Staten Island staples: My favourite products from New York Color

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Crazy how a year can fly by just. like. this.

For the past year I’ve been part of the New York Color Beauty Pro program, where us bloggers were sent a package every month full of NYColor goodies and a challenge.  From nails to lips to pop art, I have looked forward to every challenge that the brand has thrown my way.

This month, to wrap the first year of the program our challenge was an easy one. Share our favourite NYColor products.

To say that I have a pretty big collection of products from the affordable brand would be an understatement.  In fact, I have so many that it fills a whole traincase, and then some.

Open case Lipsticks

I’ve gotten to play around with many of their lines as they were released, and best of all, I’ve found a few faves along the way. Best lip product?  Definitely the Expert Last Lipsticks, which come in a variety of shades (I’ve amassed around eight of them) and are a big must-have from the line. These guys retail for a measly $1.99 and give you pigmented moisturizing colour that lasts for up to six hours.  My faves are definitely Smooth Beige, Forever Fuchsia, and Creamy Mauve.

As for eyes, although I do like their shadows, I have been obsessed with the City Proof 24-Hr Waterproof Eyeshadow ($4.99 each), which come in like a billion colours.  I have 10 of them, including the base, which acts like a primer, and I use these all the time as a shadow primer. You can also just wear them on their own or as an eyeliner, so there’s so many ways to rock them.

My faves from the line are 5th Ave Gold Rush, Murray Hill Champagne, Brooklyn Mocha (all neutral shades), and the base (great to layer under any eyeshadow).

Honourable mention also goes to the Sparkle Eye Dust, which are glittery pigments that you apply with a doe-foot applicator.  Love these, but the only thing is they have a tendency to give you a lot of fallout, so apply your foundation last!

Top drawer

In addition to naming our favourite products from the past year, we were tasked to come up with a look using all those goodies that we’ve been loving.  For the eyes, I went with the Sparkle Eye Dust in Golden Champagne with the brown shade from the HD Color Trio Eye Shadow in Blues Cafe.  For the liner, I used the HD Automatic Waterproof Eyeliner in Black with Big Bold Angel Lash mascara on my lashes. To contour, I used Smooth Skin Bronzing Power (a beauty blogger favourite!), and on the cheeks I grabbed the Color Wheel Mosaic Face Powder in Pink Cheek Glow. For the lips, I used Expert Last Lip Color in Forever Fuchsia.

Me

Huge thank you to New York Color for the opportunity to try so many wonderful products. If you haven’t tried the line yet, don’t let the prices fool you.  Everything is super affordable (their nail polishes retail for $1.99 a pop!), but the quality is great. Plus, they offer so many different products in the line that you can really build up your beauty collection without breaking your budget.

What are your favourite New York Color products?

Also, don’t forget to enter my P&G Beauty back-to-school giveaway!

Please note, I am part of New York Color’s #NYCBeautyPro program.  All opinions are my own.

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