Confessions of a Lipstick Addict: NYX Wicked Lippies

Hi there!  If you're here for the first time, welcome.  If you've been here before, thanks for coming back.  If you follow me on social media (@kissmyelite on Twitter & Instagram, @zinatakara on Snapchat and YouTube) you may be well aware of my affinity for lipstick.  In fact, when I decided I should start this series, I counted over 75 lipsticks - a few were missing so my count isn't 100% accurate.  While cleaning out my makeup box and my lipstick bag (yes, I have so many lipsticks they have to be housed in a separate container) I decided the world just needed my input on every single lipstick I own.

If you agree with me, or if you just want to know about some lipsticks so you too can own as many as I do, keep reading.  If you don't fit into either of those categories, keep reading anyway.  Today I'm focusing on the NYX Wicked Lippies collection.  I think this collection came out around Halloween 2014.  One of my mutual twitter followers hit me up about them - shout out to makeup twitter - and I immediately went on the hunt.

When I'm interested in a lipstick, I search the hashtag on Instagram to see swatches.  I also hit up YouTube and Google.  If I'm spending my money I want to ensure it's going to look good on brown skin.  Sometimes I even search the product on Twitter, like I said, shout out to makeup twitter!

Swatches of all 12 colors in the collection.  Photo courtesy of Ellarie.

Initially, I think I ordered 4 colors on the NYX website - Betrayal, Risque, Trickery and Power.  I figured that Betrayal, Risque & Trickery would be my foray into wild lipstick colors.  Up until that point I was a strict Ruby Woo or pink lipstick wearer.  Maybe a deep brick during the fall & winter seasons but nothing too outrageous.  I figured that Power would be a more wearable color if I wasn't comfortable with the other 3.  When they arrived, I ended up liking Power the least.  It was too blah to fit into the collection for me.  I don't think I've worn it since I swatched it so that makeup Twitter could see what it looked like.

I loved loved loved Betrayal and Trickery.  Betrayal got me hooked on super deep purple lipsticks.  The only thing I didn't like is that it would leave my lips stained pink.  Risque was another super dope color.  I would wear it while running errands with nothing else on my face but foundation, brows and mascara.  Obviously a green lipstick drew a few looks but I loved it.  Trickery was also bomb.  It shifted between being green and gold and made for a beautiful shade for daily or nightly wear.

I loved the lipsticks so much that when I finally fond them in a local Ulta, I swatched the rest and ended up buying 2 more - Wrath and Envy.  During that time, I think blue lipstick was super popular so I wanted in on the fun.  I have worn Envy a couple times, sometimes people love it, sometimes people hate it, and I honestly feel the same way about it.  It also bleeds like crazy, worse than all of the other colors.  Wrath was a dope metallic, bronzey, 90s lipstick to me.  However, I don't reach for it much, if at all.

Overall, I'm glad I purchased items from this collection because it opened my eyes to more daring colors.  But if I could go back, I would have bought less lipsticks.  But hey, a lipstick addict doesn't think about these things when shopping.  All of the lipsticks just say BUY ME!

Has anyone else tried the Wicked Lippies collection, if so what was your experience?  Tweet me and let me know.