NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss - Natural

I guess most of the people out there may have already seen these for the 1089273483595238459 time already. =P So hopefully this 1089273483595238460 entry won't bore you off. =)

Not long ago, I bought this one from Nonpareilboutique's when I saw their thumbnail pic of these.

gorgeous right?

And so, I got this NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Natural. A very very boring and safe shade, for an "un"adventurous me. =P

BTW, mine was the old packaging. The newer version of this is much simpler.


Compared to my previous NYX Round Lip Gloss, this megashine is also a little longer.


The lip brush.


And the color swatch.

Dark plumy colored gloss, almost perfect for my pigmented lips.

I don't really judge the color from the website. Quite misleading at times. =\

On me.


Product: 15ml

Description from NYX website:

NYX's signature lipgloss offers a creamy, lacquer finish with high-impact color pay-off and incredible shine and sheen. This makeup artists' favorite can be used as both a gloss or a stain depending on the application technique. This gloss contains minerals and lanolin oils to condition and moisturize lips.

Price: $5 from NYX and $3.75 from Nonpareilboutique

My thoughts:
I like this!

Texture and consistency wise, this NYX Megashine lipgloss is slightly sticky but tolerable. The gloss consistency is thicker and staying power is slightly longer than NYX Round Lipgloss as well. As for the scent, it doesn't have any strong scent to it, unlike NYX Round Lipgloss that has a lemony scent. What attracts me to this is the "SHINE" that it gives. I don't like those "glossy" effect but this natural-colored megashine LG gives the "shiny but matte" effect. Also, it covers up my lip lines quite well when I layered two coats of it.

Comparing with my NYX Round Lipgloss, there's a slight difference between the two. Mainly on the brush and the gloss texture and consistency.


And the swatches of both.


Therefore, if you like moisture & "slippery" gloss texture, go for NYX Round Lip Gloss. If you prefer shine and thicker texture of gloss, go for Megashine's version. I haven't tried the other NYX glosses but these two are quite good (and affordable!) IMO. =)

NYX Round Lip Gloss - Ballerina Pink

*pic from cherryculture.com*

Before I start, apologized for the long MIA. Reason being is because I'm too lazy, and when I "tried" to review something, I end up changing the layout of my blog. -_-" Until it became weird-looking thing. *sighz*

Anyway, since I'm back, these were my haul of NYX round lipglosses from Nonpareilboutique :D


Haven't tried all of these yet, was thinking not to coz I end up tossing them aside. -_-

Here's the flavour that I've tested - Ballerina Pink!

I think this color suits fair ladies but doesn't seem okay with me coz I have thick lips :X

The reason being why I have chosen this was because of the name - Ballerina Pink. I'm a sucka for ballet or dancing term items, such as Dance Tee, bags with Pointe shoes pictures... argh... irrisistable! I even had one MAC lipglass called En Pointe. -_- hence my nickname in some forums are enpointe. :P

The color from the gloss really looks the same when swatched. Too bad the website's swatches are lousy. :P

*made in Taiwan some more*



See the applicator? Doe-foot shaped. Glides on smoothly on the lips like nobody's business. :P


Here's a clearer picture of the swatch. This color contains little shimmers to it. Very pretty.



The Product: 2.5ml / 0.085oz (sounds little but it sure contains quite a bit)
Price that I bought this: $2 (stated from the Nonpareil Boutique)

My thoughts for this product:
I like it. If you hate those uber stickiness from MAC lipglasses like me, then you'll love this one. It feels "wet" on the lips and not sticky on the lips. Glides on smoothly like a charm! This lipgloss does not gives shine to the lips (or I called them "wet look"), so ...don't expect them to look uber glossy on the lips!

Cons? Nil so far. I know some bloggers do comment about the lemon-bleach scent kind of thing but to me, it doesn't bother me much. It does has a lemony smell but toleratable and it goes off quite quickly too. Other than that, no complains since it's affordable too! ;)

Overall, I'll buy them if I "ever" do run out of them (which I think it'll be many monthsssss from now) :)

The ingredients...


By the way, I got them by selecting their cheapest shipping method - USPS 1st Class mail Int'l that is $9.99 in case you are wondering. They wouldn't require any signature but it takes roughly about 2 weeks to arrive to your doorstep (in Malaysia) after posting. HTHs!

Til next time :D

Making Eyeshadows "POP" ...

By looking at the pic above, it doesn't do much justice. Let me explain more below.

Kindly note that I'm not comparing against eye bases. I just wanted to show the difference between using these products below...



Looking familiar? :)

Let me explain further.

The first one...
Mineral Eyeshadow Sealant. I'm not sure if we can get this locally but I got this from MAD Minerals some time back.



This comes in a liquid form, but quite watery for my liking. More like an eyeliner sealant rather than an eyeshadow sealant.

Second one...
MAC Butternutty Shadestick.


How it looks like..


The third one..
NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow pencil in Milk. I think most people should have known them by now. :P

The ingredients of this pencil..


Last but not least, the "high-end" eyeshadow primer by Too Faced. :)



You may asked why TFSI? The reason is because normally we either apply our eyeshadow without any canvas/bases on our skin, but nowadays, people believed that by using primer, the shadows will "POP". But we shall see what happens when we compared against the other 3 below.

Normally I'll compared against this three things...
1. TFSI (Too Faced Shadow Insurance)
2. MAC Butternutty Shadestick
3. NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil in Milk



But since I still got my sealant, I'll include it into my review. :)

The more detailed swatches of these "bases"...


I compared these outcomes with the normal eyeshadow and some random MAC pigments.


For a start, I go with MAC pigments first in Pinked Mauve and Tea Time.

Do you noticed any difference?

If you look closely, with NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow pencil in Milk, Tea Time pigment looked a little darker. But on with the rest of the bases, the looked normal. The same goes with Pinked Mauve pigment. I guess the pigment itself is already sufficient to go on its own (just like Gardenia bread :P).

Ok, so let's move on with the normal eye shadows.

Can you see the difference? :D

Maybe this will help you a little more. :)




NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow pencil really shows some difference between the other three. The colors are more vibrant looking, don't you think so? Just take look at those eye shadows applied without anything underneath! The pink shadows looks really "blahhhh" to me.


MAC Butternutty shadestick does quite a good job too. But it does not showed up so vibrant like what NYX did. It gives a more "velvety" feel to it.

I did compared them both again with other colors.


Overall, for myself, NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencils are really a great tool and underbase if you want to make your eye shadows "POP". The reason being is because it has quite a lot of wax in it's ingredients so that it makes the texture more sticky and silky.

But does it crease? If you use it alone, of coz it will crease. But if an eye shadow applied above them, it stays on beautifully (but this may not be the same for other people). :)

However, one reason that I don't quite like about NYX is that it takes some effort to remove them. Because of the waxy ingredients, it tends to stick on like UHU on my skin. :P

About MAC Butternutty shadestick, even though it gives a velvety effect to the shadows, but it is so hard to blend them on the skin!! It is not as silky as NYX Jumbo E/S pencil, also it leaves some chunk "glitters" if it is not blended evenly. -_-" Stroking this onto the eye is not a problem, but blending is a huge problem to me. I have to do some sort of "Rubbing" with my fingers and the eye brushes doesn't seem to work together also. -_-"

As for the Mineral Eye Sealant by MAD Minerals. I don't know what to say. Ha ha. Coz it doesn't really seal any eyeshadow to me. It dries on pretty quickly after I applied them onto my eye. But guess what, it leaves a patch straight on to the skin without letting me blend them. So I guess it works more like an eye liner sealant rather than an eye shadow sealant. :)

In short, here's the summary of these four things:
NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencil (From Nonpareil boutique): $3.50
MAC Butternutty shadestick: $16.50
Too Faced Shadow Insurance: $17
MAD Mineral Eye Shadow Sealant: $7

From the prices above, I do recommend NYX Jumbo Eye Shadow Pencils since it is cheap and they have many other colors as well. As for TFSI, it really is a great primer like I reviewed about it before (HERE). It is just like a make up base, that gives an extra "protection" to our skin (our skin area around the eyes are really thin and wrinkles do form easily if we do not take care of it) and also to "lock" our eye make up to prevent them from creasing and fade. :)

Haul: NYX Cosmetics

Nowadays, you can get almost anything from the net. So convenient but bad for the pocket.

Which leads to:-
* Spending more money
* Buying on impulse or so called "Needed list"
* Breaking the bank
* Donating money for the love of beauty
* Ignore old stash
* and Buying more spaces for the newcomers

Ok. Obviously I'm one of them who can't resist internet shopping.



I got NYX stuffs!! Woo Hoo!


Nonpareilboutique ships Internationally and all you have to pay is $9.99 for this shipping! Flat rate shipping which does not provide any tracking details.

Here's what I got.
NYX Chrome Eyeshadows. $3.85 Each.

From Left: Hardcore , Beanie, Antique, Geisha
There are quite a number of them but I only picked four out of it. Just to test and see if the colors are nice just like Enkore and the other makeup addicts suggested.

They are loose type of eyeshadow and the color payoff is Okay. And I don't think they are as good as MAC's pigments though. Up close of it:


Pretty? Looks chunky but it is not that chunky in real life.
I did a swatch on it, with and without the jumbo eyepencil base.
Without Flash

With Flash


If you are wondering what jumbo pencil I'm referring to, this is the one. Milk jumbo eyeshadow pencil sounds really creamy . And in real life, It IS REAL CREAMY!!
$2.99/each, but I don't see them on the website anymore. Hmm...


Super Creamy, can!


Swatch!


Look at how it dissolved into the skin,and the Antique chrome shadow on the right is applied without any base.

Here's how it looks like after I 'marry' them together.

Any difference? It doesn't look that shimmery anymore but the color sure darkens a little there.

Anyway, I prefer NYX Ultra Mania Pearl Pigments more though. This color is called Charcoal.
$1.25/Each


And the swatch:

Chio la the color!

I apply them wet. Charcoal + water.




The pigments aren't as fine as MAC / any other mineral pigments, but for such as low price, no complain from me!

Next up, the lippie, Thalia. Round lipstick range. $1.90/Each


Color is sweety-red kind of color. Creamy as well, but it has a little plasticky smell.


Overall I feel that NYX's is quite an affordable brand line of cosmetics. Quality wise, not bad. However, the website doesn't provide much swatches though. So you may need to spend some time off looking around for reviews, such as youtubes / Makeup Alley.

Here's the website where I bought them: Nonpareilboutique.com

That's all for now! Ciaoz.