Make Up For Ever — Fifty Shades of Grey Give In to Me: Rouge Artist Natural Lipstick and Lab Shine Lip Gloss

Make Up For Ever has launched four new and limited edition make-up sets as apart of their collection in collaboration with the Fifty Shades of Grey movie. The Give In to Me set includes a total of five full-size permanent products: four shades of Artist Shadow in a palette, a Graphic Liner Vinyl Pen Eyeliner, a tube of Smoky Extravagant Mascara, a tube of Lab Shine Diamond Collection Lip Gloss in D14 Indian Pink, and a tube of Rouge Artist Natural Lipstick in N4 Pink Beige. This is a review of the lipstick and the lip gloss. The Rouge Artist Natural formula is described as "an ultra creamy formula that hydrates the lips with a natural sheen," and the Lab Shine formula is simply described as offering "spectacular and intense shine." The set comes in a black vinyl keepsake box with peach trim. Inside the box is a side compartment with a key charm that goes with the theme of the collection. Aside from the exterior and keepsake boxes, the products are housed in regular Make Up For Ever packaging. The Rouge Artist Natural Lipstick comes with 3.5 grams of product, and has a light rose scent. The Lab Shine Lip Gloss comes with 2.6 grams of product, and has a light fruity tea scent. The Give In to Me set retails for $79 USD or $90 CAD.
Rouge Artist Natural in N4 Pink Beige
Lab Shine Diamond Collection in D14 Indian Pink
Rouge Artist Natural in N4 Pink Beige and Lab Shine Diamond Collection in D14 Indian Pink

N4 Pink Beige is a medium warm-toned pinked beige with a soft sheen in a cream finish. It is a permanent shade. It has a soft and creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has medium-high pigmentation and semi-opaque to opaque buildable colour pay-off. It is warmer and more pink than Make Up For Ever N5 Nude Beige, more pink and less frosted than Make Up For Ever N3 Iridescent Pink Beige, slightly more brown than MAC Bare Again Sheen Supreme, slightly darker and warmer than MAC Patisserie, darker and more pink than MAC Jubilee, lighter than Urban Decay Liar, darker and more brown than Urban Decay Naked, lighter and more muted than NARS Anita, and darker and more pink than Too Faced Naughty Nude.
D14 Indian Pink is a light-medium muted guava pink with gold and pink iridescent shimmer in a Diamond finish. It is a permanent shade. It has a creamy, non-sticky texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has low pigmentation and sheer to semi-sheer buildable colour pay-off. It is darker and warmer than Make Up For Ever D12 Quartz Pink, lighter and cooler than Make Up For Ever D22 Papaya, sheerer and more sparkly than MAC Partial to Pink, sheerer and cooler than MAC Dynasty at Dusk, darker than MAC Baby Sparks, darker than Dior 343 Spring Ball, sheerer and more sparkly than Dior 583 Papillon, warmer and more sparkly than NARS Belize, and sheerer and more sparkly than NARS Chihuahua.

I never gave much thought to Make Up For Ever's lip products before, but both of these have left me pleasantly surprised and completely impressed. The Rouge Artist Natural lipstick has a soft, creamy texture that applies smoothly and evenly. It doesn't feel too heavy or balmy on the lips, but it remains creamy and comfortable to wear. As implied, it gives a more "natural" finish, so it does have a soft sheen and semi-opaque colour pay-off (though it is buildable to complete opacity), and makes lips look softer and fuller and generally more plush. It's comparable to MAC's Mineralize Rich Lipstick and Too Faced's La Crème in terms of colour pay-off and finish, and YSL's Rouge Volupté Shine and Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine in terms of texture. The Lab Shine gloss is non-sticky, slick, smooth, moisturizing, and also really comfortable to wear. The Diamond finish in particular gives a fantastic dimensional look without being too sparkly, and has a sheer to semi-sheer opacity that makes it ideal for layering. I would say it's the most similar to Dior's Ultra Gloss and MAC's Cremesheen Glass in terms of feel and application. Oh, and have I mentioned that it smells like peach tea? I don't think I've ever smelled a lip product quite like this, and it's totally delightful (to me). 
Kudos to Make Up For Ever for doing a fantastic job at choosing the lip shades for this set, too. Both shades are truly universally flattering and will work beautifully on all complexions from light to dark and warm to cool. The Give In to Me set as a whole is also an incredible value, given that all of the products in it are full-size and permanent (the set is worth $179 USD or $204 CAD). Again, the Fifty Shades of Grey theme is only reflected in the keepsake box so fans of the movie can appreciate the novelty of it, but those who want the set strictly for the make-up can breathe a sigh of relief that the product itself is in Make Up For Ever's regular black packaging. Oh, and if you only have an interest in selected products in the set, they are all available to purchase individually.