MAC Love Nectar & Pretty Peppa Lipglasses Reviews & Swatches

• Pat McGrath Flesh Astral (P, $28.00) is less pigmented (90% similar).
• Charlotte Tilbury Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (L.S.D.) (LE, $22.00) is lighter (90% similar).
• Buxom Chloe (DC, $20.00) is warmer (90% similar).
• MAC NUDE (LE, $17.50) is darker (90% similar).
• Divergent Supreme Ritual (LE, ) is less shimmery (90% similar).
• MAC Kind Kiss (LE, $20.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
• MAC Fashion Punch (P, $17.50) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
• Chanel Parthenope (788) (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
• Sephora Peek-a-boo Pink (13) (P, $12.00) is less shimmery (90% similar).
• Dose of Colors Barely There (LE, $17.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).

Formula Overview

$17.50/0.1 oz. – $175.00 Per Ounce

The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.

I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.

Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.

Ingredients

Hydrogenated polyisobutene, simmondsia chinesis (jojoba) seed oil, octyldodecanol, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) waxcopernicia cerifera ceracire de carnauba, tocopheryl acetate, cocos nuciefera (coconut) oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, alumina, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, calcium aluminum borosicliate, calcium sodium borosilicate, silica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, polyethylene [+/- Mica, titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismoth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Red 6 (CI 15850), (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]

• Dior Ruby Essence (778) (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
• MAC Rosebuddy (LE, $17.50) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
• YSL Devour Me Plum (P, $32.00) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
• Urban Decay Shadowheart (P, $20.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).
• Fenty Beauty Astro Naughty (LE, $19.00) is darker (80% similar).
• Tom Ford Beauty Casablanca (P, $54.00) is less shimmery, darker (80% similar).

Formula Overview

$17.50/0.1 oz. – $175.00 Per Ounce

The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.

I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.

Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.