Tuesday 9 February 2010

NYX Round Lipsticks Haul

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I've always wanted to try the NYX Round Lipsticks, especially after reading many rave reviews about them! my only problem was that i was a bit apprehensive about ordering them from the US because of additional charges and any UK based websites that sold them charged more than triple the retail price.

so, about a week and half ago, i was trying my best to put off the massive pile of work i had to get through and instead ended up searching cherryculture.com, a popular US website that sells different brands of makeup, one of the most popular being NYX cosmetics.

I'd remembered reading a post by Lipglossiping, a UK based blogger on price differences when ordering NYX cosmetics from cherryculture.com and a UK based website, she made ordering from cherryculture.com sound easy enough and made me aware of the fact that as long as you stay under the overall total of £18.00, you will not get charged extra duty on your goods.

so what did i do, i hear you ask.... yep i took the plunge and ordered a couple of lipsticks!
but it wasn't that easy...
the pictures on cherryculture.com aren't very good so i spent hours again, wasting time looking for swatches on the internet. i then finally decided to settle for nine shades that i wanted to try.

this is what i got:

I've been playing around with them and overall I'm pretty impressed! they glide onto the lips and are really pigmented. however having said that, there are some colours that i thought I'd love but i don't... for example REA. but oh well, i can't complain seeing as i got each lipstick for $1.75, so less than a pound each.

if you live in the UK and want to try products by NYX, i do recommend ordering from a US website such as cherryculture.com. it will save you alot of money as long as you keep below the £18.00 threshold.

if you want to see any swatches, just leave a comment below :)
thank you for reading

11 comments:

  1. I love love love Louisiana! And Rea seems like it would look nice but oh well! ^.^
    I'm going to check out that website!
    xx

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  2. The second row of pinks are my faves :) I have never tried these... are they similar to barry m lip paints? xoxo

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  3. The nude coloured lippies are pretty, swatches would be nice :) xo

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  4. Damn the colors are perfect!
    I'm searching my ass of for a fuschia lipstick colour and this LLS 634 seems to be perfect.
    Unfortunatly I live in Holland and I have never seen that brand here.

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  5. I love the look of the Snow White one, gorgeous!
    x

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  6. @Fern- i do like the barryM lip paints but find them to be a bit drying sometimes. i think the NYX lipsticks are a bit more moisturising :)
    x

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  7. @Misha - i'll do swatches soon :) x

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  8. Tearose and Fig are soo pretty! Btw where do you get NYX in England?!! I haven't seen them anywhere.. Superdrug, Debenhams, Boots. Did you order them from the NYX website?

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  9. Oh sorry, you explained that at the very beginning LOL! Lovely post, I might try and order a few myself. xoxo

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  10. @UrbanMermaid - yeah i do recommend them, but just be careful with your colour selection, it can be difficult finding shades that you think will look good as the colour in swatches have been altered by, for example, lighting and the use of flash on a camera ...

    thank you for following :)
    xx

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