NYX Smokey Look Collection-pictures and swatches

I picked this up at Ulta last week and while it's still on sale (regular price is $24.99, on sale it's $19.99) I thought I'd get some pictures and swatches up for you.  This set comes with 48 eyeshadows, a bronzer,  a contour and highlight, 3 blushes, a small brush and sponge tipped applicator, a small eyeliner pencil, 16 lip colors, 12 glitter creams, and 4 concealers.  Everything is swatched on bare skin, no primer. On each set of swatches the first 4 are the 4 that go across, and the rest are the rest in that color family.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see some of the shadows are nicely pigmented, and some I really had to dig into and they still didn't swatch very well.  Overall for everything that's included and the price, I think it's worth picking up if you're interested in it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



NYX Ultra Pearl Mania Loose Pearl Eye Shadow swatches

If you know me, or watch any of my videos, or have seen some of my other blog posts, you know I LOVE pigments.  This hasn't always been the case. I was afraid to try them, fearing they'd be super messy, have a lot of fallout, or I'd lack the skill to work with them.  Thankfully that is not the case because I would be missing out on a lot of good stuff out there!

 

 

Not too long ago one of my awesome besties sent me a package and in it were 3 of the NYX Ultra Pearl Mania pigments.  I had seen them at Ulta and wanted to try them, but never picked any up.  I am SO glad she sent them to me because I fell instantly in love with them.  So much that while Ulta has had their 40% off sale on NYX, Revlon, Almay, and Physicians Formula (this week only!) I ended up getting 5 more!  I love them so much I just had to swatch them and show them to you!

 

 L-R:26 Yellow Pearl, 09 Lime Pearl, 15 Lilac Pearl, 02 Pearl



L-R:24 Penny Pearl, 21 Oro Pearl, 29 True Purple Pearl, 30 Jade Pearl

 

The lightest colors, while beautiful, don't look as opaque as the other colors.  My absolute favorite out of all of these is 24 Penny Pearl.  I used Penny Pearl and Oro Pearl in a look yesterday and I loved it so much.

 

These shadows are on sale at Ulta until tomorrow, September 29th, for $1.79, and regular price is $2.99.  These are an AWESOME steal on sale, and still worth every penny at full price.  The only thing I do not like about these is the packaging.  The lid screws off the top and the opening is pretty small making it hard, and messy, to get to the product. I ended up buying some contact cases and tranferring the product into those.  MUCH easier to get to, and way less messy.

 

Do you have any of these or have you tried them? What do you think of them?