NYX Autumn Buys & swatches

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream

So I've been dreaming about adding to my collection of NYX soft matte lip creams for a while and I finally ordered a few more. With makeup, and also everything else in life, I think it feels good to be seasonal, so I ordered shades that I thought would be perfect for the Autumnal- October November period.

So if you've never tried it or heard of it, I will explain a little of my insight into the brand. Firstly it's American, until quite recently it wasn't available in U.K. Stores, as far as I'm aware, back then they just sold it at IMATS (International Makeup Artist Trade Show) and it always had the biggest que in the whole place, the first year I went, the que was too big so I missed out. But anyways it's all good now as it is available from Boots online and in some of their stores, and in Selfridges in London. It's really cheap andddd its cruelty free, and has some amazing quite unique stuff, win win win.

I first purchased one of their matte lip creams last October on a mini road trip I went on in the USA, it's a "drugstore" brand so they sell it in the supermarkets, I picked up a couple of random colours in CVS in Florida as they were like $3.50 or something, I had no idea how much I'd love them.

Obviously it's the super in thing to wear Matte liquid lipsticks at the moment, and I personally love them, in particular Lime Crime, Gerard Cosmetics, LA Splash, NYX lip lingerie to name a few. The best thing about these is that they seem so long wearing, but they are so drying and sometimes I'm just really not in the mood for my lips to shed their skin like a snake. That's where the soft matte lip creams come in handy, because they are Matte but more nourishing than the really long lasting ones. I probably wouldn't opt for them for a big night out as I like something that will last forever, but for day time or a few drinks they're good. Plus they smell amazing like cupcakes & come in a huge array of colours which are named after cities (cute!), and cost just £5.50.

The first obvious pick for this season was Transylvania, a dark plummy purple. You need about 2 coats to get the really dark colour, and have to be careful that you spread it out evenly or it goes patchy but I love the colour its the perfect shade (and Vampiresque name) for Halloween.

I've been wanting a quite bright but dark red so I chose Madrid and I'm not disappointed. I'm bored of bright pure reds like Mac's Ruby Woo which used to be my staple red, and this was exactly the shade I wanted. When I started applying it I thought it seemed a bit too purply but then it settled into the perfect blood-red.

Berlin is probably my favourite out of the bunch, the photo doesn't really do it justice as its a lot darker in person, I'd describe it as the perfect true (Kardashian style) Brown. Love it!!

I wanted to order a more natural shade as the others are so bold, so I chose Rome, this is just a darker version of my natural lip, which I like. It will be good for those days when you want to wear makeup without looking like you're wearing any, if you get my drift? No? Just me then.

They are all a tad darker in real life!*

I used Transylvania today for my Day 19 of 31 days of Halloween over on my instagram- Instagram.com/emilyjaynefx for this Hollywood Corpse look-

xxx