Massive Make-up Haul: NYX, Jordana & L.A. Colors

Hey there lovelies. No Sunday blues as there is a Bank Holiday tomorrow. It's the little things that make me happy :) Being paid early would have made me even happier, but you can't have it all I guess. In today's post I want to show you my massive haul from cherryculture.com and nyxcosmetics.co.uk I will start off with some lip products.

 

Jordana Lipsticks in Left-Right: Malibu (032), Raspberry (046) & Perfect Pink (167). $1.30 each in the sale

 

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I have never tried anything from the Jordana range before. For the price I had to give them a go. These lipsticks have a really nice fruity smell with each of them. Malibu is my favourite shade of the three.

Jordana Incolor LipShine Glaze Brush On Gloss' in Top: Pink Grapefruit (01) & Bottom: Candy (08). $1.99 each in the sale

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These LipShine's are twist up pens. A lot like concealer/highlighter pens with the brush at the end. I particularly like the look of Pink Grapefruit. Candy is a bit more watery for some reason?

NYX Jumbo Lip Pencils in Top-Bottom: Vixen (702), Brown (716) & Burgundy (715). $2.99 each in the sale

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These pencils are so creamy and smooth. The middle one says the shade is Brown on the actual pencil, but on my order and on the website it says Pink Brown. As you can see it's not dark at all, so Pink Brown it must be? Vixen and Burgundy are very similar in colour, but I think I prefer Vixen as it is a more deep red shade as opposed to Burgundy which is a slightly more brown red shade.

NYX Megashine in Maroon. $3.75 in the sale

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This is a fantastic blood red gloss. I don't own anything like this so it will be great to try. I think it will go great over the NYX Jumbo Lip Pencils in Vixen and Burgundy. I think it would also be great when worn with the nail polish that I did a Nail Of The Day post on yesterday Nails Inc. Victoria

NYX Black Label Lipstick in Chocolate Mousse (192). $4.99 in the sale

 

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This is quite an unusual colour. It's a glistening copper brown. I am not quite sure what kind of make-up I will wear with this lipstick, but it will be fun experimenting. On my order and on the website it said this shade was Chocolate, but when it arrived it is named Chocolate Mousse?

I already had this NYX Round Lipstick in Fire as I bought it at IMATS London in January. I knew I had to buy even more shades of these lipsticks after trying this. The consistency is just so smooth and creamy. This colour is so vibrant. A real punchy red. I love it. So here are the NYX Round Lipsticks that I recently purchased.

 NYX Round Lipsticks in Left-Right: Circe, Rea, Frosted Flakes, Taupe & Iris. $1.99 in the sale

NYX Round Lipsticks in Left-Right: Fig, Power, Harmonica, Narcissus & Tea Rose. Harmonica, Narcissus & Tea Rose. $1.99 each in the sale. Fig & Power £3.96 each in the sale

Top Row: NYX Round Lipsticks in Left-Right: Circe, Rea, Frosted Flakes, Taupe & Iris

 Bottom Row: NYX Round Lipsticks in Left-Right: Fig, Power, Harmonica, Narcissus & Tea Rose

The bottom row are a lot more wearable colours, but I love the variety here. I am really looking forward to trying out Circe, Frosted Flakes, Iris, Fig, Narcissus and Tea Rose. Such gorgeous shades. Power was not available at cherryculture.com so I purchased this from nyxcosmetics.co.uk along with Fig to make the added delivery worthwhile.

NYX Round Lipsticks in Left-Right: Almost Black, Pandora, Medusa & Egg Plant. $1.99 each in the sale

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These are what I would like to call my devilish shades. I think that Almost Black and Egg Plant will be quite hard to wear alone, but I think they would be fab bases under perhaps something like the NYX Megashine in Maroon.

Free Cherry Culture Lip Balm in Bubble Gum

This came free with my order from cherryculture.com. As the name suggests it smells of bubble gum. I love a freebie and always need lip balm so this was cool. Now on to some products for the eyes and face.

Left-Right: L.A. Colors Shimmering Loose Eyeshadow in Melon Sorbet for $2.75 in the sale. Jordana Color Effects Bright Powder Eye shadows in Yellow (04), Blue (02) & Green (03). All eye shadows were $2.99 each

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I have been on the lookout for a melon pigment as I thought it might be a nice alternative to the usual highlight shades which are usually more silvery or golden. I think this would look especially nice with a tan. The brush in this pot was all out of shape, but for the price I am not too bothered by it. I know this product is meant for the eyes, but I think it will still work well on the face. I am really disappointed with the eye shades Yellow and Blue. They are quite chalky with low pigmentation, but the Green is quite nice. It's a little bit smoother and a lovely green with gold flecks in it.

Left-Right: NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils in Milk (604) & Cottage Cheese (608). $2.99 each in the sale. NYX Slim Eye Pencils in Dark Brown (903) & Black Brown (931). $1.75 each in the sale. NYX Sharpener $3.25 in the sale

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I have been wanting to try these two NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils for a while. I think they will be great bases for eye colours, especially the more matte shade Milk. These NYX Slim Eye Pencils are so smooth. I think they will be fab eyeliners and I may even try the Dark Brown shade on my eyebrows. My pencil sharpener that I have been using for years is rubbish so I hope this fairs better. I would have preferred a flip top lid as the lid just pops off.

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Top Row, Left-Right: Sweet Pink (Frosty), Princess Pink (Frosty), Hot Green (Glitter/Frosty), Tropical (Frosty/Shimmer) & Deep Purple (Shimmer)

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Bottom Row, Left-Right: Spring Flower (Shimmer), Eggplant (Metallic), Blue Marine (Matte), Morocco (Frosty/Shimmer) & Kiss In Casablanca (Metallic)

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I am particularly excited about shades Sweet Pink, Princess Pink, Tropical & Kiss In Casablanca. Tropical is not as pigmented as I had hoped, but I think it's still a nice shade. I am really unimpressed by Hot Green. I expected a vivid green shade, but as you can see it is barely visible. The bottom row looks like there could be some fallout.

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Top Row, Left-Right: Platinum Pink (Frosty/Sheer), Dallas (Matte), Atlantic (Matte), Frosted Ocean (Frosty) & Odyssey (Shimmer)

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Bottom Row, Left-Right: Rock (Shimmer), Deep Charcoal (Metallic), Sensual (Glitter), Charcoal Brown (Matte) & Hawaiian Coffee (Matte)

 

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Platinum Pink, Atlantic, Frosted Ocean and Deep Charcoal are my favourites from these swatches. Deep Charcoal is very smooth and almost creamy. I love the Frosted Ocean shade, but I think there will be a lot of fallout with this. Dallas hardly shows up at all so it's a bit disappointing.

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Top Row, Left-Right: Root Beer (Shimmer), Gypsy (Shimmer), Walnut (Metallic), Asphalt (Sheer/Metallic) & Champagne (Metallic)

NYX Single Eyeshadow's Bottom Row, Left-Right: Skin Tight (Shimmer), Black Sparkle (Shimmer) & Black (Matte). NYX Powder Blush in Pinched

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I think Root Beer will be a fab crease colour. Champagne is a gorgeous everyday colour which I think would also be a great inner corner highlight. Black Sparkle comes up a quite green/grey shade as opposed to black. I still like it though. The Black is a great matte shade. Skin Tight is barely visible. The Pinched blusher is amazing. It's a very pinky/peach shade with a golden luminosity.

All of the NYX Single Eyeshadow's were $3.75 in the sale. The NYX Powder Blush in Pinched was $4.50 in the sale.

So in total my order from cherryculture.com came to $215.54 with shipping. It was cheaper than buying from nyxcosmetics.co.uk. However cherryculture.com did not have the NYX Round Lipstick in Power so I ordered it from nyxcosmetics.co.uk along with Fig to make the order worthwhile. This came to £12.42 with delivery as they had a 20% off sale.

I am so pleased with this massive haul. Well done if you made it to the end of this post. I hope you find these swatches helpful.

What are your favourite NYX products? Are there any other products from cherryculture.com you think I should check out?

Love to you all

E.L.F. 50% Off Haul

Hello there my little sweeties. The weekend is here, yippee :) I can't wait to show you everything that I recently purchased in E.L.F.'s (eyeslipsface.co.uk) 50% off sale. I will get straight into it as there is lots to show you. I will start with the lip products.

Studio Matte Lip Color's in (Top To Bottom): Coral, Praline & Natural

 

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These are quite creamy for matte lipsticks. I think they are all lovely colours, but I am particularly excited to use Coral. I really wish I had ordered Tea Rose as well now as they really do have a great texture. These are £3.50 each.

A great thing about these are that they also come with a sharpener at the end of the pencil

I will be really interested to see if this product works. This is the is the Studio Lip Lock Pencil for £3.50 which is translucent. You are meant to run this around your lip line in order to prevent your lip products feathering. I thought this may be useful for when I use my Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars as they tend to feather. My only concern is will it alter the foundation around my lip line in any way? I will give it a go. Now on to the eye products.

To the left is the Sheer Eyelid Primer which I have been using for at least 6 months and love. To the right is the 3 Piece Eyelid Primer Set in L-R: Nude, Pearl & Champagne. These retail at £1.50 for the Sheer Eyelid Primer and £3.50 for the set of 3.

L-R: Sheer, Nude, Pearl & Champagne

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The sheer I would recommend to anyone and everyone to use under any eye shadow. It definitely helps to prevent creasing. I actually prefer it to Urban Decay's Primer Potion. It doesn't look sheer here, but it blends out nicely and is undetectable. The Nude and Pearl appear to have quite a thick consistency compared to the Sheer. These pictures really do not do justice to the Champagne colour which I love. The Nude, Pearl & Champagne can be worn alone or with eye shadow to prevent creasing.

Mineral Eye Liners In Top To Bottom: Midnight, Ash & Black

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These have a very smooth formula to them. I was very surprised. I really want the Coffee shade now. I didn't expect such good quality for only £3.00 each. Now on to the face products.

Studio Blushers In Left: Peachy Keen & Right: Gotta Glow

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This Peachy Keen shade is lovely. It's a really nice warm, but fresh colour. I purchased Gotta Glow as I was looking for a powder highlight to use as an alternative to the cream highlighters that I already have. I really like the sleek packaging for these which include handy little mirrors. They are a perfect size for just about any handbag too. These are £3.50 each.

 

Studio Blush And Bronzer Compact

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I love the peachy/pink shade of this blush. I think the bronzer is quite a universal shade. The packaging of this duo is very similar to that of the Studio Blushers. This compact is £3.50.

Studio High Definition Powder

This product claims to give skin a "soft focus" effect. I have been thinking about trying a powder for a while in an attempt to hopefully make my foundation last longer. I hope it will also make my foundation a appear little more flawless. This product is £6.00. My only concern is that I have very, very dry skin and wonder if this will make my skin look very cakey? I really hope not.

Studio Translucent Matte Powder

This is the last product in my haul. I wanted to see whether a loose or a pressed powder might work better to set my make-up which is why I also purchased this. It's another little handy compact again which is great for touch ups.

Overall I think this was a very successful haul. At 50% off all products I am very happy. Please note that all prices stated in this post are the full prices as the 50% off sale is no longer on!

However I do have discount codes for those wishing to purchase something from eyeslipsface.co.uk 

Free shipping on all orders over £10/€12 until 10am UK time Monday 15th August 2011.

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Did you take part in this 50% off sale? Have you tried any of the products from this haul? If so, do you like them?

Love to you all