NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream Review& Swatches

I feel like I was one of the last people to jump onto the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream bandwagon, but I'm extremely happy I decided to. I went onto Amazon.com and went ahead and purchased a shade that was closest to my lip color, Stockholm. I tried it for a couple days and immediately fell in love with it! It was creamy and glossy looking at first, but within 30 seconds or so the glossy color went away and the lip cream blended into my natural lip color perfectly. I decided to go ahead and splurge, so I went ahead and bought all 11 shades in a set on Amazon.com for about 42.00 USD. I don't know if the seller is still selling it, but if you're interested I can look it up for you, just leave a comment below.

I did notice that Stockholm kind of smells like Playdoh.. It's a weird smell. However, you stop noticing it after a while. After a couple hours of wearing it, I noticed that it was staying in place and hadn't run outside of my natural lip line like most lipsticks or glosses. It dried in place and didn't dry my lips out at all. I applied a little chap stick through out the day because of the cold, but it didn't seem drying on my lips.

I noticed that the swatch of Antwerp below isn't true to the color. In the picture it looks more of a pink/red but it's more of a orange/pink coral color. I couldn't get the picture to be close to the real color. I went ahead and smelled all of the colors, and weirdly enough, they all smell like Playdoh, some with a sweeter scent than others. Tokyo doesn't really have a smell at all, it almost smells like plastic I suppose. As for my only Xtreme Lip Cream, it smells TERRIBLE. It's like a mix of burning plastic and gasoline. I can't stand the smell, so I couldn't bring myself to try any other colors.

The first three watches above look very similar on camera as it does in person. Stockholm is more pinky, London is more brown, and Abu Dhabi is more of a reddish brown. They all look different when applied over a natural lip color. Stockholm looks true to it's color on me, but when I wear London it's more dark of a brown on my lips, and Abu Dhabi is just a chocolate brown on my lips. They look really nice if you just put a dab on your lips and blend them in for a natural look.

The colors to the right are San Paulo, Addis Ababa, Amsterdam, and Monte Carlo. They're all really pretty colors for a night time look. San Paulo is a pinky red color, warmer toned than a pink. Addis Ababa is oddly similar to the NYX Xtreme Lip Cream in the shade Dolly Girl. However Addis Ababa has more of a blue undertone pink. Amsterdam is a cool toned red color, and Monte Carlo is a very dark vampy red color.

Thanks for reading and have a beautiful day NYX lovers.
<3 Beauty Blossom