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Sneak Peek: MAC Velvetease Lip Pencils Photos & Swatches

MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Velvetease Lip Pencil ($20.00 for 0.05 oz.) is a new, permanent product range that will be available online on December 10th and in-stores on December 17th. There are 12 shades, and they are all permanent. According to MAC, the formula is supposed to have the “vivid colour impact of a lipstick with the ease of a mechanical pencil” with a “rich and matte” finish. (They twist-up.)

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MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Aim to Please Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Anything Goes Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Frolic Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just Add Romance Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Just My Type Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Lover's Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Lover’s Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Lover's Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Lover’s Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Lover's Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Lover’s Lane Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Oh Honey Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Promise Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Reddy to Go Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Tease Me Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Temper Tantrum Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil

MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil
MAC Velvet Teen Velvetease Lip Pencil

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Andrew Avatar

I just did a side-by-side comparison, and it looks like Aim to Please is slightly darker with noticeably more red and a shinier finish. I would say it’s probably round 85% similar.

It is worth noting that the MAC Velvetease pencils are less than 60% of the size of NARS’s Velvet Matte lip pencils (,05 oz compared to .086 oz). So yes, the NARS pencils are $6 more, but you’re also getting nearly twice as much product.

Katherine T. Avatar

Oh interesting! Compared to MAC, NARs is more expensive but has a lot more product ($26 for .086 oz) but you have to sharpen it, so you lose some product. But the BITE High Pigment Pencil looks like the best deal ( $ 24 for.09 oz and no need to sharpen!)

Andrew Avatar

Yay! MAC has been disappointing me nearly all year so I’m super happy to see these swatches look as good as they do. The lighter, milkier shades look a little troublesome compared to the rest but at this point I expect that; choose shades just seem very difficult to formulate just right.
I’m excited!

Nicole Avatar

All but three Look good! I can’t wait for your reviews! Omg..I love Velvet Teen..it needs a lip liner . But maybe it won’t be drying like the Nars formula is! Oh no..Oh Honey is my fave lipliner! Yep, please do well ! Thank you for reviewing these. I’m pretty excited! 😀

Elektra Avatar

I’m excited for them! They do look promising as everyone mentioned, especially the reds, but I wish the lighter shades would perform better, it seems that they are somewhat drying and have some “sparkle” that doesn’t appeal much to me. Thank you so much for this post Christine! xx

Ellen Avatar

Oh Honey looks like a promising peachy brown, my favorite color, and a difficult one to get right. I”ve been wearing a lot of MAC’s oldy but goody, Touch. My lips are very pink, so I have to go browner and peachier to get a nice nude/ brown shade. I like the patent lip pencil that I got, hopefully these will be of good quality and have more color depth than the patent pencils which are more like stick glosses. Thanks for the preview!

LindaLibraLoca Avatar

The only shade I really love is “Reddy to go”, but I will have to see how the others perform on me. Lip pencils are my weakness.

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