Essence goodies

Hi lovelies,

Another day, another blog post. There is no surprise that today’s post also includes Essence makeup products. I mentioned the reason in my latest blog post, which you can find here. I hope you will not get bored, cause there will be much more reviews.

Today’s post includes very fun and colourful products from Essence. The colours in these pictures remind me of the summer very much! And summer time is just around the corner. Are you waiting for it as much as I do? Let me know in the comments =). Now let’s read some reviews! Hope you’ l like it.

| Essence Sun club 2 in 1 bronzing powder |

Bronzing Powder, which contains a matte bronzer and a highlighter, which are merged together.  This product is my favorite of all that are mentioned here. I use this powder to contour my face. I use it on my cheek bones, along my hairline, on my nose and my neck. It gives very nice, subtle bronzed look. It seems that sun kissed my face a little bit, but not too much. Also the highlighter helps to create that glowy and healthy look.  It’s really an amazing product, which doesn’t cost much.

| Essence silky touch blush in 20 baby doll (darker one) and the other (sadly, couldn't find the name)|

I’m not a big fan of blushes in general. I use them very rarely and don’t have much of selection, so these babies were added to my makeup collection. I tried them, but I don’t use them on the every day basis, since my best friend became a bronzer. Anyway, I have to say that I really liked these blushes, they both have a peachy undertone, but one is a little bit darker and other is lighter. In my opinion, they are perfect for summer.

| Powder brush |

Love it! How cute it is? This brush is very soft and very good for a budget friendly item.

| Big eye shadow applicator |

This brush somehow looks a little bit funny to me. It’s bigger than normal eye shadow applicator, it’s very beautiful, but I just don’t know the purpose, I mean small applicator is also good enough to apply eye shadows=).

| Glossy lip balm in raspberry sorbet |

This actually tastes like something sweet. It’s a little bit more suitable for teenagers in my opinion. When I was a teenager I really loved that kind of lip balms. It doesn’t give you any colour, but it tastes really good, and no, I don’t eat my lip balm, but you can feel the taste. Somehow it reaches my receptors.

| Essence pure skin anti-spot mousse make-up in 01 matte beige |

I have to say that I have never tried mousse powder or mousse foundation before. So I was little bit curious about this one. It’s very soft, very lightweight foundation, it doesn’t look cakey on your face, you don’t feel that you are wearing a foundation, so that’s a big plus. I don’t have a lot of spots, so I am not quite sure how it will cover them. The only downside is that I have dry patches on my face and since this foundation is matte, I feel that those patches showing a little bit more on my skin. I mean I have this problem probably with all foundation, with some of them it looks a little bit better and with others it doesn’t look very nice. Also as it comes to foundations, I like to use high-end products, cause I feel that they have a better quality.

| Essence mono eye shadow in 15 hazel me not! |

Loved this one. Is a simple light brown colour, which is suitable for the everyday use. The only thing is that I prefer eye shadow palettes where you everything have in one place and those mono eye shadows tend to hide at the back of my drawer.

That’s it and Thank you for reading!

Review: Princess mascaras by Essence

Hi lovelies,

I’m here again with a new review! As I mentioned in my other blog post (here), Essence sent me a package full with their products (I shared a picture on my instagram, which you can find here), they wanted me to try their products and I’m really happy that they let me to write my honest opinion. That’s a big plus and I fell big respect for a makeup brand, which really wants to know people's opinion, to grow and improve their brand.

I also want to inform you, that there will be many more reviews which will include Essence makeup products. So if you are interested in that, keep on waiting for that good stuff that’s coming=)).

Anyway, let’s get down to the business.

Today I’m reviewing two Essence mascaras – Essence lash princess volume mascara and Essence lash princess false lash effect mascara. Below you can find all detailed information about these mascaras and also my opinion about them.

| Essence lash princess volume mascara |

What it says in the description: royal! The lash princess mascara with a specially shaped cobra-head wand covers each individual lash to create dramatic volume and a gorgeous, sweeping look. For intensive fluttering lashes. Just as unique as any princess, the mascara is presented in a beautiful evening gown.

My opinion: This mascara is my favorite! I really love this unusual cobra model brush. Somehow it gives and amazing effect on my lashes. They look much longer, like I’m wearing false lashes, also it gives more body to them, they become more fuller, so my eyes really stand out. The curl also stays all day for me. The mascara is buildable, but you have to be careful, cause the more you swipe it along your lashes the more it tends to become clumpy and sticky. In general I think its amazing and budget friendly mascara. It just shows that you don’t need to buy those expensive ones if you want your lashes to look nice.

| Essence lash princess false lash effect mascara |

What it says in the description: royal sister! There’s a fabulous addition to the family of lash princess mascaras in black. The special, conic shape of the fiber brush provides lashes with length and dramatic volume as well as a false-lash effect. And just like her sister, the packaging of the drama queen is decorated with a gorgeous evening dress – this time in black-mint. Princess (ence) deluxe!

My opinion: This mascara is also great, but I prefer the other one. It also gives your lashes that false lash effect, but it only gives the length for my lashes. I love when mascara also gives some volume and thickness. Without paying attention to this it is still quite impressive for a budget friendly mascara.

So that’s all for today girls. Tell me in the comments what you think? Did you try these mascaras?=) Let me know!

Xoxo, SimonaMoona

Nudes and Pastels by Essence

Hi lovelies,

How are you doing? It seems that I wrote my last blog post ages ago, but time is passing really fast and I feel that it’s not enough hours in a day to do everything I need. So my blog was a little bit abandoned. But finally here is my new blog post!

Recently I got a package from Essence. It contained amazing stuff, so I tried a lot of new things from this brand. It’s a well-known brand from Germany. I think it’s popular everywhere in Europe now. Anyway, I liked almost everything, there was only a couple of products that didn’t worked for me, but today’s post includes probably my favorite ones, cause I love pastel and nude colours very much and also these products that I will mention here is great. They also are super affordable, if you are new in this makeup word, this brand suggest a lot of great products that are perfect to build your starter makeup collection.

Below you can find more photos, all information and my opinion about each product. Hope you’ll like it. Let me know what you think!=)

| Essence XXXL nude lip-gloss in 01 Shy Beauty and 03 Taste the Sweets |

These lip-glosses are from the #ilovenude trend edition. I’m happy about these glosses, they are not sticky, and the pigmentation for natural looking lip-glosses is great. I love the applicator of it, it’s very soft, comfortable and easy to use. 01 She Beauty is a little bit to light for me, I have a pale skin and with this lip-gloss I look even paler, but it still doesn’t look very bad. Both of these shades are perfect for spring and summer, when you want fresh, natural look.

 |Essence long-lasting nude lipstick in 01 Wearing only a smile and 03 Come Naturally |

Again, these lipsticks are also from #ilovenude trend edition. I love both shades. 01 Wearing only a smile is also a little bit light, but it looks ok on me. My favorite one is 03 Come Naturally - this is a true cool-toned mauve shade.  This shade is a very trendy ‘Kylie Jenner’ shade. The lipsticks are super creamy, moisturising and they are very comfortable to wear.  Pigmentation and longevity is great, they last for about 3 hours on the lips before I have to reapply, but it doesn’t bother me, cause they are very easy to use.

| Essence I love nude eye shadow in 01 Vanilla Sugar and 06 Coffee bean |

These are the baked eye shadows in the #ilovenude trend edition. These single eye shadows are great for everyday natural makeup look. I use 01 Vanilla Sugar as a highlighter in my inner corners and under my brow bone. I love to use both of these colours together, it’s a perfect combination for everyday look. I have no complaints about the pigmentation. The quality for the price is very nice. Also they blend vey easily and doesn’t crease on my eyelids. And it is perfect, because my eyelids tend to become oilier during the day.

| Essence I love TRENDS nail polish the Nudes in 05 pure soul and 07 hope for love |

As I said I love nude colours very much, so when I saw these nail polishes I was super excited and painted my nails immediately. They glide on nails really nicely, there was no streakiness going on when I was applying it. You need two coats and you good to go, although 05 pure soul requires three coats and it doesn’t cover your nail completely, I mean it’s see-through and with white nail polishes, I like them to be opaque. So that was the only downside, but my absolute favorite one is 07 hope for love shade.

| Essence I love TRENDS nail polish the Pastels in 01 So lucky and 03 I’m so fluffy |

I also wanted to include two other nail polishes, which are from #ilovepastels collection. I really love the colours and it looks like a simple nail polish, but on the nails it becomes matte. These colours are perfect for spring and summer. I need to apply two coats and it stays on my nails for about a week, but at the end of the week it starts to chip. In my opinion the longevity of these polishes is really great and I love that it is matte.