Essence Eyeshadow in 55 Shrimp Me Up

Obviously most people in the Australian beauty community know about the brand Essence. Known for the cheap pricetag and some of their amazing products but also not so good products. 

I have tried their eyeliners (pencil and gel) and I was not a fan of them but I am a big fan of their eyeshadows and this eyeshadow has not disappointed me.

I purchased this at Priceline last year (around September) for $2.85 when they were getting rid of most their stock so most of the products on the Essence shelf was 50% off and more. 

I was actually hesitant to purchase this shade because it was a shimmer eyeshadow and I'm a "matte" type of girl, but I needed a pink eyeshadow to go with my formal dress and the price for the eyeshadow was probably the main reason why I bought it. I was surprised no one swatched this eyeshadow since most of the Essence products are usually either dirty, opened or swatched and if you're lucky, unopened. 

The packaging of the Essence eyeshadows come in a transparent plastic case with a flip lid. It just looks cheap but it's what you get for the price but the packaging is a lot more sturdy than you think, it does take some strong nails to open it up.

Also I'm guessing the size is similar to the MAC eyeshadows, it does look massive.

The metal case the eyeshadow is depotted in is magnetic so you can depot it into a separate eyeshadow palette. (All of the essence shadows have a magnetic base!) 

With flash

L-R: Artificial lighting, with flash

The eyeshadow seems like a pinky peach colour but when you swatch it, it comes out as a frosty dusty pink colur with really small glitter particles. 

It does take some layering over the lids until the colour becomes pigmented, but I find that if you use a light base at first (I use the NYX jumbo eye pencil in Milk), the colour becomes a lot more pigmented.

But what I love about this eyeshadow is how smooth it is to apply, it also blends like a charm. 

L: Essence eyeshadow over the crease, lids and bottom lashline R: No eyeshadow

Sadly since I do have very oily lids, it does crease on me without a primer (like all eyeshadows). 

I did pair the eyeshadow up with my Too Faced Shadow Insurance when I had my year 10 formal. And with 5+ hours of dancing and sweating, it lasted the entire day without creasing.

I wouldnt use this eyeshadow just by itself since the colour can make it seem like you have a rash or that you've been crying the night before. But I do like pairing this with a brown eyeshadow

 in the crease.

I am tempted to try out the other Essence shadows but I have too much eyeshadows that I would never get to the chance of using it.

Have you tried the Essence Single Shadows?

Essence Rebels Lip & Cheek Pot in Peach Punk

Anyone else remember the old Priceline?!

Awhile back I went to a small shopping centre, where it usually doesnt have much people. I found out they opened a small Priceline, so I obviously went to go check it out. They had all these sale tables covering half the store and I found this Lip & Cheek Pot for only $3.40! There were also some Essence lipsticks for only $2 but most of the bullets were already used or battered up.

This was part of the Essence Rebels collection, which I dont think you can get anymore, but honestly it is not worth it.

I don't own that many blush products since I don't use blush so I thought this product would be the perfect thing to get, as it is versatile. I've always had a thing for peach coloured lip products aswell.

There was some bubbly oily residue at the top.

I'll be a hypocrite but I find that swatches on the hand can be very misleading, so the picture above really doesnt do any justice. 

I absolutely love the colour in the picture but in reality, when applied to the lips, it's more of a peachy tint. The product also clings into fine cracks on the lips. What's worse is that, when applying the product it feels like it's drying the lips as you put it on.

I did try the product on my cheeks and found it to be a natural light flush of peach, I wouldnt mind using it if I was doing a natural look. But I have naturally flushed cheeks so I find that using blush makes my cheeks lookmore like a clown. 

Though on the brighter side, a little does go a long way if used on the cheeks.

I do love Essence products but this was a big let down.

Essence Smokey Eyes Brush

Honestly finding the perfect crease brush seemed pretty hard for me. Seeing as though I had the typical Asian eyes, small eyes and a bit of the hooded eyelid. Finding a crease brush that was inexpensive and fitted my crease took a while to find. Luckily while I was searching through Essence online, I found out that they sold this Smokey Eyes Brush! I found mine at Priceline for $2.55, I know they also sell this at Target if you don't have a Priceline store near you :) 

At first when I saw this I thought it was a small eyeshadow brush which made me not get it. But up close it looks like a small crease brush (although don't take my word for it since im not a brush expert) 

So the back it shows you how to do a makeup look using the Essence Smokey Eyes Brush and other of their products too!

I actually really like the packaging! The handle is a matte black and it has the Essence logo in purple.

Now the brush itself is a dark purple colour. The bristles are more rounded in person than in the picture, now when I first felt the bristle it felt so soft! Probably not the softest I've felt but pretty standard in brushes.

When I used it, it was prefect for applying eyeshadow to the outer V and crease, though it might take longer to blend with but its just right for my eyeshape! 

Sadly the bad news to this product was that it did start shedding. But it didn't really bother me that much since I'll be buying another one as a back up! :D

Essence Coverstick- Matt Beige

After seeing Missglamorazzi on Youtube rave about this, I really wanted to try it out!

Costed me $3.95 at Priceline, I think it had around 4 colours and I'm not the type of person who likes to try out the colours, I usually just buy one and hope for the best (not a good idea). But luckily this did suit my skin colour. I chose the one that was the lightest colour out of the bunch.

States that "the coverstick reliably conceals skin imperfections with a fine matt finish. the formula with allantoin calms the skin. ideal for all skin types. dermatologically tested." 

The ingredients. 

So I did a bit of research on 'allantoin' and apparently it is actually really good for the skin. Allantoin is odorless, non-toxic and non allergenic. It is moisturising and softens the skin. It also has a few skin healing properties. Now doesn't that make you want to get this? 

Contains 5g

So the symbol with the tub and lid and 12M means that it has a good use of 12 months before I have to throw it out.

05 Matt Beige

When you take the stick out of the cardboard packaging it looks like this. Reminds me of a lipstick. It's not very eye-catching but very simple.

It contains about 3cm of the concealer stick. Also really looks like a lipstick! 

This is the first concealer stick I've used so I'm not concealer expert.

Just going to let you guys know that you should never try our your concealer on your hands since they will be   very diferent in colour. My face is lighter than the rest of my body, pretty weird if you tell me.

When you apply is quite creamy and pretty easy to blend, I'm very happy with this concealer, since it gives a light-medium coverage. Covers the dark tinge around my eyes! 

But the only con I have about this product would be, during the colder days the stick will be harder to apply and also harder to blend. I only use this during warmer/hotter days. Oh and it also goes in the cracks of my undereyes so I try to make sure it isn't too dry under my eyes (I have conbination skin).

I would definitely buy this again, I mean only $3.95 now that's a bargain!

Essence Kajal Eye Pencil- Neon Sweetie

Months ago I went shopping at Target and never got to do this review, since I never ended up using this eyeliner daily, but I did use it one day while finding a new eye look.

So Essence is usually found at Target and Priceline, I found this at Targets bargain basket filled with Essence products, this eyeliner was $1 so I bought 2 since my favourite colour is yellow and I love eyeliners!

It claims it has high precision application and is long-lasting.

I found it pretty odd how they were the same colours on the packaging but on the product one was a lighter yellow than the other. 

Pros:

-Pigmented

-Soft

-Easy to apply
-Colour is buildable

Cons:

-Didn't last long, if you touched it it would fade almost immediately!

-The colour is discontinued I think, I can't find the colour anymore.

Swatch:

Rainbow Eye Makeup

You can't really see the green nor purple :(

Products Used:

-DB 48 Colour Eyeshadow Pallette

-Essence Kajal Pencil in 17 Neon Sweetie

-Sportgirl To The Point Liquid Eyeliner

-DB Black Kohl Pencil

-Maybelline The Falsies Mascara

So I was playing with my essence yellow eyeliner since I never actually used it so I really wanted to see what it would just look like with just black eyeliner but I ended up putting yellow eyeshadow over it  and using the eyeliner itself as a base, but I then somehow continued building up the colours by putting a coral red in my crease and outer V and then putting orange in the inner eyelid area.

I then put green eyeshadow on the inner lashline and blue on the outer part.

The inner corners were missing something so I put a purple which ended up not looking so well...

But I lined the top lid thinly with my Sportgirl eyeliner and lined the bottom with my DB black eyeliner pencil and then curled and added mascara.

Im actually really happy with the results since I do have asian eyes so it is quite hard for me to do eyeshadow looks and this is the first time it turned out well (: 

&& No I will not do a tutorial since this look wasnt planned and I did do random stuff to it and added random colours in.

Essence Eyeshadow- Dream Team

So I found this pretty baby at Target and I really wanted to try out the Essence eyeshadows since there was quite a lot of good reviews about it. I'm also on the hunt of trying out new cheap eyeshadows.

Price: $2

This is probably the reason why I bought it, the price was discounted to $2 in a bowl full of the rejected makeup. For $2 the eyeshadows would equal to $1 per colour which isnt that bad considering that you get quite a lot of product.

Packaging: 3/5

-To be honest, I thought the packaging was quite cool because of the logo on the side. 

-It was also a good idea that the lid was a slide out instead of popping it up. 

-Very sturdy, but opens easily as well

The eyeshadow is on my lashline and inner corner.

Product: 4/5

Pros: 

• It actually lasts on my lashline really well it stayed for around 5 hours and only smudged a small bit.

• It is buildable

• Compact

• Decent pigmentation

Cons:

• Doesn't come with an applicator

• Takes awhile to get the desired amount of colour on since it's buildable.

Swatches:

Without flash

With flash

Conclusion:

Overall I really love this product on my lashline and inner corners, it really does stay on better then my pencil eyeliners and gel liners, I would definately buy it again. It was worth the buy!