Friday, June 14, 2013

Review: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp

Hello again guys~ long time no see :D
agak hectic belakangan ini, so I don't even have any power left to post something
tapi minggu ini agak luang, so I spend this week to rest and to write a blog post.
uyeah.. Well, enough for the slightly awkward introduction. hehe
Let's just begin the review, shall we?


Yes, just like what the title says, I'm gonna review our recent fave of lippies, NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in shade SMLC05 Antwerp. Belakangan ini gue juga banyak liat blogger-blogger cantik lainnya review lippies ini dan warnanya memang oke-oke banget. to be honest, I personally loooooove this lip product so much. and fell in love with it from the first moment I saw it. You know what, I have to get that. some kind like that. and there you go, I finally got it, tapi baru sempet bikin reviewnya sekarang. haha

About the Packaging...

Well the first thing I love is that this lip product really really cuteeee. It's super skinny and the design is really simple. with that black lid and small kind of tube. You know I'm super crazy about elegant packaging, thou. haha. I just basically love NYX, anyway <3 there you go, as you can see, you can actually see the shades beneath the tube. plus it is transparent, so you can see how the color is from the packaging itself.


When you open the lid, you got a basic wand like what lipglosses regularly have. it's super soft when you apply it to your lips. and it helps you really well to draw a precise line, you won't even need another lip brushes. and as you can see the tube is also great but I think every time I pull the wand out of the tube, I always get too many products on the wand, and I have to put it back to the tube and I think it's not nice. the products will get onto the tube :( ahh too bad. but over all, the applicator wand is really nice.

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Color, Swatches and Texture..
I personally pick this color up, because I loooooove love love love love coral orangey or peachy color. so I surfs through some reviews before and I found that Antwerp will be a nice coral tone for me. until I got this color and the color turns out.....





As you can see, the color is sooo pigmented for only one swipe and turns out really pink to my skin tone. For several people, it turns out to be coral color on them. but I think for yellow undertone or warm undertone like me, the color turns out really pink, with a slight coral tone in it. So the result of the color will depend on one's skin tone. hehe quite funny. Actually, NYX has sooooo many shades for this lip cream products. it's around 13 shades, and as far as I know, the color was originally about 10 or 11 shades, but NYX releases 2 new color for this product. YEAAAY, go check all the colors out in NYX's Official Website. The great thing about the shades is, they're all named after several cities from the whole world. to be specific, they are cities that famous about their fashion reputation. what else can you actually get from hearing Tokyo, Milan, London right?? haha

 See? thay all have these beautiful colors. I do recognize all the cities stated, but to be honest, when I heard Antwerp, I don't actually know where it is =,= so then I googled it and turns out that it is a city from Belgium.

There, tebakan gue bener, memang yang dipilih untuk nama dari shades lip cream ini adalah kota-kota dengan reputasi fashion-nya yang oke. When I read Wikipedia about Antwerp here, I search for it's fashion thingy and there you go..
"Fashion: Antwerp is a rising fashion city, and has produced designers such as the Antwerp Six. The city has a cult status in the fashion world, due to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, one of the most important fashion academies in Europe. It has served as the learning centre for a large number of Belgian fashion designers. Since the 1980s, several graduates of the Belgian Royal Academy of Fine Arts have become internationally successful fashion designers in Antwerp. The city has had a huge influence on other Belgian fashion designers such as Raf Simons, Veronique Branquinho, Olivier Theyskens and Kris Van Assche."


Sooooooo? yang mungkin pernah kepikiran kenapa nama-namanya begitu (kayak gue gini, haha) mungkin kejawab ya pertanyaannya sekarang LOL

Okie, back to the products~ Kalau untuk tekstur, as what in the packaging says that:


well it is! I don't know, this awkward feeling when I first applied the products to my lips. it's suuuuper creamy but it's not actually a cream, lit's a lipstick, a cream lipstick? I don't know, but it's soooo soft and velvety. Yes. I think that's the suitable word, Velvety. When you freshly applied the products, it will feel smudged easily, yes it is. So, what you have to do is, leave it dry for about 20 - 30 seconds on your lips until you feel it completely dries and after that you're free to touch it with your fingers or even build the color. after it dries, the velvety feeling will disappear and what you'll have is a perfect Matte lips. and I found it last quite long, thou. so I think it is nice. 


But too sad, that this lip products will make your lips quite drying, so I really recommend you guys to put on some lip balm before applying your lip cream, prep your lips. Here I will swatch it on my lips for you guys:


See that it turns out really matte. and your lips will be drying, so you'll really need to apply lip balm before. and surprisingly, if you get bored and wanted to add a gloss on top of it, it will be sooooo wonderful.


Overall, I love this lip cream and I want to buy as much shades as I can. I've been eyeing for Addis Ababa and Amsterdam for quite a long time and I think they worth to try. And it's really affordable, only around IDR 80-90k here in Indonesia or around $8. so it's one of my fave recently. I use it even for my daily makeup. it's really handy and my go-to products recently. I actually wore this lipstick in my MUA Undress Me Too Palette Review too, so check it out~


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Disclaimer: I'm not paid to do all this review. These are all based on my own opinion. The products may react differently to other people. So don't take it too personal, guys :D I'm just sharing my thoughts on these product, thank you! xoxo -ayes

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23 Responses to "Review: NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Antwerp"

  1. kukira bakal glossy tyt jadi matte gitu ya, tp pas km ks lip gloss jd bagus loh, kyk warna bibir <3 wahh gud luck y giveawaynya ^^

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    1. iya dear, memang matte lipsticks are the best. kalo lg bosen, tinggal kasih clear lipgloss aja, jadi beda lg deh hehe. anyway, the giveaway is not mine dear, but thank you for praying me a good luck to win! ehehehe <3

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    2. hihi iy sama" :D td akhirny aq nemu nyx counter loh ps jj *seneng buanged .. ceka cekii juga n akhirny nyuba lip cream ini krn racunmu, naksirnya yg Addis ababa alias yg warna hot pink, tp aq blm smpt nyuba lip cream yg merah soalnya ud nyuba yg matte, tp kok teksturny si lip cream malah lebih matte ktimbang yg matte lipstick ya, lbh bkn bibirku kering tp krn aq suka yg matte it's okay aja lah :D makasih y racunnya <3 :-*

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    3. iya memang stauku kalo yang matte lipstick justru hasilnya lebih creamy drpd lip cream ini, memang lipcream ini hasilnya matte sekali sih hihi
      Oh aku juga pengan bgt yg addis ababa >,< the color is too pretty
      haha baru kali ini ada yg makasih karena 'keracunan' loh XD you're always welcome, beautiful <3

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  2. My fave <3 it looks so natural on you, on me it looks crazy bright coral LOL

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    1. really?? well coral is actually my desired color from this lippies. but it turns out really pink on me haha. thank you so much kakak <3

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  3. sedih deh tadi aku cari si antwerp ini ke counternya , kata mbaknya ga masuk indo :'(
    btw warnanya cantik deh di kamu. :>

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    1. serius?? iya sih dear, ini aku juga belinya online, kalo dateng ke boothnya memang belum tentu ada semua shadesnya. huhu, Indonesia~ hihi thank you so much cantik for stopping by <3

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  4. Woooow cantik bangey si antwerp di bibirmu, Yes :D

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    1. awwww~ thank you so much Diah for the compliment :') thank you so much for stopping by ya cantik <3

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  5. Nice color.. Mupeng sama nih NYX. CM bingung ada 2 macem yg mirip kan ya. takut drying juga
    fol ur blog, hope u can fol mine.
    jessicaliani.blogspot.com

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    1. 2 macem yang mirip apanya say? warnanya kah? hehe iya lebih asik kalo langsung coba warnanya di counter, hehe meman sedikit drying sih, but with balm, your lips will be okay.
      thank you so much and followed, dear <3

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  6. bagus lip colornya... ga bikin kering kan? Aniwei, looking forward TBS-tea tree oil reviewnya hihi.. Pernah cium baunya di counter ampunnn>,< cuma kata sepupu aku yg ud pernah pake, ampuh juga buat jerawat, can't wait to see yours ^^

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    1. Ah, TBS ya.. oke deh nanti bakalan di posting segera TBSnya ya, huhu~
      I got so many things in my head, but no time for that these days :(
      makasih ya melssss <3

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  7. setuju ladies, warnanya natural sekali di kamu yaa
    aku salah fokus ni, alis mata mu cantik bgt
    salam kenal ya :)

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    1. awww you're so sweet :"D thank you so much for the compliment dear beautiful Diani <3
      salam kenal juga dear <3

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  8. penasaran juga sih sama lip product ini kayaknya konsepnya hampir sama kayak lip tint cuma dia lebih creamy. warnanya banyak yang bagus-bagus. :D

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    1. aaaah! exactly! itu dia dear, memang mirip tint tapi ya lebih creamy >,< ayo dear dicoba hhi
      thank you yaa :D

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  9. warnanya kenapa cakepppp gitu :s
    dipake sama gloss bagus

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    1. iya warnanya lucuuuuu >,< ayo kak dicobain :3
      hihi thank you kaak

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  10. Iiiih kemarin nyesel juga ya nggak beli.. Kalo tau tau bagus gini.. Nature gitu jadi nya..
    Eeeh btw, bikin bibir kering nggak? Kan soal nya matte..

    Salam kenal ya..

    Come and visit too my blog
    Sistersdyne.blogspot.com

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    1. hihi ayoooo dibeli, lumayan nyaman kok dipakenya. memang agak drying, cuma kalo diprep pake lip balm dulu ga kering kok :D hihi
      salam kenal jugaaa dear <3

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  11. kasi tau dong di toko online mana beli yang antwerp yang gak nipu nipu trus ready stock :) thx

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