NYX Round Lipgloss in "Pinky Natural": Swatches and Review

This was a part of my first BeautyJoint haul. This is one of the best products from NYX. Now that I've already given away my verdict, you may choose to stop reading the review and just look at the photos or read on to know why these top my list. :)
NYX round lip glosses are available for $1.75 (Rs.100) from BeautyJoint and are available in a total of some 36 shades I think of which only about 5 are non shimmer, non frost- Pinky Natural, Natural, Real Nude, Pink and Mauve of which I bought Pinky Natural coz it looked like a very pretty pink. And it is! This shade is a medium pink with mauve undertones and looks very pretty when worn on it's own or topped over other lipsticks. It has no shimmer or frost and is decently pigmented and goes almost completely opaque. The consistency of these glosses is neither runny nor too thick but I'd say these are on the thinner side, which I like coz they are non sticky. The pigmentation of these isn't the same across all shades and the ones with shimmer are generally less pigmented than the pure colour ones.
These come in a clear round tube with a black shiny cap and have a bent doe foot applicator with a sponge tip. Pics below are clickable.

NYX Round Lipgloss in Pinky Natural

Ingredients

Bent doe foot applicator

Swatch-Pinky Natural

Yay for:

• Nice pigmentation. Goes almost fully opaque
• These are non sticky and quite shiny
• Last about 3 hours before starting to fade
• Fades evenly, leaving behind a slight sheen on the lips
• Not drying, not moisturizing either
• Very very inexpensive
• Can be worn alone or over lipsticks

Nay for:

• These have a slight smell to them which fades in sometime but some may have a problem with it. I personally find the smell of Mega Shine glosses evil compared to these. These I find are tolerable.
• Availability is an issue

Overall I quite like this range of glosses from NYX and they are great value for money. These are non sticky and pigmented and available in a whole range of colours. I definitely recommend these to everyone. I've already ordered for "Real Nude" in my next order from BeautyJoint.

You can buy these from BeautyJoint.

My rating: ****

NYX Mega Shine lipgloss in "Natural": Swatches and review

Everyone must have the perfect Nude lipstick in their make up kit. ...err..and the perfect red and perfect fuchsia and the perfect mlbb...oh anyway my search for the perfect nude lippie has brought another one to my stash. This time it's not a lipstick but a gloss. But then again this gloss behaves more like a liquid lipstick.
Anyhow, I bought this NYX Megashine Lipgloss from Cosmetix.in for Rs.371. It's available for much cheaper at BeautyJoint though. As always Cosmetix.in delivered this in 3 days. No complaints there. Btw I've noticed that Cosmetix.in seems to have the lowest rates for most items when compared to UrbanTouch or 365gorgeous or BLab. At par with StyleCraze I guess.

Coming back to the product, this Megashine Lip Gloss is very wrongly named I think. I ordered this in the shade called "Natural" which is a light creamy beige colour with no shimmer or frost. This colour appears beige with a hint of peach on my lips without looking milky even though it's lighter than my natural lip colour. I have to take care to apply a thin layer and press my lips together to spread it evenly. It might work better on someone with a lighter complexion. I'm NC40.  This shade can only be paired with intense smokey eyes or my face looks washed out. It can also be used to tone down darker/brighter lipsticks by layering a thin coat over those.
It's not High Shine at all! Or perhaps mine being shimmer- less feels that way perhaps. But generally i find glosses that have thinner consistency tend to look more shiny. This is just a very thick gloss though. This comes in a rectangular see through plastic tube with a black shiny cap with a pretty bow embossed on top. This packs 11mL of product and has a slanted doe foot, sponge tipped applicator. The first thing that hits you when you unscrew the cap is the smell! Ugh! I can't stand it! It tastes like cough syrup. Yuck. The gloss itself is really thick and slightly sticky and intensely pigmented. A little goes a long way coz if you apply a little extra it will gloop around your mouth.
Pics below are clickable for a closer look. :)

NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Natural

Ingredients

Bent doe foot applicator

Cute bow on the cap

Swatch

On my lips

Yay for:

• Intense pigmentation. Goes fully opaque.
• Thick consistency and slightly sticky so it lasts about 4 hours easily before starting to fade. Unless you eat a greasy meal of course, and eat your gloss along with it, like me.
• Doesn't feel too heavy on the lips
• Feels moisturizing. Lip balm not required underneath.
• Fades quite evenly and even after it's gone it leaves the lips feeling moisturized and slightly shiny.
• Quite inexpensive
• Huge shade selection available

Boo for:

• Yucky cough syrup smell
• If you apply a little extra it will get gloopy
• Not really "mega shine" like the name says
• Availability is an issue

Overall, I'm on the fence about this one coz although it's nicely pigmented and lasts a decent time, the smell and the thick consistency put me off. Perhaps I should try this in another colour and see how it fares.

You can buy this from UrbanTouch, Cosmetix or BeautyJoint.

My rating: ***

Latest Obsession: NYX , NYX lust list

This sitting at home business is getting a little boring. I keep buying all these yummy goods online but I don't have the opportunity to show them off and be admired by girls and chatted up by guys. Sigh! What I miss most about working is having to put on make up in the morning. Oh and also the free internet and A/C of course. Tee hee. I think I might go back to work once the baby hits 6th month. Don't think I'll be at home for a full year, like I initially intended.

Anyhoo, so what am I doing at home besides stuffing my face and looking at random blogs between baby-jobs? Right now I'm totally crushing on NYX cosmetics. They are perfect- great shade selection, very inexpensive and are of decent quality too. Whats not to love? If I did anymore research and looked at swatches and videos of these, I'd be arrested for stalking. I've put together some links of the sites with the best swatches and the videos with live swatches here.

This very cute site has all the swatches of the 144 shades of the round lipsticks and also some shades of lipglosses and lip liners and lip creams.

This awesome site has all swatches of NYX nail polishes.

Some live-swatch videos for reference:

NYX's best products IMHO are the round lipsticks, the round lip glosses, the slim lip pencils, matte finish lip creams and the nail paints. Erm.. I think I've covered most of the items anyway. Let's looks at the round lipsticks first- these are available in 144+24 new shades, if I'm not wrong and come in 3 major finishes: cream, frost and shimmer. I personally like only cream shades coz frost and glitter make me look beyond fugly. My favorite shades (from what I can tell from the swatches) are:
MLBB type shades: B52, Milan, Perfect, Cocoa, Heather
Nude shades: Frappuccino, Mars, Hermes, Taupe
Blue based reds: Snow white, Black cherry
Deep berry: Expresso, Decadent, Hestia, Very berry
Dark brown: Brown sweet, Walnut
Bright pink: Louisiana, Hot pink, Shiva
I also liked this shade called Mauve which is a deep mauve (surprise?) with brown and pink undertones but quite dark.

I can't seem to find a nice muted pink that'd suit me! Most seem frosty or too light or too dark. But that's ok coz I have many neutral pinks from other brands anyway and my lips are pigmented so mauve colours suit me better.

So I'm ordering my first NYX package from BeautyJoint.com, which seems to have the lowest rates for the products as well as shipping.

BeautyJoint- My cart

Some Indian sites that stock NYX are UrbanTouch.com and Cosmetix.in but they have very limited stuff and not the whole range and the stuff is priced at almost double of the international ones.
Other international sites are Cherryculture.com and Porkdaisy.com

Will upload pics of haul with swatches and reviews once I can get my paws on em.
Yay! Can't wait! But I'm gonna pretend to be cool coz the universe delays stuff if you appear over eager, didn't you know? :)