MAC Cosmetics Cremesheen Lipsticks Review and Swatches
OVERALL, Cremesheens offer a good range of shades and hues, but definitely don’t offer replacements for all the amplified cremes being discontinued. The texture is smooth, but they’re not overly creamy or pigmented. Of course, some are more intense than others, so your mileage may vary depending on your natural lip’s pigmentation. Ultimately, I went in with high hopes, because I love lipsticks, but I wasn’t particularly impressed. None of the colors grabbed me in way that made me go, “OMG I WILL DIE WITHOUT IT!” and the texture wasn’t as creamy as I’d like. These don’t do a lot of sliding around once you apply them, which IS a good thing, though.
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Cremesheens
- Brave Red is a bright tomato-ish red. It’s creamier than the majority of the cremesheens.
- Creme d’Nude is a sheer pinkish beige nude color, very warm, which is not always easy to find in a pink-beige. Because it’s not opaque, you can avoid the corpse-lip effect if you find that an issue from other nudes.
- Crosswires is a decently pigmented coral kind of color, more pink-coral than orange-coral.
- Dare You is a deeper, darker red, but not anything too dark. It has some brick red to it.
- Fanfare is a creamy pale pink color with low level sheen.
- Hang Up is the darkest of the cremesheens with its wine-berry shade.
- Hot Gossip is a cool purple-pink kind of color. I don’t think it’d look particularly good on me, so even though it intrigued me a little, I passed.
- Modesty is a pretty shade of nude beige with gold shimmer to it. I might go back to get this later.
- On Hold is a reddish coral with peachy-gold shimmer. It’s pretty, but it’s not terribly unique, and in fact, looks similar to fellow cremesheen Party Line.
- Party Line is a lighter, pinker version of On Hold.
- Ravishing is an orange-coral with subtle gold pearl/shimmer. I was hoping to like this one, but I find it too orange-based for my complexion.
- Speak Louder is the boldest, brightest pink. It reminds me of what tropical pink looks like. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of shimmer to this, just sheen.
- Speed Dial is a pale pastel pink, some coolness to it, but it’s not overly so. It’ll be a nice go-to instead of Fun Fun, which is a cool purple-pink kind of shade.
- Stay In Touch is the brownest of the cremesheens, but it’s more of a peach shade with brown to it.
Nail Lacquer
- Seasonal Peach is a creamy peachy-pink color. It doesn’t look as bold as the promo photo when I put it on at the store, but we’ll see when I put it on later on.
its weird — Fanfare looks much more coral-y on me. I love it though!!
REALLY? I’m totally jealous!
Which color do you think the model is wearing in the promo pic (with the phone)? It’s so pretty!
Thank you 🙂
I reckon it’s Ravishing =] x
Ravishing!
So which ones did you end up getting?
I got Hot Gossip (apparently, I don’t know what I was thinking, LOL), Speed Dial, Party Line, and Crosswires. They were more obligatory to-blog-about purchases than “OMG, I love this!!” purchases.
Oh, and I wanted to say that I LOVE the new font you’re using for labeling!
does seasonal peach match ravishing the way it does in the picture?
IMO, not really. It’s not as peachy.
I heart Creme d’Nude!!!I got that color, Hot Gossip, Modesty and Stay In Touch!
I think I would have gotten Creme d’Nude if the MAC store had it 🙁
Same as for Suite Array, saw some of the Cremesheens a few weeks ago and even tried some of the darker coloured ones and wasn’t impressed. NOT amplified at all!!! I already have tons of lippies anyways, but, if I need l/s, I definitely will not buy those! The nice ones swatched form YSL look way better to me.
For once, I think I’m going to save my $ and just buy ONE YSL lipstick instead of two MAC ones. Rouge Volupte is such an amazing formula in comparison.
Now my wallet is doomed 😉 I NEED: Brave Red, Creme d
Yes, it looks like they are.
Uh oh 😉
Yes, these are perm!
I ordered Creme d’nude and Ravishing, can’t wait to get them: )
Hope you like ’em, Jen!
Would you say that Ravishing is more pigmented/darker than Missy? Cause I bought Missy and it was too light for my (naturally brown) lips.
It is more pigmented than Missy 🙂
Modesty, Speed Dial, Fanfare and Party Line caught my attention. I have to check them in real, because I can’t wear warm tones and peaches and corals.
Speed Dial is the prettiest, I think 🙂
I want
Hang Up
Hot Gossip
Modesty
Speak Louder
Speed Dial
Will probably only get Hot Gossip and Modesty though.
Modesty is pretty, I might go back for that one.
I JUST BOUGHT CREME D’NUDE TODAY AND I LOVE IT…IT’S AWESOME…IT GIVES ME THE NUDE LOOK I SEE IN THE MAGAZINES…LOVE IT
So glad you’re happy with it, Paola!
totally agree w/ your review of the nail polish. It looks nothing like the promo photo to me. Just looks like a normal pink. I didn’t see much shimmer in it.
I agree, it doesn’t have that peachiness to it!
I went and tried some of the colors today. I was disappointed and only grab 3 pearlglide eyeliners. I hope they come up with more colors in the future since it’s going to be a permanent line.
Which three did you get?
I’m loving ravishing, fanfare and modesty.
Modesty was very tempting!
Which amplified cremes are becoming discontinued? How do we know which products are becoming discontinued and when? Because sometimes I hold off buying something but if it’s going to disappear it may change my mind D:
As far as I know… all of them. The formula is being phased out.
Oh that’s so sad! I love girl about town 🙁
thanks for the swatches 🙂 how does creme cerise compare with stay in touch?
I think it’s darker, and Creme Cerise doesn’t really have any shimmer to it.
Looks like I’m going to skip this one, but I heard that amplified cremes from all the MACs in the city (I wanted to make sure.) are most likely going to stay though I’m not certain if they were really certain about it though =/
I’ve only heard that they’re being phased out 🙁
Crosswires is very nice, but I think I’d rather get some pigments and eyeshadows..
I picked that one up, but the liners are so nice!
hang up does not look at dark as i had thought. i was about to order it, too. i guess i should have known by the name ‘cremesheen’ oh well. at least i saved 14$
Aww! 🙁
I got creme d’nude(awsome!!!!!) and dare you(has a realy nice shimmer). Some of the pinks reminded me of already existing colors (Angel,Lovelorn)so I passed on those. Oranges and corals dont look good on myskin so none of those either. Im kinda wishing i got hang up tho might go back for that one.
Yayy! I’m glad you found some good colors 🙂
BTW! I asked the MA and she said they are not going to replace the amplified but thats just once source. I hope they dont.
I bought On Hold. I was disappointed when I tried a couple of these on that they weren’t as creamy and moisturizing as I expected. I like the color but I probably won’t wear it as much as I do my Lustre colors.
Yeah, for something called “Cremesheen” I expected a LOT of creaminess.
Oooh, I think I need Dare You.
That will be my first actual RED red! Hope it looks ok on me. 😀
It’s pretty! I hope you like it 🙂 It’s kind of like a sheerer version of a really bold, OTT red, I think.
I am so so SOOOOOO upset that amplified might be discontinued. My favorite lipstick of all time is Underplay – and this stinks that the new creamshines are not like amplified. Bad bad bad idea MAC..
Some are saying it’s not! I don’t know what the truth is 🙁
These colours are too warm for me 🙁 And I love amplified cremes, my favourite finish damnit! I hope they keep them. Bad enough they discontinued Powerhouse, the perfect red…
There were definitely a lot of warmer colors in this launch, I agree!
I don’t know how they could discontinue any of the amplifieds… there are so many must-haves in the range.
How does Speed Dial compare to Angel???? Thanks 🙂
It’s brighter/pinker – Angel is kind of subdued, pale in comparison.
I picked up Creme d’Nude & Crosswires! I love them both! Creme d’Nude is probably my new HG!
I might go back for Creme d’Nude someday, but we’ll see, haha.
When I saw them in the store I didn’t go crazy over them. The Amplified collection is so much better. LOVE them. sucks they are being discontinued.
I agree, amplified is wayyy better.
How do you compare Modesty and any other nude lipstick from MAC? Is it really similar with Hug-Me? Because Hug-Me is 100% perfect for my lips.
Thanks 🙂
Modesty is kind of like Hug Me, but more beige and less pale, I think.
Thank you!!! I’ve Hug Me and was hoping to find something just a little darker!
wow I’m so excited to try it :), thanks!
No problem, Ludivia!
I bought Missy last week because I loved the colour but it lasted seconds on me so was hugely disappointed but I’m thinking I might buy Ravishing, especially if it has more pigment.
Missy as in the slimshine? Slimshines tend not to have the same staying power as traditional lipsticks, unfortunately.