My First NYX UK Cosmetics Haul.

Hello lovelies, I'm back with another post and today will be a quick haul type post on my recent order with NYX cosmetics. Now, I rarely do hauls but wanted to with this one as it was my first ever purchase from NYX when they recently had their free shipping on orders over £25 offer.

 

I was really gutted at IMATs as the queues were far too long for me to actually have a good look around and buy stuff so I really jumped at the chance of getting free delivery and of course adding some stuff to my ever growing makeup collection!

 

I am really loving NYX Cosmetics at the minute, they have a wide range of products all at affordable prices as well as hearing really good things about some of their blushes, lippies and jumbo eye pencils. Unfortunately in the UK, there isn't actually a store where we can go buy their products so online it was. And of course, it was an excuse to really make good use of my pro discount with them too.

 

 The products arrived beautifully and carefully packaged in about 2 days if I remember correctly via interlink. I am rather fond of Interlink as I love the fact that they text /email you  to say when your delivery is arriving, whom by and what time so you can make sure you are available and know what time to expect it rather than waiting around for it all day as I have often done in the past with Royal Mail!

These are in no particular order and seeing as I have only just received them, it wouldn't be fair to post a review on them, instead, Ill be explaining why I purchased the particular item, (some will have a better explanation than others I reckon) and so on. I'm sure you get the drift...:-)

I promise, Ill try and keep this post short and sweet and let the pictures do the talking (I know I always say this and then ramble on!)  Oh and do excuse the quality of the pictures, I am relying on my poor old reliable IPhone just until I buy myself a nice little camera. Here goes....

 

Of course I just had to order their Jumbo eye pencil in Black bean, after using their Milk Jumbo eye pencil I was super super impressed. Check out my review on it here. I am really looking forward to trying this to create really dramatic as well as subtle smokey eye looks and play around with the darker colours. I said in my previous post that I had my eye on this didn't I, and here it is :-) I am pretty sure that this product will not let me down.
 

I also decided to pick up their SFP HD Finishing Powder from their HD Studio range. I have always had my eye on the Makeup Forever and Kryolan version of this but have always been a little vary seeing as they are a little on the steep side so thought I would give this a go. Yes it is white and no I haven't lost my marbles, it is simply a 100% mineral finishing powder that apparently is perfect for setting foundation. NYX describe it as "This powder leaves your skin looking radiant and luminous, while absorbing oil for that flawless matte finished look". Sounds like exactly what I need. I plan to use this on special occasions if I am off to a party or a wedding. I have really high hopes for this and fingers crossed it does what it says on the tin.

Across the blogger world and Twitter I have heard some great stuff about their blushers and decided to give Cinnamon a go after having a good hard look at all the shades available, yes there are 25 of them so naturally you'd want them all! This cute little thing is in powder form and upon my first swatch of it, it seems super pigmented, easy to blend and goes well with my complexion. I am definitely picking up some other colours next time and at £6 you really cant go wrong. Money well spent.

About a year ago, I came across this orange concealer pot which was only available at Mac Pro and sadly, I couldn't seem to find any other alternatives anywhere so when I realised NYX did their concealers in Orange too I couldn't have added it to my cart any quicker! Now orange concealer?! I hear you ask. Orange concealers can be used where the dark eye circles are really quite prominent and where a normal skin tone concealer isn't adequate to conceal it well. You simply dab a bit of the orange stuff around the eye area and then apply your normal concealer on top and voila! Now thankfully, whilst a mother wouldn't be a mother without any dark circles around the eyes as a sign of what once felt like endless sleepless nights, my normal concealer (I use Kryolan paint stick  in FS36) does the job of concealing just fine with nothing else required except a bit of setting powder, if not even that. I thought I'd try this when freelancing for any mature clients that need a little help in the under eye areas or anyone else that may suffer from them bad due to any reason.

If there is one thing I dislike about eyeshadows is the fact that sometimes you find that they crease, have fall outs and isn't maybe as vibrant as it looked before applying and apparently their Eyeshadow base in skin tone comes to the rescue. Here is what NYX have to say about it "Maximize the intensity, longevity and unashamed brilliance of your eye shadow statements with our eye shadow primer pots. Each of the three NYX Eye Shadow Bases—for vibrant, pearl or neutral tones—creates a smooth canvas for color, increases its durability and prevents fallout."  Here's hoping this is a good dupe for the UD primer potion as annoyingly, replacing the primer potions every so often isn't very good for my bank balance.

Along the way I also picked up a dual ended pencil sharpener seeing as I now own not one but TWO Jumbo sticks! Of course I already have a sharpener and yes a dual ended one at that but you can always end up losing one somewhere right?

I really do not know why I purchased some eyelash glue. I already have a few in my kit so I guess another one wont hurt right but I am glad I did pick this up as I got a pair of eyelashes in Fabulous absolutely free!

I am really into eyebrow powders at the moment to really define eyebrows and give them a shape and find that powders work much better than pencils (from experience anyway) to give them a more natural rather than the fake, harsh look. I chose to purchase dark brown as I find black is too harsh and really give me the drawn on look. This cute duo compact come in two shades, Dark brown and brown, a little pot of wax to groom stray hairs, a little slanted brush for definition as well as a round wand brush to shape and style. All you need really and you really cannot go wrong for £5.50.

I had to obviously have some glitter somewhere in there and so I picked up a
Liquid Crystal liner in Crystal Gold. I plan to use this on clients that want glittery eyes or a gold eyeliner for adding a sparkle to their lovely eyes.

Lets move onto the lips shall we. As always it is very difficult to rely on on line swatches for anything as it may vary from on screen once you purchase it. I definitely wanted some lip products too and so picked up two matte lipsticks in Shocking Pink and Indie Flick as well as lip pencils in Fushcia and Coral to match with it. Besides a classic red, every girl needs a pink and a coral lippy in their collection and these colours are great and I plan to wear them when I want to brighten up my day. The corals go brilliantly with the Cinnamon blusher. Result! They had a sale on some of their products and so I decided to pick up just one lipstick not allowing myself to go crazy. The lipstick is from their Black Label Lipstick range and the colour I picked up is Midnight Dinner. Truthfully? I am not so keen on the shade, on line it looks like a soft rose pink but actually is a mild berry colour if that makes sense. Not really a shade I would go for but never mind, I am sure I will find some use for it somewhere....

And there you have it. My first NYX Cosmetics haul! Do you own anything from NYX? Have a NYX Wishlist?

See you soon with another exciting post!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYX Milk Jumbo Eye Pencil Review & Swatches.

You are probably thinking why on earth am I posting a review on this now when I have had it for ages, in fact, what I am asking myself is why did this not come on my beauty radar any sooner. Since I have used it numerous times, I thought it was fair to do a decent review on it.

I first happened to come across the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk after seeing it on many Youtube tutorials and on the blogosphere and I got sucked right in! And boy, am I glad I did.

Take a glance below!

NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk is really as nice as everyone says it is, despite not usually being a big fan of creamy eyeshadows and pencils, being the busy mum that I am, I seem to have fallen for the creamy hype at the moment seeing as I need to apply my makeup quickly and efficiently whilst having two toddlers running around. They are just so easy to use, no fallouts and no detailed blending required whatsoever, easy peasy! All the rumours about this being so great are all true!



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Sometimes, when working with loose pigments or eyeshadows that are so not heavily pigmented in colour (the 120 colour palette springs to mind here),  the NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Milk comes to the rescue. It is definitely a must have product in any makeup kit. It really does live up to its hype of enhancing the colour of the eyeshadows worn,(when worn underneath) making them more vibrant and acting as a base for it as well as for loose and mineral pigments to stay put on the lids.

Whats more, cream pencils such as this prove to be even more successful when it comes to ease of use as they multitask as an eyeshadow base, eyeliner for both top and the waterline and as a cream shadow. I have also found it to be a great little product for applying in the inner corners of the eyes to open up small eyes and also use as a highlighter on the brow bone too since it is so easy to build up colour and blend.



Milk is a cool toned white colour that is fairly creamy in texture and has a matte finish. it is slightly thick yet very easy to blend.

The only thing I would say though is that if most creamy eyeshadows and pencils have a tendency to crease on you, then this may too if used alone, although I haven't actually tried it as an eyeshadow alone so I cannot really say. The only other thing is that not all skin tones will be able to get away with using it as an eyeshadow unfortunately since it is a stark bright shade of white so its probably wise not to buy it for this reason alone.

 

As it is a jumbo stick and larger in size, you probably would struggle at first to apply this neatly onto the waterline, I still have trouble and therefore stick to my regular sized eye pencils. Don't let this put you off though, as practise makes perfect like they say.

 

These are readily available on most sites and of course in a bid to avoid any counterfeit products, it is always best to purchase on the official NYX site. I picked mine up from Amazon though for a bargain £6 including postage and packaging. Not only are these great, but like most NYX products, quite affordable too. You get a lot for the price you pay too, 0.18oz, huge compared to Mac Shadesticks which I think are 0.05oz which is why it definitely deserves another thumbs up.

 

I don't think you could ever regret picking one of these up. Oh, and did I mention that they come in a huge range of colours too? I have already put Slate, Black bean and Dark Brown on the wish list. Hello smoky eyes!

 

Do check them out if you are a fan of cream eyeshadows at http://www.nyxcosmetics.co.uk/http://www.nyxcosmetics.co.uk/ or http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/http://www.nyxcosmetics.com/ for non UK customers.

 

Do you own one of these? Like it? Loathe it? Leave your comments below! 

 

Until next time...

 

 

xxx