Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia Le Marc Lip Crème in Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, & Blow; and the mini shades of Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge : Swatches & Review.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection in Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, & Blow. And Mini shades in Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge.

The Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection retails for $45US or $55CAN for 5 x 0.05 oz of product. The full size Le Marc Lip Crème Lipsticks retails for $30US or $38CAN for 0.12 oz or product.

So these minis are a touch less than half the size of the full size lipsticks. But the texture of these are identical in finish to the full size as well so if you want to try a number of shades from the brand this is a great deal.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection in Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, & Blow. And Mini shades in Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection in Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, & Blow. And Mini shades in Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection box front.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection box back.

Marc Jacobs Beauty The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection faux patent leather black clutch.

Lipsticks are house in a velvet tray that is housed in the faux patent leather black clutch. 

Faux patent leather black clutch can house 8 of the mini lipsticks. ;)

Product:

The formula of the Le Marc Lip Crème lipsticks I would describe is a dry creme in that they are not glossy but give the look of plumpness. But the not as heavy as MAC's amplified formula as well. The formula I very comfortable to wear even as the product wears down on your lips and feel relatively light weight with a good amount of pigmentation. They do dry down to a matte finish on the lips but not a dry matte on the lips. There was a bit of pull but no tugging while apply them on the lips due to the texture of the formula.

A couple of shade ran touch sheer being Magenta and Blow but that's probably more due to the nature of the pigments as they still managed to apply evenly.

Most of the shades leaves a nice light stain to your lips

Colours:

The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection:
Infamous is a soft pink that reads more nude than bright.

Dashing is a bright cherry red.

So Sofia is a bright coral pink. 

Boy Gorgeous is a plummy pink.

Blow is a dark current red.

Le Marc Lip Crème mini samplers:
Je T'Aime 238 is a warm tone vintage pink.

Magenta 224 is a berry red.

So Rouge 240 is a warm tone red. (This shade is a Sephora VIB exclusive you get for free in a mini size and you can purchase in full size.)

Wear: Close to 6 hours of wear before fading occurs for all the shades.

Packaging is the same for the mini's (So Rouge came in red for the VIB only shade)

 The Sofia - Five Piece Petites Le Marc Lip Crème Collection contains 0.05 oz in each tube while Sephora sample of the Le Marc Lip Crème lipsticks contains 0.03 oz.  

Packaging: Simple flat rounded tube with silver button too indicate the front of the tube. 

The 3 mini samples I got from Sephora only contain 0.03 oz.

The clutch is a nice size and and hold a card fold and your phone nicely (and room for a mini lipstick. ;) ).

Daylight swatches: Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, Blow, Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge.

Flash swatches: Infamous, Dashing, So Sofia, Boy Gorgeous, Blow, Je T'Aime, Magenta, & So Rouge.

Infamous

Dashing

So Sofia

Boy Gorgeous

Blow

Je T'Aime

Magenta

So Rouge

Verdict

Get it! I'm not much of high end lipstick purchaser because I do not feel the price justified the formula's that are put out. But I have no complaint about this 5 shades set and even the free minis behave wonderfully I would have felt like a fool to pass it up. 

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