Cherry Culture Haul!

You can only guess how excited I was to hear the FedEx guy at my door! I have been waiting for my order from CherryCulture.com for over a month now! Needless to say, I was getting a little impatient.This was my second order with them, and my first order only took about a week to arrive on my doorstep. This order took nearly four and a half weeks to arrive. I think it might have taken longer than I anticipated because I did order when they were having a sale on NYX products. 20-50% off. Me being the NYX lover that I am, I just had to order. I got a bunch of Jumbo Eye Pencils, Lipsticks, and a few other lip products.

I was really excited about the Amuse Cucumber Makeup Wipes, but was unfortunately disappointed. After swatching all of my lip products and eye pencils, I tried to clean off my arm with the wipes, and they did almost nothing. I had to scrub my arm with it to take the makeup off. I can only imagine how this would react on my face. I will not be using these anywhere near my eyes. It might be okay to use to wipe off my tinted moisturizer before i cleanse my face though. We'll see. I might end up just tossing them in my purse to wipe my hands off if they get dirty somehow.



The NYX Jumbo Eye Pencils have been a recent obsession of mine, I keep trying to find different ones for makeup looks that I've been toying around with. I was thinking about making a couple YouTube tutorials, but I'm not sure if I really will end up doing so. The Jumbo Eye Pencils I bought from my first CherryCulture.com order were Milk, Gold, and Pots and Pans. I wanted Strawberry Milk, but they were sold out, and were also sold out my second time ordering. (Grr, I know!) This time I was able to get my hands on Black Bean, French Fries, Oyster, Yogurt, and Pure Gold. I ordered Gold the first time, thinking its color would be true to the name, but was surprised to see it was an orange/bronze gold instead. So this time I picked up Pure Gold, and sure enough, it's true to the name. All of them glide on and are extremely creamy, so use them sparingly or set them with an eye shadow  and use primer to prevent creasing.

Pots and Pans, Black Bean, Gold, Pure Gold, French Fries, Yogurt, Oyster, Milk

Lately, I've had quite an obsession with the NYX lipsticks. I love that they're creamy and moisturizing. They never dry out my lips or settle in the cracks. I think that most of them are opaque for the most part. Some of them are more shimmery than others, and some have more of a satin finish. They all pair with their glosses perfectly, and some even have coordinating names. My favorites are their nude/pinky shades. When the sale was going on, I thought I would come out of my comfort zone a little bit, so I opted for darker shades. I'll play around with them and see how I like them paired with a gloss. My favorite shade right now is Darling, paired with the Round Gloss in Whipped. Your turn to spill, whats YOUR favorite NYX lip combos?

After this picture I accidentally knocked over my lipsticks.. so I'm not sure the names of the ones directly above, but I think I can point them out in the swatches I did below:

Strawberry Milk, Indian Pink, Iris, Darling, Georgia, Celebrate, Christie, Hebe

Aphrodite, Zeus, Chambord, Violet Ray, Heredes, Gaea, Iced Latte

I also have Protus and Alecto, but don't know where they are. Probably in one of my purses somewhere. Protus is a satin bronze, and Alecto is more of a rusty red/bronze color.

Retractable Lip Liner in Ruby, Amuse Matte Lip Gloss in Nude Pink, NYX Mega Shine Gloss in Perfect and Natural

I am so in love with teh NYX Mega Shine Lip Glosses! These are my first two, and I love the smell of them! They smell sweet and candy-like. They look beautiful on the lips, and the shine stays for a long time.. unless you tend to lick your lips a lot when they smell yummy.. (like I do!) I have a feeling these two wont last me long, reapplying it is like having a little snack! ;) I have no idea why I bought the Retractable Lip Liner in Ruby... I hardly ever wear a red lip! But I didn't have a red liner, so I guess that's a good buy after all. As for the Amuse Matte Lip Gloss... It's not so matte and doesn't smell too nice. The applicator is HUGE, and the texture is very sticky.. Gosh do I hate.. hate.. hate!!! sticky glosses.


Thank you all for taking the time to read! I have a blog in the works for a Too Faced Dupe that's almost exact in packaging and color quality that I found over Mardi Gras weekend! Please check back and read that one too! ;)

Now... it's YOUR turn to spill the beans.. Which NYX products have you recently found that have stolen your heart? I'd love to read about your experience!

xoxo, Beauty Blossom