One of my favorite things to do is try out new beauty brands that I’m not too familiar with, and I was so happy to find out that I loved Soap and Glory and The Body Shop. This week, I decided to get my hands on a whole bunch of items from NYX Cosmetics and test them out.

Since it’s so affordable – most of their makeup is in the $3 to $8 range – I figured it wasn’t going to be good makeup. However, I was SO wrong! Read on to discover four of my favorite NYX products:

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Jumbo Eye Pencil

$4.50 at NYXCosmetics.com

The all-in-one eye pencil is not a new idea, but I love the color range of NYX’s version, so I had to pick up a few. My personal favorite is the one above, called “Iced Mocha.“ It’s the perfect color for lining your bottom lash line or smudging into the crease. It’s a beautiful color, and the pigment is rich, but not so rich that it’s not blendable.

I also love the color “Sparkle Nude,“ which is a light gold color with small flecks of light gold glitter. I apply this all over my lid, or just in the inner corners to highlight. I also like to smudge some of it on the back of my hand and use it as an actual face highlighter! Sounds weird, but it just goes to show you how versatile this product is.

Butter Gloss

$5 at NYXCosmetics.com

Okay, let me preface this by saying that I never wear lip gloss. Like never. I rarely like the way it looks on my lips, and I just don’t like the stickiness it normally has. However, these Butter Glosses are the only lip glosses that I wear!

They aren’t too shiny, and almost have that “your lips but better” look. I’m all about the natural, light, pinky-beige colored lip, and the shade pictured above, called “Creme Brulee,” is the perfect shade to do just that!

More shades I love are “Tiramisu” and “Maple Blondie.” Yes, the names are basically all delicious desserts. Who doesn’t love that? The scents are dessert-like as well, but they aren’t too strong! I actually have never found a high-end lip gloss that I love as much as these. I’m so obsessed!