I have a confession to make. As a girl who attempts to be a beauty blogger and vlogger, I have to admit that I don’t really wear lip products. I apply chapstick and lipbalm like a crazy person or a type of addict, but I don’t have many lip sticks or lip liners. My gloss collection used to be well loved from me, but in the last few years I have neglected my lips. On top of normally forgoing lipstick and gloss entirely, I only really wear nudes and the occasional medium toned pink.
I don’t know what changed in my mind, but I’ve been really wanting to try out a stronger lip. I think its the upcoming holiday season, but I’ve wanted to experiment with a strong red vampy lip. I didn’t know if I would like a red lip on me so I figured I would pick up some affordable lip liners. I discovered the NYX lip liner display and decided to play the field and pick up a pretty wide range of colors, a nude, bright red and vampy plum color.
Keep reading for my thoughts and swatches on my lips!
From NYX:
Slim, trim but never prim, our lip pencils come in 60 dashing shades—from auburn to orange and traffic-stopping red. The buttery, long-wearing lip liner formula goes on easily and resists bleeding. Available in 60 shades.
From left to right: Currant, Hot Red and Nude Pink.
Nude Pink: this one glided on my lips very nicely! I really liked how this applied and it didn’t feel drying at all. But this one is also really close to my lip color, so I can’t really tell if its streaky or patchy. But that is the sole reason I bought it, because I thought it would be so close to my natural lip color that I could wear it on its own for a little splash of color. This one was supposed to be my baby step into getting into wearing lip liner on a more consistent basis. I wore it out last night and can say that it did stay throughout the night.
Hot Red: NYX describes this as a true red and that is exactly what it is, a very true red. This one was also very creamy and buttery and applied like a dream. There was no tugging at all on my lips and it didn’t make my lips look or feel dry. The lasting power seemed even better than Nude Pink, because I wore it for almost a full day without any bleeding and minimal fading.
Currant: this one was much different than the other 2 I picked up. The color was patchy and it didn’t go on as smoothly as the other 2. Also, I took this picture the same day as the other 2 and the other 2 don’t show any dry skip or problem areas. I know that this color is a plum berry color so it might be a little harder to deal with, but I was a little disappointed. But to be perfectly honest, I didn’t buy this liner to wear on its own or even as a base for a dark plum lipstick. I bought it to pair with the Hot Red for an ombre style lip, shown below.
Currant on the outer corners fading into Hot Red in the center
When I wear Currant with Hot Red, I love it. I love the look it gives, it just adds depth to the average red lip. On its own, I’m not impressed with Currant.
Overall, I really like these! Besides from Currant, the other 2 go on really smooth and stay on a long time. I think Currant is a tough color to work with because it is so dark and its a slim pencil liner, and that could be why it went on so patchy. Also, because it is so dark it might show the imperfections in my lips a little more. I want to pick up more colors and have been looking on NYX.com at all the shades. I know have a larger wish list!
Grade: A-
Price: $3.50 available on NYX.com and at Ulta or your local drugstore
What do you guys think? Do you like a strong red lip? Do you have any of these liners? What are your favorite lip products?
Reblogged this on Embelladorn and commented:
Love Currant and I love currant with hot red
awww thanks!!
Gorgeous! i like the nude pink one
thank you!!
Hey! I love this review. I haven’t tried a lipstick yet because I read it’s better to get a lipliner on to prevent bleeding. Been looking for a suitable color and I think nude will work. I bought elf’s lip definer and shaper but that didn’t work for me. I will give nyx a go. Thanks for the useful review!
aww thank you! and now i know to not try out the elf one. i don’t have a ton of experience with lip pencils so these worked for me and i hope i don’t steer anyone wrong. but i really like these
Oooh, I’ll have to look into these lip liners!
i really liked these! i keep wearing the red and currant together. but i don’t have a TON of experience with lip pencils so i hope i don’t steer people wrong who do wearing lip products a lot
pls shave..you are too hairy
Please learn some fucking manners … You are too rude