Beauty Care: Makeup by Mario Soft Blush, Hot Pink, Mulberry MoistureGlow Plumping Lip Color Reviews & Swatches

Soft Blush

Makeup by Mario Soft Blush MoistureGlow Plumping Lip Color ($24.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a light, grayish-pink with subtle, warm undertones and a cream finish.

Mostly opaque pigmentation
Medium thickness, non-sticky
Prone to settling into lip lines (worsened over time)
Short-wearing (2.5 hours, glossiness disappeared after 1 hour), non-drying

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

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Formula Overview

$24.00/0.11 oz. - $218.18 Per Ounce

The formula is supposed to have "highly pigmented color" but no stickiness with a "water-infused formula" that has "high-shine refractive oils" and "instantly locks in hydration." It's a pigmented gloss with more of a creamy, somewhat milky consistency that resulted in a formula that was very prone to settling into lip lines and having a few air bubbles in it.

They actually had the audacity to call it "weightless" in feel, but the consistency was thicker, though not tacky, and creamy enough that it was very obvious that it was on the lips. The darker shades were prone to feathering on me, which is really not something I experience often.

Most shades had semi-opaque pigmentation or better with a few being sheerer overall. The colors applied without streaking, but most settled into my lip lines from the get-go, couldn't be smoothed out, and the settling worsened over time. They started off very high-shine but that shine tamped down with an hour--quite fast for an actual lipgloss. I've had lipsticks retain their glossiness for longer!

Over time, it ended up feeling thinner, drier, and less emollient and didn't seem to impart actual hydration over time. I felt a subtle tingle in the first five to ten minutes but it was by no means an intense lip plumper in feel or look (the illusion of plumper lips seemed to come from the shiness, at least initially). They were shorter-wearing, about two to three hours depending on the shade. There seemed to be a subtle, almost fruity scent but it was hard to detect for me.

Browse all of our Makeup by Mario MoistureGlow Plumping Lip Color swatches.

Ingredients

Diisostearyl Malate, Octyldodecanol, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Water (Aqua), Butylene Glycol, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-2 Oleate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Synthetic Beeswax, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate, Ethylcellulose, Menthyl Lactate, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Tromethamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Fragrance, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aluminum Hydroxide, May Contain/Peut Contenir (+/-): Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Blue 1 (CI 42090), Red 7 (CI 15850).

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Soft Blush

PPermanent. $24.00.

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

Longevity

Application

73%

Total

Hot Pink

Makeup by Mario Hot Pink MoistureGlow Plumping Lip Color ($24.00 for 0.11 oz.) is a light-medium pink with moderate, warm undertones and a cream finish. This shade was specifically described as sheer, and it was, in fact, sheerer than other shades, which only made the settling look worse.

Semi-sheer pigmentation
Medium thickness, non-sticky
Prone to settling into lip lines (worsened over time)
Short-wearing (2.5 hours, glossiness disappeared after 1 hour), non-drying

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

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Formula Overview

$24.00/0.11 oz. - $218.18 Per Ounce

Browse all of our Makeup by Mario MoistureGlow Plumping Lip Color swatches.

Ingredients

Diisostearyl Malate, Octyldodecanol, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Water (Aqua), Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Butylene Glycol, VP/Hexadecene Copolymer, Polyglyceryl-2 Oleate, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Polyglyceryl-4 Isostearate, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Synthetic Beeswax, 1,2-Hexanediol, Glycerin, Polyglyceryl-2 Stearate, Ethylcellulose, Menthyl Lactate, Pentylene Glycol, Sodium Lauroyl Glutamate, Tromethamine, Caprylyl Glycol, Fragrance, Ethylhexylglycerin, Aluminum Hydroxide, May Contain/Peut Contenir (+/-): Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Red 28 (CI 45410), Red 7 (CI 15850),  Yellow 6 (CI 15985)