Essence I Love Berlin & Catrice Urban Baroque Haul

Last week I stopped by Trekpleister and Kruidvat and picked up some items from the Essence - I Love Berlin collection and the Catrice - Urban Baroque Collection.

Essence - I Love Berlin:



The Pallette in 01 Style Victim



One of the polishes in 02 I'm A Berliner



Catrice - Urban Baroque:



The Illuminating Powder in C01 Masquerade Ball



One of the Nail Polishes in C04 Biscuits & Cupcakes



And last, but not least, two of the lipsticks, in C02 Elisabeth and C03 Victoria




I love the packaging for both the Essence and the Catrice products.
So far I haven't tried the palette yet, but the colours look nice.
The green nail polish, I have tried on my toe nails and they are now a fantastic bright green :D.
I Haven't tried the Illuminating Powder either, but I have high hopes for that one.
The light pink polish is now on my nails and looks very pretty.
Also, the lipsticks are awesome too.
I tried them yesterday and I love them.
I'm thinking I will need to buy the other colour too ;).

When I will be feeling better (got hit by the flue again *sigh*) I will do a post with more product pics and swatches :D!

Have a nice sunday!

Until next time,

Freya

New Essence Collection: I Love Berlin (January 2011)

Essence usually has a limited edition collection every month or every two months.

For January 2011, that limited edition collection is called "I Love Berlin".

This collection was made in collaboration with the winner of the "Be A Trendmaker" competition, Yasmin Teufert.

Are you curious about this collection?

Then keep on reading!

As you can probably guess, this collection was inspired by Berlin.

In this collection you find a lot of bright colours and it's definitely a different collection than the previous ones by Essence.

These Eye Liners are called (from left to right): Love This City, Green Grass, Buddy Bear, Berlin Story and I'm A Berliner.

They will retail for €1,99 which is a good price.

I especially love the green one (Green Grass), though I would love to own them all, since the colours are so versatile and you can make great looks with them.

Next up is a pretty eye shadow palette with 9(!!!) eye shadow colours!

You can make a lot of looks with that :D.

The outside of the palette is already gorgeous and cheerful.

This would be a great palette to carry in your purse/bag.

As you can see, there are some pastel and neutral colours in there, but also a dark blue, bright red and a black colour.

The name of this palette is Style Victim and it will cost €3,49.

Also in the collection are some cooling eye pads.

You simple put them in the fridge and then on your eyes so you can relax and your eyes can cool down, It would probably help against dark circles and under-eye puffiness as well :D.

This product is called Cool Down and will be priced at €2,49.

Since you can use these pads again and again, this is a bargain!

There aren't any lip sticks or lip glosses in this collection, BUT there are two lip balms :D.

The pink one is called Love This City and the other one is called City Lights.

They will be sold for €1,99 each.

I'm mostly curious about the pink one.

I think that one will look great!

Then on to the nail products!!!

For this collection Essence has made 5 nail polishes, 2 matte tip painters, 2 sets of nail stickers and a nail file to be used with the nail stickers.

These stickers cover your whole nail, so you used them instead of nail polish.

The designs are called Berli-Nail and Berlin Calling and retail for €1,99 each.

Though I think it's original, I don't think I want to walk around with these designs on my nails, so I won't be looking out for these.

There is also a nail file to be used with these nail stickers.

You use it after putting the stickers on your nails to file the edges smooth.

This one costs €1,29.

I really love the nail polishes in this collection.

They are so different!

From left to right: Love This City, I'm A Berliner, Green Grass, Buddy Bear and Berlin Story.

As you can see, these polishes match the eye liners so you can match your nail polish to your eye liner :D.

Love This City and I'm A Berliner are pastel colours, Green Grass and Buddy Bear are bright colours and Berlin Story is a black colour.

These great polishes will retail for €1,79 each, which is amazingly cheap!

Green Grass is my absolute favourite here, and if it looks like the promo pic I will definitely need more than 1 bottle!

I probably want the other polishes as well though *blush*.

And last, but not least, the matte tip painters :D.

These matte tip painters come in two colours: Berlin Story and Green Grass.

Needless to say, I want them both ;).

I don't own any tip painters or stripers yet, so these would really come in handy!

They will cost €1,99 each, which is cheap to me.

Anyway, these are all the products of this Essence collection.

It will be in stores in January and in the Netherlands you can find it at Kruidvat (and maybe at Trekpleister).

Will you be looking out for some of these products?

Until next time,

Freya

EOTD: Purple Haze

Okay, the name is anything but original, but today I finally found the time and energy to play with my make-up and photograph an EOTD :D.

As you can see, it's a purple themed EOTD (o really...lol).

I used some products by HEMA, Catrice, Essence, MNY and Rimmel.

The pictures are pretty dark and don't show how vibrant the colours really are, but hey, what's new.

Eyes Open:

And Eyes Closed:

What I used:

Eyes:

*lash curler

*lash comb

*Catrice Small Eye Shadow Brush

*HEMA Normal Eye Shadow Brush

*Hema Cream Eyeshader (Pencil) in 12

*Hema Cream Eyeshader (Pencil) in 14

*Hema Cream Eyeshader (Pencil) in 06

*Essence Metallics Qattro in 02 Steel Me (only the lightest colour, silver)

*Catrice Absolute Eye Colour in 230 Where Is My Caddy-Li-Lac

*MNY Mono Eye Shadow in 517

*MNY Mono Eye Shadow in 529

*L'Oreal Paris Color Appeal Eye Shadow in 21 Golden Beige

*Rimmel Soft Kohl Kajal Eye Pencil in 061 Jet Black

*Essence Magic Design Mascara Waterproof (Black)

*Essence 2 in 1 Kajal Pencil in 06 Flirty and Hip (dark silver and light pink)

Face:

*New Catrice Powder Brush (not a kabuki)

*Catrice Multi Colour Compact Powder in 010 Rose Beige

I was also wearing Catrice Lip Appeal Lip Gloss in Hello, Darling! , but I made the pics a few hours after applying it (and having dinner) so that was gone already.

How to:

(I forgot to use an eye shdow base :S.)

First use the HEMA Eye Shader in 12 (a shimmery, light, lavender colour) on the whole lid except the inner corners and the outer v.

Then use the HEMA Eye Shader in 06 (sliver) on the inner corners and the HEMA Eye Shader in 14 on the outer v.

After that use the bigger eye shadow brush to blend the cream shadows a bit.

Now take the smaller Catrice Eye Shadow Brush to apply the Catrice Absolute Eye Colour in 230 Where Is My Caddy-Li-Lac (a lilac colour) on the whole lid.

And blend again.

Now use the MNY eye shadow in 517 in the crease.

Blend it wel and blend it well above the crease, so you can see it with your eyes open as well.

Now use the L'oreal eye shadow under your eye brows (on your brow bone) as a high lighter (did I spell that correctly???) and blend it with the shadow in the crease a bit, so the shadow in the crease looks less harsh.

Then use the silver eye shadow from the Essence Quattro on the inner corners and blend it well.

After that, use the MNY eye shadow in 529 on the outer v, and once again, blend it.

Now use the dark silver colour of the Essence 2 in 1 kajal Pencil on your lower waterline.

And the Black Rimmel Kohl Pencil on the upper waterline.

After that, curl your lashes with a lash curler, and then comb them through with a lash comb.

Now apply the Essence mascara.

After that all you have to do is apply the compact powder with a brush and apply the lip gloss.

That's how I did it :D (sorry for the bad written tutorial btw!).

Would you wear an EOTD like this, or do you think it's too bright?

Until next time,

Freya

An Old NOTD

I made this one a few months back, but I thought I'd share this one anyway.

These are the products I used

From left to right: Top Coat (Catrice), Smashing Orange Nail Polish (MAX), Base Coat (Catrice) and French Glam Nail Stickers by Essence.

I never tried Nail Stickers before, but I found out the ones by Essence are easy to use.

Once you put them where you want they stay put!

And this was the result

And a close-up

I really love these nail stickers!!!

You don't need to be a pro or have nail art experience.

All you need to do is paint your nails, place these stickers where you want them, and add a layer of top coat.

It really is THAT easy!

Have you ever used nail stickers, or if nor, would you use them?

Until next time,

Freya