NYX PROFESSIONAL MAKEUP Soft Matte Lip Cream, Lightweight Liquid Lipstick - Rome (Medium Nude)

First, I am in my early 70's. I use my toothbrush to exfoliate around my lips and then put original Burt's Bees (the waxy peppermint one) on at night and during the day. I mention this because while I find these mattes non-drying, I wouldn't want to start with a DRY or CHAPPED lip. This will give you an idea about my reviews of the colors. I chose them after looking at them OVER and OVER with the hope they would go with my pale, blue tone skin tone and they DO! PROS: FIRST, all went on SMOOTHLY, feel creamy and take awhile to dry down. That gives you time to touch up if you have colored at all outside the lines, a quick swipe with Qtip fixes that. BUDAPEST - This and MADRID are MY FAVS for everyday. Love it on my fair skin. A nice moderately dark mauve, but with some red to it, shade that is flattering, gives me some color and one that will be an every day go to. Not nearly as DRAMATIC as Madrid or Copenhagen, but DEFINITELY noticeable for some POP! MADRID - A GREAT red for those of us with fair skin with more blue in our tone. It's a medium bright red, but not TOO bright. There's just enough brownish mauve to tamp it down and make it VERY flattering on my pale skin. Makes more of a statement than the Budapest, but still definitely wearable during the day running errands. Sets off my mostly white hair well :-) COPENHAGEN - OK, this was a bit of a surprise. I looked at SEVERAL youtube vids of women of different skin colors trying on all the shades. I was concerned the Copenhagen might be TOO dark (not really going for heavy vamp or Goth look, but I LOVE my dark reds!). INTERESTING COLOR. Not as dark on, and I'm looking at it on my lips in sunlight. Kind of deep red wine with slight brown overtone. NYX calls it a deep plum, but on my skin, more of a deep wine. Goes well with my blue undertone skin. It is DEFINITELY the darkest of the three, and I think likely the DARKEST red/wine shade before you start going into really dark purples like Transylvania or Vancouver.

I love this color. Glad I could find it on Amazon at a reasonable price.

I wanted lip cream that is not shiny, but that looks natural and has a natural nude-like color. This is the closest I've ever found to my natural lip color, that can hide discolorations and even out the color, with a very slightly but still very natural-looking pink tint. I am East Asian for reference, with closer to an average lighter-skinned South East Asian skintone (I am actually half southern Chinese and half southern Japanese/Okinawan), so I am not that pale, but not tanned either, and have bit of yellow undertone (Sephora's "best skin ever" concealer color is 12Y). The first pic (with the hat) is with just the Athena color lip cream and lightly-applied concealer. The second pic (without hat) is with the Athena color lip cream in gradient with a redder lipstick on the inner lips and full face of heavier-applied concealer. I like that it dries fast, so I don't have to wait long to apply another coat or other lip stuff on top. But it does smudge still, not as much as average lipstick, but it will such as if you drink with a straw, there will be a little smudging, but less than average. It does not last me a full day, but it is easy to apply and lasts at least for some hours, which is enough for most shorter outings. You should bring it with you if you go somewhere, if you want to reapply it to last longer. I also like that, despite that it dries fast after applying, it isn't drying to the lip skin. It balances my lip moisture level to whatever it was when I applied it. In the first pic with the hat, I did put a little bit of medicated lip balm under it before putting on the lip cream. I don't wear makeup much in general, so it's unlikely I will run out any time soon, but if I do, I will buy this again for sure. I hope it will still be for sale by then.

I hate picking out colors online so I looked up every swatch I could for Budapest. The swatches seemed to range from a pinky neutral to a super dark and bold. I was hoping for something in the middle. I usually wear very neutral colors, and wanted something just a step darker than that. I have fair skin, and on me this is on the bolder side but not too dark. I could get away with it for a day to day color, but would more likely wear it when going out. It's more pink than wine, and it's more red than berry. It compliments my skin tone nicely, and is a nice change of pace from the paler colors I usually wear. It feels nice on, but if you look closely you can see where my lips are a little dry. From a normal distance it looks smooth. I would definitely need to reapply throughout the day. For the price, it's a good formula, but wish it would stay on a bit longer and not transfer right off to my cup/water bottle. ***Edited after using a bit more: I was using a greasier lip balm when I first tried it, but with a plain chap stick underneath, AND when giving it time to dry/set before drinking, it has stayed on all morning with only slight fading. Watch what you put underneath, and let it set, and it will last much longer!***

I love this with the fortune cookie gloss and brown lip liner. It’s everything.

Yes I chose it based on an internet image but it is a darker pink than it looked on screen. Doesn’t go with my skin tone.

This is my favorite lipstick from them. It's a beautiful color and very long lasting.

I really wanted burgundy. I got Copenhagen and the color of the bottle is what i wanted. The color on the tube is not. Also it's not matte... honestly I don't understand and I'm sad.

shade looks so pretty. and has a soft and light texture which doesnt feels heavy on lips. so comfortable to wear and doesnt makes my lip so dry. In winter use lipbalm under it

Très bonne couleur pour les peaux mattes /olives. Et tient bien pour le coup ! Même sans crayon la couleur match bien avec la peau ! J'adore ! En plus l'odeur est agréable et la texture aussi je trouve après c'est un peu sec mais c'est normal pour un rouge à lèvre matte qui tient bien.

FANTASTICO. Mi piace assolutamente. Lo ricomprerei ad occhi chiusi. Effetto Matte fantastico. La spedizione è stata okay. Prodotto come da foto. Imballaggio perfetto. STRACONSIGLIO

Me encanta este pintalabios ya voy por el segundo un color muy bonito y duradero y no reseca nada queda cremoso

Je recommande aux personnes qui veulent acheter que le rouge à lèvres est excellent