MAC Huggable Lipcolour: Part III

Last Thursday, MAC launched a new collection featuring a new lip product called Huggable Lipcolour. It is "a new formula inspired by Asian trends, hugging your lips in twelve hues that stay bright and luminous for up to six hours." Huggable Lipcolour features "an array of creamy emollients... [that] provides a lasting, glossy finish that leaves lips smooth and sculpted." All twelve shades in this collection are new and limited edition. Like all MAC lipsticks, they are vanilla-scented but taste-free. They are packaged in a cylindrical metal tube like that of the Sheen Supreme Lipsticks, but these come in a gunmetal colour. Each Huggable Lipcolour comes with 3.2 grams of product, and retails for $24. Due to their limited edition nature, these lipsticks are not applicable for the Back to MAC recycling program.

Rich Marrón, Rusty, Red Necessity, and Commotion
Rich Marrón, Rusty, Red Necessity, and Commotion

Rich Marrón is a medium-dark rose-tinted brown with a glossy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and warmer than Creme in Your Coffee, and cooler and more pinked than Glamour Era Mineralize Rich Lipstick.

Rusty is a medium-dark brick red with brown undertones and a glossy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is slightly lighter and sheerer than Dare You, and more brown and more muted than Dubonnet.

Red Necessity is a medium-dark brightened raspberry red with a glossy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is brighter and more pink than On Hold, and sheerer and more pink than New Temptation Sheen Supreme Lipstick.

Commotion is a medium-dark magenta-berry with a glossy finish. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is soft and creamy, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is brighter and more magenta than Quite the Thing! Sheen Supreme Lipstick, and lighter and brighter than Lush Life Mineralize Rich Lipstick.

When I first saw these, I thought it was going to be very similar to the Sheen Supreme formula. I mean, these come in the same tubes (except gunmetal instead of black), and they both have a glossy finish with medium buildable coverage. But you can actually tell the difference the moment you apply these. There's a slight tacky feeling to these that's not uncomfortable or sticky, but contributes to the wear-time of the formula, which is about three to six hours (lighter shades will wear less, but the brighter and darker shades will wear longer). The Sheen Supreme Lipsticks by comparison wear about two before wearing off because they're so creamy. The Huggable Lipcolours have a kind of strange consistency, where they tug a little bit at first because there's very little slip; it really feels like they are clinging on the lips (I guess that's where the "huggable" part comes in), which I found actually helps these colours from bleeding.

I didn't really get what MAC meant by "lip-sculpting collagen" until I saw what these looked like on my lips about five minutes after applying them (once my lips warmed up the lip colour). Aside from making lips look juicier and more plump overall (they have a more gel-like look than creamy), I found that these have an almost "blurring" effect, smoothing out the texture of my lips completely so they look... perfect (a great feat in this weather!). These aren't immediately hydrating like the Sheen Supreme Lipsticks or Mineralize Rich Lipsticks, but I did find that they were hydrating over time. These are great for those who like a glossy finish to their lipsticks, but want something a little more long-wearing than the typical shiny lipstick formula, or want a glossy lipstick that doesn't bleed.