Beauty Care: MAC Cocoa Rose & Merry Cherry Powder Kiss Velvet Blur Slim Lipsticks Reviews & Swatches

Cocoa Kisses

MAC Cocoa Kisses Powder Kiss Velvet Blur Slim Lipstick ($28.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a muted, medium-dark reddish-plum with moderate, warm undertones and a semi-matte finish.

Semi-opaque, buildable pigmentation
Slightly stiff feel, lightly velvety once warmed up
Applied fairly evenly but settled into lip lines a bit
Long-wearing (5 hours–of 12 hours claimed, though), non-drying

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Ingredients

Dimethicone, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline WaxCera MicrocristallinaCire Microcristalline, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyethylene, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Trimethylolpropane Triisostearate, Ethylhexyl Isononanoate, Silica, Kaolin, Synthetic Wax, Bis-Diglyceryl Polyacyladipate-2, Sodium Hyaluronate, Stearalkonium Hectorite, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax Copernicia Cerifera Cera Cire De Carnauba, Mica, Propylene Carbonate, Vanillin, Pentaerythrityl Tetra-Di-T-Butyl Hydroxyhydrocinnamate, Bht, [+/- Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491), Iron Oxides (CI 77492), Iron Oxides (CI 77499), Bismuth Oxychloride (CI 77163), Blue 1 Lake (CI 42090), Manganese Violet (CI 77742), Red 6 (CI 15850), Red 21 (CI 45380), Red 30 (CI 73360), Red 6 Lake (CI 15850), Red 7 Lake (CI 15850), Red 28 Lake (CI 45410), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (CI 15985)]

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Cocoa Kisses

LELimited Edition. $28.00.

B-

Product

Pigmentation

Texture

6.5

Longevity

4.5

Application

80%

Total

Merry Cherry

MAC Merry Cherry Powder Kiss Velvet Blur Slim Lipstick ($28.00 for 0.07 oz.) is a very vivid, cherry red with strong, cool blue undertones and a semi-matte finish.