Sunshine

Hello,

I was so happy to pick this bronzer up. It is officially my first one and I had high hopes for it. At the same time I got another one but about that one some other time.

Essence sun club 2 in 1 bronzing powder in the shade Sunshine. I like the sleek square see-through packaging with an unique pattern.

The bronze part looks a little orange-y but mostly just in the pan, the shimmering part is warm, off white color. I was scared to see so much product is just the highlighter, I wanted to get more bronzer but at the end it turned out to be fine.

First swatch is made with only highlighter and it is beautiful. The shade is not too gold and it is a nice match for my pale complexion. 

Second is just the matte bronze part and the shade again is not too warm or too cool, for me it is perfect.

The third swipe is made with both colors mixed together. it is slightly less intense color-wise but it has this beautiful sheen, almost sateen since the shimmer is not 'in your face'. 

I find it to be great for pale skin and also beginners. The shade is buildable and not to shimmery the only complaint I have is the pink sheen. When I used it for the first time I noticed gold and pink glow, I blamed not so clean brush. Next time I washed it so it was completely clean and I used it to apply only this bronzer and my cheeks again had some pink glow. This time I looked the bronzer up close and noticed a thin pink line, mostly were the two different colors meet. It is barely visible but enough to give me pink glow. It would be fine if I would be a fan of pink cheeks but I'm not really, yes I have some pink blushes but I'm testing them out and I figured it out that pink just isn't my color.

I will still use this beautiful bronzer, basically I have been wearing it ever since I got it and I just can't stop wearing it (I put some golden highlighter on top to make it less pink) but probably I wouldn't repurchase it even if it would be still available. I have bought two other bronzers and they are waiting to be tested and I can only hope one of them will be the perfect one.

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Call me obsessed

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somebody just shoot me, please. I said to myself that I have way too many cheek products and that I really shouldn't buy more till the end of this year but I casually went into Tuš drugstore, to see if there is anything new. Who knew that Deborah blushes were 50% off and that I will find a super popular limited edition bronzer from Essence?

I picked up two Deborah hi-tech blushes, first is one of their 'originals'  46 Rosa Pesca and the second one also belongs to the same line but is marbled (there were 4 shades in total, two peachy and two pinky shades), I got number 04 Victorian Rose.
A total surprise was this beauty from Essence lights of Orient bronzer, mine is darker 02 Oriental beauty, they also had the lighter one but it was damaged (maybe someone already swatched it or it fell on the ground). If it would be whole I would probably get both of them ;)

Now my plan is to wear something different on my cheeks everyday to finally try everything I bought in the past few months.


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refreshing body spray

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a couple of days ago I posted my favorite perfume at the moment which is Avon Passion fruit but the truth is that I started using body spray on the photo below first. I used up around a third of the bottle when the Passion fruit fragrance came into my life and swept me of my feet.

Avon naturals Green tea and Verbena scented spritz (it is a body spray). In my last empties I showed you the matching body lotion and I started to use them at about the same time but I go through lotions so much faster.
I have been spraying myself like crazy with it because it is just not that strong and I always spray it on my clothes and hair so the scent lasts a bit longer but even that doesn't help. The scent itself is nice, very refreshing like I just got out of a cold shower and I put on freshly washed clothes. It smells very clean, green and a little bit flowery. Now I mix it with the Passion fruit and the combination is still very fruity but also refreshing and I love the combo, especially in this hot weather.
I think the scent is nice and suitable for a lot of people but lack of longevity is a downfall for me and I don't think I will repurchase it.


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37. NOTD

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we will celebrate my mom's birthday tomorrow so I wanted to have fresh manicure. I dig out one of my favorites and I fell in love all over again.

Essence Forget me not was part of the limited edition a couple of years ago but it still applies like a brand new. I used two thin coats and the result is stunning.

In real life it is slightly less bright (my camera sometimes messes with me, I found lots of swatches online but almost all of them shows this buddy way too lilac. I guess I'm not the only one having hard time photographing it) but still popping. On the photo with the bottle some discrete shimmer is visible but it doesn't translate onto the nails, it has cream finish.
I love the color because it is so unusual, on the first glance it is just another periwinkle shade but it has something special in it. I tried to compare it with others but this one always stands out. It is ether because it is brighter or leans towards lilac. To me it is gorgeous and I couldn't be happier if they would sell it again.


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Nude Muse

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lip glosses are some of my favorite products in general, that is why I have so many. I don't care much about the matte trend, I remember having only one matte lipstick and just last year I tossed it because I rarely used it.

Avon ultra glazewear Nude Muse

For today I dig out one of my older but still available glosses. It is Avon ultra glazewear Nude Muse. The scent is very faint, mix of vanilla and caramel but nothing too much.

I find it to be nicely pigmented, fleshy/light brown toned nude. I love the fact that it doesn't have any shimmer in it but there is another shade within the same line which is called simply Nude and it has some sparkle.

Anyway, this is how it looks on my lips. As I mentioned I have naturally quite red lips so finding a nude lip gloss is hard. They are often to light and go into the lines and look ridiculous or my pigment shows through. This one has just enough pigment to camouflage and hide my red lips but not to much to look overly fake. I would like to fool everyone into thinking that on photo above I'm only wearing clear or very transparent gloss but that is not the case.

I have two or three more nude glosses but this one is my favorite.


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Passion Fruit

Hello,

I recently picked up new perfume from Avon and I have been obsessed with it ever since.

It is Avon Passion Fruit from their Scent Essence line where they have 'pure' scents and you can easily mix them together and create your own personalized scent. I already have three and this is my fourth one. I honestly rarely mix them just because I like the individual scents so much that I want to enjoy in each and every one of them. The same goes for this summery scent.
I love that they decided to use yellow because it reflects the notes perfectly. It definitely is a fruity scent with Passion fruit in there (I'm not overly familiar with how this fruit smells like but I think I can detect it). You can see that I have been using it and I'm still not tired of it.
I don't like that the bottle doesn't have a cap or a twist on top so you can't really carry it in your purse but it is okay since the scent lasts for quite a while especially if I spray my clothes with it as well.

I am happy that I picked it out and I don't see myself getting tired of this fruity scent any time soon. Maybe I will even be able to finish it this year, that would be an accomplishment.


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Essence is on sale

Hello,

today was a very successful day, well at least in terms of shopping. I found Essence products on sale (finally) and I took the advantage to throw in the basket as much as possible well, I made myself a list and I dedicated whole post to it here.

I initially only wanted one bronzer and one blush but we all know things never go as planed in real life ;)

This is my first silky blush and it is in the shade Natural Beauty. I also really wanted to get Indian Summer (any Stereophonic fans out  there? I'm especially in love with their song Indian Summer which is constantly on repeat) but these two are very similar IS is a bit warmer, more red so I decided to only get the NB which is more neutral and I think I will use it way more.

Continue with bronzer no. 1, it is sun club shimmer bronzing powder for light skin in the shade Sunloved. It is very warm, golden and shimmery. I am a bit scared but on swatches it looked really nice with more of a sateen finish. I will see it myself after I try it out.

Next we have a product which wasn't even on my wishlist (those are the perks of coming into the store among the first and everything was pretty much still there). It is pure nude powder in Nude Beige, there is also a lighter shade but it was already sold out so I grabbed second lighter shade after swatching it on the back of my hand and realizing it has a beautiful sateen finish.

Second bronzer is again from the sun club range and it is 2 in 1 bronzing powder in Sunshine. I spread all of them and tried to get the one with more bronzer opposed to highlighter but I still think the highlighter area is quite big. I will have to try it to see if it will even work as a bronzer considering how little of that color you get.

Next we have nail related products and I think I did good, only two.

I decided to play a little with my manicures in the future so I grabbed nail art stickers, holo stripes. When I will use them I will for sure take a photo and show it here as well.

The last item is nail polish in a beautiful forest green shade with a great name I feel good (very James Brown). I only picked this shade because it is unique in my collection against Serendipity (I have a ton of lavender nail polishes, it is probably my favorite color on my nails but enough is enough).

I will have lots of fun trying them out and every product will also be featured on my blog so come back to see more.



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