NYX Cosmetics recently launched new products for Fall/Winter 2009.  And I must admit, they look great! They must be listening to its customers, because they are plenty of NYX palettes this holiday season.  I remember a year ago, I was ranting about NYX’s lack of palettes. This is definitely not the case anymore!

Here are a few noteworthy NEW NYX products:

Makeup Artist Kit $25:25 eye shadows, 3 bronzers, 4 blushers, and 3 lip colors

Bronze Goddess Box $30: 12 eye shadows, 6 bronzers/blusher, and 5 lip colors.  This set is definitely perfect for Spring or Summer!

Smokey Look Kit $8: 9 eye shadows and 2 lip colors. I’m a huge sucker for smokey eye palettes. Could this be an alternative to MAC?

Eyeshadow Base $6: This eyeshadow base comes in three varieties - White, Pearl and Skin Tone. This I gotta try!

What I love about NYX products is their vast color selection and affordable prices! Want to check out the rest of NYX’s new products? Go here!

FAB TIP: Cherry Culture is the online headquarter for NYX Products - they always have promotions!

UPDATED 4/14/08

Unlike your typical drug store makeup, NYX is a little more difficult to find. Overtime, I’ve compiled a list of stores that I’ve encountered, specifically the Los Angeles area that sells NYX Cosmetics. I’ve only listed the name of stores and their location, not their exact address. You can google map those stores if interested. Most of these stores actually sell them less than the price on the NYX website. Hopefully, some will find this useful.

Hint: You can actually find NYX products in those smaller mom and pop trendy clothing stores, think Forever21 type of stores or Claire Accesories knock-offs.

- * will denote stores with a wide selection of NYX - multiple product lines (lips, eyes, blush)

- stores without * will denote stores with limited selection - 1 or 2 type of products

Nationwide

NYX Company Website - http://nyxcosmetics.com/

Cherry Culture - http://www.cherryculture.com/

Fragrance Outlet - found in Outlet centers

Longs Drug Stores

Ulta

Southern California

Appalet - Temple City, Rowland Heights

*Bliss Accessory Stores - Montebello Town Center, Santa Anita Mall, West Covina Mall, Santa Ana Main Place

Brandie’s - Monterey Park, Chino Hills

*Ciao Accessories - West Covina Mall

*Chloe Accessories - Puente Hills Mall

Classic for Ladies - Santa Anita Mall

Fashion Q - Puente Hills Mall, Monterey Park

Fashion Gal - Monrovia

*Final Choice - Monterey Park, Santa Ana

Joyce Fashions - Temple City

*Pink Orange - Ontario Mills

Reflection - Montclair Plaza

Tokyo Japanese Outlet - Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles

Monterey Park

Xi Clothing - Pasadena

If anyone else has stores in that area that you think should be added to this list esp. nationwide, let me know! =)

I purchased this lipgloss at my local accessory store that sells NYX products for $2.99. And I am impressed! This lipgloss is a milky pink color with hints of shimmer in it. The color is a sheer pink, not opaque. It makes an excellent lipgloss for everyday or over lip stick. The lasting power is a lot better than the Maybelline Shinylicious lipgloss that I reviewed earlier. Actually, this lipgloss is a lot better than most of the drugstore lipglosses out there.

Swatch:

Overall, this product is “PERFECT” for the price! I will definitely buy other NYX lipglosses in the future.

I had great things about NYX’s Loose Pearl Shadow - a cheap alternative to MAC’s pigments. MAC’s Pigments are $19.50 vs. NYX’s Loose Pearl Shadow for $3.00 (NYX website). I’ve never owned any type of loose powder eyeshadow, so this was a first.

I actually swapped this eyeshadow with NYX’s Spring Flower at a makeup site. I was looking for a dark, charcoal eyeshadow to create a smokey eye look or to intensify a look using this in the outer corners of your eyes.

Below is a swatch, sorry…it’s not a very good photo.

When I received this pigment, it came in a little tiny jar. From looking inside the jar, it looked like the name of it “charcoal”- black shimmer loose powder. The bottle makes it difficult to use the product, so I transfered the eyeshadow to a empty sample jar of mineral makeup.

Here’s the lowdown - it took a while to get used to the loose pigment, but I liked it!

Pros: Cheap alternative to MAC, long lasting
Cons: Packaging could be better
- The color had blue undertones - when applied it actually shows up blue-ish/black if that makes sense and I was looking for a true black

Overall, the texture was very smooth and easy to blend. Even though I wasn’t thrilled about the color, everything else was great. It makes me want to try their other pigments. This is great for those that are makeup newbies like me and can’t afford MAC.

If you want to buy these pigments, buy them at cherryculture.com for 99 cents! Or you can also check you local clothing stores - think Forever 21 type of stores.