Cherry Culture Goodies

Hi!

I hope you had a good weekend!

I placed an order through Cherry Culture (who I have ordered from many times before), I ordered 7 of NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Beige because 1. it's my absolute favorite gloss & 2. I thought it would be a great gift for my bridesmaids. I use it regularly & I thought it would be great for everyone on my wedding day. Now, when you order more than $40 you get free shipping so of course, I had to take advantage!

I ordered this little blush palette for $1. It was on sale, and I couldn't pass it up. I haven't tried it yet, however, can you see the brush? It's terrible, I really don't get why it's even included. I never use the applicators included with makeup palettes, I love my brushes!

 I have been thinking about what I'll be taking on my honeymoon as far as makeup. I really don't want to take any of my good makeup because I am afraid it will get lost in transit & I'll be furious! Plus, we'll be swimming & at the beach all week, so I won't be wearing tons of makeup. I ordered this NYX palette for Green Eyes. I thought it would be easy to carry & it has a bunch of colors. I'm not sure how much I paid, I think $8?

I really like the colors in this palette. It has a few neutrals & a few brighter colors. 

 I love NYX products & I'm sure I won't be disappointed with this palette, plus it was super cheap.

 I also got another little palette I thought would be great for the honeymoon. This is NYX's Nude on Nude look kit. Again, I don't remember the cost but I know it wasn't very expensive.

 This is so small, I might start carrying it in my purse, it comes with 9 eye shadows & 2 lip glosses. I think it's adorable & very convenient.

 You really can't beat neutrals, they look great on everyone & you can do a basic look or a smokey look.

I'll be swatching & reviewing each of these palettes in the future!

Also, I made a few (A LOT) of changes to my blog. What do you think?

All the best,

Krystle

Cherry Culture Haul!

If you read my blog, you already know that I love Cherry Culture. I haven't found anywhere local that sells NYX products and after the disaster with their huge sale on their website, I'll stick with Cherry Culture. Everything ships quickly, is packed very well & you get free shipping with a purchase of $40 or more.

I'm a huge fan of NYX products, they are cheap & the color payoff (for most of them) is amazing.

I purchased quite a few lip products, the first 3 are NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss. Can I tell you how much I LOVE these? They smell delicious & they are wonderful glosses. I haven't picked up a color that I dislike yet. (Keep in mind, I google swatches before purchasing ANY item from the internet!) I picked up (L to R) African Queen, La La & Natural. I can't wait to test them out! Next, I picked NYX Soft Cream Matte Lip Cream, another favorite product! I picked up Abu Dhabi. I'm not certain this color will work for me but I can always mix it with another matte lip cream. I think it's too brown for my skin tone. The last 5 swatches are from NYX round lipsticks, I think I'm at 25 total round lipsticks. They have so many colors & I adore the names! First up, is Haute Melon, I'm loving coral lippies! next, Cinnamon Sugar, another brown tone, but with it's frosty gleam, I think I'll be able to pull this off! Gardenia is a deep pink. Shiva & Chloe look almost identical, Shiva is a bit more pink.

I picked up 2 NYX Jumbo Pencils, i know a lot of people use them as a base. I also like to use them on my waterline for a pop of color. I purchased Pure Gold & Pacific. I think I have like 30 NYX Slim Eye pencils. I seriously love them. I picked up Sapphire (I'm going through a Navy phase), Yellow & Moss. I also picked up NYX Concealer in a Jar in Light, it's really hard to see in the picture!
I've tried one of NYX Single Blushes before but I really hate the color I chose. SO I decided to try Sand, I usually like more matte bronzers, but this color is gorgeous! I picked out 5 Single Eyeshadows. I bought 1 last purchase I made & I loved it. I picked up Kiwi (bright green), Frosted Ocean (dark navy), Red Bean Pie (reddish burgundy), Champagne (light gold shimmer) & Odyssey (black with blue & purple specks). Odyssey & Frosted Ocean are so awesome (hello, Navy phase!). Overall, I love each color!

Hope these swatches help if you are thinking of purchasing from Cherry Culture!

All the Best,

*Krystle

(PS- As of yesterday, water had not reached the inside of my work! Keep your fingers crossed that we dodged a HUGE bullet with all this flooding!)

My NYX Collection - NYX Round Lipsticks

I have quite a few NYX Round Lipsticks. I really like the variety of colors that they offer. I've swatched all of the NYX Round Lipsticks because they look very different on Cherry Culture than they do when you get them!

From right to Left:

Strawberry Milk - Baby Pink

Penelope - Black

Orange Soda - Peach Nude

Honey - Beige Nude

Hot Pink - Bright "Barbie" Pink

Circe - Beige Nude (very close to honey with more of a brown tone)

Louisiana - Muted Bright Pink

Chic Red - Bright Red

Fig - Beige Pink

Femme - Bright Orange Pink

Pumpkin Pie - Beige with a hint of Pink

Narcissus - Bright Baby Pink

Chaos - Blue Based Red

The packaging is sleek and perfect to throw in your purse. I also like that the bottom shows the color & the top have the label.
My favorites are : Pumpkin Pie (my go to daily lipstick), Chaos( perfect for vintage or pin up looks), Orange Soda (another great nude for daily wear) and Narcissus (my favorite with a dark smokey eye).
Let me know if you have any questions!
(PS: I hope everyone is safe after hurricane Irene, we had some fallen trees & crazy wind but no major damage. I saw that down south got hit hard with damage & flooding, keeping them in my thoughts.)
*Krystle

My NYX Collection Part 1 - NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream

I'll be doing posts of my NYX Collection over the next week (or two). I like to see swatches of products before I purchase them, I hate getting products that look nothing like what you see on the website. I'm going to start with one of my favorites from NYX, Soft Matte Lip Cream.

These are the 5 that I own (L to R): Amsterdam, San Paulo, Istanbul, Addis Ababa (favorite!) & Tokyo.

I purchased all of these from Cherry Culture, I like their website. I've ordered from Cherry Culture many times & I've never had an issue. Everything is always packaged well and thank goodness because the box I received today had a big dent even though it was CLEARLY marked fragile. Thank you FedEx for not taking care of my package! Anyway, I love these.

With Flash (L-R): Addis Ababa, Istanbul, Amsterdam, Tokyo & San Paulo.
The packaging is small & simple. Perfect to toss in your purse & go. They have an amazing scent. It's almost like a vanilla bean, it's seriously delicious! The consistency is really rich & the color goes on smooth. They are truly matte, I love to wear Amsterdam because it stays on ALL night long. No smudges or smears & I can kiss my hubby with no lipstick marks!
No Flash (same order as above).

It's a toss up for my favorite, I love Addis Ababa & Tokyo. Addis Ababa is a true fuchsia pink & it is BRIGHT. You can see it in a few of my previous posts. Istanbul & Tokyo look almost exactly the same from the outside. Istanbul is a tad bit darker with a bit of a mauve tone. Tokyo is the prettiest baby pink. Amsterdam is such a perfect red lip. San Paulo is a muted pink red. Seriously, I love them all so much.

Have you tried the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams?

*Krystle

Green Fun!

This is from Thursday, we had a consultation with our wedding photographer & I wanted something fun but not over the top. (By the way, we booked the photographers, they are a gay couple & I LOVE them!) I just used a green shadow with gold shimmer for the crease. I have a package from Cherry Culture coming tomorrow & I am WAY to excited. (I ordered more studio liners & matte cream lipgloss!)

Sorry about my regrowth, I really need to get my hair done!
Today is Day 5 of the South Beach Diet. Yesterday & today were rough, I didn't sleep last night & I'm PMSing. I seriously almost cried over food. I stayed on track & I'm down almost 5 pounds. That makes it worth it, plus I feel really great. It's just tough because I'm craving so much. I have 9 days left of Phase 1 & then I can eat some yummy whole grains! I'm so excited for a dippy egg with a piece of toast!
I hope you have a great day!
*Krystle

Swatches (NYX,Jordana & ELF)

Here's some swatches of the new lip products I received.This is with the flash:

(L to R) Jordana Lip Shine Natural Gloss in Watermelon Punch, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Amsterdam, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Addis Ababa, NYX Round Lipstick in Chaos, NYX Round Lipstick in Hot Pink, NYX Round Lip Gloss in Apricot, ELF Minty Lip Gloss in New York City, NYX Slim Lipliner in Orange, Amuse Ultra Fine Lipliner in Sexy Pink, NYX Slim Lipliner in Hot Red, NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Pop, NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Sugar Pie & NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Plush Red. Without Flash:

My Thoughts:

First off, I love the NYX Soft Matte Lip Creams. The color is rich & they smell like vanilla. I can't decide which one I like better!

As always, the NYX Round Lipsticks are wonderful. Chaos is just amazing with the Plush Red Mega Shine Gloss over it! Hot Pink reminds me of Narcissus, it just has a darker pink tone.

I was hoping Pop & Apricot would have more orange in them, but still perfect for a gloss!

I LOVE the Slim pencils, Orange is just fab & you can never go wrong with a lipliner called Hot Red!!

Let me know if you have any of these products & what you think!

*Krystle

Cherry Culture Haul!

I ordered from Cherry Culture at the end of June & my things came today! I've bought a lot from Cherry Culture, I like their stuff & I typically get my NYX products from them.

Here's what I purchased:

Sinful Colors Neon Collection & Sinful Colors polish in #217 Canary Yellow. I have one yellow polish & it's like a glitter polish, so I thought Canary yellow would be great for summer. The neons are great and I love the green!
All o these are NYX: Eyeshadow Base in White, Glitter Powder in Disco Ball, Jumbo Eye Pencil in Horseradish, & Studio Liquid Liners in Extreme Coffee, Extreme Blue & Extreme Plum Purple. I saw these liners swatched & oh. my. gawd. they are amazing!

(L to R) NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Sugar Pie, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Amsterdam & Addisababa, MYX Round Lip Gloss in Apricot, Jordana Lip Shine Glaze Brush On Gloss in Watermelon Punch, NYX Mega Shine Lipgloss in Plush Red & Pop. (I adore NYX Mega Shine Glosses!!)

(L to R) NYX Round Lipstick in Chaos, Cherry Culture Bubblegum Balm (free with every order!) NYX Slim Lipliner in Hot Red & Orange, Amuse Long Lip Pencil in Sexy Pink (One of my favorites) and NYX Round Lipstick in Hot Pink.

Haha I went to get a drink in the kitchen and my cat Tiggles was just hanging out in the sink watching the faucet drip. Don't be fooled by her cuteness, she is so BAD!

I'll be swatching all these products soon!

*Krystle

Cherry Culture Haul!

I pretty much ran in the door because I saw that my package had been delivered from Cherry Culture. They were having 50% off of NYX products. I'm actually glad I ordered from this site instead of the NYX site after reading all the rants. I may have paid a little more but I got the products & had no problems.

The products were very well packaged.

Here's all the products I ordered & they included a free lip balm for me!!
These are the eye products: Makeup Remover Gel Type, Doll Eye Mascara, Jumbo Eye Pencil in Black Bean, Slim Eye Pencil in Acid Green & Electric Blue & Auto Eyeliner in Black & Dark Brown.

Nail & Face Products: Matte Nail Polish in Matte Mint, Concealer Magic Wand in Medium & Rouge Cream Blush in Natural.

Lip Products: Round Lip Glosses in Ballerina Pink & Doll Pink, Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Dolly Pink & Perfect Red, Long Lip Pencils in Cabaret & Pinky (which I have & LOVE!), Round Lipstick in Femme & free Lip Balm in Bubblegum.

I'm so excited to swatch & try everything!

Have a great night!

*Krystle

EOTD & Cherry Culture

Happy Friday!

I hope you are all having a nice day!

I have 2 EOTD's, one from yesterday & one from today.

This was yeserday, the eyeshadow's are from a palette I got from Sephora.

Oh hey, Lazy Eye!

This was today, I had a hell of a time getting good picture. It looks much better in person!

WTF am I so pale. Looks like I'll be at the tanning salon this week!

If you like Cherry Culture, they have a 50% off sale on certain NYX products. I ordered $77 worth of products & my total was $44 with free shipping. I love NYX lipsticks & glosses, plus I needed some new eyeliner & such. You can check out the website here.
Have a great day!

*Krystle