I recently got my first NYX Matte Lipstick, after umming and ahhing over which shade to get - Natural, Tea Rose, Whipped Caviar and Eurotrach - I settled on Whipped Caviar, it's something about the name.

Whenever I buy a non-MAC lipstick I find myself comparing it my beloved MAC lipsticks.
Whilst I like the Whipped Caviar shade, it's right up my street, I feel like the staying power of the NYX is lacking somewhat.
Whilst any lipstick I wear tends to come off a bit through out the day, hence my love to reapply, the MAC ones seem to fair better. But whichever lipstick, they do get put through their paces as I graze throughout the day and ingest my own volume in tea (I am an English gal after all!). The MAC lipsticks tend to stay on my mouth a bit more (instead of making weird smudges around my mouth from my tea cup) and maybe they stain my lips more or maybe they just stay more.
But I find that I can't reapply the NYX lipstick often enough, it really fades on my lips and it's just gone from the edges of my mouth.

For me, it's a bit of a deal breaker.

Looking at the NYX lipstick in the bullet, I also thought it looks like it contains less product than a MAC lipstick. However I had a quick look online and was shocked to find that it actually contains a whole 1.5g more than a MAC lipstick. But maybe this is outweighed by having to reapply...but as I said, I reapply A LOT anyway.

I know that the NYX lipstick is considerably cheaper, but it's my first cheapy lipstick in a while and I find the packaging to be so disappointing. I know that it's to be expected for the price, but the MAC ones are so sturdy and the click when the lid goes on...

I had a quick look and saw that a few people thought that MAC Faux and Twig were dupes for Whipped Caviar, as I also have both of those I thought I'd do a comparison. I also added Brave into the mix!

As you can see, Brave is certainly my favourite and has had quite a lot of wear!

L-R Brave, Faux, Twig, Whipped Caviar

I always find it so surprising how they can look so similar in the bullet and so different on skin/lips.
So none of them are the same, I'd say that Twig is quite a good dupe, followed by Brave, but Faux is quite different. But all of them could be very different paired with the right lip liner.

I'll definitely keep wearing (and constantly reapplying) Whipped Caviar, but I probably would repurchase or buy another NYX matte lipstick.
But don't hold me to that.

And the real question is, would I rather have 1 MAC lipstick or 3 NYX lipsticks? (Yes, I know it's like 2.4 NYX lipsticks, but we'll round up).
 I think what we've learn from this is that MAC definitely is my favourite...maybe to a slightly obsessive, adoring level.

What do you think of NYX lipsticks? Am I missing something? Or being too much of a makeup snob?

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