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Surprising Beauty Items

ByCordelia

Surprising Beauty Items - Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipsticks are amazing! See swatches and looks at Phyrra.net

Happy Makeup Wars Monday! Today the Makeup Wars bloggers are sharing surprising beauty items. I ended up picking a good and a bad. First, the bad.

Surprising Beauty Items

Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix Eyeshadow Palette Review

Kat Von D Mi Vida Loca Remix Eyeshadow Palette
This surprised me by me NOT falling in love with it. I thought many of the shades under performed and were patchy and powdery. I’ve fallen in love with the KVD Metal Crush eyeshadows, so I expected this palette would be awesome and was let down when it wasn’t. I shouldn’t have been too surprised though. Looking back through all the products that I’ve bought from Kat Von D they’ve been very hit or miss. I loved the liquid lipsticks but found the studded kiss lipsticks varied greatly by formula. (See my Mi Vida Loca Remix review)

Past Kat Von D Palettes

Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipsticks

Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipsticks
These surprised me for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, they’re awesome! Second, I don’t feel like they’re drying on my lips. Third, they take FOREVER to dry down. Seriously, I think it takes them maybe fifteen minutes? It feels like forever. So they’re not your typical matte liquid lipstick formula. That said, I love the colors that I own. I’ve bought a bunch of them. These are not kiss proof or transfer proof, by the way. If you kiss someone or take a drink from a glass, it will leave coloring on the person or object.  However, you’ll still be left with plenty of pigmentation on your lips. I love all the colors that I own and I’m tempted to buy more. I hope Nyx expands the shade range in this line. These are coming on my next trip because I love the colors and formula so much. Also, while they come with a doe foot applicator, it’s flexible and it makes it pretty easy to apply these colors without a lip pencil. You know I rarely will do that.

Right now, they’re buy 2 get 1 free at Ulta, so if you’re interested, don’t miss out on them!

Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick Swatches
Orange County – Cherry Skies – Vintage – Tea & Cookies – Pink Lust – Sway – Amethyst- Stone Fox

Orange County is a super bright orange.
Cherry Skies is a deep red.
Vintage is a burgundy with mauve tones that I fell in love with unexpectedly.
Tea & Cookies is a soft demure pink.
Pink Lust is a super bright, pigmented fuchsia pink. Love it so much!
Sway is a soft pastel purple.
Amethysts is a deep vibrant purple.
Stone Fox is a deep blue-toned grey. Stone Fox and Vintage are some of my Pantone Fall 2015 Makeup Picks!

Nyx Tea and Cookies
Nyx Tea and Cookies
Nyx Amethyst
Nyx Amethyst

Above is a great picture of Cherry Skies in direct sunlight.

Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Vintage
Nyx Vintage
Nyx Liquid Suede Cream Lipstick in Stone Fox
Nyx Stone Fox
Nyx Pink Lust
Nyx Pink Lust
Nyx Pink Lust
Nyx Pink Lust

Isn’t Pink Lust amazing? Which Nyx shades are your favorite? Pink Lust, Stone Fox, Vintage, and Cherry Skies are mine, though I do love the other shades too. It’s hard to choose a favorite when they’re all so gorgeous.

What beauty items have you found surprising? Any cruelty free ones I should check out?

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Cordelia Frost is the creative force behind Phyrra, a treasure trove for cruelty-free indie and goth makeup enthusiasts. She's the author of the game-changing 'Hooded Eyes Makeup Manual' a must-read for hooded eyes makeup.

Cordelia's world is a kaleidoscope of alternative beauty, gothic fashion, and life-enhancing tips, making every visit to Phyrra a journey into a more colorful and inspired self.

39 Comments

  1. I love these too, especially Cherry Skies, Vintage, Amethyst & Stone Fox. Can’t pick a favorite!

  2. Wow I love these! Especially Tea and Cookies! I’ve been looking for a liquid lipstick like that forever, because I wanted a pink but not one that was too bright! I love that 😀

  10. You might be changing my mind about the NYX Suede Lip Creams. I don’t like that they take so long to dry down but Tea & Cookies is such a pretty color.

  11. Gah – LOVE the look of those suede lip creams! And great to know about the KVD Palette. That’s been on my wish list since I first saw her share it on Insta. I think I’ll buy more Metal Crush shadows, or metallic liners instead!

  13. NYX keeps getting better and better.
    Fortunate Face Minerals eye primer is my new favorite, it is a line by a makeup artist. I think that’s my most recent find.

  14. What a great deal: it would be hard to pick just two. It’s always lovely to have a great sale on.

  15. I’ve had my eye of some of those NYX lippies and now I know I must have Cherry Skies AND Vintage!

  16. My wallet is happy to note that the good surprise is the cheapie. 😀 And I think you look good in pretty much every lip color.

  17. I think I’m a Cherry Skies or Tea and Cookies girl. You always have the MOST fun makeup!

  20. I was so sorry to see so many bad reviews for Mi Vida Loca, as I really love the pinks. But when the purples are so bad… *sigh*

    I adore the Nyx Suede creams. Stone Fox is my everything since I got it.

    1. I know that some people love it, and that’s totally cool! I just wish the blues and purples had worked for me. When I returned it to Sephora, the MUAs were really nice. The one girl said that she’d had a few people return it for the same reasons I did. She recommended I check out the Metal Crush or Urban Decay, and I told her I loved both 🙂

      1. I was worried about it being so powdery, too. The extreme powderiness of last year’s Star Studded was the whole reason I returned it. I was afraid this one would be the same. I can deal with a good amount of fallout, but last year’s palette was like a snowstorm every time I used it. I didn’t want to have that with staining, neon colors.

        1. I agree with you! I used the Star Studded a few times and haven’t touched it. I feel like I’m much more discerning with makeup now than I used to be.

  21. I love those colors on you. I feel like I need the Pink Lust and Tea and Cookies. I also just envision you applying your makeup flawlessly all day, over and over to take these photos. SO PRETTY.

  22. I actually just picked up Tea & Cookies the other day not expecting much but now I want them all! Everything you said was totally spot on. They took me about a half hour to dry down but they didn’t hurt my lips and I am in love with them!

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