More NYX!
January 15, 2009
Today, I went to Pharmasave – the hidden jem of Waterloo – where I found some NYX stuff. TBH, the selection wasn’t great. They had some of the Round Lipsticks, some single eyeshadows, jumbo eyeshadow pencils and that was pretty much it. No lipglosses but that’s okay, I still left store as a very happy girl.
NYX e/s in Deep Purple, White Pearl and Jade; Jumbo e/s Pencil in Cottage Cheese
Yay! I am very excited about these! XD Even though NYX is a drugstore brand, a lot of their stuff is really good quality. A lot of makeup gurus say that the NYX eyeshadows are comparable to MAC eyeshadows – but of course, you can buy 3 NYX e/s for the price of 1 MAC e/s. Each of the NYX shadows are $6 while the ones from MAC are $17. In addition to that, the NYX shadows have more product (2g NYX versus 1.5g MAC). All of these shadows go on super smoothly and feel so soft and velvety.
NYX Single Eyeshadow in Deep Purple
Deep Purple is a shimmery (but not frosty) medium purple and it is very pigmented. It reflects slightly pinkish-purple in the light. I love love LOVE purple e/s and this is definitely one of my favourite purples.
NYX Single Eyeshadow in White Pearl
White Pearl is exactly that. It is very pigmented and super shimmery and frosty. This is my new favourite highlight and inner tear-duct colour. It is sooooooo pretty!!!!!
NYX Single Eyeshadow in Jade
I have been wanting Jade for a LONG time and I am not disappointed at all. Compared to the other two, Jade is more of a sheer e/s with just a little bit of shimmer. Super pretty.
NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencil in Cottage Cheese
A lot of the makeup gurus on YT have raved about the Jumbo e/s Pencil so I decided to check one out. Cottage Cheese is freakin gorgeous. The picture really doesn’t capture how shimmery it is in real life. The Jumbo pencils are really creamy so they can be sheered out and used as a e/s base. LOVE =)
Just a little more…
NYX Sunshine, NARS Orgasm, NYX Smokey Look
Here are the swatches of the NYX lipglosses (for you, Joanna). I threw in NARS Orgasm lipgloss in the middle just to compare; Orgasm looks a lot more shimmery than Smokey Look, but TBH, on the lips, they both look about the same. The NARS lipgloss is ALOT more sticky while the NYX lipglosses are more “wet” (I’m not sure how else to describe it). As you can see from the swatches, they all look pretty pigmented, but for some reason, they all make my lips look really pale (maybe its cuz my lips are so dark =\).
NB: NYX Indian Pink lipgloss looks exactly like the NARS Orgasm colour.
That’s all for now.
January 16, 2009 at 11:37 pm
you also just got some more today to add to your collection
January 18, 2009 at 12:37 am
well, i don’t know a darn thing about make-up
but that stuff is really pretty ^________^
January 29, 2009 at 8:13 am
your smiley was easy
.. like a slut
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January 29, 2009 at 4:27 pm
lol yes, i like it slutty
February 12, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I was just about to place an order on cherryculture.com, but after hearing your experience I think I’ll wait. I live in Scarborough and you said that there is a place near Mississauga where you can get NYX? How are the prices and where is it exactly? I would much rather avoid the process you went through, thanks for you help!
February 14, 2009 at 3:41 pm
There are lots of stores that sells NYX in and around Toronto, actually. Try this webpage for all the locations: http://www.nyxcosmetics.ca/index.php?pageId=15 This is the Canadian website so it lists the prices of the products too.
The store I went to didn’t have a whole lot of variety, but at least you get to pick and choose and try out some of the testers. And at least you won’t get scammed lol. Hope this helps! =)
November 2, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Hi! I have one question, are you sure the first swatch of lipgloss is named sunshine? because I looked for it in cherryculture and the swatch there seems yellow :S I really want that color so bad since I saw it here :S could you help me please ? Thank you!