NYX Round Lip Gloss in Pink & Whipped | Review, Swatch, Pics

On my last Beautyjoint order I grabbed a few glosses to try, these two being some of them. They are certainly very cheap and nice to have to chuck in your purse for during the day.

Product Description

This NYX Round Lip Gloss provides sheer coverage with robust color to accentuate a pretty pout. Made with mineral oils and Vitamin E. Comes in 36 shades!

The two colours I got were Pink & Whipped, Pink being the more pigmented of the two that goes on quite a bright pink but dulls down slightly after wearing a while. Whipped is a pretty nude beige gloss that is pretty good for toning down bright lipsticks or if you were going for a nude lip and wanted a bit of shine.

NYX Round Gloss in Whipped, Pink.

Staying power is actually quite reasonable for a gloss, except if you are eating or drinking of course. They don't really have any overpowering scent too which is good if you don't like that kind of thing. In terms of formula they feel nice on the lips and aren't sticky feeling at all. Not bad for a cheapie!

Pink, Whipped. Notice how Pink is much more opaque than Whipped.

NYX Round Gloss in Pink

NYX Round Gloss in Whipped

PRICE  Around $2-3USD 

AVAILABILITY  I purchased mine from Beautyjoint.com

RATING   B+

Everyday Minerals Multi-tasking Concealer | Review & Photos

Everyday Minerals Description:

One of our most versatile concealers, Multi-Tasking is a very wearable shade of beige—perfect for Fair to Light complexions—that covers up blemishes, corrects under-eye circles, and can be used as a highlighter to draw attention to your best features. Use a little in the corner of your eye for an instant perk up.

Suggested Use

Sprinkle the concealer powder into the lid of the jar. For best application, use a concealer brush. Dip your brush into the powder and apply directly onto the area of your skin in which you want extra coverage. Concealers perform best when applied before your foundation.

Supplement Facts

Mica (Cl 77019), Lauroyl Lysine. May Contain: Titanium Dioxide (Cl 77891), Iron Oxides (Cl 77491, Cl 77492, Cl 77499), Ultramarines (Cl 77007).

Mica: Is a naturally occurring mineral noted for its transparent sparkly luster.

Lauroyl Lysine: An all-natural amino acid derived from coconut fatty acid, contributing to the products silk like creamy texture and spreadability qualities.

Titanium Dioxide: An inert white mineral that is used as a color adjuster.

Iron Oxides: Cosmetic pigments used to add depths of color.

Ultramarines: An inorganic vibrant pigment used to add color.

To start off with, I'll mention packaging. It's obviously not the highest quality packaging (but you are really paying for the product not the exterior with cheaper makeup brands aren't you). Saying that, the lid twists shut firmly and the three small dispensing wholes give off just the right amount of product onto the lid for use which is nice as you don't waste product.

As you can see from the pic above, the concealer powder is very light, definitely reserved for fair/light to maybe medium skintones. I'm NW20 and this suits me fine. The consistency is very smooth and soft. Darker skintones maybe could use this as a subtle highlighter along the cheekbones?

As for performance, they recommend you use this concealer powder pre-foundation, which I found to be next to impossible unless you are using a mineral foundation. Powder under liquid just doesn't work I'm afraid! I tried this powder on bare face (scary) to see what kind of effect it has, and it does tone down redness subtly. If you are looking for a full coverage concealer look away.

Here I have a photo of a light application of the multi-tasking concealer on my bare skin (please muffle your screams...) so you can see what is does without any other product interfering. 

I tried to make the lighting as similar as possible in each photo. As I said, this is a light application on bare skin so the results aren't going to be amazing, but you can sort of tell that my undereye area is brighter and more awake looking. I think the end result actually comes off better IRL.

Oh and also, if you have a dry undereye area, this does settle into fine lines if you don't wear it over a liquid concealer or foundation (as you can see above). 

In terms of blemish coverage, this is useless. But I did find that over top of my regular liquid concealer and foundation this set my undereye area and helped lighten up the whole area which is always helpful, especially if you suffer from dark panda eyes like moi. 

Because they have marketed this concealer as multi-tasking, I'm not going to rate this product as highly as if it were purely an undereye brightening powder (which I think it should be). I didn't find any luck with this on blemishes, but if you are looking for a simple and cheap undereye powder, this may be worth your money.

PRICE  $5.99USD

AVAILABILITY  Mine was purchased from iherb.com

RATING  B

Ecotools Six Piece Essential Eye Set Review

Picked up this beauty for less than $10NZD on iherb.com, keep reading to find out more!

Ecotools is an amazing cruelty free company that has very decent products at great prices- sounds too good
to be true right? But they prove that you don't have to pay a lot to have decent makeup brushes.

Product Description From Ecotools

• Includes On-the-Go Travel Bag!
• Earth-Friendly Beauty
• Beautifully Soft with Bamboo & Recycled Materials
• Look Beautiful and Live Beautifully Every Day

Our reusable cosmetic bag is made with natural materials & EVA.

EVA is free of phthalates and PVC.

This brush set makes it easy to complete any eye look. Use the large eye brush to blend a base shadow over the entire eyelid. The angled crease brushadds definition to the outer crease of your eye, while the petite eye shading brush is perfect for an accent color. Use the highlighting brush to accentuate the brow bone and inner corners of the eyes. Complete the look with the smudge brush by smudging the shadow and liner along the lash line for a smoky finish.

Essential Eye Set brushes are made from soft, cruelty-free bristles, recycled aluminum ferrules and sleek bamboo handles.

The brushes themselves are pretty soft- not the softest I've ever felt but definitely not at all scratchy or uncomfortable.

They are shorter than regular brushes but not so short that they are hard to use, and appear to be well made. I haven't struck any shedding yet which is good!

As you can probably see from above, the large eye brush is massive and almost covers my entire lid! It works pretty well at placing nude shadows across the whole lid quickly, but I wouldn't try it with any darker shadows as it will get a bit messy (understatement).

The angled crease brush is also pretty large, but I do like this for putting a darker shade on the outer V and lightly along the crease.

The highlighting brush is named weirdly, as this is obviously more of a standard crease brush and works well at its job.

The last two brushes are actually my favourites and why I bought the set. The petite shadow brush is perfect at getting a targeted area like the outer V or doing a cut crease. It's very small and able to pack on colour very well. The smudge brush is even smaller and amazing at smudging out liner or shadow along the lower lash line and also highlighting the very inner corner.

Pug Photobomb!

PRICE  $7.99USD (under $10NZD)

AVAILABILITY  I purchased mine from iherb.com, cheap and quick worldwide shipping and great first time shopper bonuses.

RATING  A