NYX Shimmer Down Lip Veil Lip Gloss - review

I bought this lip product on their official site when it was just released and there were no reviews of it on the net. I was deeply impressed with beautiful promo pictures and opted for the shade called SWEET MAMA 07. In the picture, it seemed like a deep vinous shade with flecks of golden and lilac colors. The info on the site stated that the products range from sheer to full coverage. In the swatch, my shade seemed to be really thick and packed with pigments. However, once I received it, I quickly understood that my hopes were in vain.

The lip gloss is housed in a transparent tube with a black top cap. Through the tube, I could already see that the shade was not actually what I was hoping to get. It wasn’t color-coded with that one of the official site.

In life, the product turned out to be not vinous but more red-toned. It isn’t thick in consistency but it’s sheer. On my lips, it’s able to leave just a lightweight pink sheer coverage.

At the same time, it does look vibrant in the sun and under natural lights. My camera can’t actually catch that glow. I was also disappointed when I found out that the color of the sparkle there was far from being lilac-golden. In life, it shines with a blue and green shift.

It looks more or less okay under the natural lights but when I looked at it in a fitting-room mirror where the light was cool, I was scared to see that dead color.

I don’t like wearing this shade alone on my lips. I also tried to pair it with the two shades from the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream collection - 19 Cannes and 20 Copenhagen.

It was obvious that a more liquid lip gloss would dissolve the base of the matte lipstick and it did really affect the wear time.

However, I still like that result more, rather when I wear this lip gloss alone, though I’m not blown away with it.

The bottom line: even though the lip gloss is beautiful and shimmering, it still lives somewhere at the bottom of my makeup bag and I hardly ever use it.

I can’t recommend it for purchasing.

Thanks for reading my post. And be more attentive when choosing your beauty products!