Sneak Peek: Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Glosses Photos & Swatches
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss ($19.00 for 0.23 fl. oz.) is a new, permanent formula available in a slew of shades from clear to black. (You can get more information from the launch post here.) I bought nine shades to review, and I thought I’d share swatches sooner rather than later in case you were considering picking up any during the ongoing sale at Sephora (15% off with code ROUGELOVE, VIBLOVE, ends 4/21; 10% off with code BILOVE, ends 4/20).
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Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 205P Pearly Rose Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 205P Pearly Rose Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 205P Pearly Rose Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 302P Golden Coral Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 302P Golden Coral Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 302P Golden Coral Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 207 Candy Pink Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 207 Candy Pink Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 207 Candy Pink Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 500 Lilac Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 500 Lilac Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 500 Lilac Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 501 Purple Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 501 Purple Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 501 Purple Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 405P Pearly Plum Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 405P Pearly Plum Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 405P Pearly Plum Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 502P Beetle Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 502P Beetle Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 502P Beetle Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 503 Black Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 503 Black Artist Plexi-Gloss
Make Up For Ever 503 Black Artist Plexi-Gloss
Fie on you, MUFE! Lots of duds. The better ones are dupable + the unique ones, dreadful. IDK how lilac can look acceptable + purple so poor, when they are fairly close. + there’s no excuse for the settle-in-the-lininess of the highly dupable coral. Big mess, I mean MISS. And so many ordered beetle sight unseen. With you, we are warned.
I really wanted Beetle to be sooo pigmented.
A lot of people are hating on Beetle but I think it looks good as is. I think when you get the crazy lip colors, it is expected that they will be sheer in order to make them wearable. A perfect example of this was Hello Sailor by Lipstick Queen, or Frog Prince, also by LQ. I remember back in 1999 or 2000 I had a periwinkle blue lipstick with glitter in it from Prescriptives, and it looked frightening in the tube, but very wearable on the lips. If it was opaque, it wouldn’t be layerable, and I don’t think there’s a large enough segment of consumers who wants a blue-black glitter lip gloss. As a transparent color it can breathe new life into your pre-existing lipstick wardrobe.
The thing is that it should be as described – that’s really all there is to it – so if MUFE said “this is sheer” then cool, but if they said they were richly pigmented, then it’s not quite there (they described these as “vivid color”). If someone prefers it sheer, that’s totally cool, but I know I had to majorly adjust expectations after applying.
I NEED Beetle in my life like OMGNOW! :O
I liked the concept of it!
I think the last two colors probably look best layered on top of other colors to deepen them. On their own they actually look pretty unimpressive. 🙁 Bummer.
They’re definitely not fully opaque so with some of the lip color coming through, they don’t look great.
I ordered Beetle yesterday! I think it’ll look awesome layered over matte black lipstick.
I think it will be better for layering!
That’s what I was thinking too, I want to make it work!!!
I would love to try it over a matte navy, honestly! Like Occ’s Vain or Nyx’s Sinful. I think it would look amazing!
These look so lovely in texture! Are they sticky?
Hi Ellin,
Sorry, I haven’t worn these yet. I was just trying to get swatches up ASAP!
The first two look pretty. The last two not so much, lol.
I wished the last two were super opaque!
Oooh pearly plum looks so pretty!!! But it looks a bit similar to revlon HD rose quartz, which I already have!
A cheaper dupe!
Beetle looks like such a cool layering color!
Just depends on how thick/stick they are. Unfortunately I can’t stand the texture of most glosses. I wish OCC would release a color like that in their stained glosses.
They’re supposed to be non-sticky, I think, from MUFE’s description (I could be confusing it with something else), but I haven’t worn any of these for a real length of time (swatching doesn’t count–so many glosses turn tacky!).
Christine, how could you?! I was going to refrain from purchasing these because I hadn’t seen swatches yet, and let’s face it, I NEVER wear lip products… let alone purple lip colors. But you did it. You went and swatched the colors that I’m most interested in and now the “I want it!” impulse is too strong to resist!
I don’t know – something about seeing purple and black lip colors and I have to try!
These seem to have some application issues overall, with the exception of some of the rosy shades. But an irrational part of me is still really curious about Beetle. It isn’t anything special when applied, but it’s just so pretty in the tube and swatch. I shouldn’t buy a lipgloss I wouldn’t have any use for!
It looked so promising in the tube!
these will need to be layered. im so envisioning Beetle paired w/KVD Poe!!
I bet that could work!
That was the first thing I thought, as well.
My initial thought was it’d be so pretty layered over black, then I thought blue would be even better! Then, I imagined it over green, purple, dark brown… I’m trying to resist any more lip products, but I don’t think I’ll be able to pass up Beetle…
Uh oh. Pearly Plum looks great, but the others don’t look good (settle into lines, patchy, too sheer), or look like total disasters (Beetle and Black Artist) . How disappointing 🙁
🙁
I’m so heartbroken about beetle and black 🙁
They really needed to be near opaque 🙁
Glad I skipped 503. I figured it would be one of those colors that applied splotchy. I got Beetle expecting it to be similar but good to layer over another lipstick.
I had a feeling both would turn out like they have applied, but I so wanted to be wrong.
I was definitely hoping for more opacity than your swatch shows for Beetle but I think it could still work out well layered or maybe a second coat could help. I just wouldn’t want to feel like I had to pile it on in order to make it look good alone. I just knew Black would disappoint although I was hoping that I would be wrong. Purple was the only other one you swatched that I ordered…that one looks more along the lines like I expected. Hoping the others in my order don’t disappoint.
I don’t think you can layer much more on, only because these get allllll over your teeth if you overdo it, and so they seem to pool along the inner lip when overapplied.
Keep me posted about the other ones you got – which shades are you trying, Kesha? I tried to go for some easy shades (corals, pinks) and of course, the harder ones, like Beetle and Black.
I only ordered 5 to start off with: 204, 104, 306, 501, and 502P. I didn’t want to over do it if the formula ended up being too disappointing. I went with Beetle because it seemed like it had a lot of promise for being unique. I went with the purple 501 because it’s purple lol and I thought it would garner a lot of interest just on how the shade looks in the tube. The others I chose for ease…feeling like they were colors that most could easily wear.
Haha, that’s how I was about the purples!
These babies look great! the pigmentation and the glossy effect are amazing! I wonder if they are sticky and longlasting?
We’ll see!
Thank you for the swatches! I had high hopes for Beetle but looks like the blue doesn’t really show when put on the lips. It looks like such a nice rich dark blue in the tube.
It’s definitely less shimmery/nuanced on.
Beetle looks like a disaster on its own, but I think it might look nice over a black lipstick!
That could work!
Everything looked lovely up until Beetle and Black. I think Beetle could be salvageable layered over something else, but that black…yeesh.
Possibly!
A good black gloss is a rare find, and the best I’ve tried was by Rimmel. That said, it’s nothing layering over a liner won’t fix, and when layered over a deep burgundy, it’s actually more “wearable”. Also, the sheerness of most black glosses lend to the versatility of using them with more colors!
Armour Beauty has a black gloss called “Femme Fatale” and Illamasqua has one called “Repulse”, though I don’t know how they perform. Google image doesn’t provide very many customer swatches :P. Oh and OCC’s “little black dress”, though that might have been LE. Black gloss is a cool concept!
I didn’t know Rimmel had one. I’ll have to look for it. I like OCC’s Stained Gloss in Little Black Dress. E.l.f. also makes a really good one, but it only makes an appearence in their Halloween beauty books, unfortunately.
Pearly Rose and Pearly Plum look nice! Beetle looks really intriguing.. can’t wait to see reviews 🙂
Pearly Plum seemed the most promising!
Beetle calls my name!
It’s an interesting concept!
Layer over a blue based red and…BEAUTY!
So excited! I love these, especially Pearly Rose, Candy Pink, and Pearly Plum.
How fun! 🙂
MUFE seriously dropped the ball on these. Epic disastrous FAIL. With the exception of Pearly Plum an Rose, which are very common, easily duped shades. Pitiful. Although I do thank you for these swatches because they just saved me $$$’s!
No problem, Nancy!
Beetle and Black… 🙁
Yeppp! Layering only, I guess.
Christine! Thank you, thank you, thank you for swatching these!!!!! I’m guessing Beetle and Black were intended to be used as toppers rather than on their own. Originally I was hoping they would appear more opaque on the lips, but now that I think about it, I think the translucency will make them more flexible to use. Super excited… and now super bummed, because they contain an ingredient that irritates my skin. 🙁 I may purchase Beetle anyway, if only to admire its beauty.
Oh no! 🙁
What is the ingredient that irritates your skin? I have particularly sensitive skin and especially lips, so I’m always worried to try new lip products.
Beetle and Black looked so promising I’m the swatches. I guess they could work over a base, but what a waste otherwise. :/
I think they’ll need a base for sure!
Hmm, at first I thought I might check out the purple but now I’m thinking if I do end up getting one it will be one of the nude shades…
I seemed to pick some problematic shades, lol!
502P Beetle reminds me of Giorgio Armani’s Flash Lip Lacquer in #701, but deeper and more pigmented. Actually, the packaging is familiar too…
I can see some similarity!
Pearly Plum is gorgeous. I was hoping Beetle would be more pigmented, but I still like it. I can see myself layering it over black, blue and purple, or using it to vamp up other colors. I had hoped black would be more opaque and black vinyl looking. It would be good for making other shades vampier.
It would be really cool if they had been opaque.
Aw. 🙁 Purple and Lilac look cute but I was so pumped for Beetle and Black. Booo.
Me too! 🙁
Pearly Plum looks great! Same with the purples!
Pearly Plum has potential!
Oh no! Beetle looked SO beautiful in the tube. Too bad it didn’t apply the same way. I would love a lipstick like that.
Hmm…I have a Nyx opaque silver lipstick, maybe Beetle would later nicely over that? Still…disappointment.
It would be cool as a lipstick!
Beetle really broke my heart, I saw the swatch and went “Oooo” but it doesn’t translate well on the lips.
Definitely not so much on its own!
why beetle and black artist, why can’t you be opaque? i’m sure they would look great over something, but i’d have to see them in person first…i usually hate gloss-i’ve purged all the ones i had.
My guess is these won’t change your mind if you hate gloss, lol! I am sure you had a host of formulas. It’s still a gloss (it’s not that much of a deviation from gloss).
Three words, ladies. Black. Lip. Liner! Hope is not lost for Beetle and Black, so don’t despair. It’s way more comfortable than using eyeliner–trust me–and yes, it does exist lol. I still want Beetle, because over lip liner, it’ll be amazing. I just wish there was more blue-shift/glitter concentration on the lips like in the swatch, make it really stellar looking.
There are always ways to fix a product – just wish you didn’t have to 🙂
I don’t see it as a “fix”, rather it’s a sheer gloss, which is what I expect when I see/hear the word “gloss”. For me, the whole purpose of buying a gloss isto change the look of other lip products, so the sheerness is actually a plus, as I can find more uses/looks!
We’ll have to agree to disagree, as I interpret “vivid color” as something different from sheer. There is definitely a such thing as opaque lipgloss in my experience so not all gloss is sheer 🙂 There’s nothing wrong with it if you like it sheer, my only point is that I don’t think they’re marketing it as such.
Nyx Slim lip pencil in Black Berry is good, and inexpensive.
Pearly Plum is beautiful!
It is!
Daaaang Black is one hot mess. ;P
(I don’t mean that in a good way!)
lol!
This will probably be a miss for me. I do however like Pearly Plum and the idea of Beetle.
I liked the idea of Beetle, too!
while it may not be very pigmented, Beetle does give a very cool spacey sort of nebula vibe to your lips
It’s interesting swatched, though I don’t think it looks as nuanced as it could have!
Pearly Pink looks pretty but I might just wait to see some of the dupes!
Hopefully there are some!
Beetle is soooo not a color I would wear, but I was so tempted to get it. Now with your swatch, not so much! Wishing it were more opaque, like you said. HOWEVER, I might still consider it for layering. It’s so not a me color though! If it was at drugstore prices, I might consider it. As it is, I DID order Golden Coral on Friday, which is a me/summer color. So glad I like the swatch! Order is getting here today, so hopefully I like it!
It could probably be used for layering!
UPDATE: I did it. Just placed another online Sephora order and grabbed Beetle. Couldn’t help myself! We shall see about the layering!
I am reading the comments complaining about Beetle, but I actually love the way it looks applied. I personally would never reach for a deep blue lip color, though I respect those that do. The lip swatch looks totally wearable and beautiful IMO. I guess I can understand the disappointment that it doesn’t look like it does in the tube, though.
Based on what MUFE was advertising, it definitely seems like it’s not as pigmented as it should be, but I have to really go through the description to double check.
I think Beetle would look good on top of Mac Cyber.
I bet it would!
Lilac is so lovely, my kind of color. I need it in my life. Thanks Christine, looking forward for your reviews of these (more swatches too)
No problem, Liz!
I like Pearly Plum quite a bit. The darker shades look awful though, so sheer and patchy.
Yayy!
Pearly Plum! Ohhhhhhh….. pretty!
Beetle, too!
Pearly Plum seems promising!
OK so I’m majorly disappointed. After their awesome eyeshadows, I was expecting awesome pigmented lip glosses…
I was surprised!