try to remove them with an oil based remover (which I’m happy with, but some people may not love it). The product is actually something you’d dare to call comfortable in a matte liquid lipstick. It dries down and you can move and rub your lips without an issue. It’s not completely transferproof, but the transfer is so minimal that it’s about as close as you can get without actually being able to say “transferproof”.

I am also astonished at how little this bled outside my lip line. I was determined to be a jerk to this product and didn’t bother to apply a lip primer – I REALLY wanted to see how much it would bleed outside my lipline. Joke’s on me though, because the product totally showed me up. After five hours of wear, I had the very, VERY faintest amount of bleed out around my cupid’s bow. But it’s not something anyone would ever notice unless they took a magnifying lens to my face.

Suffice to say… for a product I completely discarded at first glance… I’m in love with the formula on the Lancôme Matte Shakers. These are AMAZING!

The Lancôme Matte Shakers can be purchased on sephora.ca for $29 CAD each or on sephora.com for $22 USD.

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