Essence – Down On The Beach

I bought two waterproof eyeshadows from Essence Down On The Beach TE. White one I borrowed from Goga. :biggrin:

One of the things I like the most about these eyeshadows, is their packaging. You get 7 ml (0.2 fl.oz.) of product in a hygienic tube.

You squeeze out the needed amount, then apply eyeshadow with fingers or brush. I used Stargazer corrector brush.

From left to right I applied: Pearly Shell, Viva Caribbean in Wild Orchid.

Pearly Shell is the most compact shadow. Mineral shadows did not stick to it as well as on other eyeshadows, but they did stay on the longest and it was hardest shadow to remove with water from my arm.

Viva Caribbean was hardest to apply – it’s kind a watery. I needed three layer to archive color you see in the swatches It’s great base for mineral eyeshadows as they stick to it … well if you don’t have oily lids, since it will probably crease on you.

Wild Orchid was disappointment. I expected color similar to the one of the tube, but got one you see in the photos. Staying power wise it’s somewhere in between blue and white eyeshadow.

If we look at the shimmer present in eyeshadows – blue one has really fine one, while violet and white eyeshadows have larger simmer in them. I especial am not fond of combination – violet base and silver simmer.

Price is around 2 EUR in Muller drugstores.

Polishes were not available in any drugstore that caries Essence brand. I hope they’ll be available in the future. :ermm:

Goga has for you pictures and description for the glosses Bird of Paradise and Wild Orchid.

Glosses are not very pigmented. They’re quite thick and give jelly look to your lips. Shimmer is little larger than in other Essence glosses, but it’s not grity. Both of them have good staying power and are not sticky. :w00t:

I’m already thinking of buying few more … as a backup. :devil:

Iz Essence Down On The Beach TE sem vzela dve vodoodporni senčki, belo sem si pa sposodila pri Gogi. :biggrin:

Zelo mi je všeč način doziranja. V tubici je 7ml senčke, ki jo iztisnemo skozi ozko odprtino.

Če želimo, lahko nato senčko naneseno s prsti ali čopičem. Jaz sem izbrala Stargazerjev čopič za nanos korektorja.

Od leve proti desni sem nanesla: Pearly Shell, Viva Caribbean in Wild Orchid.

Pearly Shell je bila še najbolj kompaktna ob nanosu. Senčke so se nanjo najslabše oprijele, se je pa najdlje obdržala na veki ter najpočasneje sprala z vodo z roke.

Viva Caribbean sem najtežje nanesla, ker se je kar razlivala tako po veki kot roki. Da sem dobila barvo na swatchu, sem nanesla kar tri plasti. So se pa ironično, ravno nanjo senčke najbolj oprijele. Kar bi bilo super, če se ne bi ravno modra najhitreje sprala z roke in izginila v gubo.

Wild Orchid predstavlja zlato sredino glede obstojnosti na vekah ter spiranja z vodo z roke. Razočarala me je predvsem barva. Pričakovala sem močno pigmentirano vijolično barvo, dobila pa to kar vidite na slikah

Če primerjamo šimer v senčkah, ga je najmanj (skoraj nič oz. je fino mlet) v modri senčki, več v beli in največ v vijolični. Vijolična baza in srebrn šimer pri meni ne gresta ravno skupaj, tako da že vidim, da ta senčka ne bo dosti v uporabi.

Cena za senčko je bila v Mullerju nekaj manj kot 2 EUR.

Zanimivo pa je, da v nobenem Mullerju niso dobili lakov iz te kolekcije. Upam, da bodo v drugih drogerijah na voljo. :ermm:

Goga je prispevala opis in fotografije glosov – Bird of Paradise in Wild Orchid.

Glossa nista pigmentirana. Sta goste konsistence in dasta ustnicam jelly izgled. Vsebujeta bleščice, ki so malce večje kakor smo jih vajeni pri ostalih Essence glossih, vendar le te niso moteče. Oba sta kar precej obstojna in na ustnicah ne dajeta občutka lepljivosti. :w00t:

Čeprav sta oba nova, že razmišljam o novem nakupu, da si naredim zalog. :devil: