Essence Sale - What I Got - Part Two

I went back for more essence goodies (LINK to my first essence post), I've been bad, LOL. Because I fell in love with the first two pigments I got (numbers 13 and 20), I got a lot more - and I'm obsessed - they're fun to play with, and they're just breathtakingly beautiful. The price of all items on sale is 9.99kn, and you can get them at DM in Croatia (later probably at Kozmo and Muller as well). A quick description of individual pigment shades:

01 studio 54 - Tiny glitter particles, doesn't blend into the skin, more difficult to apply than the others
02 smell the caramel - a gorgeous caramel-gold shade.
08 cop & copper - copper shade, easy application
06 WOW it's orange - coral-pink-orange. The name is misleading, it's a very pastel-like shade.
13 paparedzzi - not a fierce red, more of a pink-red, a mild red shade, still gorgeous.
03 box of chocolate - dark brown with sparkle
20 black sparrow - black with silver/blue undercolor

I applied all the pigments using this product:

Essence COLOUR ARTs Eye Base - I'm loving it, it's really great to use with pigments. I think this might become my new favorite base...how the hell did I not notice it until now? I might buy one more, I'm that obsessed with it.

I also got these false lashes - I went to my local DM the first day of sale, and I thought they were sold out, but when I went back a week later, they found they had more lashes in their storage and they put them out. I'm happy I got them, since I really wanted to try them out, but aaaargh I'm so angry they didn't put all the items out at once. Sloppy. Anyways, I'm so excited about these, I'm going to have so much fun with them!

And I got Stay With Me longlasting lipglosss in 02 My Favorite Milkshake. The shade is gorgeous (very peachy), but it's very watery. Because I didn't wear lipgloss for a while it will take me some time to get used to the feeling. But I think it's a good product. The shade really is a great match for my light skin tone.

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Essence Sale - What I Got

Happy Wednesday! So essence and Catrice are having a sale on some items right now, and I thought I might share with you some stuff I got. In Croatia, essence is on sale at DM, but last week still was not on sale in Kozmo or Muller (not sure if that's changed yet). All essence stuff on sale is 9.99kn. So let's get started - If you're wondering what is on that photo above, it's the combo of these products:

Sorry, I took the nail art decoration kits apart before taking a photo of them. I love the little mixing jars, and already had a few of them, they're great for glitter storage. Overall, I think these nail art kits are great and I will use them a lot. The mixing jars are just adorable and I recommend them - I've been using them for a lot of things, they're very handy and you can see what you have in them.

Now for the eyeshadows - I should say, I only buy essence eyeshadows on sales, never for regular price, I guess because I really don't need more eyeshadow, but a girl can't say no to a good sale LOL. The light eyeshadow on the left (58 cappuccino, please!) is from the current sale, the other two I got last time when essence had a sale, but I thought I might show them anyways, to give you an idea of what you're getting with this brand.

Essence eyeshadows are a great deal. I'm happy with them, and I find some gorgeous colors on sales. The ''cappuccino, please!'' will be a great highlight shade, but I had to go to four DM's to find one. Overall, these are good eyeshadows, they don't shed dust everywhere and the packaging is very sturdy, and the color payoff is good.

So now for the pigments - I got these two because I liked the shades, I'm not sure if I'll get any more, but these pigments really are pigmented (LOL). The swatches below are done with just a few drops of dust. The packaging is so tiny and cute, and the color payoff is sensational. I sincerely recommend them.

I also got the essence all about matt! fixing loose powder. I already have the compact version, but I got this one because everyone's been saying it's amazing. I'm not sure yet how I feel about this product since I've only been using it a short time, but it does make your skin matt. 

And I also got these - I always get essence's matt papers, but I don't like the packaging of these. I might move it to another box or something.

So that's it. Overall, the nail glitters are a great addition to my collection, and I've been really enjoying the eyeshadows and pigments - they really didn't disappoint. I think you can find really awesome products for an even better price than usual. Have you found anything good during this sale?

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