I mentioned in a previous review that I had recently come across a new
line of makeup from NYX, which is a well known (but not highly sought
after) makeup company.
This brand usually lines corner shelves at my local drug store, and
because the prices are so low, I'm always checking to see if anything
new is in. Before I even made my way over to their shelf though I was
able to see something glimmering from a distance that I just knew I had
to have.
On the shelves lined up neatly were a slew of compacts containing the
most beautiful glitter pallets I had ever seen. At first I imagined they
were lip glosses, because I had never seen eye shadows sporting this
much glitter.
Once I got the makeup home and popped open the top, I found that these
compacts were actually in fact eye shadows. I was thrilled because I
have always loved lining my eyeliner with glitter for that extra special
unique look to finish off my eye makeup.
Utopia was especially pretty, and contained 5 different glitter cream
eye shadows. The first color in the compact was a light neon colored
pink. This color resembled the neon pink that came in the Paradise
compact...only the pink in the Utopia color set was much lighter, and
the glitter shimmer was a light pinkish purple. It reminded me of an
easter egg. I figured this color lined on top of black eyeliner would
really look different.
Next to the pink pallet sat a very eye catching neon green. I found
this color to be really nice, because it was a color I had never seen
come from an eyeshadow. The glitter gave off a high neon green shimmer,
which I knew would stick out like a sore thumb.
Next came a neon orange color, like the green one, this color also
came with gobs of neon colored micro fine glitter. I assumed this would
look best lined lined on top of brown eyeshadow.
After orange sat a smoky gray color that really didn't catch my eye,
but was still pretty nonetheless. The shimmer the glitter gave off was
more metallic, and reminded me of aluminum. I didn't quite care for this
particular color, but I figured it would still give a nice shimmer for
when I was going for that smoky eyed look.
The last pallet color was probably the reason for me buying the
compact to begin with. This color was an eye popping neon yellow color,
which gave off an awesome neon yellow glittery shimmer. I knew this
color would look awesome on top of black eyeliner; especially for summer
days on the beach. Unique is the only word I can think of when speaking
of this color.
Anyhow, I was pretty pleased with the color combinations that came from NYX Glitter Cream Pallet, Utopia.
Once I opened the lid, I noticed included in the compact were 3 sponge
applicators, and 1 small brush applicator. I figured the brush
applicator would be the easiest and most precise way to apply a thin
coat of the cream glitter to the top of my eyeliner. Sadly though this
brush had very hard bristles, so I had to use my own.
Like I had mentioned in my Paradise review, things did not work out as
planned. The cream was not sticky enough to hold the glitter to my
eyelids, and once the cream dried, the glitter simply feel from place
and ended up all over my face. It looked like I had just had a lame ass
glitter fight with some girlfriends.
Overall:
NYX Glitter Cream Pallet, Utopia comes packed with some really nice
glitter cream shadows, sadly though it does not stay put, and ends up
all over the place. Even though NYX Glitter Cream Pallet sucks when used
as eyeshadow, I find that it would work nicely as body glitter.
The colors are very bold, and very unique, as eyeshadow though, it
just does not work well at all. As body glitter, NYX Glitter Cream
Pallet gets two thumbs up.
You can pick up a compact for less than $4.00 at drug stores. For a
closer look at the available colors that comes with Utopia click here.
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