Beauty on a budget: Light up your lips for Halloween

> NYX Cosmic Metals lip cream review

Lauren Kelly
Editor-in-Chief

 

his past summer NYX

came out with a line of lip
creams called Cosmic Metals
that is unlike any of their other
offerings. Although I usually try
to cover more versatile, every
day products, I thought these
would be fun to try out coming
up on Halloween, due to how
vivid and fun each colour is.

I picked up three of the
eleven colours to try out: Speed
of Light, a beautiful copper
and the most “normal” colour
of the bunch; Extraterrestrial,

a deep olive green; and
Electromagnetic, a vivid
turquoise. Each of these tubes
is also packed with silver
shimmer. The other eight
colours include three different
blues, a purple, a fuchsia, a
bright orange, a deep gunmetal,
and an emerald green.

Electromagnetic was the
first colour I tried, and it was as
pigmented on as it was in the
tube. This made it very easy
to apply. The colour was true
to the tube as well, and looked
very out of place on my face.

I wore it for a few hours, and
it only wore off a little bit on
the inside of my lips, which I
found impressive since it is a

Listed: Reasons to stay inside

> Being anti-social doesn’t always have to be negative

Brittney MacDonald
Life & Style Editor

 

A: Autumn rolls in, it’s getting
increasingly cold outside,
making it harder to justify
actually going out. Well, have

no fear, I’m not here to convince
you why you should be a social
butterfly. Instead, here are a

few reasons to stay in tonight.

1, You can wear your pajamas and no one will judge you.

2. You can eat whatever you want for dinner, including
an entire block of cheese or nachos and ramen.

3. No designated driver required.

4. Comfy couches are always preferable

to sticky barstools.

5. Noweird people trying to engage
you in boring conversation.

6. All night videogame marathon.

7. Luke Cage is pretty awesome, and
you should probably watch it.

8. Designated nap-breaks are allowed.

g. Silence.

10. Rain and wind storms are a lot more enjoyable
when youre not stuck outside in one.

cream formula. It was incredibly
shiny, both from the gloss
and the shimmer. This colour
would be super fun for any
sea-themed costumes, like a
mermaid, but I can’t see myself
wearing it for any other reason.
Speed of Light is a very
light shade, and it makes your
lips look like they’ve been
dipped in rose gold. Where
Electromagnetic was shiny,
this was a whole new level.
It was absolutely gorgeous,
and very pretty for fall.
Extraterrestrial is darker than
I'd expected, and also the least
in-your-face. The shimmer is
a bit less pronounced, but it is
still very glossy. I’m sure you
could make these both work
depending on your costume as
well, and the latter is clearly
alien-themed. I’ll be wearing
both this fall, especially
Extraterrestrial, which isa
very striking colour. Besides
the colour, they both applied
similarly to Electromagnetic,
and impressed me all around.
If you're looking to pick up
a tube or two of either product,
you can buy them at London
Drugs for $9.99. Since they
are a somewhat niche product,
stores that don’t carry the full
NYX line like Shoppers Drug
Mart probably won't have them.

  
  
   

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