If you've never heard of Cherry Culture well you are missing out! I've only discovered it this past year but have never brought anything off there as shipping can get a little pricey the more weight you add (especially when posting to NZ). I got an email saying they had 40% off EVERYTHING online, and well, I love a good sale so I scoured through and picked a few products that I had been wanting to get for a while now.
All up this cost me USD $52.59 which is including a steep $20.52 for shipping (the cheapest option, no tracking). But with the 40% I saved $20, so that made up for it all and worked out at around $4 for each item, which is really good considering you can't buy Milani and NYX in NZ for that cheap.
001. Milani Eyeshadow Primer in Nude // USD $6.49
I've never used an eyeshadow primer before so looking forward to testing this on out. It has a light nude/flesh colour and feels very smooth when I tested it on the back of my hand.
002. Milani Baked Powder Blush in Luminoso // USD $6.99
Hearing a lot about these from beauty Youtubers, I was so excited to add this one to my cart! The colour is pinky peach, more on the peach side. It has a slight shimmer to it, but looks quite radiant on the skin. The packaging flips up with a nice mirror and brush underneath.
003. NYX Matte Lipstick in Pale Pink // USD $6.00
This is another product I was desperate to try. It was so hard to choose a colour as there are so many options! I went for a safe colour I know I will get a lot of wear from in the shade Pale Pink. They are extremely matte, but not feel drying.
004. NYX Powder Blush in Mocha // USD $5.50
NYX products have the most amazing colour range available and choosing one blush colour was very difficult! I went for Mocha, a deep pink, which is seriously pigmented!
005. + 006. NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in Sparkle Nude + Milk // USD $4.50
I couldn't pass up getting a couple of these as I had heard good things. Sparkle Nude is a golden bronze and Milk is, as the name suggests, a pure matte white, perfect for inner corner highlighting or as a base for other shadows.
007. China Glaze On The Horizon - Feathered Finish in All A Flutter // USD $5.00
China Glaze is so cheap on this website, starting at around $4! I had been eyeing up the Sally Hansen Feather effect polishes for a while and was excited to see China Glaze have done something similar. The one I picked has bars of peach, baby blue and white, all matte which creates a very textured surface, making it look feathery. Now I want the rest of them...
008. China Glaze Holographic in Galactic Gray // USD $7.99
I've been wanting a holographic polish for some time now (ever since I got my amazing holographic bag!) and I thought this was going to be a bit lighter, so I should have gone for the shades Cosmic Dust or Take a Trek. But that aside, I do like this purple/grey colour and the holographic effect looks so cool, was very hard for a photo to do it justice!
009. L.A. Colors Flash Pop! in Mad Duo // USD $2.50
These dual ended nail art pens seem to be cropping up everywhere, Revlon, Model Co etc all have similar ones The L.A. Color ones are a much cheaper option however and they have a great colour range. Mad Duo has a neon orange base with a top coat for pink/purple holographic glitter chunks, with other smaller size glitter pieces.
010. L.A. Colors Flash Pop! in So Postmodern // USD $2.50
I couldn't resist just getting one of these as they were so inexpensive! So Postmodern (I love the name) has a neon blue base with a top coat for blue, yellow and green glitter chunks in various sizes.
Swatches of L.A. Colors Flash Pop!
011. Cherry Culture Lip Balm in Watermelon // Free or buy for USD $1.49
And if the 40% wasn't good enough, they chucked in a free lip balm of your choice! I went for watermelon as I love the scent.
Cherry Culture is an awesome site, and the shipping took almost 2 weeks exactly, which isn't to bad considering it came from the US and it was packaged up SO well. I had metres of tissue and lattice cardboard stuff to unwrap before I got to the goodies. I will be buying off there many more times to come as they have such a good selection and the prices are fantastic!
I want to know your favourite NYX products as I definitely want to get a lot more from them - let me know in the comments!