Happy Tuesday readers! Hope your weekend was great. 🙂
After much debate, I finally caved in and purchased two NYX Soft Matt Lip Cream products. I’m currently obsessed with nude/pink shades so I picked up the shades Athens (peach/pink nude) and London (peach/beige nude). Let’s get to the review!
Soft Matte Lip Cream
Described as a “velvety smooth Soft Matte Lip Cream delivers a burst of creamy color and sets to a stunning matte finish. Surprisingly durable, lightweight and delightfully creamy, it’s no wonder this sweetly scented formula is a NYX fan favorite.”
Pros
Creamy on initial application
Nicely pigmented/opaque coverage
Amazing scent
Decent lasting power
Budget friendly at $6/ea
Great array of colors
Cons
Slow dry down time
Feels drying once it sets
Color of bottle doesn’t match the actual shade
Needs to be reapplied after drinking/eating
Overall: Aside from the amazing cake scent once you open these, I noticed that the shades don’t necessarily match the bottle so I highly recommend swatching these in store beforehand. They feel very creamy when you first apply them and stay that way for about 10-20 minutes-the dry down time on these is fairly long. Once dry, this is a true matte finish so it will feel dry unless you apply a little bit of lip balm underneath. Exfoliating lips prior comes in handy so that the color doesn’t cling to dry patches. These have decent lasting power, however, they do come off if you are eating or drinking and you’ll need to reapply. I’m happy with these though as they provide good pigmentation and are inexpensive.
Here’s some swatches.
Top-Bottom: Athens and London
I hope you found this review helpful. 🙂
Have you tried these? What shades do you recommend?
Stephanie
I have Cannes, Zurich & one more but I forget which one.
I’ll make sure to swatch these ones next time I am at NYX. 🙂
I’m a sucker for the smell of NYX lip products – but too bad about these feeling dry and the colours not appearing as they do in the tube. There’s a new NYX store in town which I’m planning to check out – I’ll steer clear of these (I hate dry feeling lip products).
These smell amazing! Yes, these do tend to dry to a true matte finish but I find a little bit of lip balm underneath helps. If you do want to try them, I know the NYX here has a good return policy so just in case they don’t work out, you can return them. I highly recommend checking out the Intense Butter Glosses though. Serious pigmentation and I don’t find them drying. Can’t wait to see what you get. 🙂
These look and sound amazing – especially the part about the cake scent. If I see these in New Zealand I’ll have to give them a swatch 😉
Yes, the scent is addicting. I may or may not take these out just to sniff them every now and then, haha. Yes, if you find them, check them out. 🙂
I’d probably do exactly the same!
Absolutely gorgeous Steph – I HAVE to check these out, those colours are stunning huni, exactly my shades, Karen XXX
Aw, thanks Karen! Yes, check them out! The scent is addicting so be warned, haha ;). They have a good selection of neutral colors so I’m sure you’ll find one you love. 🙂
I’m pretty sure I will 😉 hehe Thanks huni XXX
Anytime Karen. Have a great weekend! 🙂
Those shades look so pretty! I bought of few of these a year or two ago and they came out kind of chunky like they were old or something so I ended up just tossing them! But they did smell good 🙂 I must have gotten a bad batch or something :/
They are nice! I love Athens more though because I found London is a bit streaky at times. The texture is a little different but I wouldn’t classify them as chunky so yeah, maybe that was a bad batch. 🙁 Ah, the smell. Seriously, I can smell them all day, lol. If you do purchase one, maybe try Athens- I think you’d like that one. 🙂
The smell is so good! I love when lip products smell good. Ok, I will give Athens a try! 🙂
Hope it works out! 🙂
The quality of these really seem to vary by color. I tried 4. Love 1, Like 1, eh on another, & absolutely hated 1. So weird some are more flakey & patchy. I want to try their new colors Rome & Seoul tho.
I feel maybe the lighter colors would have more issues but I could be wrong. Athens is a great shade on me but I wasn’t super enthused with London. It’s nice but I also got the NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Peanut Brittle and I am loving that one more. There new shades look good! 🙂
I’ve only ever tried the Butter Glosses but I’ve heard such good things about these! I’m not a big matte lip product fan so its nice to hear that these aren’t too drying. Great review!
I think it helps if you put a bit of lip balm underneath. If you don’t then they will dry pretty matte. It’s so weird because it applies so creamy and then slowly the texture starts to change. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
I’m not a fan of these at all. I’m not a messy eater or anything, but they seem to completely come off every single time I use these. My lips also hurt so much after these wear off my lips. Great review though!
Oh yeah, if I drink or eat anything, these will definitely start to rub off. I don’t have the darker shades so I can’t attest to their lasting power but yeah, these came off easily when I drank something. Oh no. Maybe you are allergic or sensitive to an ingredient in these. 🙁 I had a similar experience with one of the Dior Addict products. My lips hurt and even felt like they were burning. Best to stay away from them. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
I love NYX colors and the texture! Cute blog 🙂
xx Kasey
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Some of the best and at a very great price too! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂