NYX in Australia

NYX opened its first flagship store in Aus in December last year at Pacific Fair.

 

Among the cult favourites, the loose Pigments are coveted. We don't get a lot of choice for pigments in brands across Aus, so this is a great addition to the mix. 

Meet my first NYX pigment, PIG16 Potion

 

 

I chose this shade to add more selection to my purple collection, and so far I love the colour payoff.

NYX don't make a liquid or base formula to mix with but I've used MAC Fix+ and it glides like a dream. Have yet to try but I'm guessing a sticky primer would work as well. 

Love this colour! It's a blue-brown based purple with a white-blue shimmer through it. Not exactly glitter, more iridescent shine.

Here it is (top) swatched with UD Moondust palette shade in Magnetic for comparison:

 

I'm not in need of any other pigments at the moment but at $11.95 a pop I won't hesitate to get more should any catch my eye. Super affordable and pigmented (duh, Jen it would want to be as a Pigment lol). 

Tell me your favourite shades and I might add to my collection!

J x

MOTD - Shopping day

"Choose a lover who ruins your lipstick - not your mascara"

MOTD:

Face:

Moisturiser - Neutrogena Oil Free Moisture Combination Skin

Primer - Napoleon Perdis Auto Pilot

Foundation - Mac Studio Fix NC35 

Concealer - Rimmel Wake Me Up (cannot remember colour *argh*)

Setting powder - Mac Select Sheer NC30

Contour - Nars contour duo in Paloma

Blush - Nars blush in Orgasm 

Eyes:

Primer - Napoleon Perdis Auto Pilot (lazy way out)

Urban Decay Naked Palette 

Base lid, Inner corner - Half Baked

Crease - Buck

Outer corner, upper lash line, lower lash line - Smog

Mascara - Benefit They're Real

Eyebrows:

Billion Dollar Brows - Universal Brown Pencil

Etude House darkest powder shade - Perfect Brow Kit 

Billion Dollar Brows - Brow Gel

Brow bone - Urban Decay Naked Basics 2, Stark

Lips:

Liner - Too Faced Perfect Lips, Perfect Nude

Lipstick - Nars Audacious Lips, Vera

J x

DIY Fix For Broken Makeup

There you are, going about your business and daily makeup routine, when you look down and see the dreaded....

You've hit pan!!! Noooooooo. Nearly time to head back to MAC and grab another of those bad boys. Seems simple right? Wrong. This happens a day later...

Cracked beyond repair - but fear not! Here's my tip and what I did to salvage my Select Sheer MAC Pressed Powder.

There are a few quick fixes floating around the internet on saving your broken makeup, so this isn't a new concept. Probably lucky for me since I wouldn't have continued using the powder and it seems such a waste since MAC products can become quite pricey. 

One tip suggested to melt the powder into a bit of alcohol and re-set it into the pan. I don't quite remember why I didn't try this, but I think I would be a bit skeptical on the quality of the product after re-setting and also adding a harsh alcohol to it (also probably couldn't be bothered to look for alcohol & wait the drying time). But if you have tried it and it worked well for you, I'd love to know so I can try it in future.

Personally, I decided to place the loose powder in an empty sandwich zip-lock bag, grab the end of my hair brush, and crush all the powder until it was very fine. It ends up looking like a mineral powder but slightly denser. Place all the powder into an empty container (I stole mine from my sister but I know you can purchase these at chemists or post offices in the travel section, if you're living in Australia. I'm sure you can get them at similar places worldwide, just ask your sales assistant).

And there you go! All better. I run a kabuki through the powder just because my powder brush is a bit too big to fit into the container, but I assume the kabuki can also distribute it better as it is now a loose powder. Just be sure to tap off any excess before applying to your face and you're good to go.

Hope this has helped some of you who are stumped at what to do with broken makeup, and remember it could apply to any broken powder, whether it be setting powder, eyeshadow, blush, bronzer, etc.

Below is the finished product :) 

J xx