Alright, before you read any further, this is a warning that this post is going to be pretty massive. It's SUPER picture heavy (100+ pics), so I'll try not to ramble as much as I usually do. This is a swatch fest and review of Hello Waffle Cosmetics' recent Wu Xing collection and My Lips But... lipsticks. I got the entire Wu Xing collection and all but two of the MLBs, but Christine (the owner) generously included the last two MLBs for me!
Now Wu Xing is based off of Chinese elements and have beautiful label arts that match the theme. There are five mini collections that include three eyeshadows, one face products, and one lipstick for a full face look. I really love Asian culture and mythology, especially dragons, so I knew I needed at least one full size product from each mini collection because of how beautiful the label arts were. Luckily, the products themselves were gorgeous, so the decision wasn't too hard. There were also two Gift With Purchases (GWPs) available during that time, depending on how much your order was. My huge order qualified for both, so that was great, and I also picked up a lipstick from one of the Visage overstocks as well.
I received my package almost a month back; it's taken me this long because I wanted to do full looks with each collection beforehand. My swatches this time will be split up a little differently. I'm swatching each full collection separately, complete with full face looks using the entire collection ONLY as well. This will give you a good idea on how everything plays together.
Pictures taken under LED bulb and swatched over ELF Glitter Primer (top/left half) and ELF Essential Primer (bottom/right half)
Metal
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| White Tiger |
White Tiger: pale lavender with silver sparkles
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| Metal |
Metal: matte dark gray
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| Contraction |
Contraction: gray with silver shimmers
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| New Yang |
New Yang: ivory highlighter with silver shimmers
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| West |
West: dusty mauve lipstick
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| White Tiger, Metal, Contraction, New Yang, West |
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| Contraction (inner and outer corner), White Tiger (middle lid), Metal (crease) |
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| New Yang (cheek highlight), West (lips) |
Wood
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| Wood |
Wood: matte medium peach
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| Expansion |
Expansion: olive with blue shimmers
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| Azure Dragon |
Azure Dragon: gorgeous dark green base with tons of blue sparkles
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| New Yin |
New Yin: beautiful nude pink blush with gold sheen
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| East |
East: semi sheer mauve brown
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| Descension |
Descension: beautiful dark teal with green and copper shimmers
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| Black Tortoise |
Black Tortoise: dark purple with blue and green sparkles
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| Full Yang |
Full Yang: matte tan contour; this is a bit too light for me to contour or use as a blush, so I'll probably use it as a transition shade!
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| North |
North: opaque dark berry
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| Fire |
Fire: matte brick red
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| Vermillion Bird |
Vermillion Bird: shimmery crimson with gold sparkles
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| Full Yin |
Full Yin: orange blush with red and gold shimmers
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| South |
South: bright blue red
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| Yellow Dragon |
Yellow Dragon: nude pink with gold sparkles and shimmers
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| Harmony |
Harmony: bronze with gold and red shimmers
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| Yin/Yang |
Yin/Yang: nude peach blush with gold shimmers
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| Center |
Center: semi sheer nude peach; stains lips a bright coral pink within seconds. My full face picture won't look like I have nude lips at all because of how much my lip color shows through after rubbing my lips together.
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| Peonies |
Peonies: matte merlot
My Lips But... and Visage Extra
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| My Lips but Nuder |
My Lips but Nuder: opaque nude; stains lips bright coral
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| My Lips but Peacher |
My Lips but Peacher: moderately opaque peach; stains lips bright pink
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| My Lips but Redder |
My Lips but Redder: moderately opaque rose
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| My Lips but Better |
My Lips but Better: moderately opaque mauve
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| My Lips but Berrier |
My Lips but Berrier: moderately opaque mauve pink
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| Into the Woods |
Into the Woods: moderately opaque brown red. This is the Visage extra and makes me feel super sexy!
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| Reeds, Peonies, Nuder, Peacher, Reddier, Better, Berrier, Into the Woods |
Congratulations for making it all the way through! Thanks for sticking through until the end, even though there were a butt ton of pictures. I thoroughly enjoyed the Wu Xing collection and creating looks out of the specific elements. My favorite by far has to be the Wood look, I absolutely love the halo eye I created using Expansion in the center. My second favorite would have to be Water because the individual shades call to me. I'm really enjoying Hello Waffle's lipstick formula as well. They're very comfortable and don't dry out my lips. I really like reapplying and they have great color payoff. I've been wearing the Wu Xing and MLBs for the entire month and haven't tired of them yet.
As far as I know, both collections are permanent, so don't hesitate to pick some up if you like what you see!
- Jolie ♥
Loving those looks you put together! I'm going to have to place an order real soon!! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! Let me know what you end up getting :)
DeleteThese are wonderful! All of the colors look amazing on you!
ReplyDeleteThank you! Hello Waffle has an amazing formula for all their products! I definitely recommend checking them out.
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