essence Love & Sound Collection

On my last shopping jaunt with Mumma Bovary I spotted the new essence Love & Sound collection on the shelves at Priceline - naturally I made grabby hands for a few bits and pieces and thought I'd share what I chose and my initial thoughts on them! Limited edition blushes are a natural choice for the #blushfiend in me, and the unique eyeshadow shades really tempted me as well. I also restocked my favourite daily eyeliner, the essence Long Lasting Eye Pencil in Hot Chocolate as my current one is almost empty.

essence Long Lasting Eyeliner in Hot Chocolate
I've spoken about this eyeliner a whole lot on the blog, and stand by my love for the deep chocolate cream shade - the price tag of around $3 also cements my love for it! I wear it most often smudged into my upper lash line for some subtle definition, and it's something I buy back-ups of regularly in case essence lose their minds and discontinue this amazing eyeliner range.

essence Love & Sound Eyeshadow in Glastonberry
This immediately grabbed my attention and I was quick to throw the last pan into my shopping basket - I was also tempted by the peachy colour, but I'm currently trimming down my makeup collection so didn't feel it was a 'need', just a 'want' so I left it aside. Glastonberry immediately reminds me of Angela from Caffeine Induced, so imagine how weird it was to hop straight onto her blog after the shopping trip to see that she has just bought the shade, too! It's a wearable yet pigmented wine colour with a brown tone to it that just makes my eyes pop - I've been throwing it over a champagne shade everyday since I bought it and it's rocking my world right now. Spoiler alert: it will definitely feature in my next Currently Loving post!

essence Love & Sound Multi-Colour Blush in Sunset @ Centre Stage
Limited edition? Tick. Ombre? Tick. Stunning? TICK! I didn't even think twice about this one, the ombre blush formula from essence is of such high quality for the price tag and the colour seemed a bit different to most of my shade thanks to the plum tones of the first shade section of the pan. I did wonder if it would be similar to my essence Blush Up Powder Blush in Heat Wave or Pinky Flow, but I'm happy to report that they are quite different (comparisons are below for you!)

Heat Wave, Sunset @ Centre Stage

Heat Wave, Sunset @ Centre Stage, Pinky Flow

Each shade strip of Sunset @ Centre Stage

Heat Wave individual shades swatched // Sunset @ Centre Stage individual shades swatched

Heat Wave swirled together swatch, Pinky Flow swirled together swatch, Sunset @ Centre Stage swirled together swatch

I'm really pleased with my choices from this collection and think I'll get a lot of wear from them - other than these bits I was only really tempted by the mauve lipstick, but that was sadly sold out. Here is the rest of the collection if you're interested! I think I'm looking forward to the new Brit-Tea collection that should be out at Target any day now a little bit more (it's yet to be released at mine, has it hit yours?)

Later in the week I'll be posting a makeup look using these new Love & Sound products, so look out for that if you're interested!

Hope you're having a wonderful day!
-Emma

*I personally purchased these products. Honesty, always.

{The Maid of Honour} Wedding Manicure

{the peonies in my bridesmaid bouquet, the clutch we held on the day and the accessories to match}

 My beautiful best friend Candice got married over the weekend, and I was lucky enough to have the privilege of standing beside her as maid of honour as she made this new step with her man. I'm not sure how much detail she would be happy about me divulging here, so until I've spoken to her about it I thought I'd stick to the small details...I just couldn't help myself from posting the nail shades I chose to wear on the day! The bridesmaids all wore different dresses made in the same turquoise/teal shade, and Candice asked us to wear neutral style polish to set off the look. I think she chose really well, some of us had natural nails (moi) while others had acrylics or gels, but all of us felt really comfortable and I personally loved my choices.

I've loved the essence Nude Glam polish in Café Ole for a really long time now, but I had to repurchase it to wear over the weekend as I didn't want to have to go through the trillions of polishes stored in shoe boxes that we are yet to unpack. It's a gorgeous nude shade that complements my super-pale skin (or translucent as it was touted at the wedding!) but there are also other shades in the range for different skin tones. The brush is nice and wide and the formula is pretty spot on, but I don't find it lasts a super long time on my nails (most polishes don't, my nails are pretty weak)

I decided to create a rough glittered tip to my nails (sort of in an ombre style with it one third of the way up each nail) and I adored the effect! Sadly I was too busy posing for photos to snap a good picture of them, so you're stuck with these shots and your nail lover imagination! I chose OPI Witch is Witch for the glitter, the bar glitter inside looks awesome against the nude and it made me smile every time I looked down at my nails during the day.

 

What sort of polish did you wear to your wedding, or what do you plan on wearing?

I am definitely having a bit of glitter in my wedding mani next year (and we just worked, the wedding is now less than a year away! Countdown is on!)

 

Emma @ emmabovarybeauty