NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils. OOOooo creamy!

Evening Zombies!

Tonight I felt like showing you all my collection of NYX Jumbo Eyeshadow pencils. I don't know where I'd be without these bad boys. I remember "Milk" being my very first one, when I really got into makeup, because everyone was raving about how amazing it was as a "sticky base." And OH WAIT, there are so many more colors too. Be still my heart. (Yes, I love them THAT much!) For my birthday I picked up a few more to add to my collection. (And a backup of Milk.) I picked mine up at Ulta for $4.19 but Cherry Culture has them for $3.50 each!

In my collection so far:

Milk: creamy white
Black Bean: creamy black (new to me)
Slate: creamy pewter
Rust: creamy rust color- hints of maroon in certain light (new to me)
Purple Velvet: creamy dark purple (new to me)
Lemon: creamy lime color (lemon? really?!)
Pots and Pans: creamy silver
Strawberry Milk: creamy light pink
Purple: creamy periwinkle. Purple with blue shift (my favorite!)
Electric Blue: creamy teal with silver sparkles (new to me)






Now, if you're just starting out with makeup these creamy jumbo pencils are great to use all over the lid (over a primer) for a vibrant eyeshadow look. It's best to apply and then blend the color in (with clean finger or brush) until there is just enough color so that it's not overwhelming on your lid. Once you add the shadow on top, the colors POP! If you've blended well enough, there is very little creasing with these. Milk sometimes creases if used heavily and not blended well enough. I honestly can not do my eye makeup anymore without my creamy base. AND they are a great alternative to more pricey eyeshadow bases out there.

What's your favorite NYX Jumbo pencil color? Do you use them as your eyeshadow base?

Red and Black Look for the WIN!!!!

Hello Zombinites!

Happy Ass Saturday! <3

Wooot another makeup look! I adore adore ADORE this look. Heartless Queen from Evil Shades just rocks my SOCKS OFF! I love that it's basically matte with a little bit of shimmer. And the staying power, pigmentation, and color of this shadow, let's just say, I'm lemming for a full size as I just have a sample. (Which I'm hording.)

What I did:

UDPP entire lid (DUH!)
NYX Pots and Pans on entire lid- blended with clean finger
Orglamix Cherry Blossom all over lower lid
Evil Shades Heartless Queen on top of that- (made the red in Heartless Queen POP!)
Orglamix Brimstone in crease
Evil Shades Zombie over Brimstone (I'm a Zombie girl..in a Zombie Worllllld!)
Orglamix Moonstone as a highlight base and on lower lash line
Basic black pencil liner for water line and upper lash line

Lips:
Rimmel Bordeaux
Evil Shades Guilty as Sin over Bordeaux

And here you have it folks: Black and Red my staple colors and fit me to a tee! I LOVE EVIL SHADES!

Kicked the contrast up to show off the pigmentation of Heartless Queen!




Lid only- loook at that RED:








(Listening to Super Sexy Swingin' Sounds- White Zombie)

NYX Haul and swatches!

You will rarely see a haul post on my blog. I have a few reasons why not.

1. I live on a tight budget. As of this month I am on a $15.00 a month spending limit. So I can't afford to do hauls very often.

2. I don't want to brag about what I have- I just want to get the word out there when I love a product.

3. It takes too damn long to post pictures and comments regarding the haul. LOL

With that being said- I just received a package today from cherryculture.com. Last week they were having a 25% off entire site sale. You know..the ones you can't pass up no matter how hard you try? (Even with your husband in your ear telling you "Not to buy anything!" hahaha) There are some things I've been wanting to try from NYX and I thought that this was the time to get them, seeing as how I'll be on a minimal spending allowance each month. So, I decided to bite the bullet and get the 5 things I've been eyeing for a while now. (Almost a year!!) And I am SO happy that I did.



I use my NYX Jumbo eyeshadow pencil in Milk daily. No matter the look, I use a primer with Milk over that, I then apply my shadow. This causes the shadow to last all day and with as much vibrancy (almost) as when I applied it in the morning. Because of this, I ordered 3 more pencils in Purple ( a GORGEOUS blue/purple color), Slate (a deep charcoal color), and Pots and Pans (silver.) I adore them all so far. So creamy and smooth when applied and last a LONG time. (Do make sure you use a primer under these pencils to prevent creasing.)

I've also been eyeing the single eyeshadow Luxor for a long time now. A lot of reviews compare it to MAC's Star and Rockets (a bright pink color with a blue/purple base)- which I just love. And I am so impressed with this shadow. The texture is smooth and creamy and the color is just amazing. Why didn't I order this sooner!? I can't compare it to S&R because I don't actually own the shadow, but from swatching at the MAC counter, they are similar. Similar enough for me to only by Luxor from here on out.



And last but not least. I purchased a new chrome eyeshadow called Geisha. NYX recently re-packaged the chrome eyeshadow and holy SHIT! is there a lot of product. And for $5.00 I was jumping for joy. The color is a nice rose color with gold reflects. I can't even believe how impressed I am with the color because I wasn't really expecting much. I am a mineral whore and so I really wanted to purchase it just to compare to some minerals in my collection. This blew some of those out of the water!! Pigmented and lovely. and of course. TONS of product. By far my favorite buy from NYX. A MUST HAVE PEOPLE!



I give each of these products 5 out of 5 zombies and I will be loading up on some more of the chrome shadows.

Jumbo Eyeshadow Pencils retail for $3.50 on cherryculture.com. I got them on sale for $3.00.
Chrome Eyeshadows retailf or $5.00 on cherryculture.com
Single Eyeshadows retail for $5.00 on cherryculture.com. I got Luxor on sale for $3.50
And all of this was 25% off. I spent just under $20.00 for everything (INCLUDING SHIPPING)! Score!

So I suggest you wait until the next sale and try on these products for size!

Wendi