Thursday, 29 July 2010

NYX Lipgloss Swatches: Real Nude and Mauve

As part of my Cherry Culture haul I picked up a couple of NYX glosses. I’m definitely more of a lippie girls than a gloss girl but at those prices I was keen to try them out. Here we have Real Nude (ironically a mauve nude) and Mauve (which doesn’t look that Mauve to me). How odd. In the pic Real Nude is on the left and Mauve is on the right. Mauve looks like more of a mid toned pink to me.

As the swatches show these are fairly pigmented for glosses. They are smooth and none sticky too which I love. The applicators are doe foot which some people love (like me) and some don’t. I personally find they give a more even application.

Despite loving all these things about the glosses I have only worn each one a couple of times. Now this isn’t going to be a bad thing for everyone and everyone will have their own preference but to me things STINK. I mean they properly hum.... They have this sweet sugary orange kind of smell, kind of similar to the ELF All Over Colour Stick I hated so much. I’m not a massive fan of sweet foods or scents and I balk at this fragrance every time. Sorry NYX! I love your other stuff and I’m sure plenty of other people love this fragrance but I don’t want it anywhere near me...

*I bought the above product with my own money. I always give my honest opinion of a product. For further info see my disclaimer in the menu on the left*

5 comments:

  1. I really wanna try NYX stuff! I might like these cos I dont think the smell would bother me, might have to get some :)

    Lisa xx

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  2. At the prices they go for in the sales on Cherry Culture it's worth giving their stuff a go. I have reviews of the other stuff I bought coming up soon. Personally I love their stuff! It's so high quality for the price x

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  3. This post made me chuckle. I bought Mauve (you're right it's not mauve at all) a few months ago and posted about the smell! To me it's lemony and a bit toilet cleaner-esqe. I really can't get away from the smell and I think it will be my first purchase to go in the bin. Pretty colour, icky smell!
    Jane x

    PS. Mybutterfly if you want me to send you my Mauve give me a shout via twitter. It's hardly been touched.

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  4. I will have to check out your post ModestyBrown! You may be spot on there with that scent description. It's just a chemical mess... x

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  5. The smell is wrong so close to your nose! I'm pleased it's not just me that noticed it.

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