Feeling lippy: Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss

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Let’s be real here, if there’s one makeup item you take everywhere, it’s a lip product.

I’m definitely more of a fan of lipsticks, but there’s something about glosses that pulls me in.  They’re the ying to the yang, the Selma to Louise, the Bonnie to Clyde; they’re the perfect finishing touch to any lip.

Make Up For Ever released their new glosses, called Artist Plexi-Gloss in May 2015.  This line includes a staggering 35 shades, which are divided into five categories: nudes, corals, pinks, reds and arty shades (think non-conventional shades like black), and two versions, pearl for a shine that’s peppered with fine pearlizers, and pure for intense colour.

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These guys were inspired by Plexiglas, a material that was popular in the 1980s, and it was a Plexiglas vanity case that MUFE founder Dany Sanz had that inspired her to create the line. Each gloss contains Prizmalite spherical micro-beads which give the product incredible shine, as well as a high percentage of pigments.

I received two colours, 201 (a sheer light rose) and 300P (a pearly golden pink coral), which fortunately for me are my kind of shades, but unfortunate for the purpose of this post as they aren’t the best combination of colours to really review the line. Both of these shades are sheer glosses, as opposed to the more opaque colours, which the line really promotes. Overall they give good colour, however — and this is a big one for me — these glosses are so sticky.  Think MAC Lipglasses.  They are like honey on your lips, which yes, makes them glossy and long lasting, but for me, quite uncomfortable to wear (especially if it’s windy.. *shudder*).

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The brush on these is exclusive. Make Up For Ever calls is a Superflex applicator, which is a foam material that has a flat side and a rounded tip with a split down the middle.  The flat side of the applicator can roll the colour across the lips and the rounded tip is used to fill in the cupid’s bow. The flat side is also used to draw the lip contour with precision (which is helpful for the more opaque shades). Personally I felt the brush was quite flimsy and didn’t pick up enough product.  I prefer a more steady applicator, like a doe foot or actual brush, which some of the other MUFE glosses have.

Overall, these were alright. Like I said, I can’t really give a fair review since I haven’t tried the opaque shades.  The sheer ones are very pretty and nice layered over a lipstick.  For me personally, they are too sticky, but everyone is different when it comes to the preference of gloss.

Have you tried Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Glosses?

Please note, this post contains product that were sent by PR. All opinions are my own.

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