Essence Lip Liners

Essence is a brand that isn't talked about much here in the UK, because it isn't readily available, but their products are much talked about by American Bloggers. Imagine my surprise when I happened to stumble across an essence stand whilst looking around Wilko recently, I decided to pick up two of the lipliners which were selling for £1.00 each!!

I picked up In 11 The Nude and 15 Honey Berry

11,15

 I've been wearing In the Nude daily since I got it. It's a beautiful everyday shade that can be used in so many different ways. My personal favourite is to fill in my lips with it first and then add a deeps pink or brick red shade and blend. It give the most beautiful muted 'Kylie Jenner' lip colour which is perfect for this season. They have a creamy formula, which means they glide onto the lips smoothly, and provide an even coverage.

 I can't wait to get my hands on some more shades, at £1.00 they are complete bargains! Get yourselves down to wilko!

Aroosa x

Fashionista Double Take Long wear Lipsticks and Fashionista Maxi Moisture Lipsticks

I recently placed an order for a number of lipsticks from Fashionista. They were selling for £1.99 each on www.fragrancedirect.co.uk, which is quiet a bargain seeing as they retailed for around the £7.00 mark!

I picked up 5 shades from the double take long wear lipstick range and another 5 from the maxi moisture lipstick range.

RED = double take long wear, SILVER = maxi moisture

 The size of each lipstick tube is nice and slim and I think they look sleek with the red being something a little different! Who doesn't like nice packaging!?

FashionistA Double Take Long Weat Lipsticks
ATOMIC ORANGE, NATURAL PINK, ULTRA PINK, CINNAMON, AURBERGINE

FashionistA Double Take Long Weat Lipsticks
ATOMIC ORANGE, NATURAL PINK, ULTRA PINK, CINNAMON, AURBERGINE

FashionistA Double Take Long Weat Lipsticks
ATOMIC ORANGE, NATURAL PINK, ULTRA PINK, CINNAMON, AURBERGINE

I couldn't find many swatches online at the time, so it was a bit of a blind order!  Atomic oranges swatches alot more pink on me and comes across as more of a coral than straight up orange. Natural Pink is a nice mid tone pink and Cinnamon will make a lovely everyday nude. Aurergine is something a little more daring but perfect for this time of year. The texture and finish of these lipsticks remind me of MAC cremesheens. They're very pigmented but creamy, you can't go wrong for £1.99!

I also Picked up 5 Maxi Moisture Lipsticks. It was even harder to find swatches online for these, but again i'm happy with all the colours I picked up.

FashionistA Maxi Moisture Lipsticks
PERFECT FIT, I'M AN INDIVIDUAL, TOUCH UP, HOW DO I LOOK?

FashionistA Maxi Moisture Lipsticks
PERFECT FIT, I'M AN INDIVIDUAL, TOUCH UP, HOW DO I LOOK?

FashionistA Maxi Moisture Lipsticks
PERFECT FIT, I'M AN INDIVIDUAL, TOUCH UP, HOW DO I LOOK?

They glide on easily, feel very moisturising, but also have a decent colour pay off. Perfect Fit swatches alot pinker on me than it looks in the tube, I couldn.t find any swatches of this shade before I purchased so I wasn't too sure what to expect. It is very pretty though! I'm and individual is a orangey coral and touch up is a lovely brown nude. I purchased two of these as I could tell it would be a colour I would use often. How do I look? is a nice mid tone but brighter pink that I think will be perfect for adding a bit of brightness to the face! 

Again the quality of these lipsticks is great! They remind me of MAC Lustre lipsticks and they're perfect for his time of year when we need a little more moisture on our lips!!

Aroosa

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Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition - Warm Eyeshadows

About a month ago I blogged about the New Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition that at the time had just arrived in the post! (click her to view the palette)

As promised I've swatched all the shades so you can get a better idea of the colours and pay off before you purchase. This post will focus on the WARM EYESHADOW section. The images have in no way been edited in order to provide a true representation of each colour and finish.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE COOL EYESHADOW SWATCHES 
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE HIGHLIGHTERS AND CHEEK POWDERS SWATCHES

WARM EYESHADOWS CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE

1ST ROW

2ND ROW

3RD ROW

4TH ROW

5TH ROW

ENTIRE PALETTE (CLICK HERE)

I love warm eyeshadows, so I was excited to see how these would swatch. Although a lot of beautiful shades have been included I feel like alot of them are fairly similar, it would have been nice to have seen a bit more variety. Having said that, there is definitely something for everyone!

 The 3rd shadow on the second row was slightly too soft and bitty, so I ended up picking up too much product when I attempted to swatch it. It did blend out okay though. The intensity of the shimmer are even better than the cooler part of the palette and they swatched beautifully! I absolutely love the 3rd row!

 Just like everything else the matte shades were less pigmented but they were buildable and didn't tend to apply patchy.

I hope the swatch posts have helped! Overall it's a beautiful palette and so far I don't feel like it's got enough attention! I think it makes a perfect gift this holiday, so I definitely recommend you giving it ago. 

I purchased my Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit from HQHair. It is currently priced at £34 £29.50!

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

Aroosa
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Pixi Ulitimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition - Highlighters and Cheek Powders

About a month ago I blogged about the New Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition that at the time had just arrived in the post! (click her to view the palette)

As promised I've swatched all the shades so you can get a better idea of the colours and pay off before you purchase. This post will focus on the  HIGHLIGHTERS AND CHEEK POWDERS section. The images have in no way been edited in order to provide a true representation of each colour and finish.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE COOL EYESHADOW SWATCHES 
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WARM EYESHADOW SWATCHES

HIGHLIGHTERS AND CHEEK POWDERS (click to enlarge image)

HIGLIGHTERS (1ST AND 2ND ROW)

HIGHLIGHTERS WITH FLASH

CHEEK POWDERS (3RD AD 4TH ROW)

ENTIRE PALETTE (CLICK HERE)

The highlighters ARE soft, blendable and non of them contain any chucky glitter. I like that they are of variable intensity, allowing some to be more wearable during the day and others more suited to evening wear! They can of course be used as eyeshadows as well, not that they are needed with the variety provided in this palette!

A good variety of blush shades are provided. Like the eyeshadows the matte shades are less pigmented than the shimmers, but yet again they are buidable and not difficult to blend, The only problem I have with the shade selection is that the 3rd shade on the 3rd rows is the only 'every day' blush the rest are pretty daring and for me at least will probably not be worn as much.

I hope the swatch posts have helped! Overall it's a beautiful palette and so far I don't feel like it's got enough attention! I think it makes a perfect gift this holiday, so I definitely recommend you giving it ago. 

I purchased my Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit from HQHair It is currently priced at £34 £29.50!

Aroosa
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Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition - Cool Eyeshadows

About a month ago I blogged about the New Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit 2nd Edition that at the time had just arrived in the post! (click her to view the palette)

As promised I've swatched all the shades so you can get a better idea of the colours and pay off before you purchase. This post will focus on the COOL EYESHADOW section. The images have in no way been edited in order to provide a true representation of each colour and finish.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE WARM EYESHADOW SWATCHES 
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE HIGHLIGHTERS AND CHEEK POWDERS SWATCHES 

COOL EYESHADOWS CLICK TO ENLARGE IMAGE

1ST ROW

2ND ROW

3RD ROW

4TH ROW

5TH ROW

ENTIRE PALETTE (CLICK HERE)

Overall the cool eyeshadows were soft and blended easily. I found the shimmer shades had a better colour pay off compared to the mattes but they were buildable. The colour pay off of the 4th row is generally pretty poor, which is a shame seeing as the colours are so pretty! I did not find any of the shades to be flakey of gritty and the colours translated well, looking the same on the skin as they did in the pan.

I love wearing purple on my eyes, so I can't wait to creates some looks using these eyeshadows What makes this section even better is the inclusion of some good transition colours to help blend out and warm up any eye looks.

I hope the swatch posts have helped! Overall it's a beautiful palette and so far I don't feel like it's got enough attention! I think it makes a perfect gift this holiday, so I definitely recommend you giving it ago. 

I purchased my Pixi Ultimate Beauty Kit from HQHair. It is currently priced at £34 £29.50!

Aroosa

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NARS Douceur

NARS Douceur is a blush that I had heard a lot about and it was one I had made a mental note about wanting to try. Once word got round that it was being discontinued I searched around online (in a slight panic I must admit!)  where I found it on ASOS and placed an order.

I had been in the market for a ' matte soft pink/brown blush' that could be doubled up as a natural contour to help sculpt the face on those lazy days. After reading many reviews, Douceur was described as just that, so I was excited to see how I would feel about it.

What Do I Think?

I've had Douceur for about a week now and I must say I don't think it lives up to the quality of other NARS blushers I've tried! I really wanted to love it but it just doesn't do much for me at all! It barely swatches and I have to really build it up for it to show up on my skintone. My other NARS blushers are so pigmented, to the point where I have to be aware to use a light hand to avoid over doing it. It leans more pink than brown on me whereas I was actually hoping for the opposite, so it doesn't even work so well in helping create that 'natural contour'.

I'm so disappointed that I just don't love it as much as everyone else, but I'm going to continue playing around with it and hopefully find a way to make it work for me! I think it's a blush that is targeted mainly at light/ light medium skintones, I feel like it was begin to look ashy on anyone darker than me. Like I said, I really had to build it up on myself to get a decent pay off.

Douceur is no longer avaliable at NAR makeup counters but it can still be found at selected online retailers. If you were interested in trying it before its gone, I purchased mine from ASOS.

It retails for £22.50

Aroosa 

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