nix'ie, occ lip tars, La Femme

I realised that I had to post some of my new things I ordered at camerareadycosmetics, as I have been putting the note on the side of my blog for more than a week ;p. Ofcourse, I ordered too, two too, two times...(*getting tongtwisted now*)

I like my Nix'ie cosmetics, although the colours on the chart can be quite alternative to what you get (post here). The discount of 40% off lured me in into ordering some more Nix'ie, and while I was putting some items in my card I also put in some of the raved Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Lip Tars.

My first order was small, which had to do with the shipping policy. Ordering under $60 will mean that you have to pay $12 and from $60 it will be $29. I figured that I would have enough ordering once. It is also safer to order smaller amounts with the Customs policies and Tax department in my country: a package worthy of plenty dollars has a higher chance to be charged with tax, which is not the worst thing, but it will take sooo long for me to receive my items.

I ordered Nix'ie powder blush in Platonic Love, Nix'ie cream blush in Secret Love, Nixie Eyeshadow in Gypsy and my very first OCC lip tar in Grandma.


I made some quick swatches of the colours. I made the pics with flash, so the colours are less shiny or glittery in real life.

First, I have Secret Love for you. It is a glowy soft rose with a slight warm (coral?) undertone. I love it on my cheeks. When you blend it, it makes a highlighter kind-a-shade with a soft colour.



Platonic Love, more love in my life ;D. Platonic love is a tad too glittery for my liking, even though the flash of the camera makes the glitter more dramatic than actually true in real life. However, it makes an awesome eyeshadow shade for me, so it is a keeper. The colour is a soft roasted peach.

Gypsy, I expected more purple from it. It looks like an eggplant colour. It is very matte. I will probably use this as an eyeliner colour.

The CCC Grandma was a fabulous match for the Nails that I wore that day...I wore Essie Cute as a Button.

There have been tons of reviews written about this product, so I am hesitant to review it. However, I will give my two cents. If you do/did a google blogsearch, or stumbled on a review, you often see a very vivid and colour-tastic image. I also found it possible to make a light stain out of it! I find it a product that is easy to work with...but I have read other reviews that found it to be too difficult.

Moreover, the texture is suitable for mature lips! No colour shifting in the lines or a uneven colour for me.

Swatchey:
My second order: I wanted a true purple so I settled with the eyeshadow colour in Grape. I also picked up a shade called Cerimony, also an eyeshadow, and added another brand in my cart: La Femme in purple.

I came to realise that I have a couple of light lipglosses that I would love to darken a tad, so I added the blaaack liptar in Tarred in my cart.

I love my Nix'ie Grape eyeshadow, such a lovely purple which will look flattering with my greenish eyes. Nix'ie Ceremony is a Mauve/Rose colour, and I actually think it is more suitable as a blush, although it is wonderful for a mauve look on the eyes as well.

La Femme purple is awful! It flakes, the colour is off, and it spreads so unevenly. Boohoo! Fortunately it was just $3, but what a waste...

I enjoyed the blush from La Femme, so why this monster of an eyeshadow?

I think that camerareadycosmetics has sold most of the Nix'ie right now. However, there were still some colours left.

I also wish they would sell OCC nail polish. OCC's official website does not seem to send them to Europe. I am still very enchanted by Wasibi or Blackboard. Check out Scrangie's blog to see what I am talking about.

Nix'ie blush...confused by the chart!

My last cosmetic haul that came in by mail was the one from cameracosmetics that I blogged about earlier (here), the one with all the La Femme blushes.

But I picked up two Nix'ie blushes as well: I really like the Nix'ie products I already have (here) and it would not hurt to buy two new colours.

I wanted to add two neutrals to my collection that could double as a bronzer or shader. I was looking for something like Mac Eversun, except in the Nix'ie variety. Therefore I chose for Dignity and Confidence based on the swatches...

On their swatch-chart they seemed to be in the same family, only Confidence is a bit more reddish...

This was the big swatch of Confidence...I thought it looked really nice...

You can understand I was suprised when I saw Confidence in real life...it is a matte red!!!

I checked the back if I received the right blush...At least the name is Confidence...

Maybe it had magic powers and the swatch would become a neutral with a hint of red in it....

Nope...it stays really red....

In natural light as well...On the other hand I find Dignity to be swatch-chart accurate...

So, was I mad? I took another look at nix'ies site and cameracosmetics' site: same chart...

So here came the lightbulb moment: It seems that the description was really accurate, only the swatch-chart wasn't:

However, I feel a bit cheated by the difference between the swatch online and the description...it really does not look like the real thing. Most people only check the picture and not the description.

Next time...read up...dear Birkinbagbeauty!

Nix'ie cosmetics

The internet can present you a plethora of beauty reviews, raves and rants. However, I find that some products are overrepresented (MAC) and others are underrepresented.

One of these products is Nix'ie cosmetics. It is a fascinating brand with beautiful colors and a gorgeous texture. I really like their cream blushes, powder blushes and their eyeshadows. I have not tried any other items of their brand, but I will certainly do so in the future.

Let me show you a picture of two of their wonderfully pigmented, natural shaded color eyeshadows: Babylon and Aloha Friday.

Babylon sound a bit biblical, and a bit rasta to me (actually, you can combine both, as Rastafarians are devoted followers of the bible, they just interpretated it a bit differently. But isn't that the case with most religions...oh stop it, enough about religion, this is a fun and lighthearted blog!!!)

Anyway, I love reggae and have visions of Bob Marley and the Jamaican beach when I think about Babylon.

The first two pictures are made in natural light. As you can see, it is a mixture between mushroom beige, Marihuana green (LOL, sorry for the pun) and a golden sunset.






This picture is made with flash light. See how the bronze parts light up in this kind of light.



And a swatch on my arm...



Aloha Friday is another happy name. Sometimes I tend to buy products for their name...The lust items have been overrepresented lately (Orgasm, Full on Lust, Seductive red) and I feel more attracted to happy or quirky names. Actually, I am waiting for Sesamstreet Blue or Kermit Green eyeshadows...LOL.

Anyway, Aloha Friday is a beautiful taupe-brown color...and as far as I am concerned, taupe is the universal Little Black Dress of eyeshadows: reliable and professional, but it can be dressed up to a bit naughtier if you like.




Last, but not least...a bit of sincerity...the blush Sincerity, I mean.





The blush is medium pigmented...it gives a fresh and rosy color on NW 25- ish skin. I think it can work on darker skintones as well.

I have bought my products at camerareadycosmetics.com, but American buyers are perhaps better off at the nix'ie site, as they can get a 20% discount with a makeupartists code. For example, I have found several codes online that qualify for 10% discount, for example 2349 or the code of this youtuber sAssAfrAxiA



Very worthy, this brand...try it out yourself and let me know how you feel about it!!!