MAC

MAC Chestnut Lip Liner.

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About this product

A chocolate brown lip liner pencil from MAC designed to define and shape lips.

Guru Score

76%

Yay

Early verdict · Few reviews so far

2Gurus

1Yay

1Mixed

0Nay

What they liked

Rich chocolate brown shade
Staple for deeper skin tones

What they flagged

Pencil formula (no detail on performance)

What the gurus are saying

This chocolate brown pencil earns praise as a staple choice for dark-skinned Black girls, filling a gap in cosmetics lines. However, the pairing of this liner with iridescent gloss became so ubiquitous in the mid-to-late 2000s that makeup communities campaigned for a moratorium on the look.

Synthesized from 2 expert reviews · most recent take March 2025

Type

LipPencil

Where to buy

Sephora → Ulta → Amazon → Google →

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What the gurus are saying.

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Dr Sam Bunting

240k subs

✓Yay

"Not many people have done a great chocolate brown pencil. MAC have done a good one called Chestnut, which is a staple in many dark skinned black girls' makeup bags."

The Style and Beauty Doctor

221k subs

✓Mixed

"MAC Chestnut lip liner, which is a dark brown, and then old baby lip gloss, which is a clear lip gloss with [...] gold sparkle, very iridescent, very shiny. [...] That combo was so overdone that I remember because I was on some makeup message boards back in the mid to late 2000s where people were like, 'Yo, we got to put a moratorium on the old baby lip gloss and the MAC Chestnut lip liner. We need to like cease and desist.'"

Frequently asked.

What is MAC Chestnut Lip Liner?

A chocolate brown lip liner pencil from MAC designed to define and shape lips.

Is MAC Chestnut Lip Liner worth it?

Mostly yes. 1 of the 2 gurus who reviewed it give it their stamp of approval, for a Guru Score of 76%.

What is MAC Chestnut Lip Liner's Guru Score?

MAC Chestnut Lip Liner holds a Guru Score of 76%. That is our read on how warmly the experts talk about it, based on the verdicts of 2 expert reviewers we have collected.