MatteTrance Lipstick – Elson

4 Reviews

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   drearyFlamingo8

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   I would not buy this particular color again, although it is lovely and I’m wearing it a lot since I bought it. I’m very pale with cool/neutral undertones and this is a dark cool red, a blue red. I’ll upload a pic of it on. The formula is lovely for a matte, very comfortable and velvety, and it is one swipe coverage. I prefer this on the outer corners as an ombré look with a lighter, warmer red in the middle of my lips to make them pop.

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   excludedPretzels4

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   I picked up this lipstick in a set through Sephora. It came with Elson and Omi in red packaging. The color of Elson is a beautiful blue based red. To me, this is a candy apple red. I tend to prefer yellow based reds because it suits my skin tone better but I did find that I was able to wear this shade even with my fair skin tone. The pigmentation on this lipstick is outstanding. It just glides on and is completely opaque. I didn’t have any patchy areas. It does transfer so be careful. I like to blot after I apply lipstick. The texture felt smooth and it was comfortable to wear. It didn’t dry my lips out. Without eating or drinking, it lasted a few hours before I needed to reapply. The packaging is beautiful. It comes in a sleek tube, mine was red because of the set but usually it’s black and there is a pair of gold lips on the front. I’m impressed with the Pat McGrath lipsticks so far. I think she did a wonderful job. I was so disappointed in her highlighter sets and eye shadows but the lipsticks are the real star of the line.

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   cautiousMoth8

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   This was a “new mom” gift to my from a friend who wanted me to have a fabulous lipstick to put on and feel good. WOW! I told her she nailed it and I’m calling this “Million Dollar Red” because the color just lights up my face and makes me feel like a million bucks. This is a beautiful, saturated red with the depth and richness of an intense burgundy, but the warmth and wearability of a good brick red. It works for day into night and depending on how you prep your lips, you will hardly need to reapply from the former to the latter. The packaging is the most luxurious I own: reminiscent of a Dali creation. The matte formula is amazingly comfortable and didn’t dry out my lips a bit- even in 12f Midwest winter weather. I am a red lipstick collector and this is my new favorite. If you have a neutral or gold-undertoned complexion, Elson will rock your world!

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   lovesickTortoise4

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   I love Pat McGrath Labs Lust MatteTrance in Elson. I find Elson to be a true red or close enough to one. It looks amazing on me but I already love red lipstick anyway and always have.

   Those lipsticks are pricey mostly because of the heavy, good quality and very pretty packaging but at least the formula appears to last about 90 to 95% on the lips WITHOUT any lip liner on after eating a lot of pasta and a small salad with oily vinaigrette on it. The formula also feels quite comfortable on my lips for a matte formula and also feels very lightweight. Pat McGrath Labs Lust MatteTrance have no scent and no flavor.

   I bought the Colour Blitz trio so I have Obsessed and Full Panic as well. I also have McMenamy. I keep trying to buy the lovely medium reddish brown color called Flesh 3 but it’s always sold out everywhere.

   I have also recently bought three of the Lust LuxeTrance lipsticks.

   I will keep buying the Pat McGrath Labs Lust MatteTrance lipsticks until kingdom come. I am OBSESSED indeed!

   I wear Nars Velvet Matte Skin Tint in Seychelles.