A creaseless wonder ~ NYX HD eyeshadow base , Review, Photos, Swatches

NYX HD Eyeshadow Base

Won’t it be wonderful if we could buy a magic potion that can turn oily skin into a normal oil free skin type permanently? Since that is still some time away ( I am hoping cosmetic giants are working furiously  on making something like this), lets explore what options we have to control the oilies for a few hours at least.

I spend quite a few precious minutes each morning meticulously applying  MAC matte eyeshadows. I love to go the entire length with my eye makeup even in the morning. I do lid, crease, outer V, highlight eyeshadows , eyepencil, kajal, mascara- the works. I strut off to work feeling all happy and pretty. In 3 short hours my eye lids turn oily and my eyeshadows are in a mess. And there is no way to salvage my makeup at this point. It goes all down an oil spilled hill. Enter NYX HD eyeshadow and this is a completely another story.

NYX Eyeshadow base wand

My eyeshadow is intact as it is even after 12 hours. Sometimes if I rub my eyes, the eyeshadow might get rubbed off but my lids stay matte throughout the day till I take my makeup off. This product is a creaseless wonder so to speak J. The NYX HD primer is liquid in consistency and it applies beautifully. The primer spreads easily and applies super smoothly and dries in seconds. This dries with a slightly white cast- nothing too noticeable though. This makes my lids feel a little stretchy though and if my mistake I apply a lot of this primer then my lids feel more stretched. This feeling  goes away after a few minutes though.

NYX Eyeshadow Trio in Golden/Rust/Walnut Bronze , Review and Swatches

NYX Eyeshadow trio

NYX Eyeshadow Golden / Rust/ Walnut Bronze

I can buy eyeshadows and then I can buy some more. I am beyond addicted. Like just right now I am feeling so tempted to buy Inglot eyeshadows after seeing them on Temptalia’s blog. I am going to Inglot the first thing I land in Bombay. Maybe I can visit Inglot first and then go home. Both Inglot and my home are close to the airport. Does that sound like a plan?

Maybe there is something like Makeupaholics Anonymous. Is there something like that? I should enroll myself there, save some money instead of spending it on makeup and buy a car. Ok I am rambling. Lets talk about the NYX eyeshadow trio.

This  is again one of my credit card friendly purchases from NYX. I ordered this from Cherry Culture a while back. All 3 colors are amazingly smooth and easy to blend. And I love that I have neutral and bright colors in one handy pallete. The 3 colors in this pallete are Golden , rust and Walnut Bronze. All 3 are permanent shades in the NYX single eyeshadow collection. Golden is a dull gold color- not very bright and quite wearable. Rust is a reddish pink color- more red than pink. It works wonderfully for Indian looks. I like to use this with a light hand though. It is quite pigmented. Walnut Bronze is my favorite color of this trio is a very pretty shimmer taupe color. 

Lets raise a toast, shall we? ~ NYX eyeshadow in Champagne

What makes your heart skip a beat? Apart from Johnny Depp I mean :P. Do neutral colors make you swoon or is it the color eyeshadows that makes you take out your credit card in a snap?

For me neutral color eyeshadows make my heart sing. I love an eyeshadow which has just the right amount of chocolaty warmth, a color which has just the perfect shade of gold running through it or a milky brown color which feels like silk on my skin. That is another reason why I love MAC so much. They do neutral colors beautifully. I think their color eyeshadow range can do with some additions. But neutral they have got it covered. Every nuetral  color from Vanilla to Smut is lust worthy.

Since I obviously cant keep buying MAC. The madness has to stop sometime! I turned to NYX for credit card friendly dupes. NYX eyeshadow in Champagne is one of their best selling eyeshadows I believe and has a rating of 4.6 on Makeupalley. This color is a  light peach and beige color with golden shimmer. There is just a hint of peach. On my skin it mostly looks like a very alive beige color. I feel that slight hint of peach really makes it unique. And the shimmer is very finely done. Nothing OTT at all.

NYX Eyeshadow in Champagne

NYX Eyeshadow in Champagne

Price?  Around $ 4 at Cherryculture

How to ?

I love to use NYX Champagne as a sheer wash of color on my lids. This just brightens my eyes very subtly.

I also sometimes add a bit of a matt brown in the corner to  add some definition to my eyes.

This works as a lovely highlight color.

A little bit of plum ~ NYX Eyeshadow in Eggplant , Photos , Swatches

I think that of the most important words in a girls life is SALE. This simple four letter word can elicit such a range of emotions – the initial flutter of excitement, the thrill of planning and selecting the right shade, the fun of actually shopping and finally the pure joy at opening the parcels and playing with the new goodies.

 I get sucked in each time Cherry Culture has a sale. It is just soo much fun opening up a makeup package!!!The NYX eyeshadow in Eggplant is a part of the Cherry Culture haul a couple of months back. I got this eyeshadow mainly because I was looking for a vibrant purple eyeshadow. On the Cherry Culture site the color looked very vibrant. But on swatching it looks like a medium toned plum.  I loved the color so it worked out anyway. But next time onwards I will definitely check out the swatches online on beaity blogs. Cherry Culture seems to have updated the site with better pictures though.

NYX Single Eyeshadow In Eggplant

The color Eggplant is a pretty plum color which  will look great on medium to dusky skin tone . I love to wear this will a rich black eyeliner on both upper and lower lashlines. And a little bit of matte black eyeshadow like the MAC Carbon in the outer corner. The finish of this is metallic which I feel is the best finish for a NYX eyeshadow.

For rosy cheeks ~ NYX Cream Blush in Diva, Review, Photos and Swatches

NYX Cream Blush In Diva

Looks can be deceptive. What looks scary red in the pan can translate to a beautiful rosy glow on the cheek.Case in point, the NYX cream blush in Diva. I have mentioned how much I love the NYX cream blushes here. This is no exception. The texture of the NYX cream blushes is amazing and they are very easy to blend.

NYX Cream blush Diva

This color looks scary red in the pan but on application it looks really beautiful. The rick is to take a really small quantity and blend.It looks like a deep rosy pink on the cheeks.

A twist for glowing cheeks ~NYX Grinding Powder blush in Nutmeg,Review and Swatches

NYX HD Studio Grinding Blush

Well, shake it up, baby, now, (shake it up, baby)
Twist and shout. (twist and shout)
Cmon cmon, cmon, cmon, baby, now, (come on baby)
Come on and work it on out. (work it on out)

While  a normal Homosapien would dedicate romantic ballads to his/her sweetheart , the slightly (makeup) crazy ones dedicate songs to their beloved beauty treasures. Well I don’t know if they do, I certainly felt like dedicating this awesome Beatles song to the NYX grinding powder blush.

I love NYX makeup and I am quite addicted to ordering from Cherry Culture every time they have a sale. I have their regular powder blusher and I absolutely love it. So when NYX came up with their HD line of makeup I had to try!! The HD line of makeup is more expensive than their regular line, so I had to control myself. I ordered 2 products from their HD line, NYX Grinding powder blush in Nutmeg and their HD eye shadow primer. I loved the concept of twisting the lid to grind the powder. I get sucked in by such marketing gimmicks instantly K.

NYX Grinding blush in Nutmeg

Highlighter in a pencil ~ NYX Jumbo pencil in Yogurt,Review and Swatch

Movie stars, models and socialites sashaying down the red carpet have one thing in common. Perfectly highlighted skin. When I was a makeup novice not many moons ago I would wonder how these celebrities had such perfectly glowing skin. Then I discovered highlighters. Tadaa!! Mystery solved.

NYX Jumbo Pencil in Yogurt

I bought NYX jumbo pencil mostly because they were so raved about in many beauty blogs and I loved the idea of creamy eye shadow in a pencil format. Jumbo pencil in Yogurt is a creamy shimmery beige color. I love love love it for highlighting my brow bones. It is my go to highlighting color on most days.

NYX Jumbo pencil in Yogurt

Swatch of NYX jumbo pencil on NC 44 skin

Beauty and the Brows ~ NYX Eyebrow Cake powder, Review and Swatch

NYX  Eyebrow Cake Powder

NYX Eyebrow cake powder in Dark Brown/Brown

If your brows behave like wild beasts NYX has the right tool to tame them. This small and compact brow kit has all the stuff to keep your brows under control. I got this kit in the color 02 Dark Brown/Brown. This has 2 powder brow colors. Both are dark brown in color and pack in the right amount of pigmentation. The round thing on the left side is the brow wax. This kit also comes with 2 applicators. And surprise surprise these are the 2 most useful applicators I have found in any makeup kit.

Applicators 

Cherry Culture Haul, Swatches and Reviews

I first heard about the economical awesomeness of NYX a year back while browsing through various beauty blogs. I was too scared of online shopping back then and didn’t consider buying online from cherryculture.

Then one random day while grocery shopping in Total Mall I spotted NYX counter! I quickly scuttled across the floor and landed at the aforementioned counter with a huge grin on my face. Much to my dismay though they had a very limited collection and almost no testers! How can a makeup counter have no testers is beyond me! Also each single eyeshadow was priced at 400-500 I think. Now why would I pay so much for NYX when by paying a couple of hundred rupees I can get a MAC refill eyeshadow. Anyway I liked what I saw, testers or no testers especially the quilted pattern on the eyeshadows and blushes. 

I ordered from Cherryculture.com in October sometime last year. Instead of doing individual reviews I thought I will do one haul post and mini reviews for each product since I have had a few months to play with these goodies.

My Cherry Culture Haul :)

This is what my order looked like:

NYX Rouge Cream Blush - FINAL SALE Options: Tea Rose	$6.00
NYX Rouge Cream Blush - FINAL SALE Options: Golden	$6.00
NYX Powder Blush - FINAL SALE Options: Silky Rose	$5.95
NYX Single Eyeshadow - FINAL SALE Options: Midnight - Metallic/Shimmer	$3.99
NYX Luscious Lipgloss Palette - FINAL SALE Options: The Perfect Everyday Colors	$6.50
NYX Lip Lacquer Pot Options: Okie Dokie Artichokie	$6.00
NYX The Runway Collection 10 Color Eyeshadow Palette - FINAL SALE Options: Champagne & Caviar	$8.00

1-    NYX Rouge Cream blush In Tea Rose

(L -R) Cream Blush in Tea Rose and Golden

- This made me fall in love with cream blushes.It comes across as a lovely muted peach color on my skin. For everyday look I take a little bit on my fingers and just tap tap on my cheeks and blend upward. It gives a very natural looking glow to my skin. For night time this can be built up in intensity. I have oily skin  breakout prone skin but this hasn’t broken me out in any way. It does disappear though after 3-4 hours but then no blush lasts on me more than 4 hours. I just love this blush and would definitely recommend it.

Makeup-Mantra Rating:-9.5/10

Swatch of Cream Blush in Tea Rose