Cheap Thrills Thursday: Nyx Lipsticks & Liners

After feeling a tad ripped off from the Nyx stand at IMATS, I thought I'd take advantage of Cherry Culture's 20% off sale and get my hauling on.  Some of you probably know about my slight fear of buying from outside the EU, so it was that I made 3 simultaneous orders to keep my packages below that ominous £19 that will attract the attention of customs.  Only one has turned up so far :(  but I did use my grandmothers address and she's away atm, so hopefully they'll be waiting for when she gets back.

I love the round lipsticks!  I think the texture is brilliant, really silky and they just glide on.  My nan tried a couple out and described them as oily, but in a pleasant and comfortable way.  The pigmentation was pretty good all round, except for Sash which was quite sheer.  I love how there is a huge variety of shades in different finishes, but I wish there were some shade descriptions or accurate swatches!  I hunted down lots of online swatches of these before buying and still ended up with a few rather overly frosty shades.



Thalia: rosey neutral, no shimmer

Sky Pink: shimmery baby pink, veering towards frosty

Fusion: deep fuschia with slight blue flash, no real shimmer, more of a lustre finish

Echo: nude medium beige, no shimmer

Doll: medium rosey pink-brown, almost a mlbb, no shimmer

Sash: frosty sheer pale pink, will look better layered

Pandora: shimmery violet, veering towards being frosty

Circe: similar to Echo but lighter and more peach toned



The lip pencils are nice, very pigmented and come in a great range of shades.  It's a lip pencil, so I guess not much of a thrill, but some of these colours are actually pretty awesome.

Current: deep wine based mauve, not the red I was expecting (this is the long pencil)

Pinky: bright clean pink (this is the long pencil)

Fuschia: deep blue based pink

Hot Pink: very bright, almost neon pink

Nude Pink: peachy pink

Peekaboo Natural: similar to Nude Pink but deeper and less pink

Nude Beige: medium brown beige

Here's a colour corrected pic courtesy of Nero Photosnap.  Looks a bit odd but the colours are pretty accurate and you can easily see the difference between those pinks.



round lipsticks cost just $2.50 here

long lip pencils are $1.60 here

slim lip pencils are $2.50 here

Shipping to the UK was very reasonable, this whole order cost just $10.05 which is equal to about £6.20 and they even threw in a free lipbalm.  You can pay with paypal which makes things nice and simple too. 

Hows that for a cheap thrill?  Sadly not something you can pick up on the high street (not if you live in the UK anyway), but I think the extra bit of effort and the wait is worth it for those fab colours and cheaptastic prices!

An order for 4 round lipsticks including shipping to the UK comes to $19.43 which is approximately £12.  Wait until Cherry Culture offer one of their frequent sales and hopefully we can get that total to under a tenner.  4 lippies for around the price of 2 weeks worth of cheap thrills.  Beauty math = treats :)