MAC Nordstrom Anniversary Lip Haul Review & Swatches

• KKW Beauty Juicy (LE, $18.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
• Chanel Super Nude (137) (LE, $34.00) is more shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
• NARS Suck (LE, $26.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
• Urban Decay Nooner (DC, $20.00) is more shimmery, warmer (85% similar).
• MAC Persistent Peach (DC, $19.50) is darker, warmer (85% 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.

• Urban Decay 1993 (P, $20.00) is darker (95% similar).
• Maybelline Charmer (P, $7.99) is cooler (90% similar).
• Too Faced Papa Don’t Peach (P, $19.00) is warmer (90% similar).
• MAC Show Me (DC, $19.50) is darker (90% similar).
• Maybelline Charming Cocoa (125) (LE, ) is lighter (90% similar).
• MAC MamaStarrr (LE, $17.50) is darker (90% similar).
• Chanel Caresse (LE, $30.00) is darker (90% similar).
• Urban Decay Liar (DC, $26.00) is lighter, brighter (90% similar).
• Jouer Fifth Ave (P, $17.00) is darker (90% similar).
• Marc Jacobs Beauty Satisfaction (214) (DC, $28.00) is warmer (85% 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)]

• Anastasia Sunscape (LE, $16.00) is more shimmery, lighter, cooler (90% similar).
• MAC NUDE (LE, $17.50) is less shimmery (90% similar).
• MAC Goldieloxxed (P, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
• NARS Cape Town (LE, $26.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
• MAC Jewels on Jewels (LE, $19.00) is cooler (85% similar).
• Anastasia Parfait (P, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (85% similar).
• Pat McGrath Bronze Venus (P, $28.00) is less shimmery, lighter, cooler (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.

• Dose of Colors My Main (LE, $18.00) is darker (95% similar).
• Charlotte Tilbury Best Actress (P, $34.00) is darker (90% similar).
• Sephora Brunch Date (01) (P, $8.00) is cooler (90% similar).
• NARS Sarah (LE, $34.00) is darker (90% similar).
• Estee Lauder Stripped (P, $32.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
• Urban Decay Fuel (LE, $18.00) is lighter (85% similar).
• Anastasia Nude (P, $18.00) is lighter, warmer, less glossy (85% similar).
• Jaclyn Cosmetics Tipsy (DC, $18.00) is darker, warmer (85% similar).
• MAC My Tweedy (P, $19.00) is lighter, cooler (85% similar).
• NARS Bella (LE, $34.00) is lighter (85% similar).

Formula Overview

$19.50/0.1 oz. – $195.00 Per Ounce

MAC Lipstick comes in a variety of finishes, and the pigmentation and wear tend to be dependent on the finish. The sheer finishes, like Lustres, tend to wear for only a couple of hours and have sheer coverage (as designed) and are non-drying. Some of the original Matte shades have a stiffer, drier formula, while newer ones have a more velvety, silicone-feel to them, and the latter are creamier, more comfortable to wear, and easier to apply, but most Matte shades are quite pigmented and long-wearing, though some are drying. The Amplified and Satin finishes tend to have good pigmentation, lightly creamy to moderately creamy consistencies with a bit of shine, and moderate to long wear with deeper, richer shades wearing longer. The Frost and Metallic finishes have the most variance between shades with coverage ranging from semi-sheer to opaque with average wear and non-drying to slightly drying formulas. All MAC lipsticks are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.

Browse all of our MAC Lipstick swatches.

• MAC Myth (P, $19.50) is less shimmery, lighter, brighter (90% similar).
• Maybelline Beige Babe (P, $7.99) is less shimmery, darker, less glossy (85% similar).
• Charlotte Tilbury Kim K.W. (P, $37.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
• MAC Bare Bling (LE, $19.50) is warmer (85% similar).
• Maybelline Nude Thrill (DC, $7.49) is less shimmery, lighter, less glossy (85% similar).
• MAC Bi-ceptual (LE, $19.50) is darker (85% similar).
• Jaclyn Cosmetics As If (DC, $18.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
• MAC Best of Me (P, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter, less glossy (85% similar).
• MAC MCizzle (LE, $20.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
• MAC Influentially It (P, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (85% similar).

Formula Overview

$19.50/0.1 oz. – $195.00 Per Ounce

MAC Lipstick comes in a variety of finishes, and the pigmentation and wear tend to be dependent on the finish. The sheer finishes, like Lustres, tend to wear for only a couple of hours and have sheer coverage (as designed) and are non-drying. Some of the original Matte shades have a stiffer, drier formula, while newer ones have a more velvety, silicone-feel to them, and the latter are creamier, more comfortable to wear, and easier to apply, but most Matte shades are quite pigmented and long-wearing, though some are drying. The Amplified and Satin finishes tend to have good pigmentation, lightly creamy to moderately creamy consistencies with a bit of shine, and moderate to long wear with deeper, richer shades wearing longer. The Frost and Metallic finishes have the most variance between shades with coverage ranging from semi-sheer to opaque with average wear and non-drying to slightly drying formulas. All MAC lipsticks are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.

Browse all of our MAC Lipstick swatches.

• Too Faced Birthday Suit (P, $22.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
• MAC The Naturalist (LE, $19.50) is more shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
• KKW Beauty Classic K (LE, $20.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
• Tom Ford Beauty Impulse (Left) (LE, ) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
• NARS Belle de Jour (P, $26.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
• Bobbi Brown Bare Pink (P, $37.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
• Kat Von D Ophelia (P, $19.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
• Sephora Go Girl (22) (P, $13.00) is darker, cooler (90% similar).
• Estee Lauder Flash Nude (P, $32.00) is more shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
• Tom Ford Beauty Satin Chic (P, $54.00) is lighter (85% similar).

Formula Overview

$19.50/0.1 oz. – $195.00 Per Ounce

MAC Lipstick comes in a variety of finishes, and the pigmentation and wear tend to be dependent on the finish. The sheer finishes, like Lustres, tend to wear for only a couple of hours and have sheer coverage (as designed) and are non-drying. Some of the original Matte shades have a stiffer, drier formula, while newer ones have a more velvety, silicone-feel to them, and the latter are creamier, more comfortable to wear, and easier to apply, but most Matte shades are quite pigmented and long-wearing, though some are drying. The Amplified and Satin finishes tend to have good pigmentation, lightly creamy to moderately creamy consistencies with a bit of shine, and moderate to long wear with deeper, richer shades wearing longer. The Frost and Metallic finishes have the most variance between shades with coverage ranging from semi-sheer to opaque with average wear and non-drying to slightly drying formulas. All MAC lipsticks are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.

Browse all of our MAC Lipstick swatches.