While I'm not up to speed on the Twilight films, I have read all of the novels and am a fan of most of essence's limited edition collections. I picked up everything from the Breaking Dawn part 2 collection, bar the glitter eyeliners.
This blush in the shade Renesmee Red seems a little scary in the pan, but when swatched it is sheer (in a good way) and stunning. A coral toned red shade, this is definitely one of the must-haves from this collection in my opinion.
The definite stand out must have from this collection is the well priced highlighter in the shade 01 Bella's Secret($5.95) I have already coerced my best friend into adding this to her collection, as it adds a diffused glow which is impressive for such an affordable powder. If I were to recommend anything from this collection, this would be it.
01 A Piece of Forever is a lipstick loaded with fine golden shimmer, and though I'm sure some people would be unsure about this, it is stunning by itself to add a sheen to the lips or over a red lip stain. I often use the Tread Gently Tendertone from MAC to add yellow shimmer to my lipsticks, but this is a wonderful cheap alternative.
The lipglosses seem on the watery side when compared to the Stay With Me lipglosses from the permanent line, which are housed in the same style tube. The colours themselves are also on the glassy/watery side in swatches, though I am yet to wear them on my lips so cannot comment too much at this stage. Both shades contain beautiful shimmer, 01 Alice Had A Vision - Again is a dark purple shade that matches the nail polish of the same name. 02 Renesmee Red is a candy apple red shade, matching the blush from this collection.
Four new pigment pots have been released with this collection, and though the swatches for 2 of them are promising, I'm finding it hard to make them work on the eye. They blend away to nothing quite easily, so I am planning on trialling them with a few different primers to see what works. 01 Jacob's Protection is a black base filled with multi coloured shimmer, and swatches are deep and pigmented. 02 Alice Had A Vision - Again is a blue toned black base filled with purple and navy shimmer, and swatches beautifully as well. 03 A Piece of Forever is an attempt at a champagne pigment that was incredibly difficult to swatch, and lacks colour and depth. I am unsure as to how I am going to make this work on the eye. 04 Edward's Love is supposed to be a black base filled with multi coloured glitter, but the colour literally falls from the skin and the glitter is actually rough and hurts to swatch. Would not recommend pigments 03 and 04.
The polishes from this collection are all really beautiful, there is a colour similar to the upcoming MAC Everything That Glitters (Sunday Girl swatches that here) and I am going to have swatches of these in a separate post during the week.
I like the high quality of the powders from this collection, and the matching names for certain shades is also a nice touch. Overall I think essence have done well with the theme of this collection, most shades seem well thought out and I adore the blush, highlighter and lipstick overall.
Each piece is priced below $6 AUD, with the highlighter being the most expensive.
Will you be picking up anything from the Breaking Dawn Part Two collection?
Have you been swept up with the Twilight phenomenon?
*I paid for all of these items myself. Honesty,always.
