MAC Girl About Town, Misbehaving, Heroine, Dive Bar Lipglasses Reviews, Photos, Swatches
Girl About Town
MAC Girl About Town Lipglass ($17.00 for 0.10 fl. oz.) is a rich, medium-dark fuchsia pink with fine violet and white pearl. It had nearly opaque pigmentation in one layer, while the texture covered the lips with even, smooth color with almost no visible settling into my lip lines. The high-shine finish gave the illusion of plumper, fuller, and smoother lips, too. The gloss stayed on well for six hours and was lightly hydrating.
The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness. I find that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Anastasia Electro (-, $16.00) is more shimmery, darker (90% similar).
- MAC Ultramarine Pink (LE, $30.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- NARS Immoral (LE, $26.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Tudor Rose (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Scandal (DC, $26.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- Too Faced Fruit Punch (P, $20.00) is darker (90% similar).
- YSL Violine Surrealiste (26) (P, $34.00) is less shimmery, more muted (90% similar).
- Maybelline Opalescent Orchid (515) (P, $8.99) is warmer (90% similar).
- NARS Off Limits (LE, $26.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- NARS Priscilla (P, $26.00) is less shimmery, lighter, warmer (90% similar).
Formula Overview
$21.00/0.1 oz. - $210.00 Per Ounce
The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.
I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.
Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.
Ingredients
Hydrogenated polyisobutene, simmondsia chinesis (jojoba) seed oil, octyldodecanol, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) waxcopernicia cerifera ceracire de carnauba, tocopheryl acetate, cocos nuciefera (coconut) oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, alumina, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, calcium aluminum borosicliate, calcium sodium borosilicate, silica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, polyethylene [+/- Mica, titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismoth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Red 6 (CI 15850), (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]
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.
Girl About Town
PPermanent. $21.00.
Misbehaving
MAC Misbehaving Lipglass ($17.00 for 0.10 fl. oz.) is a brighter, medium lavender with warmer, pink undertones and a milky, cream finish. It had semi-opaque color payoff that covered evenly without streaking, but there was color that pulled into my lip lines. The gloss was light-to-medium in weight, smooth with some tackiness, and spreadable. It wore well for four and a half hours on me and was lightly moisturizing.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- MAC Saint Germain (P, $21.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- LORAC Brunch Queen (LE, $17.00) is lighter (90% similar).
- NARS Color Me (P, $26.00) is lighter, warmer (85% similar).
- MAC Pink Nouveau (P, $21.00) is darker, warmer (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$21.00/0.1 oz. - $210.00 Per Ounce
The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.
I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.
Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.
Ingredients
Hydrogenated polyisobutene, simmondsia chinesis (jojoba) seed oil, octyldodecanol, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) waxcopernicia cerifera ceracire de carnauba, tocopheryl acetate, cocos nuciefera (coconut) oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, alumina, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, calcium aluminum borosicliate, calcium sodium borosilicate, silica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, polyethylene [+/- Mica, titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismoth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Red 6 (CI 15850), (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]
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.
Misbehaving
PPermanent. $21.00.
Heroine
MAC Heroine Lipglass ($17.00 for 0.10 fl. oz.) is a bright, medium-dark magenta purple with warm, pink undertones and fine fuchsia and violet pearl. It had semi-opaque pigmentation, which applied decently but was surprisingly hard to apply evenly in places–I felt like it just wasn’t adhering as well to my lips in some areas. The texture was smooth, moderately tacky, and not too thick or too thin. The color wore well for five and a half hours and was slightly moisturizing.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Urban Decay Jawbreaker (P, $20.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- MAC Itchy & Scratchy & Sexy (LE, $21.00) is more shimmery (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Boys Don't Cry (358) (PiP, $29.00) is darker, more muted, cooler (90% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Raspberry Beret (356) (PiP, $29.00) is warmer (90% similar).
- Bite Beauty Nine (Watercolor) (LE, ) is less shimmery, more muted (90% similar).
- Urban Decay Bittersweet (DC, $26.00) is less shimmery, more muted (85% similar).
- MAC Love You Big Time (P, $10.00) is more shimmery, more muted (85% similar).
- Marc Jacobs Beauty Truth or Dare (208) (DC, $28.00) is darker, more muted (85% similar).
- MAC Dilly Dazzle (P, $10.00) is less shimmery, cooler (85% similar).
- Make Up For Ever 501 Purple (P, $19.00) is darker, cooler (85% similar).
Formula Overview
$21.00/0.1 oz. - $210.00 Per Ounce
The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.
I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.
Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.
Ingredients
Hydrogenated polyisobutene, simmondsia chinesis (jojoba) seed oil, octyldodecanol, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) waxcopernicia cerifera ceracire de carnauba, tocopheryl acetate, cocos nuciefera (coconut) oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, alumina, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, calcium aluminum borosicliate, calcium sodium borosilicate, silica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, polyethylene [+/- Mica, titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismoth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Red 6 (CI 15850), (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]
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.
Heroine
PPermanent. $21.00.
Dive Bar
MAC Dive Bar Lipglass ($17.00 for 0.10 fl. oz.) is a medium purple with cool, blue undertones and lighter blue and silver pearl. It was a neat shade and one I haven’t really seen often, but the gloss just applied so poorly to lips–streaky, uneven, and incredibly prone to settling into my lip lines–that wasn’t workable on its own. The coverage was semi-sheer to medium but not buildable beyond that. The texture felt smooth, moderately tacky, and not too thick or too thin, and the gloss still wore longer at five hours.
FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).
Top Dupes
- Illamasqua Fierce (P, $22.00) is less shimmery, lighter (90% similar).
- NYX Berry Strudel (P, $5.99) is less shimmery, lighter, brighter (90% similar).
- Huda Beauty Fearless (P, $18.00) is more shimmery, warmer (80% similar).
- Kevyn Aucoin Cyber Sky (P, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter (80% similar).
Formula Overview
$21.00/0.1 oz. - $210.00 Per Ounce
The Lipglass formula is supposed to be “pigmented, very shiny and can impart subtle or dramatic color” that can be worn “on its own, over lip pencil or lipstick” and will “condition lips.” MAC could use an update on the description as some shades are more pigmented than others but several are sheerer and likely intended to be that way. The formula has a very glossy, high-shine finish with a light-medium weight and moderate tackiness.
I have found that newer Lipglasses (over the last couple of years) are smoother and not quite as tacky as the formula was many years ago. They wear from three to six hours on me and are usually lightly hydrating. MAC recently updated the shade range and packaging for the range (though the formula was said to be unchanged), so worth noting is that with that packaging change came a reduction in quantity to 0.10 fl. oz. (was 0.17 fl. oz.), which may matter for some but not everyone.
Browse all of our MAC Lipglass swatches.
Ingredients
Hydrogenated polyisobutene, simmondsia chinesis (jojoba) seed oil, octyldodecanol, copernicia cerifera (carnauba) waxcopernicia cerifera ceracire de carnauba, tocopheryl acetate, cocos nuciefera (coconut) oil, orbignya oleifera (babassu) seed oil, prunus armeniaca (apricot) kernel oil, acrylates copolymer, alumina, aluminum calcium sodium silicate, calcium aluminum borosicliate, calcium sodium borosilicate, silica, synthetic fluorphlogopite, tin oxide, polyethylene [+/- Mica, titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismoth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Bronze Powder (CI 77400), Carmine (CI 75470), Copper Powder (CI 77400), Red 6 (CI 15850), (CI 17200), Yellow 5 (CI 19140), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]
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.
Of course, I’m immediately drawn to Heroine! I’d rock this with Nyx Purple Rain Slim Lip Pencil. ?
But; I also really like Divebar as a topper for a purple or dark blue matte lipstick to give it some dimension.
Dive Bar would work well as a layering shade over something darker!
Heroine is pretty! Dive Bar will be interesting as a topper, such a unique color!
It was hard to dupe Dive Bar!
Girl About Town is a real winner color wise!
It is a lovely pink!
Dive Bar is a beautiful shade! It’s a shame it was so problematic to work with.
Dive Bar was cool in theory!