I am obsessed with nude lip shades.  For years I have snatched almost every nude gloss that crossed my path, however with the new matte lip look I am on the hunt for matte nude shades.

Enter the NYX Simply Nude Lip Cream…I was walking around Ulta and found these little gems on an end cap.  There weren’t testers so I grabbed three to see how I liked them, knowing that with Ulta’s return policy I could return any that I absolutely hated.   There are six nude shades total, but I only got three.  The colors I got were Disrobed, Fairest and Peaches.   See below for swatches:

Sooo, how did these work?  I really, really like them and would recommend them to anyone that is looking for a good, matte, nude lip.  The pros are the shades are stellar – I think they are comparable to department store colors.  The packaging is good and they rotate up so you don’t have to worry about sharpening these with a pencil sharpener.  The price also can’t be beat (I paid $5.99 each at Ulta) especially when there is a BOGO deal.   When wearing these I would definitely recommend wearing a lip balm as a base to make sure that the formula doesn’t feather.   My favorites lip balms to use are the Dior Creme de Rose Lip Balm, the Guerlain Kiss Kiss Lip Lift and Carmex.   All do a great job, although I am partial to Carmex which I have been using since I was a kid.

Give these lip pencils a try and let me know what you think.  Do you have any other good, matte shades you would recommend?