I am someone who greatly enjoys a matte lip. They look sleek and polished and consistently timeless. So, when I found the CLIO Mad Matte Stain Lips on sale, I picked them up for myself. I will disclose here, that this line is now discontinued, so this is Keep reading to learn more about the lipsticks, my and the Koreans’ thoughts, and where you can find one yourself.
Things to know about the CLIO Mad Matte Stain Lips:
There are 15 Total:
- 01 Coral Reef
- 02 Blushing Pink
- 03 Peach Pillow (shown)
- 04 Rose Haze
- 05 Red on Red
- 06 Red Made
- 07 Brick Touch
- 08 Pumpkin Moment
- 09 Red Fog
- 10 Burnt Burgundy
- 11 Petal Peach (shown)
- 12 Berry Raspberry (shown)
- 13 Molten Pink (shown)
- 14 Mocha Bun (shown)
- 15 Red Bean (shown)
What Complexions Do They Suit?
Cool tones:
- 02 Blushing Pink
- 04 Rose Haze
- 10 Burnt Burgundy
- 12 Berry Raspberry
Warm Tones:
- 01 Coral Reef
- 03 Peach Pillow
- 05 Red on Red
- 08 Pumpkin Moment
- 14 Mocha Bun
All Skin Tones:
- 06 Red Made
- 07 Brick Touch
- 09 Red Fog
- 11 Petal Peach
- 13 Molten Pink
- 15 Red Bean
What are the Undertones?
Orange Toned:
- 01 Coral Reef
- 03 Peach Pillow
- 05 Red on Red
Brown Toned:
- 08 Pumpkin Moment
- 09 Red Fog
- 13 Molten Pink
- 14 Mocha Bun
- 15 Red Bean
Pink Toned:
- 02 Blushing Pink
- 04 Rose Haze
- 06 Red Made
- 07 Brick Touch
- 10 Burnt Burgundy
- 11 Petal Peach
- 12 Berry Raspberry
K-Points: 8/10
So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher because this can directly impact your health, where buying K-Pop albums does not. It just impacts your wallet. As such, all of my beauty reviews will be out of 10 points. I will not be going over that number.
I do really like this formula, as well as the shade range. I think they did a good job of ensuring that they have shades that can work well for a variety of skin tones as well. They made sure to include shades that would work for the lightest, as well as the darkest skin tones. I am especially fond of the “Red Bean” shade, as I feel like that is one that we typically do not see in K-Beauty.
What are the Koreans saying?
I was digging through reviews on 화해 (Hwahae)*, a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. So, instead of going through and talking about what the Koreans thought since there are 15 shades, I will rank all 9 in order based on the number of reviews and stars. Also, just a note that this product has been discontinued, so this will be rankings at the moment of retirement.
All 15 in Order of Popularity:
- 03 Peach Pillow (4.14 out of 5 stars – 28 reviews)
- 04 Rose Haze (4.60 out of 5 stars – 40 reviews)
- 02 Blushing Pink (3.81 out of 5 stars – 31 reviews)
- 10 Burnt Burgundy (4.5 out of 5 stars – 16 reviews)
- 07 Brick Touch (4.17 out of 5 stars – 12 reviews)
- 05 Red on Red (4.15 out of 5 stars – 33 reviews)
- 01 Coral Reef (3.52 out of 5 stars – 26 reviews)
- 06 Red Made (4.48 out of 5 stars – 25 reviews)
- 08 Pumpkin Moment (4.17 out of 5 stars – 24 reviews)
- 09 Red Fog (4.30 out of 5 stars – 10 reviews)
- 15 Red Bean (4 out of 5 stars – 1 review)
- 13 Molten Pink (4.20 out of 5 stars – 5 reviews)
- 12 Berry Raspberry (4.8 out of 5 stars – 5 reviews)
- 11 Petal Peach (4 out of 5 stars – 6 reviews)
- 14 Mocha Bun (4 out of 5 stars – 5 reviews)
Where Can I Buy It?
Although you cannot buy this anymore, whenever I buy K-Beauty, I do shop at a couple of different places. If you want to see all of the places that I shop at, you can check them all out here. I picked these up at a number of different places, including Style Korean and Olive Young. With a number of the places I shop for cosmetics at, you can also use Rakuten for cash back off of your purchases on their site.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
Which shade are you most interested in, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments down below!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
*Note: 화해 still only exists in Korean, but some of the products can be searched for in English.
