MAC Liptensity Lip Pencil in Fresh Clay, Honey Pecan, Toast and Butter, Double Fudge, Fire Roasted, Dionysus, All Dressed Up, Habanero, Art District, Cut Ruby, Marsala, Royally Flushed, Pressed Blooms, Enoki, Galaxy Grey, Hellebore, and Stallion

Last Thursday, MAC released their extension collection for Liptensity, which sees the launch of nine new shades of Liptensity Lipstick, six re-promoted shades of Liptensity Lipstick, and 18 new shades of Liptensity Lip Pencil. Liptensity Lip Pencil, a brand new formula, is described as "a vivid lip liner with a slanted, chiseled tip and creamy high-frequency colour." There are 18 new shades of Liptensity Lip Pencil (of which 17 will be reviewed here; I accidentally left out La Sultana), and all of them will be permanent. Like MAC's other lip pencil formulas, the Liptensity Lip Pencils are scent- and taste-free. Each Liptensity Lip Pencil is housed in a plastic colour-coded mechanical tube, contains a total of 0.35 grams of product, and retails for $25. 
Fresh Clay, Honey Pecan, Toast and Butter, Double Fudge, Fire Roasted, and Dionysus
Fresh Clay, Honey Pecan, Toast and Butter, Double Fudge, Fire Roasted, and Dionysus

Fresh Clay is a medium warm rosy brown in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter than Soar, more brown than Edge to Edge, and darker and more pink than Staunchly Stylish.

Honey Pecan is a light-medium warm brown beige in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more brown than Oh Honey!, warmer than Stripdown, and darker and more brown than Subculture.

Toast and Butter is a medium-dark warm caramel brown in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more brown than Spice, slightly darker and more brown than Nice 'N' Spicy, darker and more brown than Boldly Bare.

Double Fudge is a dark warm chocolate brown in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is similar to Chestnut and Bittersweet. 

Fire Roasted is a medium-deep warm crimson red in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and cooler than Auburn, darker than Brick, and brighter and more red than Burgundy. 

Dionysus is a medium-deep cool burgundy red in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is slightly darker and cooler than Fire Roasted, lighter and more red than Ms. Diva, and brighter and more red than Burgundy.

All Dressed Up, Habanero, Art District, Cut Ruby, Marsala, and Royally Flushed
All Dressed Up, Habanero, Art District, Cut Ruby, Marsala, and Royally Flushed

All Dressed Up is a medium-dark neutral vibrant red in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is warmer than Cherry, lighter and cooler than Fire Roasted, and brighter than He Said, She Said.

Habanero is a medium-dark warm vibrant reddened orange in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker than What a Blast!, darker and more reddened than Voltage, and brighter and more orange than High Energy.

Art District is a medium warm muted coral pink in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and warmer than In Anticipation, lighter and more coral than Pressed Blooms, and more muted and more pink than Fruit Cocktail.

Cut Ruby is a medium-dark warm vibrant fuchsia pink in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is warmer than More to Love, darker and warmer than Candy Yum-Yum, and lighter and warmer than Marsala.

Marsala is a medium-deep cool berry in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is darker and cooler than More to Love, darker than Royally Flushed, and slightly darker than Nightingale.

Royally Flushed is a medium-dark cool magenta in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is more pink than Beet, lighter than Marsala, and more pink than Trust in Red.

Pressed Blooms, Enoki, Galaxy Grey, Hellebore, and Stallion
Pressed Blooms, Enoki, Galaxy Grey, Hellebore, and Stallion

Pressed Blooms is a medium neutral muted rose pink in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is similar to Edge to Edge, more pink than Fresh Clay, and cooler and more muted than In Anticipation.

Enoki is a medium cool grey mauve in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is warmer and more brown than Galaxy Grey, lighter and more mauve than Stone, and lighter and more grey than Whirl.

Galaxy Grey is a medium cool greyed lavender in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is cooler and more purple than Enoki, and lighter and warmer than Galaxy Grey Liptensity Lipstick.

Hellebore is a dark cool berry purple in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. It is lighter and more pink than Nightmoth, more purple than Vino, and brighter than Currant.

Stallion is a deep-dark neutral soft black in a matte finish. This is a new and permanent shade. It has a soft, creamy texture, and goes on smoothly and evenly. It has high pigmentation and opaque colour pay-off. There is nothing similar to this in MAC's permanent lip pencil range.

If you were a fan of MAC's discontinued Cremestick Liners, then you will welcome the new retractable Liptensity Lip Pencils with open arms. These are MAC's creamiest pencils to date and glide on smooth like butter — no skipping or bunching up on the lips, which the Pro Longwear Lip Pencils are prone to doing. They actually stay smooth and non-drying after setting and throughout wear time unlike the other two formulas by MAC. They're ultra-pigmented with incredible colour pay-off, and the whole range is consistent in texture and finish. They're not waterproof, but they don't easily smudge, and they're actually quite long-wearing — about five to eight hours (less for lighter shades, more for darker or brighter shades). The chiseled tip allows for easy precision and the slanted edge makes it effortless to fill in the whole lip with colour. The only downside is that because these are mechanical, it contains significantly less product compared to MAC's other two formulas (0.35 g vs. 1.2 g for Pro Longwear Lip Pencil and 1.45 g for the original Lip Pencil) for the same amount of money. It's a give and take, but I genuinely think this is MAC's most superior formula to date — and many shades here fill in the gap that was previously in their lip pencil range.