Review: MAC Sheen Supreme Lipglass

For over four years a sparkling lip gloss in a pen format has been on the market. YSL applied its Touche Eclat click-pen concept to lips and YSL Touche Brillance was born. Late to the party is MAC. About a month ago I purchased MAC's Sheen Supreme Lipglass and finally decided to test and review it. As a champion for all things MAC I am sorely disappointed in the product.

Packaging

MAC's trademark black with silver writing is quite stylish but unfortunately the pen looks like a whiteboard marker in terms of size. The bottom of the pen is coloured to represent the colour of the product. I bought Dress Kimono since its plum shade would compliment the lipsticks that I wear. The colour at the bottom is a good representation of the colour you can expect. Unlike YSL Touche Brilliance, you have to turn the bottom rather than click. I turned about six times before the product started to come out. Needless to say I prefer to click than turn.

Product

I am seriously disappointed with the product. MAC describes it as a midtone frosted plum. Frankly, I cannot distinguish the product from any of the other MAC lipglass products. Sheen was achieved but frost was lacking. As I mentioned before the bottom is a good rep of the product. There is very little frost on the bottom of the package and that is exactly what you get. So good product representation in MAC's favour. Like the lipglass products it is not sticky and it stays on very well. The colour is acceptable but definitely loses major points for not being very frosty.

If you want that added zing to go from morning to evening, forget MAC's Sheen Supreme Lipglass and opt for YSL's Touche Brillance. If you want a more controlled MAC lipglass then you can consider the pen. However, the regular lipglass is in a smaller packaging, so if you don't want too much bulk in your makeup bag, forget the pen.

MAC Sheen Supreme Lipglass: 2/5 (Marked down because of bulky, unattractive packaging and lack of frost).