Estee Lauder Peerless, Truth Talking, Undefeated Pure Color Envy Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches
Peerless
Estee Lauder Peerless Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick ($32.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a muted, medium brown with subtle, warm undertones and a natural sheen. It had excellent pigmentation that applied evenly and comfortably across my lips as it did not drag or tug. The texture felt lightweight with enough slip to glide on but didn’t feel slippery while worn and smoothed out some of my lip lines. It lasted well for five hours and felt moisturizing while worn.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC MamaStarrr (LE, $19.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (95% similar).
- Propa Beauty Her Magic (P, $12.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Maybelline Nude Nuance (P, $7.99) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Brick Dust (DC, $21.00) is less shimmery, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC I Deserve This (P, $22.00) is less shimmery, darker, less pigmented (90% similar).
- MAC Smoked Almond (DC, $21.00) is lighter, cooler (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Rich Cocoa (P, $29.00) is less shimmery, darker, warmer (90% similar).
- ColourPop Reign (PiP, $7.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Chanel Opportunity (112) (P, $45.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Calvados (P, $24.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$32.00/0.12 oz. - $266.67 Per Ounce
The Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick formula is supposed to have “high-intensity color” in a "single stroke" that "glides on effortlessly" and has "six hour" wear. More recent copy of the formula has been more specific as it having "medium-to-full coverage."
Most shades in the range are lightweight, creamy with moderate slip with semi-opaque to opaque coverage that wears four to seven hours. The formula tends to sit well on lips and either gives the illusion of plumpness or smooths out lip lines slightly. It's also hydrating while worn.
They are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Lanolin Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) WaxCandelilla CeraCire De Candelilla, Castor Isostearate Succinate, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Ozokerite, Polyethylene, Polydecene, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) ExtractExtrait D'Orge, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Ceramide 2, Squalane, Cholesterol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Linoleic Acid, Lauryl Pca, Acrylates Copolymer, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Glyceryl Stearate, Oleic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Saccharin, Potassium Sulfate, Microcrystalline WaxCera MicrocristallinaCire Microcristalline, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Palmitic Acid, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Vanillin, Fragrance (Parfum), Barium Sulfate, Alumina, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Red 22 Lake (Ci 45380), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 27 (Ci 45410), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Orange 5 (Ci 45370), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Red 21 (Ci 45380), Carmine (Ci 75470)]
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Peerless
PPermanent. $32.00.
Truth Talking
Estee Lauder Truth Talking Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick ($32.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a light brown with moderate, warm undertones and a lightly glossy, cream finish. It had opaque pigmentation in a single layer, which applied evenly and smoothly across my lips without tugging.
The texture was lightweight, creamy without being too thick or too emollient, so it didn’t build up in my lip lines noticeably and was comfortable to wear. It stayed on nicely for five hours and felt hydrating over time.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Bite Beauty Amaretto (P, $24.00) is warmer (95% similar).
- Hourglass I Want (P, $34.00) is darker, warmer (90% similar).
- MAC Yash (P, $19.00) is lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Jaclyn Cosmetics Cheeky (DC, $18.00) is less shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Los Angeles (LE, $26.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Coloured Raine Empathy (P, $17.00) is less shimmery, cooler, less glossy (85% similar).
- MAC Velvet Teddy (P, $19.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- ColourPop Sueno de Coco (LE, $6.50) is less shimmery, darker, less glossy (85% similar).
- Sephora Taurus (90) (LE, $8.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Dolce (202) (PiP, $38.00) is less shimmery, darker (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$32.00/0.12 oz. - $266.67 Per Ounce
The Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick formula is supposed to have “high-intensity color” in a "single stroke" that "glides on effortlessly" and has "six hour" wear. More recent copy of the formula has been more specific as it having "medium-to-full coverage."
Most shades in the range are lightweight, creamy with moderate slip with semi-opaque to opaque coverage that wears four to seven hours. The formula tends to sit well on lips and either gives the illusion of plumpness or smooths out lip lines slightly. It's also hydrating while worn.
They are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Lanolin Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) WaxCandelilla CeraCire De Candelilla, Castor Isostearate Succinate, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Ozokerite, Polyethylene, Polydecene, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) ExtractExtrait D'Orge, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Ceramide 2, Squalane, Cholesterol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Linoleic Acid, Lauryl Pca, Acrylates Copolymer, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Glyceryl Stearate, Oleic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Saccharin, Potassium Sulfate, Microcrystalline WaxCera MicrocristallinaCire Microcristalline, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Palmitic Acid, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Vanillin, Fragrance (Parfum), Barium Sulfate, Alumina, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Red 22 Lake (Ci 45380), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 27 (Ci 45410), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Orange 5 (Ci 45370), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Red 21 (Ci 45380), Carmine (Ci 75470)]
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
Look Using this Product
Truth Talking
PPermanent. $32.00.
Undefeated
Estee Lauder Undefeated Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick ($32.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a deep, reddened plum with subtle, warm undertones and a luminous sheen. It had nearly opaque color payoff in one stroke, which delivered even coverage that didn’t emphasize my lip lines–it seemed to smooth out a lot of them, actually!
The consistency was lightly creamy, dense without being too firm and still glided well across my lips. The color wore well for six hours, left a bit of a stain behind, and felt moisturizing while worn.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Burberry Midnight Plum (297) (P, $34.00) is lighter (95% similar).
- Chanel Rose Imperial (874) (P, $55.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Cassava (DC, $24.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Chicago (LE, $26.00) is less shimmery, cooler (90% similar).
- Giorgio Armani Acajou (207) (P, $38.00) is more muted, cooler (90% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Plum Brandy (P, $40.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- Tom Ford Beauty Make Me (Lip Color) (PiP, ) is less shimmery, darker, more muted (90% similar).
- Estee Lauder Plum Bite (P, $32.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (90% similar).
- ColourPop 27 (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, darker, less glossy (85% similar).
- Bobbi Brown Plum Brandy (DC, $37.00) is less shimmery, darker, cooler (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$32.00/0.12 oz. - $266.67 Per Ounce
The Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick formula is supposed to have “high-intensity color” in a "single stroke" that "glides on effortlessly" and has "six hour" wear. More recent copy of the formula has been more specific as it having "medium-to-full coverage."
Most shades in the range are lightweight, creamy with moderate slip with semi-opaque to opaque coverage that wears four to seven hours. The formula tends to sit well on lips and either gives the illusion of plumpness or smooths out lip lines slightly. It's also hydrating while worn.
They are vanilla-scented but have no discernible taste.
Browse all of our Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick swatches.
Ingredients
Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Diisostearyl Malate, Trioctyldodecyl Citrate, Lanolin Oil, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) WaxCandelilla CeraCire De Candelilla, Castor Isostearate Succinate, Silica, Octyldodecanol, Ozokerite, Polyethylene, Polydecene, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Ethylhexyl Palmitate, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Germ Extract, Olea Europaea (Olive) Fruit Extract, Triticum Vulgare (Wheat) Bran Extract, Hordeum Vulgare (Barley) ExtractExtrait D'Orge, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Astrocaryum Murumuru Seed Butter, Ceramide 2, Squalane, Cholesterol, Sodium Hyaluronate, Linoleic Acid, Lauryl Pca, Acrylates Copolymer, Lauryl Methacrylate/Glycol Dimethacrylate Crosspolymer, Tocopheryl Acetate, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Glyceryl Stearate, Oleic Acid, Butylene Glycol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Saccharin, Potassium Sulfate, Microcrystalline WaxCera MicrocristallinaCire Microcristalline, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Polyethylene Terephthalate, Palmitic Acid, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Vanillin, Fragrance (Parfum), Barium Sulfate, Alumina, [+/- Mica, Titanium Dioxide (Ci 77891), Iron Oxides (Ci 77491), Iron Oxides (Ci 77492), Iron Oxides (Ci 77499), Red 7 Lake (Ci 15850), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985), Manganese Violet (Ci 77742), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Red 22 Lake (Ci 45380), Red 30 Lake (Ci 73360), Red 6 (Ci 15850), Red 27 (Ci 45410), Bismuth Oxychloride (Ci 77163), Blue 1 Lake (Ci 42090), Red 28 Lake (Ci 45410), Orange 5 (Ci 45370), Red 33 Lake (Ci 17200), Red 21 (Ci 45380), Carmine (Ci 75470)]
Disclaimer: Ingredient lists are as available by the brand (or retailer) at the time of publishing. Please always check product packaging, if it exists, for the ingredient list applicable to the product you're purchasing, or the brand or retailer's website for the most up-to-date ingredient list.
As much as Truth Talking is calling to me, I know that I need another nude lipstick like I need a hole in the head! But it is so beautiful looking that I just don’t know if I can resist it.
Peerless also caught my eye, but I have a few of the listed dupes for that one, so I’m good.
Ooh! Truth Talking is a color that piques my interest. Whenever it’s safe to check out testers in store again (if ever) I’ll definitely have to check it out.
Truth Talking is so beautiful, will pick it up at the mall.
Estee would be 113, were she alive today. Now that’s a real influencer. Suspect she’d be proud of the empire today. EL has been a queen of lip for over half a century. Now that’s a legacy.
TIL!
The browny and nude shaded lipsticks don’t do anything for me, but Undefeated is a beautiful plum/berry shade.