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?

 



Quick pigment swatches

So yes, I ordered MORE pigments.  These samples are a great deal though.  You get plenty of product for cheap, and the colors are gorgeous.  On to the swatches. I had my daughter help me out today-I swatched on her arm!

L-R:Cuddlefish, Pish Posh, Honey Rose, King Moonracer, Soylent Green, Snuffy, Sucker Punch, Goathead Redd, Phantasm, and Monster Mash

I took a closeup of Goathead Redd because in the swatch above it just looks black.

 Here you can see the red glitter in it. 

I can't wait to play with my new piggies!  Once again, some seriously gorgeous colors.

Madd Style Cosmetix collection swatches

Madd Style Cosmetix is a one-woman factory of happiness. The pigments this lady makes are AMAZING!!! She has a shop on ArtFire if you'd like to go take a look.

A friend had asked me to do a video on my pigment collection, but my camera wouldn't cooperate. It was having problems focusing so I decided to just swatch them all and take pictures, so I could post them here. My swatches aren't perfect and lighting could be better, but I think overall they come across pretty true to color. Ready to see some sparkly goodness?  None of these swatches are over a primer, just bare skin. They are much more vibrant over a base!

From left to right: Ohm, All That Glitters, Witch's Brew, O hai Kawaii!, Grape Fizz, Bonbon Blitz, Horror Galore, Graffiti, Jungle, Misfits & Moonbeams, Seaglasm, and Plan 9

Mid Summer Night's Dream Collection

L-R:Fairy Dust (holographic glitter), Love-In-Idleness, Peaseblossom, Moth, Puck, King Oberon

L-R:Vortex, Strange Potion, In The Buff, X-Ray Spex, Atomic Dreamland, Nana's Tea party, Secret Sinner, Gunslinger Girl, Golightly

L-R:Penny Arcade, Monster Mash, Taransula, StarGazer, Sub Zero, Cloud 9, Kick Ass

L-R:Kitty Wumpous, Young Blood, Disco Biscuit, Lust for Life, She Bop, Fabby Lala, Tiger's Blood, Dirty Beatz

L-R:Radar Love, Unicorns & Glitter, Ice Cream Daydream, Kozmosis, Tron, Bubble Gum Crisis, Tiny Dancer, Psychobilly Freakout, Trashed, Glitter Bitches

L-R:Final Fantasy, Thunder Snow, Petal Parade, Desert Punk, Nirvana, Pixie, Jubilee, Princess Buttahcup, Poison Berry, Bitch Slap



This is a jar shot of Final Fantasy. The swatch looks nothing like it should so this shows you truer color, and also gives you an idea of the size of the jars.

If there are any colors you'd like better swatches of or if you have any questions please let me know.