Pat McGrath CoverGirl Queen Collection Lipstick review and swatches | Part 1

NEW Queen Collection Lip Color offers a prestige-inspired experience with richly pigmented shades made specifically for women of color. Now you get the rich, true color you want, and your lips get the moisture they need to be beautiful.

• NEW Queen Collection Lip Color provides as much rich, and true, color as the leading department store lipstick.
• Shades and pigments that are developed for women of color and designed to fit all skin tones.
• Moisturizers help improve the overall condition of your lips and will transform the look of your lips so they feel smooth and look gorgeous.

Formula

• Contains a silk therapy formula infused with silk protein to help sustain moisture levels; the more you wear it the more gorgeous your lips become
• Dermatologist & clinically tested
• Hypoallergenic
• Suitable for sensitive skin

Queen Collection Lip Color is available in the following shades designed by Pat McGrath, COVERGIRL Global Creative Design Director:
Browns & Spices: Coffee Break Spicy Seduction Mocha Locha Javalicious Nudes & Naturals: South Beach Sand Cool Khaki Au Natural Nude Attitude Plums & Wines: Fine Wine Royal Plum Burgundelicious Tawny Port	Corals & Reds: Classy Coral See Red Into the Red Paint the Town Pinks & Roses: Penelope Pink Girly Pink Rosy Tomorrows Powderpuff Pink Mauves & Berries: Very Elderberry Berry Bing Regal Raspberry Ruby Slipper

This. Is. The. Remix.

The wait is finally over!  As we previously discussed, CoverGirl teamed up with Pat McGrath…one of the most influential makeup artist in the world, and has completely redone all the lipsticks in the Queen Collection by added 24 new colors.

Overall the consistencies of all the lipsticks are the same across the board- silky and light.  As with many drugstore brand lipsticks, expect them to last 2 to 3 hours.  If you use lip liner you can get a good solid 3 hours out of them.  I was taken aback by the scent of these lippies.  But in all fairness its classic CoverGirl fragrance and a lot of readers mentioned that they love it.  I thought it was because I had 4 tubes open at a time.  You don’t really smell it while it’s on your lips- but when you open the tube you’ll notice the sweet & spicy waxy smell.

The packaging is cleaner and sleeker than I thought from the promotional photos.  Any lipstick that has a color indicator gets two thumbs up in my book (unless the color indicator is totally off which is rare).  It’s nothing worse than running late and having to open multiple tube of lipstick to toss in your bag.  The only drawback may be that the deep shiny finish bronze case is that it holds fingerprints.  This isn’t a deal breaker for me, because it’s really no different than the issue I have with my YSL lipstick cases.

I’m not sure if these 4 colors are an indication of what’s to come—well I hope not.  They all had the same satin/ frost finish and I’m hoping we get a wide selection of crèmes…and this is pushing it but some mattes and shimmer too.  I understand it’s pushing it but I’m wishfully hoping.

Nude Attitude, a brownish coral with gold micro shimmer with a satin finish. I guess Nude Attitude would be the best name for it.  It’s a kicked up nude.  I didn’t find this one flattering on my so I may just put a gloss over it.

Into the Red, a gorgeous warm red with a hint of orange and a slightly frosted finish.  This is one of the most wearable warm red I’ve seen in a while.  It’ll work year-round!

Very Elderberry, a great wearable cool frost plum.  This is probably going to be the most slept on color of the bunch but I promise it’s a winner.  Because of Rihanna (and her glam squad) cool tones and frost is in this winter.  The only issue is if you have a deeper skin tone finding a nice cool frost plum lipstick can be difficult—pick the wrong color and be prepared to walk around with silver lips.  Only issue with this color is that you must wear a lip balm first.  It’s not forgiving to lines and creases.

Rosy Tomorrows, another winner.  A nice mid-tone rose with a frost finish and flecks of purple shimmer.  In some lighting it looks more berry than rose, but still a nice color for winter.

Availability:  Mass market retailers, January 2011

Price:  $6.50

Rating:  B

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