MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK
by MAC Cosmetics · makeup
Editor's Take
MAC nails the silky-matte brief with Dimethicone and soft-focus powders, but the polished wear comes from a persistent synthetic base that clean-minded shoppers may not want.
Four-pillar formula scores
- Performance: 8.2 / 10
- Innovative Ingredients: 7.8 / 10
- Clean Standards: 2.0 / 10
- Formula Sustainability: 3.9 / 10
The Verdict
On the lips, this is a capable matte: smooth glide, convincing blur, and better comfort than the category usually manages. Avocado oil and shea butter help, though Dimethicone, synthetic wax, and specialty powders deserve most of the performance credit. Clean and sustainability credentials are weak, with undisclosed fragrance, persistent polymers, a fluorinated pigment treatment, and unresolved Titanium Dioxide questions in an incidental-ingestion product. Worth it for refined matte wear, not for ingredient minimalism or environmental restraint.
Is MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK clean?
DARE scores MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK by MAC Cosmetics 2.0 / 10 on Clean Standards, the human-health pillar of the Formulation Architecture Model™. That reading comes from the published INCI list read as a system — preservative, fragrance and surfactant choices in context — not from flagging single ingredients in isolation.
What are the key ingredients in MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK?
The formula leads with Dimethicone, Synthetic Wax, Helianthus Annuus Seed Wax, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride. DARE reads the full INCI list below in order, so position and pairing shape how each ingredient contributes under Performance and Innovative Ingredients.
How does DARE score MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK?
Under the Formulation Architecture Model™, MAC Cosmetics M·A·CXIMAL SILKY MATTE LIPSTICK by MAC Cosmetics scores Performance 8.2 / 10, Clean Standards 2.0 / 10, Innovative Ingredients 7.8 / 10, and Formula Sustainability 3.9 / 10. Each pillar is scored from the finished formula rather than from isolated ingredient flags.
Full INCI list
Dimethicone, Synthetic Wax, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Hdi/Trimethylol Hexyllactone Crosspolymer, Silica, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Polyglyceryl-3 Diisostearate, Polyethylene, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Oil, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Kaolin, Alumina, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnauba) Wax Copernicia Cerifera Cera Cire De Carnauba, Tocopherol, Tocopheryl Acetate, C9-15 Fluoroalcohol Phosphate, Dimethicone/Vinyl Dimethicone Crosspolymer, Xanthan Gum, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Saccharin, Vanillin, Fragrance (Parfum), [+/- Mica, 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 7 (Ci 15850), Red 21 (Ci 45380), Red 27 (Ci 45410), Red 28 (Ci 45410), Red 30 (Ci 73360), Red 33 (Ci 17200), Yellow 5 Lake (Ci 19140), Yellow 6 Lake (Ci 15985)] <ILN52980>