NYX Playdate, Privileged, Twisted High Voltage Lipsticks Reviews, Photos, Swatches
NYX High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick ($5.99 for 0.09 oz.) is a muted, light-medium lavender with a gray overcast and a satiny sheen. It had semi-opaque pigmentation that applied evenly for the most part. The consistency had some slip in it, so it was easy to apply and felt comfortable on. The color wore well for four hours but pulled into lip lines slightly after two and a half hours of wear. It was neither drying nor hydrating. MAC Weekend 2 (LE, $16.00) is lighter, brighter. MAC Lavender Jade (LE, $16.00) is brighter. ColourPop Brills (P, $5.00) is lighter, more matte. NARS Dominique (P, $32.00) is pinker. MAC Dodgy Girl (LE, $16.00) is lighter. Illamasqua Posture (P, $24.00) is lighter. MAC Nocturnal Instincts (LE, $16.00) is pinker. MAC Fresh Amour (LE, $16.00) is brighter, cooler-toned, lighter. See comparison swatches / compare dupes side-by-side.
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick ($5.99 for 0.09 oz.) is a bright pop of light-medium pink with cool, blue undertones and a light shine. It had rich, opaque color payoff in a single pass with a lightly creamy, slightly slippery consistency that glides on easily but has a thicker consistency (not thick per se, just thicker). This shade stayed on well for four and a half hours and left a stain behind. It wasn’t hydrating nor was it moisturizing, but it was comfortable to wear. It’s a very dupable shade of bright pink with the only differentiating factors being that it’s not the most neon, but it’s still on the lighter side. Maybelline Orchid Ecstasy (730) (P, $7.49) is darker. Tom Ford Beauty Pablo (LE, $32.00) is darker. Tom Ford Beauty Jack (LE, $32.00) is darker. Tom Ford Beauty Justin (LE, $32.00) is darker, more shimmery. Tom Ford Beauty Preston (LE, $32.00) is lighter. MAC Femme-de-Luxe (P, $23.00) is more matte. MAC Boutique Pink (LE, $22.00) is more matte. Marc Jacobs Beauty Pop-arazzi (606) (P, $28.00) is very similar. MAC Lust Extract (LE, $17.00) is darker. Givenchy Rose Perfecto (209) (P, $36.00) is a smidgen darker. MAC Kelly Yum-Yum (LE, $16.00) is similar. Sephora Collection Cougar (P, $12.50) is brighter. MAC Happy-Go-Lucky (LE, $16.00) is cooler-toned. Illamasqua Luster (P, $26.00) is lighter. MAC Bold Spring (P, $22.00) is sheerer, darker. Bite Beauty Moscato (P, $28.00) is brighter. Bite Beauty Satsuma (LE, $24.00) is brighter. Chanel La Diva (44) (P, $34.00) is brighter, cooler-toned. NARS Goodbye Emmanuelle (LE, $26.00) is lwarmer. NARS Full Frontal (LE, $26.00) is darker. MAC Playtime (LE, $17.00) is more shimmery. Marc Jacobs Beauty Happy Ending (116) (P, $30.00) is similar. Maybelline Electric Fuchsia (LE, $7.49) is darker, cooler-toned. MAC Outrageously Fun (LE, $16.00) is cooler-toned. See comparison swatches / compare dupes side-by-side.
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick ($5.99 for 0.09 oz.) is a brightened, light-medium orchid purple with some pink and a satiny sheen. It had mostly opaque color coverage that went on evenly and deposited smooth color. The consistency is lightly creamy with some slip so it glides on easily. It wore well for four hours on me and was neither drying nor hydrating. ColourPop Grind (P, $5.00) is darker, more matte. Kat Von D L.U.V. (P, $19.00) is pinker, more matte. NYX Violet (P, $6.00) is cooler-toned. Kat Von D L.U.V. (P, $21.00) is darker, more matte. Too Faced Melted Violet (P, $21.00) is lighter, pinker. Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Rollergirl (P, $18.00) is cooler-toned. MAC RiRi Boy (LE, $16.00) is lighter, more matte. MAC Up the Amp (P, $16.00) is pinker, more matte. MAC Heroine (P, $16.00) is pinker, brighter, more matte. See comparison swatches / compare dupes side-by-side.
Playdate
PPermanent. $6.00.
Privileged
PPermanent. $6.00.
Twisted
PPermanent. $6.00.
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NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Playdate High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Privileged High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
NYX Twisted High Voltage Lipstick
I think Playdate is fabulous!!
YAY!
I love how Twisted looks on you!! And I think lavenders like Playdate are going to be very big for spring this year… I’m glad to hear that the wear-time is good and that these are fairly comfortable, because most of the colors in the range are right up my alley. Do you plan to test any more of these?
Thank you, Lydia! 🙂
I have a few more I bought.
Can’t wait
Oh wow, these look lovely! All three of them look amazing on you, too. I’m sold.
Aw, thank you, Adhishree! 😀
I like Twisted! Such a fun color !
Me too! 😀 I like that it leans a little more purple than a lot of shades like it.
Interesting! I didn’t think I would like these much but they are pretty! I thought they were going to look more white-based like colourpop. Excited to try them!
Some of them are really nice!
Ooo, think I’ll pass on these ( and I like purples! ) lol.
Monica.
Aww!
I love Playdate! It’s such a fun spring lip. I just wish I could get my hands on Twisted. It’s always sold out but I totally understand why lol
I totally agree! I hope you can find it soon, Fancie!
I knew you would like it 🙂 I saw it available on some drugstore websites. I often have good luck ordering online, rather than trying to go through picked over displays at the store.
HOT DAMN! An almost exact dupe for Kelly Yum Yum. *fistbump Christine*
😀 I was excited to see that slightly muted variation on CYY.
Play date looks quite similar to NYX power lipstick
Is that from the regular range? The one I’m thinking of is shimmery.
I thought the same thing Bronwyn! I love Power with the Pale Pink Slim lip Pencil. Christine, it is an Extra Creamy Round Lipstick and is not shimmery:) One of my favorite wearable light-ish purples.
I have twisted, and I like it, but overall these don’t impress me.
I bought some of the lighter, brighter shades of pink and coral and they came out so patchy and I feel like you have to apply more than is comfortable to wear on the lips to get full coverage. I find they work better for adding a bit of brightness or dimension over another, darker shade.
Which lighter shades did you get and didn’t like, Joli? Did you have issues with Twisted applying well?
I got Beam (light, bright coral) and Tan, and I don’t find them patchy or have any other issues with them. Maybe it’s just because my lips are so pale naturally? I haven’t tried the lighter pinks yet.
playdate isn’t something i’d wear but it’s a really beautiful color! i have a feeling it’s gonna be popular.
I bet it will be!
The first thing I thought when I saw Playdate, before reading your comparison list, was NARS Dominique which I’m still lusting after. 🙂
🙂
I love all these colors on you!!! I only have one of these which is Dirty Talk which I love but I’m a matte girl so even though these are inexpensive and great I won’t reach for them 🙁 but I do love NYX lip products :)…lol…plus I have at least one dupe of each already in my collection collecting space…LMBO!!!
I thought these were going to be more matte, but they really aren’t!
I really like Privileged!
Woohoo!
I already had Twisted on my wishlist, but I’m adding Playdate now too!
Nice! 🙂
Pretty, though Twisted looks so much like Violet, it seems sort of redundant. Were the macaron lipsticks limited edition?
I don’t think they were LE!
I like how Priviledged looks on you! And I am so happy that it’s got great ratings from you. Putting on my “to buy” list right now.
Thank you!
I’d probably only wear Priviliged from all of these. Looks pretty on you!
Thanks a lot!
You should review all the colors (and the new powerful lipglosses too)
Thanks for the suggestion!
I have Playdate and I’ve been wearing it all the time! I feel so cute and springy every time I wear it. ^__^
Awesome 😀
These were the first three colors I bought. I didn’t have a problem with Playdate settling into my liplines. I’m in love with it. I’m glad you reviewed these. The High Voltages are such nice, fun, reasonably priced lipsticks.
What a coincidence! 🙂
Great minds! 😉
Wow, the paragraph and dupes list of NYX Privileged is the largest I’ve seen for a lippie, haha.
I haven’t bought any of the High Voltage lipsticks yet, but I do want to give them a try.
Hope to see your review on a few more shades. ^^
I HIT OUR MAX, LOL! There’s a limit on how many you can compare at once (24, it used to be 12, but I kept hitting that ALL the time!).
You wear the bare-faced look so well, Christine! I wish I could pull it off without looking like a dead person. 😀
Aw, thanks Stephanie!
Hmm, not feeling the colors at all :(, sorry, please don’t hate me for this. They somehow remind me all those kiddy lipsticks that you give to a 6-7 y.o. girl.
That said, thank you, Christine, as always, for the great job you are doing for all the makeup fans (such as myself) out there :)), you are the best!
That’s too bad!
I have about 6 Twisteds and am giving them to all of my friends. I am about nc42, Nars Syracuse and it looks gorgeous on me. My friend is Nars Stromboli and it also looks gorgeous on her. I keep buying high voltage lipsticks and giving them away. I gave Dahlia, Wine and Dine, feline and dirty talk to friend recently. Sigh. Twisted is my favorite though! Lip liners needed.
That’s awesome of you! 🙂
These are all lovely. i have many pinks, but feel I can never have enough of purpely lipsticks. I must go and browse our very petite NYX store in the near future.
Same here!
I’m really liking Twisted! I would love it if you could do lists of five great light purple and five great dark purple lipsticks.
I don’t think there are enough actually great, permanently available purples to do those lists, lol!
That’s what I was afraid of, lol! It seems like I’m always the one to like colors that are relatively hard to find in good quality formulas — deep blue-violet and true blue eyeshadows, really cool-toned neutral eyeshadows, cool pink blushes that don’t remind me of Barbie or bubblegum, cool-toned contour/bronzing powders, purple lipsticks…
How do you think Playdate compares with Mac’s Viva Glam Nicki 2? I’ve been looking for a dupe forever!
I’d say Viva Glam Nicki is lighter 🙂
I JUST bought Play Date…I love the formula and want more!!!!
Yay!