Cristina Lutz
Playing with my make-up today!
Decided to do a black smokey waterline and glossy red lips.
EYES
Mac Paint Pot in Painterly, Eyeshadows in Blanc and Espresso and Eye Kohl in Smoulder.
FACE
Illamasqua Hydra Veil and Skin Base Foundation. Bobbi Brown Foundation Stick (contour), Mac Cream Colour Base in Luna and Creamblend Blush in Posey.
LIPS
Mac Ruby Woo lipstick and NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss and Plush Red.
Hope you like!
Stay creative,
NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss
Hellooooooooooo lovely people!
I recently went to Beauty UK at the NEC in Birmingham and was super excited to see that NYX had a stand there. Coming from the UK you can only get NYX online (as far as I know) so it was a real treat to see their whole range of products face to face and get to try them out.
While I was there some glosses caught my eye, so I swatched them on my hand and FELL IN LOVE!!!
I am a real sucker for red lips so when I saw these my heart stopped!
The shades I got from left to right are- Plush Red, Garnet and Maroon.
The first thing I noticed about these glosses when I swatched them is that they smell frickin’ DELICIOUS like cherries! Mmmmmmmmmm!
Swatched together in natural sunlight.
The glosses are super highly pigmented and such amazing colours! Especially Maroon! *Dribble!!!!*
The glosses have a bent wand which give a good angle for applying the product to the lips, however I find wands like these make it difficult to apply neatly. I would always recommend using a lip brush and lip liner to get a neat edge.
PLUSH RED- Swatched
Above, Lipgloss on it’s own
Above, Over the top of red lip liner.
Plush Red is a bright blue based red lipgloss. It is opaque and would look great over any red liner/lipstick.
GARNET- Swatched
Above, Lipgloss on it’s own
Above, With deep red lipliner.
Garnet is a deep red. It is a beautiful shade but I feel this gloss is trickier to get an even colour. I would definitely use a base underneath either a lipliner or lipstick.
MAROON- Swatched
Above, Lipgloss on it’s own
Above, With deep red lip liner.
Maroon is deep purple red. This shade goes on really opaque but bleeds really quickly so I would recommend using a lipliner or going along the edges with concealer.
OVERVIEW
All the glosses are stunning colours and smell amaaaazing. I wouldn’t say they have a sticky texture, but they do feel thick on your lips. They bleed so use a lipliner or concealer when wearing them and I would recommend using a base colour, although it isn’t necessary. I don’t think they are particularly long lasting but who cares, they are beaut! Last but not least, LADIES- wear your UP! I wouldn’t fancy getting my hair stuck in this on a windy day ;)
Available at http://www.nyxcosmeticsstore.co.uk/ (UK) for £7
http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/ (US) for $5
Thanks for reading!
Have you tried these glosses? What do you think?
Stay creative,
