Pupa Luminys Blush 07 and Essence 73 Replay

Pupa Luminys velvety baked blush 07 - I found these blushes in Limoni. Honestly, I had no idea Pupa has baked blushes that look similar to Mac's MSF. There are 6 shades available, 3 are bronze-golden shades, 06 was a pink with some purple (pink with a blue undertone), 07 is a pink and 08 is a bright coral but on my skin it looked very orange. These have a very luminous finish, however I actually didn't find them more luminous than Benefit's Coralista or NARS Orgasm. 07 looks like a mix of NARS Orgasm and Deep Throat on my skin tone, pink but with some peach, a fantastic shade for someone as pale as me. The packaging looks so cheap though. It's a mix of clear and milky plastic, honestly I would expect something like that from a blush for a couple of � and not for 20. However it's sturdy, you don't have the feeling that the lid might broke off at any moment. The little brush that comes with it (it's not in any of the pictures) is surprisingly useful. It lasted all day on me, it loses a bit of brightness, but still looks ok (as far as longevity goes Coralista wins hand down). All in all a great blush, but the packaging needs some upgrading.

Comparison of Benefit Coralista (the pretties blush ever), NARS Orgasm and Deep Throat and Pupa Luminys baked blush 07:

Pupa Luminys velvet blush swatches in sunlight on NC 15:

Replay is one of the new shades of Essence's Multi Dimension XXXL Shine nail polishes. It another turquoise/teal shade that I love. This one has more green in it than Essence You belong to me. I apologize for the shoddy application, the formula of the nail polish is very thick but that's not my main problem. The problem is in the top coat from the same brand which is horrible (but base coat is fine). It just doesn't dry like forever. I really miss my faithful Essie Good 2 Go.   

Haul - New Products From Essence, Miss Sporty & Other

Essence recently released a lot of new stuff and bought a few. This haul will be featured in a two-part post.

Essence ima kar nekaj novih stvari, swatche bom objavila v 2 postih.

Essence released new liquid liners called Glam liner, it's available in 5 colours, I bought the colour called 05 Royal spendour which is a gold with shimmer (honestly my swatch doesn't, give it justice, it's way prettier in real life). They are quite pigmented and dry quite fast after that they don't smudge, staying power is ok. In my opinion a good product, you just can't beat the price.

Essence ima novo linijo linerjev, Glam liners, na voljo v 5-ih barvah. Kupila sem si zlat odtenek 05 Royal spendour, moj swatch mu dela krivico, je zelo lepe zlate barve v RL oz. tak kot se vidi v embala�i. So kar pigmentirani in se hitro posu�ijo, potem se ne zabri�ejo, kar je super. Obstojnost je kar v redu, meni je zelo v�ec, pa �e zelo poceni.

I also got 2 nail polishes, one is Miss Sporty 370, which is a lovely pinky-coral shade, with a really small shimmer (it's almost undetectable), the other is 53 You Belong to Me one of the new shaded from Essence. I love these light mint - teal shades, so I have quite a few. You belong to Me is a good dupe for Essie Mint Candy Apple, the latter is a touch more green in it, also I prefer the Essence one, just because it's so much easier to apply. Worlds Coolest is also very close, but bluer and sheerer, Party blue is much more blue than You Belong to Me.

Kupila sem tudi 2 laka za nohte, prvi je Miss Sporty 370, ki je cudovit koralno-roza odtenek z res drobnim �imrom (se ga skoraj ne opazi), drugi pa je 53 You Belong to Me, ki je eden izmed novih Essencevih odtenkov. Obo�ujem take svetlo turkizne odtenke, imam jih kar nekaj. You Belong to me je skoraj enak kot Essiejev Mint Candy Apple, slednji je le malenkost bolj zelen. Sicer mi je pa Essencev bolj v�ec, Essie-jevega je izjemno te�ko lepo nanesti. Worlds Coolest je tudi zelo podoben, le da je bolj moder in bolj prosojen, Party Blue je veliko bolj moder kot You Belong to Me. 

I ran out of my favourite body moisturizer Dove Body Milk, so I purchased a new bottle, I also got a Sun Dance self tanner, which is dirt cheap ( around 1,5�, available only in DM-s). I hate the classical self tanner scents, but I didn't expect this one to be any different and it isn't. When you apply it, it smells lovely, kind of floral fragrance, but in a few hours that self tanner scents develops. I love that it dries in minutes and the tan is not streaky.  I'm really pale and after first application the tan was quite faint but noticeable, after the second application the tan was quite dark, just right for me, I'm not looking for an extremely dark tan. For the price a great self tanner.

Zmanjkalo mi je mojega najljub�ega losjona, zato sem kupila novega (400 ml, M�ller za 3,99�), odlocila sem se �e preizkusiti Sun Dance-v samoporjavitveni spraj, ki je neverjetno poceni (okoli 1,5�). Sama ne maram tistega klasicnega vonja samoporjavitvenih krem, ampak za to ceno nisem niti pricakovala, da ga ta ne bi imel. Ob nanosu pa di�i kar lepo, nekako cvetlicno, na �alost se po nekaj urah razvije tisti vonj po samoporjavitveni kremi. Zelo mi je v�ec kako se hitro posu�i, v parih minutah in ker je spraj se ga da zelo enakomerno nasesti. Barva ni bila nic listasta, sama sem zelo bela in po prvem nanosu je bil ten bolj ne�en, po drugem zame �e dovolj temen. Za to ceno zelo dobra samoporjavitvena.

Swatches of lip products will be posted in the next post.

Essence Lipsticks in 44 This Is Me And 45 Almost Famous

 

^A picture of yesterdays haul./ Slika vceraj�njega nakupa.

Essence lipsticks are medium pigmented and very moisturizing. They feel more like tinted lip balms (however much more pigmented than Nivea's Labello). Some colours are shimmery, some are not, I prefer the non-shimmery ones. Almost Famous is a non-shimmery bright red and This Is Me is a bright pink also without shimmer. Both are extremely wearable colours.

�minke od Essence so srednje prekrivne in zelo vla�ilne. Meni se zdijo kot obarvani balzami za ustnice (vseeno so veliko bolj pigmentirane kot Nivejine Labelle). Nekatere barve imajo ble�cice, nekatere ne, obe �minki spodaj nimata ble�cic. Almost Famous je �ivo rdeca in This Is Me je �ivo roza. Kljub temu da izgledata zelo �ivo v tubi, na ustnicah izpadeta zelo nosljivo.

Essence nail polish in 63 Purple Cherry is a dark purple with cream finish.
Essence lak za nohte 63 Purple Cherry je temno vijola s kremnim fini�em.

And some pictures of the rest of the haul/�e slike ostalih stvari:

Both shower gels have a tropical scent (I love tropical scents), Palmolive's scent is more fresh, while Fa's is more sweet.
Oba tu� gela di�ita tropsko (obo�ujem tropske vonje), Palmolivov di�i bolj sve�e kot Fa-jev. Fa-jev je bolj sladek.

Just a Small Haul

• Schwarzkopf got2b guardian angel heat protection spray
• Essence matt top coat
• Essence nail fashion stickers in 05 light forever
• Ducray Selegel Shampoo

And here are some more pictures:

 Perhaps this is a bit of a ambitious purchase, I think application of the stickers is going to be a real pain.

I tester this one over my current manicure and I love it. (Not the best picture of the result is in the pictures of nail stickers. Btw my mani inspiration was from the lovely Parokeets blog post :) )

I only tested how it's scented, and it reminds me of some perfume, but I can't pinpoint which one. Anyway it smells lovely, kind of fruity-floral.