new lippies

i recently purchased three new lip colors from NYX, and i surprised myself at buying them in three  different shades of pink. pink basically is my least favorite of colors. maybe because i think it doesn't look good on me. i'm more of the apricot, peach, terracotta kind of girl. maybe because i'm golden-tan. and it seems to be very safe to wear the said colors because they give a natural look. but since i'm still building my makeup kit, i had to have pink shades for my future fair-skinned clients. 
i believe i picked B52, Louisiana and Chloe, which glide on my lips like heaven and surprisingly rich/highly pigmented. i used B52 on the day i got them, and the color stayed put till i got home. i was like wow. me and my office girl buddies got them for 160php each from a local multiply.com seller. they were relatively inexpensive for such OK quality. about a month ago, i also purchased a lip color from 4u2, a US brand whose professional eyeshadow palettes i totally would recommend any makeup artist to get. they are highly pigmented, and the colors last all day. pretty inexpensive for their quality too. i got two 8-color palettes from them, each for less than 1000php. i'd say those purchases are really good deal. their ENVY line of lip colors, of which one i bought in shade # 12 looked tangerine-ish red. i was actually looking for orange that time and was already decided on a MAC one when i figured i don't need buy expensive stuff yet now that i'm not yet on board. the 4u2 lipstick glides on smoothly too. i think it was discounted at the time, less than 3oophp, so i was glad i controlled the urge to buy a revlon or l'oreal that time.