My love for the affordable German cosmetics brand essence has been well documented on
this blog, and with each new collection my love seems to grow. The new Home
Sweet Home collection has a distinctively wintery theme to it, which suits the
rain and grey skies that Melbourne has been treating us to lately. I prefer
cold weather in general, warm knits and boots are my thing and so when I saw
the knitted embossing on the powders my heart just soared.
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I usually only pick a few select items from a new collection
as I have to keep my budget in mind, but the low prices of essence products
make it hard to stop at just one or two pieces. The two blushes are so
beautiful and are worthy of entering my blush drawer on looks alone, to be
honest. I love the orange and hot pink mix of 02 Wool-D You Cuddle Me? but my favourite would have to be
the pale pink and deep pink mix of 01 Knits For Chicks.
As with the other essence blushes I have tried in the past,
these are a touch more chalky than I would like, but for the price I really don’t
mind the formula at all. The colour lasts quite a while on the cheek, though
naturally they don’t have the lasting power of a blush powder from the likes of
Chanel or Tarte.
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Now that I’ve gotten the hang of wearing neutral and brown
shadows more often, I decided to pick up the chocolate shade along with the
pale pink shadow. I plan on using the pale pink as a soft highlight, which is a tip I picked up
from the beautiful Vita. The 3 eyeshadows from this collection are 01 Happy Couching, 02 Light the Fire, Place! and 03 My Home is my Castle.
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| blushes (individual stripes, then whole pan mixed) // eyeshadows |
Though I liked the look of all 4 polishes from this
collection, I was selective and really thought about which shade I would
cherish the most. Hot Fruit Punch is
a raspberry red and the berry twist in it really suits my colouring. I tend to
wear these sorts of reds more than the fire engine varieties, so am happy to see more berry polishes coming out in stores.
What do you think of the wintery feel of this collection? What would you most like to see used in a makeup look?
*I personally purchased all of these items. Honesty, always.
I loved this collection! I bought 2 items from it so far but love the look of the other coral blush so I may go back for that :)
ReplyDelete@Sarah It is a cute one, right? What did you end up getting from this collection? I find it so hard not to pick up every blush they bring out, for less than $6 I just cannot resist.
Deleteam liking the shadow and the nail polish ..love the pattern so wintery ..
ReplyDelete@Saumya I agree it just screams winter! Makes me crave a hot chocolate ;P
DeleteArgh this collection is so cute and I really want to get my hands on the blushes especially but I haven't been able to go to target yet.
ReplyDeleteHopefully they haven't run out!
Thanks for the swatches!
@Sheri all of the stands I've been to have been fresh and well stocked, fingers crossed ones near you are similar! Let me know what you end up getting x
DeleteThose are pretty! I especially like the polish and the pink/red blush. I'm really glad that Canada is starting to get more of the LE essence collections.
ReplyDelete@Sarah
DeleteThey are my favourite pieces as well, too pretty! I am glad to hear that Canada are getting their act together with the limited edition collections, I have actually seen a pretty blush with a gold overspray that is out there and not here, and I am envious!
I bought two of them, intending to use it for a giveaway or something! Do you want me to send one to you? Is it the Vintage District one?
DeleteI was tempted to pick up that pink blush but somehow talked myself out of it (trying to conjure up images of the at least 6 pink blushes I have back at home). The nail polish looks really pretty though - I'm quite into berry shades at the moment for my nails :)
ReplyDelete@sleepandwater
Delete6 pink blushes? I have more than 600 in my mind haha! I can't say no to pretty (and affordable) blushes even though I know I will probably have similar in my collection. Better than collecting something expensive like cars, right? That is what I tell my fiancé anyway ;P I think the berry polish would look lovely on your nails, I need to start taking better care of mine now that I am buying more colours for them.
Well, 6 pink blushes that look exactly like it :p I do like Essence's blushes if the Asian Sensation one is anything to go by. And I'm eagerly awaiting the Pop Art one with the gilded detail in the pan, looks so gorgeous!
Delete*It's Popul-art, not the Pop Art blush :p
DeleteAck, the sweater patterns are so cute!
ReplyDelete@Liz
DeleteExactly, too cute for words. I really want that golden overspray blush from essence though...
Hi Emma,
ReplyDeleteWhere did you pick up this collection? I need to go check it out and get my hands on those blushes :)
Hi there Sharon! This is Target exclusive collection and all stores should be rolling out the collection this week. Priceline still have the Circus Circus collection available, it looks like essence are alternating new releases between each retailer which is nice :)
DeleteThanks for that Emma! Will definitely be checking them out :)
DeleteThe packaging of these is really really cute! The polish is such a great shade too :)
ReplyDelete@Mishelle
DeleteI love how cute all of essence's collections are :)
I've been waiting for their new collection! Great colors and design. Going to my closest target now :)
ReplyDeletexx Hany
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@Hany I fall more in love with them with each new release, it is wonderful!
DeleteI am loving that cute pink blush once blended. May have to look into it!
ReplyDeleteOnly just picked up the Essence Circus highlighter in the Priceline sale but am hoping to explore the brand further over coming months.
Do you recommend any Essence mascaras?
Great review, Emma! I thought the blushes were very pretty but decided they probably wouldn't 'pop' too much on me, so I refrained from buying them. Decided against the shadows and polishes as I was pretty sure I had similar shades!
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty though and I did manage to pick up the two lipsticks, which I do love. :)
I loved the blushes but when I used it I found it very chalky ... The nail polish however! Is awesome good formula and coverage!
ReplyDeleteJust how cute is that packaging! I love the clever embossing on the powders. The only reason I may not buy these is I'm now counting down 2 months until I head overseas and I need to save some room for that shopping!
ReplyDeleteSuch an adorable print :) I love it :)
ReplyDeleteI love the colors of all the products you picked up... that nail polish is so pretty :)
I so wish that we had Essence over here cause Ive received a few products in swaps and I love them :)
hugs
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