All The Things I Can't Live Without...

Revealing all the NYX lipglosses that I've gotten in my last Cherryculture haul when they were having 20% off!

From left to right: Mega shine lipglosses in "Candy Shop", "Cosmo", "Plush Red" and "Vixen". Last one is the Round Lipgloss in "Vamp Red".

Given my 'thrifty' nature, this is actually the most number of lipglosses I've bought at one shot, and it all started with me lusting after MAC's Venomous Villains "Wrong Spell" lipgloss. I've had these for about a month already and I've been testing/playing around with them. Ha ha, it's lots of fun colouring my lips with all these dark colours; too bad I can't wear them out in SG.

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Swatches of the glosses on my hand:

Left to right: Candy Shop, Plush Red, Vixen, Vamp Red (round lipgloss) and Cosmo. The shimmer-free swatch on the top right is of my first NYX Mega Shine lipgloss that I got in "Natural".

Here are the lip swatches:

1) Candy Shop

This lipgloss is the least pigmented out of all the NYX lipglosses I got. The rest are kinda like liquid lipsticks but "Candy Shop" has got a very nice sheer wash of pink colour with enough shimmer and shine.

Please excuse the screwed-up labels in the following images, I don't know what went wrong with the editing programme. But the top left pic is of my naked lips, the bottom left is with the lip gloss and the right pic is pretty self-explanatory. :)

2) Plush Red

I really like Plush Red a lot; it's the lip gloss that I've used the most amongst the 5 that I've bought. It's like really bright red liquid lipstick but I like suing it as a stain as well.

3) Vixen

Hah, this was the supposed dupe of MAC's "Wrong Spell" and yep, it's downright vampy. I don't actually think I'll dare to wear this out like this, most probably I wear it as a stain instead. It's too outrageous for conservative SG. Maybe I should be thankful I didn't get the MAC one, but I haven't tried it so i wouldn't know. =x

4) Vamp Red (Round Lipgloss)

It's pretty similar to "Vixen" but "Vamp Red" leans more towards the maroon/plum side while "Vixen" is more brownish. Also, the round lipgloss is significantly more diluted than the Mega Shine glosses, so it can apply streaky and uneven.

And oh boy, do I hate the smell of this lipgloss!! It smells like Mama Lemon Washing Detergent, and I feel that it even tastes like it. Aside from it's not-bad vampy colour, super eww! Never buying the round lipglosses again. =___=

5) Cosmo

Okay, basically what the labels are saying is that it looks super good on the lips, but once you wipe the gloss off, it leaves semi-permanent silver shimmer on your lips. Not sexy at all! It's like you're having silver foil pasted on your lips. I wasn't too fond of this lipgloss, cos I don't fancy frosted lip products in the first place.

But I must admit, it looks pretty in the lip swatch. Maybe it's one of those glosses that photographs better than when viewed in real life.

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And this is currently my favourite bright lip colour to wear out.

It's basically applying "Plush Red" all over my lips, letting it set a little, then blotting most off. After which I layer on Milani's Lip Mixer lipgloss (which I got from under-twenty20), cos it's sheer and shiny enough to give a nice finish and it's thick (lasts long!).

I like how it's not too bright (like attention-grabbing, in your face bright) but it's got enough colour to brighten my whole complexion. Plus, it makes me teeth look a little whiter.

Thanks for looking at the swatches and reading this entry! I hope these images helped you if you're considering in getting some NYX lipglosses (get the Mega Shines, they're sooo much better than the Round lipglosses). Talk to you guys soon~