I love buying
make-up. Especially when you buy it from NYX – although there are a few
products that, after purchase, make you question your own sanity, the vast
majority of the ranges are both of decent quality and also at fantastic prices.
I would NEVER buy any other “drugstore” lipgloss – for the superb level of
quality you get, why would you? To be honest, I’ve got a couple of Chanel Lip
Glossimers and the NYX ones are even on a par with those – amazeballs.
Moving on to the rest
of my purchases, firstly the eyeshadows.
Wow.
Just……. Wow.
I bought these
eyeshadows in the sale, so paid the princely sum of £3.00 each. To be honest,
even at the full price of a fiver, these are an ABSOLUTE STEAL.
I bought four –
kicking myself slightly now though, for that price I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT THEM
ALL – the complexity of shimmer in the four that I bought is phenomenal! No
disco glitterballs here (although some of the NYX eyeshadow finishes can be
like that), these ones lend a moderate twinkle on the eye under certain
lightings which adds a fantastic depth – which means on those lazy days when
you just frankly can’t be bothered to spend five minutes blending two colours
together, a quick 30 second application to the eyelids makes you seem as though
you spent hours on your look.
The shades I went for
are below:
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| L-R: Eucalyptus, Herb, Dune, Burgundy Pearl |
Eucalyptus is a shimmering,
light tauped-silver (I think I’ve in love!). Herb is a twinkly dirty olive.
Dune is a charcoaled dark silver, also with shimmer. I did suffer with a little bit of fallout with this one, but nothing a primer wouldn't fix easily. Burgundy Pearl is a
medium-dark muted maroon with distinctly cool undertones, which suits my
cool-blue eyes perfectly.
Eucalyptus makes a
great “wash-of-colour-when-I-can’t-be-arsed-in-the-morning” for daytime, as
does Herb (although Herb is slightly more dramatic due to the darker tone).
Herb also seems to also be a great pairing with a little bit of Burgundy Pearl
in the crease – I didn’t think it would work as I thought the colours would
just blend together and go “muddy”, but with a little care and attention you can
keep them discrete and it makes a great alternative daytime smoky eye.
And finally, I also
went for a couple of blushers. Now, I already own three of the powder blushers
and already know that they are premium quality with a tiny pricetag.
The one I added to my small collection was Angel – a light coral-peach with neutral
to cool tones, which is non-overpowering to my fair complexion, so is lovely to
couple with either bright lip or smoky eye for an effortlessly natural look – this
one seems to be impossible to over apply, which is great for those of us (like
me) who tend to be a bit hamfisted when tired in the mornings……!
I also decided to try out one of the Cream Blushes for the
first time – especially with dry skin, sometimes powder blushers can creep into
fine lines and pores and look a bit weird, and I am reliably informed that using
cream formulations take the edge off a bit.
CB02 (Natural) is
a slightly darker coral peach than Angel, with more neutral-warm undertones in the pan – on me,
this actually leans quite warm on the cheek and gives me a slightly porcelain doll-like look –
great if the eye and lip is natural/neutral looking, but can be clown-like
unless you use a careful, light hand. I tend to just lightly dip my middle two
fingers into the pot, pat onto the back of my hand first then apply with light
patting motions to the apples and bones of the cheeks. Less is definitely more,
here – you can add morem but it is difficult to take excess away. Although if you
owned a Beauty Blender I suppose that would help you to blend away any “mistakes”.
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| Left: Powder blush in "Angel Right: Cream Blush in "Natural |
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| Angel; Natural (note, these swatches are super-mega-heavy so you can see the true colour) |
I definitely like the look of the Rose Petal and Tickled cream
blushers, so I feel another purchase coming on pretty soon……..
Pick yours up at NYX Cosmetics. The sale continues, with
cut-price bargains as well as a 3-for-2 offer on certain ranges. Plenty of bang for your buck.......!
Jen
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