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NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams Update
It's been 3 years since I last posted on them and NYX soft matte lip creams are still my favorite lippy! I've amassed quite a few of them as I can go through them pretty quickly and always like to have a few shades in my purse at all times. Recently, I was super excited to see that they FINALLY released some new colors, so I happily snapped up a few from ULTA since they were having buy one get one 50% off.
The new colors I bought.
Swatched on my arm, from left to right: NYX soft matte lip creams in Cannes, Ibiza, Morocco, and Prague.
Cannes is a very pretty mauvey terracotta. It's the most wearable out of the new colors I picked up and is kind of close to my every day favorite shade, Milan, just more neutral and less pinkish. I see myself wearing this a lot!
Ibiza is a punchy, almost watermelon pink. It's quite bright, so I'm still deciding if I can pull off this shade or not!
Morocco is a reddish orange. I've always loved reddish oranges but of the few I've tried, haven't found a hue I feel confident wearing yet. Maybe this will be the one?
Prague is a nice, deep berry. I tend to go for berry shades at night time, so I feel pretty comfortable wearing this, but I do personally think it's a bit too dark for daytime. I'd rather wear my other favorite, San Paulo.
One thing I noticed for the first time after swatching these shades on my arm is that these lip creams have somewhat of a staining quality to them. Even after a few soapy washes, there was a faint stain left on my arm!
Have you ever tried NYX soft matte lip creams? Do you like them? If not, what's YOUR favorite lippy?
NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams
Left to right: NYX soft matte lip creams in London, Istanbul, Milan, Antwerp, San Paulo, Addis Adaba, & Amsterdam
I've been on the hunt for the perfect fuss-free lip product for quite sometime now without a whole lot of success. I tried getting into lip stains but that was a HUGE fail. Not only are they drying but they are horrible to apply. Then, a few weeks ago--a shining ray of light broke through my ominous sky--I picked up these NYX soft matte lip creams in Antwerp and San Paulo. They glide on with the ease of a lip gloss but are matte and have the opacity of a lipstick! I'm pretty sure they are going to revolutionize the future of lip products as we know it. I loved them so much that when Hautelook had a NYX cosmetics sale, I picked up a set of five more. I'm not a huge fan of the lighter shades (for nud-ish colors I prefer a glossier lip) but I LOVE the bold ones! My favorites are San Paulo (wearing San Paulo in the post below) and Addis Adaba, which I sometimes mix with a lighter shade to tone down. Like most matte lip products, these are still a little drying so I apply my Aquaphor first (but then again I am a compulsive lip goop applier so maybe it's just me).
Oh and did I mention that they are only $6 a pop? What are you waiting for!? You can get them here or from Ulta. FYI, Ulta often has some great promotions so I would do that. Collect 'em all! You can thank me later.
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