cool...i didn't end up wearing any pigments - life just got a little hectic and everything is happening all at once! i have a short term work contract, which is great! i'm travelling for it, so my makeup for the next few weeks is going to be a little bit simplified: Brown nude or brown smokey eyes, possibly one eyeshadow purple look, and i think i only have two lip and blush options each...So i'll just check in to read what you ladies are getting up to and try to catch up on the makeup experimentation on the weekends! I'm also looking forward to the lipstick rotation weeks. That's going to be a great help in getting those lipsticks out there and at the front of my mind! So now that I'm on this work contract, I happened upon a store that carries NYX! this is very exciting indeed for me, although i don't think it's their full range, but up till now i had assumed canadian stores didn't carry this brand. Do you ladies have any NYX faves you can recommend? I couldn't recall all the names I had heard, but I managed to pick up a few lipliners i thought I had heard ranting and raving about (1000 yrs, hot cocoa and black berry), and a blush in dusty rose.
Contgrats on your new gig! OK, my NYX likes: NYX Blackberry liner is a thing of beauty. I love it under Firm Form. 1000 years was dc'd awhile ago, but if you find it grab one. It is NYX's version of Stone lipliner but it has a bit of shimmer to it. lip pencils in Black Lips (retractable), Auburn, Cabaret, Plush Red, Hot Red, Y2K (Nightmoth dupe), Prune, Purple Rain, and Toast matte lipsticks in Alabama, Aria, Whipped Caviar, Perfect Red, Shocking Pink, Indie Flick, Angel, Sweet Pink, Merlot, Siren, and Eden soft matte lip creams in Transylvania, Monte Carlo, Morocco, Amsterdam, Prague slide on eye pencils in Esmeralda and Gunmetal (there are a bunch of others, but these are my faves) gel liner and smudger in Scarlette and Betty blushes in Mocha, Cinnamon, Pinky, Red, Desert Rose, Coral Dream and Bordeaux. Most of the others have shimmer, which I steer clear of, but YMMV. I am not so happy with the new e/s formula, so I can't vouch for them. If you can find a place that still sells the old singles (square container), of course you need Cryptonite (lol) and Deep Space or any of the dark shades. They are very pigmented. The old single in Black is the best matte black I have. So dark, so opaque. And Root Beer. Even if you don't like that (it's an acquired taste), it is doing brisk business on e-bay and swap boards. I have NO idea why NYX doesn't have an equivalent shade in its current lineup. This was just an off-the-cuff list. If I come up with more I will let you know.
