Smile

 Hello,

it has been a while since Essence collection intrigued me and on top of that to get my hands on items that I like (usually I am always too late).

Essence and Catrice recently came out with a joint collection of Alice in Wonderland. I decided to pick up both plumping high-shine lipglosses in Wear a smile and Purrfect smile.

They are clear with iridescent shimmer. First Wear a smile has mostly pink shimmer and it looks a bit more packed with it and second Purrfect smile has more of a peach/golden sparkles and it seems there is less of it.

Each contains 4ml of product.

Dove foot applicators are large and they carry a lot of product on them (I have smaller lips and there is plenty of product on them for me).

Here the difference between the two is visible. Pink one is more obvious than the peachy/golden one. On the lips the shimmer is even less visible because here I made thick swatches.

The texture is actually really nice on these. They go on like glass, they cover all the lines and smooth over the lips. Glosses aren't sticky and have pretty strong scent.

Wear a smile has a bubblegum and Purrfect smile has minty scent mixed with some plastic/artificial scent. They both turn slightly cooling (there is the plumping in the name) but it is not strong or tingling.

In general I like them, I like how they look on the lips, their longevity, light shimmer but if I have to choose one it would be Wear a smile, the bubblegum scent is more appealing than plasticky one in the Purrfect smile.

Thank you for reading and have a nice day