Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Essence Products Review

Hiya peeps! I have a few Essence goodies to share with you today! I don't have access to this brand where I live (except for nail polish through Ulta) so I was excited to receive this package! =)

Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine is a fantastic lemon yellow shimmer that leans green. Ya'll have seen it here already, but here are the swatch pictures.

Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine swatch, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine nail swatch

How about an ultra close up macro shot? See the pretty shimmer? It's the same color as the polish but it's noticeable up close in the light.

Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine swatch, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine nail swatch

With flash. See how the edges turn a little green. It's mostly lemon yellow but there is a touch of green in it!

Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine swatch, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine nail swatch

Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine swatch, Essence Wanna Be My Sunshine nail swatch

I really liked this polish (as I do all my Essence polishes - thanks Theodora!) and it had decent wear time. 1-2 days before it started chipping. I love the color selection of these and this was the best yellow I've used! Honestly.

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO is a lovely quad of four silver/purple shades. Very nice to have color coordinating eyeshadows if you're going for a monochromatic look. It includes a silvery white, silver, lilac, and black. All colors have a shimmer to them, and the lighter colors appear more frosted.

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO, Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO swatch

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO, Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO swatch

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO, Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO swatch

Without flash...

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO, Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO swatch

With flash...

Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO, Essence Quattro eyeshadow in 01 XOXO swatch

The silver one gave me the most trouble in terms of color. Even a heavy swatch didn't give me much color, but the silvery white and lilac were awesome. The black I bet would be best to give a touch of depth to the crease or wet as a liner. Good wear time, but I always wear them over primer, so I can't attest to wear time on its own. Yet! =P

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... is a gorgeous shimmery taupe cream eyeshadow. It comes in a pretty tub with fun labeling (I'm such a sucker for cute packaging)

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

With flash ....

Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To..., Essence Stay All Day Long Lasting Eyeshadow in 02 Glammy Goes To... swatch

Gorgeous shimmery taupe and ya'll know I LOVE my taupe eye shadows. I'm not so much a fan of cream shadows because my lids are so oily, but this one fared well over the course of the day (with primer!). I do like this, and it makes for a great quick smokey eye with some smudged black liner (or brown if you want to go lighter) or a great quick eye for work or going out!

Hopefully I'll get an Eye of the Day up soon using these so you can see them in action! 

Products provided for review.

10 comments:

  1. I love how the polish looks, lovely and creamy. A gorgeous colour too xx

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  2. Love the color of the nail polish, perfect for a tend skin!

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  3. I love Essence products! The polishes are only a buck - so they're hard to beat!

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  4. Essence is an easy-to-get brand in my country, and I like that the poish is cheap. I sometimes have to be careful not to buy the whole display, that wouldn't be so cheap anymore :-p

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  5. Nice products! Love the nail polish shade!

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  6. I'm so jealous I can't get essence anywhere in the UK! I used to own a beauty blog and another blogger always had essence products they look so lovely especially the nail varnishes!

    Jazz x

    http://prettylovelypolish.blogspot.co.uk/

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  7. The nail polish is an awesome colour.

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  8. I'm a huge Essence fan - I'm going to seek out that taupey creme eyeshadow :)

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  9. Omg, love this yellow! And this is coming from a non yellow fan.

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