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If impulsive buying could kill, I would be dead by now! (double dead even!) I went to Digital Traincase’s store at Eton Building, Ortigas to deliver something. I saw the NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream testers (or I thought they were) and checked them out. As I was looking for the shade’s name, then did I realize that they were not SMLC’s! I checked the tube’s name and read “NYX Xtreme Lip Cream”. They look very similar! The Xtreme Lip Cream has a glossy cap with a black rim on top of the tube while the SMLC has a slightly shorter black matte cap and no rim.
What NYX says:
Beautify your lips with this velvety rich lip cream that provides extreme pigmentation with a silky and glossy finish. This lip cream is a hybrid of lipstick, lip gloss, and lip stain with intense pigmentation all in one. Complete your head-turning look with the Xtreme Lip Cream in any of the 11 luscious colors.
Ingredients:
Ricinus Communs Seed Oil, Polybutene, Pentaerythrityl Tetraisostearate, Diisostearyl Malate, Polyglyceryl-2 Triisostearate, Synthetic Bees Wax, Silica Dimethyl Silylate, Tocopheryl Acetate, BHA, Fragrance, MAY CONTAIN: Mica (CI 77019), Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), FD&C Yellow No.5 Al Lake (CI 19140), FD&C Blue No.1 Al Lake (CI 42090), Iron Oxide Red (CI 77491), Iron Oxide Yellow (CI 77492), Iron Oxide Black (CI 77499), D&C Red No.6 (CI 15850), D&C Red No.7 (CI 15850), D&C Red No.7 Ca Lake (CI 15850), D&C Red No.28 Al Lake (CI 45410)
The doe foot applicator is still here.
The shade that I chose was:
Candy Land was a little light for my liking and Dolly Girl was a little bright. Pinky Nude was in between, and it’s gorgeous! Don’t be mislead by the name though, it’s very far from nude.
The thing I love the most is the pigmentation. One layer is opaque enough to cover my lips. NYX Xtreme Lip Cream gives off a satiny finish, no gloss needed. It did not dry my lips too.
Staying power is ridiculously great! I applied it at 2:30pm. Ate, drank, but didn’t talk too much that day. When I was about to go to sleep at 11:30pm, there was still around 25% of product on my lips. So it stayed for 9 hours, no kidding! But think about it, if I didn’t have to take it off, it would have stayed even longer!
NYX Xtreme Lip Cream glides smoothly on my lips, although between this and SMLC, the latter is still smoother.
Besides the finish, one of the main difference between Soft Matte Lip Creams and Xtreme Lip Cream is the scent. It smells like peanut butter cookies. If you’re from the Philippines and knows the Peanut Kisses from Cebu, it smells like those. Many reviews online said the that they hated how it smells but for me, it’s no big deal (fyi, I’m not that sensitive to scents).
I find it similar to some lipsticks that I have in my stash so I swatched them side by side.
It’s a very close fight between NYX’s Soft Matte Lip Creams and Xtreme Lip Creams. If you ask me, I prefer the Xtreme Lip Creams just because I’m not an avid fan of matte lipsticks.
How about you? Do you have other colors of NYX Xtreme Lip Creams?
princesagr
Feb 01, 2012 @ 08:10:10
WOw! This color looks amazing (though, it not for my skin and lips),
So, which one is better? I have the soft matte and its good to me, but not for many people, they say it dries their lips.
Which has better staying power?
Which is more moisturizing?
preciousang valeria
Feb 01, 2012 @ 17:54:17
Gorgeous, isn’t it?
The lip creams are just about being matte or not.
Because it’s matte, it dries the lips a little and stays longer. I believe all matte lipsticks/lip cream feel drying anyway.
The Xtreme lip creams have ridiculously great staying power, but the matte lip creams win if you compare the two.
Xtreme lip creams feels more moisturizing compared to other lipsticks I’ve tried.
And the matte lip creams, well they’re dry because they’re matte, so they’re not moisturizing. But I’ve tried more drying lipstick than these SMLC’s and they’re not even matte!
princesagr
Feb 01, 2012 @ 21:12:58
Hm, I see. I only have the matte lip one, and it didn’t dry my lips, but the staying power was so-so… I guess I ll give it a try for the Xtreme as well!
The color is soooooooo gorgeous!
preciousang valeria
Feb 01, 2012 @ 21:16:10
Give it a try!!! 😀
princesagr
Feb 02, 2012 @ 01:54:08
I will. Damn, I am so easily sold to get new products.
Cosmetic freak !
preciousang valeria
Feb 02, 2012 @ 11:24:09
Me too! haha!
Banannie
Feb 04, 2012 @ 00:55:29
count me in to that too! ..for being easily sold to get new products! hahaha!
preciousang valeria
Feb 05, 2012 @ 21:08:03
Hahaha! We should start a club! lol
dangercurveliz
Feb 18, 2012 @ 18:35:02
thanks for the swatch! :))
preciousang valeria
Feb 19, 2012 @ 17:50:57
You’re welcome! 🙂
cheapthrills
Apr 10, 2012 @ 02:57:26
i’d love to try the other shades as well 🙂
http://karenumaly.tumblr.com/post/20789328849/nyx-xtreme-lip-cream
preciousang valeria
Apr 22, 2012 @ 11:04:54
Hi! I now have Buttery Nude and now I’m one of the many girls who favorites the shade!
I’ll post about it soon. 🙂