NYC New York Color Show Time Lip Balms! Swatches + Review

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I have some new drugstore lip balms to share with you! I was sent 3 of the new NYC New York Color Show Time Lip Balms and wanted to do some lip swatches and a review.

The colors I have are the 3 lightest shades: 100 Cool Nude, 110 Trendy Peach, and 200 Popular Pink. The entire line consists of 6 shades, with a fuchsia, red, and coral rounding out the collection.

Since these are lip balms and not lipsticks, they are very sheer but feel very moisturizing on the lips.

L-R: Popular Pink, Trendy Peach, Cool Nude.

 Cool Nude

 Trendy Peach. This lip balm has glitter in it. I personally don't care for that and I could feel the glitter on my lips, although it was a fine glitter. You can see a glitter speck in the corner of my mouth and on the lips. I love this color but I was not a fan of the glitter.

Popular Pink, a cool toned pink and the most pigmented of these three shades.

While I don't care for the glitter in Trendy Peach, these were super comfortable to wear. As a balm, they aren't the most long lasting but my lips didn't feel chapped or dry after the balm wore off. Cool Nude is my favorite!

Have you seen the NYC New York Color Show Time Lip Balms? Are you going to pick any of these guys up? These are nice to keep in the car or throw in your purse! As with all NYC products, these are very affordable at $1.99 each!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Swatch & Review: NYC & Rimmel

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Today I have some goodies from NYC New York Color and Rimmel to share with you! There are quite a few so let's get to it! I am going to do eye products first and then lip products so we'll skip around a bit with the brands.

First up, from NYC. The Show Time Kohl Kajal Eyeliner is available in 4 colors and retails for $2.99: True Black, Deep Brown, Deep Grey, and Purple Glam. These come in a cone shaped applicator which provides a precise application. These are very pigmented; the swatch shown is one swipe of each color!

Next from Rimmel, the Magnifeyes Double Ended Shadow and Liner! This product comes in 5 colors and retails for about $6-$7, depending on where you purchase it: 001 Back to Black, 002 Kissed By A Rose Gold, 003 Queens of the Bronzed Age, 004 Dark Side of Blue, 005 Pink & Purple Rain. I have three of the shades to show you and I am pretty excited about them.

From left to right, Kissed By A Rose Gold, Queens of the Bronzed Age, and Dark Side of Blue. I. Love. These! The eyeshadow side is LIKE BUTTAH, so smooth and so comfortable to apply. The eyeliners are also very smooth and easy to apply, even though the blue eyeliner was slightly less creamy to apply because it is a matte.

Lastly, I have 4 shades from the NYC New York Color Get It All Lip Color. These retail for $2.99 and are available in 10 shades: ImpREDssive, WondeREDful, IncREDible, FUCHSIAtastic, FabFuchsia, Pinkdigious, ExeptioNUDE, MOCHAmazing, ExtraordiBERRY, TerrifiCORAL.

The shades I have MOCHAmazing, FabFUCHSIA, WondeREDful, ExtraordiBERRY. You get hand swatched and lip swatches, AREN'T YOU SO EXCITED?!

MOCHAmazing

 FabFUCHSIA

WondeREDful

ExtraodiBERRY

The lipsticks were very comfortable and quite pigmented. This was two swipes for each lip swatch. I think FabFUCHSIA and WondeREDful were my favorite!

I LOVE AFFORDABLE makeup! It's my favorite thing! Have you tried any of these products? What did you think?

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

NYC Expert Last Lip Lacquers - Swatches & Review!

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Today I have 4 of the 12 NYC Expert Last Lip Lacquers to share with you! These offer a lipstick intensity with the shine of a gloss.

Normally, I would do lip swatches of these but I've been sick for a few days and I really didn't want to subject you to a sick face with dry lips so I just have hand swatches, I'm sorry! But it's for your own good, lol. No one wants to see sick person lip swatches!!

The formula on these is not thick or thin. It's sort of a sheer opaque, if that makes any sense.

Riverside Romance is a light coral cream color.

Chelsea Cherry Blossoms is a pale nude. This gloss does have tiny shimmer in it but it's not overwhelming to the gloss at all. This is not a color that is flattering on me, since I have such fair skin and barely pigmented lips. This was the most sheer of the colors that I tried.

Lincoln Square Love Affair is a mid-tone pink cream.

Madison Square Mauve is a midtone mauve. This also has some mild shimmer, but again, nothing overwhelming.

I really liked these and aside from the color that is just a bit too light for me, they are all lovely colors!

These retail for $3.99 are available at retailers nationwide!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

Makeup Monday: NYC HD Automatic Liner

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Yay a makeup Monday post! I have been slacking on these, I know. But I have one today so let's get to it.

I received 4 of the NYC HD Automatic Eyeliners to share with you. These are an extremely affordable drugstore eyeliner option and they have a smudger on the end to help smudge your eyeliner. AND the eyeliners work really well! Let's get to pictures!

In all of these pictures, the eyeliners are swatched without primer. The top swatch is one swipe and the bottom swatch is a few swipes to build up the color. These apply like a regular matte eyeliner.

Navy Blue

Deep Brown

Turquoise (this guy has glitter in it!)

Deep Purple

These were really easy to use and lasted throughout the day. I will say that I didn't care for the smudger, as it basically removed the eyeliner, instead of blending it. However, that did come in handy when I went a little haywire with one of my liner wings, lol. I just used the smudger to remove the mistake! Voila!

These eyeliners retail for $1.99 and are available at mass merchandisers nationwide. There is also a black color available!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

NYC New York Color Expert Last Matte Lipcolor

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Happy JUNE!! Holy moly. The year is half over. WHAT?!?!?! I can't even think about that right now....

NYC New York Color has just released some new matte lipsticks that are a mixture of matte and satin. The formula claims to last for up to 6 hours and not feather or bleed. I was lucky enough to be sent two of the new colors to try out so let's take a look!

First of all... OH MY GOSH these smell amazing. Like "I want to bite off this lipstick bullet and chew on this delicious candy smelling thing" amazing. Seriously. But you probably shouldn't chew on lipstick and I'm not encouraging that behavior.

The colors I was sent are Velvety Fuchsia and Pure Coral so let's take a look!

Velvety Fuchsia is a raspberry color.

Pure Coral is a bright coral pink.

Velvety Fuchsia and Pure Coral

These are really comfortable to wear and apply nicely. They don't feel drying on the lips at all. I did not wear them for 6 hours to test how long they last (NOTHING lasts as long as it claims on me anyway...).

I would definitely check these out, I'm going to look for some other colors, for sure!

NYC New York Color can be found at mass retailers nationwide. These lipsticks retail for $1.99!

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

NYC Peel Off Base Coat - Review!

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Today I have a sort of different review for you, though still nail related. NYC recently released a Peel Off Base Coat that turns any polish into a peel-able polish. This is perfect for glitters, as we all know what a pain they to remove!

I tested this with Ellagee's Jewel Encrusted, which is a multi-colored glitter with micro gold holographic glitter. I did three coats for opacity, plus two coats of topcoat.

The next day, I attempted to remove the glitter by gently picking at the edges and voila! Off came the polish! Most nails peeled off in one sheet, although as you can see a few came off in pieces.

And after the peeling! Not a speck of glitter polish left! Wow!!

I was very impressed with with this peel off base coat. I wouldn't recommend it for a manicure you want to last for several days, as it did peel off quite easily after the one day. Since I change my nails just about every day, it worked really well for me!


The Peel Off Base Coat retails for $2.99 and is available at mass retailers nationwide.
Talk to you soon!
Amanda

NYC City Proof 24 Hr Eye Crayons

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Fun fact: today is my birthday!! Whoo! Happy birthday to me! Haha.

Today I bring you a review of the new NYC City Proof 24hr Eyeshadow crayons. These claim to be waterproof and last for 24 hours. I'm not even going to pretend that I tested these for 24 hours, lol. I'm an old lady now, I never wear makeup for that long! :-p

There are 12 shades in the line and I have 8 to share with you! Let's get to it! These are a twist up crayon product with clear plastic lids. The lids click on so you know they won't get dislodged. As you can see, the color of the shadow is the color of the barrel.

I swatched all of these with no primer, and all the swatches are one swipe of color, with one exception. They are nicely pigmented!

Brooklyn Mocha, Murray Hill Champagne Rockefeller Center Snowflakes, Empire State Building.

New York At Night, Central Park Tulips (two swipes to build color), East River Romance, Madison Square Park.

These do set fairly quickly so I would recommend putting the color exactly where you want, as there is little time for blending.

For this look, I used Madison Square Park and some Milani eyeshadows:
- Milani Eye Primer
- NYC Madison Square Park
- Milani Bella Taupe
- Milani Bella Ivory
- Milani Belly Diamond
- Kat Von D Autograph Eyeliner
- Mally Volumizing Mascara
- Milani Coral Cove blush
- Milani Matte Naked lipstick

I love green eyeshadow so I very excited to see this beautiful green shadow stick in the press samples that I received! Upon swatching all of the colors, I am very happy with how they all look and cannot wait to use these for more looks! They will be great liners as well, for those days in the summer that I just want to do something quick but still have some color on my lids.


You can purchase NYC cosmetics at chain drugstores and mass merchandisers nationwide and these retail for $2.99 each (MSRP).

Talk to you soon!
Amanda

NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer Review

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The NYC Smooth Skin Perfecting Primer claims to even skin tone and minimize pores and lines while giving a luminous, natural complexion all day long.

At first glance, I thought this had straight up shimmer in it and I thought "nope, do not want this on my face!" so I tested it on my hand and was pleased to discover that even though it is a bit shimmery, it does leave a luminous finish on the skin and doesn't look like glitter.

The primer applies similar to a lotion, it does not have that silicone or powdery feel that some primers do. It definitely leaves a sheen to the face, but it is very minimal and looks natural and not like "whoa, her face is oily".

You can see the bottom half of my hand is more luminous than the top half. I did wear this for a whole day and didn't look shiny or greasy by the end of the day, which is always my greatest fear, lol!

What do you think? Have you tried this NYC Primer yet??

Talk to you soon!
Amanda