Christmas Presents Round Two- Lips

The rest of my Christmas presents (I know I took way too long to post this) was an order from cherryculture.com consisting of NYX products. NYX was one of my earliest makeup loves and the reason I refused to try MAC for so long. I was absolutely certain that the quality was the same for a lower price. Now that I have used a few MAC products, I would have to disagree. I think overall (and depending on the product) MAC is better. However, there were a few "out there" things I wanted to try, and I didn't want to pay full price at MAC and end up hating it. So I did literally hours of research trying to find dupes or similar shades to what I wanted from MAC, and thus for the $50 I was allotted for my present, I ended up being able to get more items and try more "trends". I like to put lots of photos, so I split this into Lips, Cheeks and Eyes.

Lip products was actually more than 50% of my purchase. I bought four of the Round Lipsticks and one Black Label lipstick.

Strawberry Milk, Paris, Power, Sierra

Poem

First thoughts:

I really like the round lipsticks. They aren't superb quality but for me they're fine. The Black Label is nicer and more expensive, but I cannot express how much I hate the packaging. I can't explain it. It reminds me of Maybelline CS lipstick packaging but I like that. So  I just don't know :)

I also purchased to Lip Liner Pencils.

(857 Nude Beige and 839 Dolly Pink)

They're okay. I really like Dolly Pink. Nude Beige is very brown. They're also a bit dry.

Swatches:

(natural lighting)

Top Row: 

Black Label L/S in Poem, Dolly Pink Lip Liner Pencil, Nude Lipliner Pencil

Bottom Row:

Round Lipstick in Power, Paris, Sierra, and Strawberry Milk.

(artificial lighting)

 I bought Power and Strawberry Milk because I wanted to try bubble gum lips. I bought Paris and Poem because I wanted to try bright pink lips, and I bought Sierra as a possible MAC L/S in Spirit dupe. I don't think it is, but I haven't seen Spirit in person.

I would recommend:

Round L/S in Power and Paris

Lip liner in Dolly Pink

(color of and quality not packaging of) Poem

What are your favorite NYX lip products?

Love,