NYX Professional Makeup have recently released a whole heap of new products and oh my goodness they are awesome ! Some of their new releases include the Cosmic Metals Lip Creams, Lip Lustre Glossy Lip Tints, Total Control Drop Foundation, No Filter Finishing Powder and a Highlight and Contour Palette. So let's get straight into it !



Cosmic Metals Lip Creams
These lip creams are definitely not for the fainthearted ! The colours are super pigmented, bright and sparkly. The colours include a hot pink, purples, blues, greys and a gold. For some colours, I found application a bit easier than others as some tended to be a bit patchy. The ones with the best application and coverage were Speed Of Light (a rose gold shade), Fuchsia Fusion (a hot pink shade) and Ultraviolet  (a dark purple shade). All of the formulas feel a bit tacky on the lip as they are a thicker formula. They have great shine and a really cool metallic/shimmer finish.

L-R: Speed Of Light, Fuchsia Fusion, Asteroid Aura, Ultraviolet, Electromagnetic, Dark Nebula, Galactic

L-R: Speed Of Light, Fuchsia Fusion, Asteroid Aura, Ultraviolet, Electromagnetic, Dark Nebula, Galactic

Lip Lustre Glossy Lip Tints
I really, really like these lip tints. I'm all for a lip product that's not drying, comfortable and lasts all day and these lip tints are just that. The colours are pigmented and go on really nicely. If you like really bright colours than there's heaps in this range for you. Personally, I'm into more nude shades so I'm planning on picking up the nude shades in the range too. I tried swatching the shades but they ended up staining my arm so much that it just didn't work haha. The texture of them is like a thicker gloss and they have a nice shine to them which you can matte slightly by blotting with a tissue.



Highlight and Contour Palette 
When this palette arrived, the top left shade was shattered and I was feeling a bit disappointed. But then I came across a method of fixing it with rubbing alcohol and voilà, it was as good as new. So the palette has eight shades: four light shades for highlighting and four dark shades for contouring. With the light shades, there's a shimmer, highlighter shade, a fair shade, a banana yellow shade and a peachy shade. With the dark shades, there are two warm shades and two cooler shades. I personally like to use cooler tones shades as my skin tone is quite light and this looks the most natural on me. The packaging of this palette is really nice and it's all hard plastic so this would be really great for traveling. Also, you can pop out each pan and move them around or replace them. Winning !



No Filter Finishing Powder
The texture of this powder is so nice ! It's a really fine, silky smooth, velvety texture and feels pretty weightless on the face. I like to use this power to set my makeup and it helps to make it last longer and keep my makeup matte. The powders come in heaps of shades for a flawless finish.



Total Control Drop Foundation 
I loove the packaging of this foundation ! The bottles are frosted and have a screw top with a dropper attached. The idea of this foundation is that you can adjust the coverage of the foundation using the dropper. For a lighter coverage foundation, you use a few drops or for a fuller coverage foundation, you use four or five drops. The foundation is really light weight and has a nice matte, velvety texture. The foundation comes in 24 shades ranging from very fair to deeper tones. One thing I love about NYX is that they make shades of makeup for people with darker skin tones. 
You can pick up all of these brand spanking new releases from Priceline either now or very soon ! This is the first time I've tried NYX and I was really impressed ! The products are pretty affordable and you get great value for your money. They have a great shade range and their products are super pigmented. Love, love love !


* These products were sent to me from NYX Cosmetics with no requirements to review them. I chose to review these products and all the thoughts expressed throughout this post are my own.

A little while ago the amazing people at OPI Australia and COTY PR, invited me to the launch party of the brand new OPI Fiji collection ! The launch was at Bondi Beach in Sydney and I had an amazing time. I was able to preview the entire collection while sipping on cocktails and eating canapes; #heaven !



I got to meet so many amazing people ! L-R in the photo below is Shaz (@shazroseto), Maria (@so_nailicious), Kimberly (@nailedbyk) and Ashleigh (@missashleigh). If you don't follow these lovely ladies already, you're definitely missing out !



Ok so now for the collection. The collection consists of 12 shades that are inspired by the beautiful scenery of Fiji. The shades come in both the normal lacquer range and the Infinite Shine range. Also, the Infinite Shine range has been re-developed to provide longer wearing, high shine colour.


Getting Nadi On My Honeymoon
This is a beautiful light pink shade. It reminds me of Suzi Shops & Island Hops from the Hawaii collection. I had a little bit of trouble with patchiness but it looked pretty opaque after three coats.




Polly Want A Lacquer
I found this colour a bit hard to photograph accurately. It's a really pretty soft lilac shade that is cooler in tone. I didn't have any issues with formula with this shade and it was opaque in two coats.



 
Two-Timing The Zones
This shade is a very bright Barbie pink. It has a slight dusty tone to it but overall is a fun, young colour. The formula was a little but patchy but it wasn't too bad.




Living On The Bulla-vard!
I'd say that this shade is a brighter version of Cajun Shrimp. It's a really nice, bright colour that's just perfect for summer. Two thumbs up from me !




No Tan Lines
Hmm not too fond about this shade. It's sort of an apricot/mandarin colour and it just doesn't do anything for me. I feel it would look good on oliver or darker skin tones.




Exotic Birds Don't Tweet
Again, this shade isn't one I would choose to wear. For some reason, I just really am not a yellow person. But that aside, this shade is a bright yellow that would look fabulous on darker skin tones.




Is That A Spear In Your Pocket?
This shade is a really nice dark emerald colour. It reminds me of Stay Off The Lawn from the OPI Washington DC collection. The formula was fabulous, no complaints for this one.




Suzi Without A Paddle
As always, light blue shades will always be my top pick from a collection. This colour is soft, pastely and so pretty ! I did have some issue with the formula as it was a bit patchy and took a little while to level out. It was opaque in three coats.




Super Trop-i-cal-i-fiji-istic 
Not too sure how I feel about this one. It's a sheer shimmery blue and would look really pretty as a topper over another colour. To wear on its own though, it's a bit sheer for me. I did four coats and I still had a visible nail line.




Do You Sea What I Sea?
Love this shade ! It's a royal blue colour that went on like a dream. The formula is really creamy and wasn't patchy at all. Winner winner. 



 
Coconuts Over OPI
If you're a fan of nude polishes, you'll love this one. It's more of a grey/brown based nude but is sophisticated and elegant. It was a little bit patchy on the first but evened out after a second coat.




I Can Never Hut Up
This shade is really unusual and unique. It's a cool toned grey with a green/gold shimmer running through it. The formula on this one is pretty good and evens out well.




Overall, I really like this collection. Its all about beaches, sunshine, cocktails and fun ! And these shade names are just great ! My picks of the collection are Suzi Without A Paddle, Getting Nadi On My Honeymoon and Living On The Bulla-vard. This collection is available in both normal lacquer and Infinite Shine from Myer, David Jones and selected salons nationally.