MAC Patentpolish Lip Pencils: Part I

Today, MAC released a new collection featuring a new lip product called Patentpolish Lip Pencil. It features "the colour and shine of a gloss, the precision of a lip pencil — all in one colour stick." The formula has a "unique blend of creamy emollients... keeping lips soft with an ultra-smooth texture that isn't heavy or sticky." It comes in twelve new and limited edition shades (two of which will not be reviewed here). Each Patentpolish Lip Pencil comes in mechanical "crayon" barrels, contains 2.3 grams of product, and retails for $24.
Revved Up, Teen Dream, Go for Girlie, Berry Bold, and Pleasant
Revved Up, Teen Dream, Go For Girlie, Berry Bold, and Pleasant

Revved Up is a light-medium soft peach with a glossy sheen. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is creamy and balm-like, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has low-medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is lighter and more orange than Peach Blossom, less yellow-toned than Shy Girl, and lighter and more peach than Bare Again Sheen Supreme Lipstick.

Teen Dream is a medium vibrant coral-orange with a glossy sheen. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is creamy and balm-like, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is darker and brighter than Ravishing, lighter and more orange than See Sheer, and more orange than Style Surge Mineralize Rich Lipstick.

Go For Girlie is a light-medium yellow-toned pink with a glossy sheen. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is creamy and balm-like, 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 much more muted than Chatterbox, brighter and more yellow-toned than Lovelorn, and darker and warmer than Angel.

Berry Bold is a medium-dark vibrant orange-red with a glossy sheen. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is creamy and balm-like, and it goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is more orange than Lady Bug, darker and more reddened than Crosswires, and more muted and more reddened than Korean Candy Sheen Supreme Lipstick.

Pleasant is a medium-dark vibrant reddened pink with a glossy sheen. This is a new and limited edition shade. The texture is creamy and balm-like, and it goes on smoothly but applied somewhat unevenly. It has medium pigmentation and semi-sheer to semi-opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is brighter and slightly cooler than Speak Louder, similar though slightly brighter than Lustering, and warmer than So Good Mineralize Rich Lipstick. 

Say hello to MAC's version of the Chubby Stick! It was only a matter of time before MAC jumped on this bandwagon, especially given that MAC and Clinique have the same mother company. There are some differences, however; in terms of pigmentation, the Patentpolish Lip Pencils lie somewhere between the regular Chubby Stick and Chubby Stick Intense. In general, these have medium pigmentation and semi-opaque colour pay-off. These also have a rounder, flatter tip so it applies more like a lipstick than a true pencil. In terms of texture, however, these feel and look a whole lot like the Huggable Lipcolours that came out in January — they have a lightweight, almost gel-like texture that feels like they cling on to the lip and have less slip, which helps the colour from bleeding. I also found that these have an almost "blurring" effect, smoothing out the texture of my lips completely so they look almost like glass. They're lightly hydrating and does get very slightly tacky over time, which I find helps a bit with the wear-time, which is about three hours at most. If you missed out on the Huggable Lipcolours in January or you're a fan of the crayon barrel-style lip products, these might be worth checking out.