NYX Roll On Shimmer in RES09 Purple/Violet

Hello everyone!

In today's blog I am going to be reviewing the NYX Roll on Shimmer in RES09 Purple/Violet. I am not entirely sure what I was thinking when I bought this. I don't usually wear glitter or too glittery things. I might have been thinking it would be fun for a birthday or something. In any case, I did buy it. I think the color is absolutely gorgeous and the glitter makes it a lot of fun. According to NYX you can use this product on eyes, face, and body. The product is not promoted for hair, but if you have light hair you could probably get away with putting it in your hair. My light hair shows the purple color along with the tons of glitter. If you want glitter in your hair you could try using it that way too!  I'm pretty sure I bought this at Ulta a few years back. I just thought of something, I wonder if you use special kind of eye lid glue or body glue if it would help the pigment stay and last longer. It might.

Rating:

Price: 10/10
Packaging: 10/10
Amount of product: 10/10
Longevity: 5/10
Pigment: 7/10
On eyes: 9/10
On face: 7/10
On body: 7/10
Product claim, "you control intensity of pigment': 6/10
Overall rating: 7.5/10
Would I repurchase: 10/10
Total rating: 88.5/110= 80.45%=80.5%=B

My personal rating: 9/10=90%=A

Comments: I don't remember how much I bought this product for at my local Ulta beauty supply store. I know I kept the receipt, but I forgot where I put it for safe keeping. I'm sure I will find it one day. The official NYX website says $4.00 and Ulta official website says $3.99. I don't think that's too bad of a price. I like the product packaging because I cannot imagine what a mess a container of glitter would be. I like the fact that it is in a tube packaging with a rolling ball that disperses the product. The only way the packaging would be an issue is if you are trying to apply it more precisely and the rolling ball does not allow for precise application, but you could always use a brush for that purpose. You get 1.5 grams of product which is a decent amount. You can definitely good decent use out of it. The longevity of this product in terms of pigment is non-existent. The only reason why I even gave this product a 5/10 on longevity is because once the litter gets on your skin, hair, eyes, the glitter part definitely stays on. Maybe if you use a really good primer or something underneath it, I was thinking maybe some kind of eye glue and rolling this over it, then the pigment might stay longer, but otherwise don't expect the purple/violet color to last very long. The pigment of this product goes like this, when you first roll it on, the intensity of the pigment is there and it is beautiful, but as it sits there, it starts fading out. If you just put this product on and don't do anything, then the pigment lasts, but if you put this on and plan on being active in any way, then the pigment fades out into just looking like you put glitter on. The product is very glittery. Yes this product has very good pigment, but if you don't put something under it then the pigment fades, but the glitter stays. I would recommend this product for the eyes, but I would highly recommend using a brush, especially if you want to apply this product precisely. The roller ball will not give accuracy. It is good for putting all over the lid, but probably could use a brush to kind of make it look more together. On the face and body I would recommend it, but unless you plan to stand or sit some where the whole time, don't expect it to last very long. It is perfect for applying a purple tinted glitter. People may not be able to tell that it is purple necessarily, but they will see that you put glitter on. In certain lighting they might be able to tell the pigment is purple/violet. I would even recommend putting it in your hair even though it doesn't specify that on the website. I put it in my hair and initially I could tell it was a purple streak in my light hair, but after a few minutes it faded into looking like I just put glitter in my hair which is still fun! After putting in your hair you might try spraying it with some hair spray to kind of help the pigment adhere or they might have special glue for hair that you could use. This is meant to be a fun product, not necessarily one that you would take seriously. I do agree that you will want to carry this product with you wherever you go just to touch it up if the pigment fades or just to touch it up in general. The official NYX Cosmetics website says something along the lines of that you can control the intensity of the pigment, but I heavily disagree. Initially when you apply this product, yes, it does have quite a bit of pigment and you can build the pigment up to your desired intensity, but that doesn't mean it is going to last. Yes you can control intensity of pigment, but no because once again unless you use something with it or under it the chances of it staying pigmented is not very high. I threw that point out there multiple times! Overall, if you want a fun/cute little product to add some glitter to your eyes, face, or body, then I think that this is the product to use. It does the job, it's not badly prices, and I do like the packaging with the roller ball. I would definitely repurchase this product for the glitter/purple glitter aspect of it. It would be fun to wear out for a night. I don't plan to use this product a lot, but on special fun occasions I definitely would!

Sincerely,
Marina