Beauty Care: NARS Claudette Audacious Sheer Matte Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches

Anais

NARS Anais Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick NARS Anais Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick ($34.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a very light, pink-coral with moderate, warm undertones and a matte finish. The texture felt smooth, lightly velvety, and was very thin and lightweight on my lips, but it applied atrociously.

The formula caught on any and every imperfection possible–despite exfoliating prior!–and settled into my lip lines from the get-go, which only worsened over time. It had medium coverage, as promised, though it didn’t build up too much beyond that. It lasted for two hours and felt non-drying over time.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

$34.00/0.14 oz. - $242.86 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have "medium-sheer coverage" with a "petal-soft powder finish" that "blurs lines and mattifies lips" while having an "easy, gliding application and comfortable wear." The texture was very lightweight, thin, and more like a silicone primer, as it was more velvety and smooth, so it did glide across my lips without tugging, but it did the opposite of blur lines.

Often, these more silicone-based formulas seem particularly prone to settling into my lip lines or otherwise catching on or emphasizing natural lip texture and imperfections--even after I've exfoliated prior. The pigmentation was medium coverage and somewhat buildable, which was as described.

They lasted for two to three hours and felt non-drying over time. They had a sweet, sugary scent (though not quite vanilla) but no discernible taste.

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Ingredients

DIMETHICONE · ISONONYL ISONONANOATE · SYNTHETIC WAX · DIMETHICONE/VINYL DIMETHICONE CROSSPOLYMER · ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE COPOLYMER · FLAVOR (AROMA) · PENTAERYTHRITYL TETRA-DI-T-BUTYL HYDROXYHYDROCINNAMATE · DISTEARDIMONIUM HECTORITE · [+/-(MAY CONTAIN/PEUT CONTENIR): BISMUTH OXYCHLORIDE (CI 77163) · IRON OXIDES (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499) · RED 6 (CI 15850) · RED 7 LAKE (CI 15850) · YELLOW 5 LAKE (CI 19140) · YELLOW 6 LAKE (CI 15985) · TITANIUM DIOXIDE (CI 77891)] ·

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Anais

LELimited Edition. $34.00.

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

1.5

Application

50%

Total

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Berenice

NARS Berenice Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick NARS Berenice Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick ($34.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a medium-dark orange-red with wamr undertones and a matte finish. It had semi-sheer to medium, buildable pigmentation, which was as marketed, that applied fairly evenly, though the formula itself was prone to separating along my lip lines and any imperfections.

The texture felt more velvety without traditional slip–more glide like a silicone-based primer–that also felt very lightweight and thin on. It stayed on decently for two hours but settled more noticeably into my lip lines in the third hour of wear.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).

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Formula Overview

$34.00/0.14 oz. - $242.86 Per Ounce

They lasted for two to three hours and felt non-drying over time. They had a sweet, sugary scent (though not quite vanilla) but no discernible taste.

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Ingredients

Berenice

LELimited Edition. $34.00.

D-

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

5.5

Longevity

2.5

Application

62%

Total

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Mathilde

NARS Mathilde Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick NARS Mathilde Audacious Sheer Matte Lipstick ($34.00 for 0.14 oz.) is a very light, peachy-coral with warm undertones and a matte finish. It had medium color coverage that was buildable to semi-opaque pigmentation. The texture felt smooth and more like a silicone-based primer, so it glided on and felt more velvety with a very lightweight feel once applied.

The product applied fairly evenly, but it settled into my lip lines and bunched around any imperfections in lip texture. It wore for an hour and a half and felt non-drying over time.

FURTHER READING: Formula Overview for details on general performance and characteristics (like scent).