NYX Cosmetics held a wonderful brunch at The Press Room on Friday. Thank you to my wonderful Sofiia Strykova for bringing me as her guest <3 It was a small guest list, about 30 people. We were greeted with Mimosas and 2 wonderful Makeup Artists and Educators, Erica and Karen.

I honestly didn’t know what to expect upon our arrival but man did we receive some amazing goodies! After some mingling and munching on scones and coffee, celebrity makeup artist Beau Nelson lead a demonstration and we had the opportunity to play with the new line of products. I must say, I am very impressed with the progress NYX has made in their formulas. Their shadows are super silky (give or take a few colors but we’ll let that slide) and the texture and color payoff are beautiful. I have some of their old shadows from some odd years ago (they’ve just sat in a drawer untouched) and I can really tell the difference.

What really caught my attention were the color cremes that come in all sorts of colors. There was something about receiving these products that made me beyond excited to really play around. The colors are just SO BEAUTIFUL. I am in a pastel phase so that may be why.

We also received personalized engraved foundation brushes and had the cutest illustrations drawn of ourselves.

And then… we were off to IMATS Pro Day – probably the best day to go unless you like big crowds and long lines.

I tried to do the best I could to stay within just what I needed, purchasing the essentials:

-Cinema Secrets: Brush Cleaner
-Cozette: Aromatherapy Brush Cleaner (the most AMAZING smelling brush cleaner out there.
-Danessa Myricks Illuminating Veil
-Mehron Mixing Liquid for pigments and glitters
-Mehron Skin Prep (major sweat proof)