Stila Eyes are the window Body Palette Swatches and Review.

This has been one of the most Beautiful items I have had the pleasure of playing around with! It is just stunning, From the Packaging to the whole look of it and quality of the colors its just grand!! I love it so much. This is the Stila Eyes are the window ,Body Palette. The Eyes are the window range has a few different ones but I like this one cause of its large variety of shades from pink , purple to blue, brown and green. And this is the perfect item to buy if you are looking for a makeup cheer me up, and would also make a very nice gift! The outside packaging of the palette is a super shiny gold look that is reflective its so gold, really classy looking indeed.

This item is Available to buy online from http://www.zando.co.za and costs R490 , ok ok now I know your thinking WTF R490 for a bit of eye shadow, but once you have bought a nice quality shadow palette then there is no going back! its totally worth the money!

The palette consists of 12 shades that are all beautiful and can cover a good few different looks so its very handy. I took a large amount of pretty photos of this item cause the pictures speak for them selves!!

Here is a few pics of looks I created using this palette. I did a nice smokey purple look as well as a lovely blue look. They colors go well together so you can get a few tones in one look and they apply very well and are long lasting. This is such a perfect everyday basic palette if you are looking for a staple eye shadow product

I do a lot of online shopping and I find the service I get from Zando to be fantastic, they have never messed up a order and it is consistent and takes about 3 days to reach me depending on what method of delivery I select to pay for. Its worth having a quick look online at http://www.zando.co.za and if you are a first time customer and sign up to the email news letter then they are super kind and send you a nice voucher to use towards your purchase! Imagine getting R200 off of the price of this stunning Stila Palette and only paying R290 for it!!!! well go check it out 🙂

Here are the Color swatches so you can get an idea of what you get out of it…. I took two different sets of swatches cause the shadows can be applied wet or dry.. first pic was wet look..

Essence Products Review and color swatches . All the Nudes :) & the Gel nail polish.

After the last few excited weeks of playing around with the Lovely Essence products i have now finally almost finished with them, here are my thoughts on the following products 🙂

To start off with the i love Nude range of eye shadows , they are so lovely and soft to the touch and apply well, the two Nude colors i tried worked well for a nice basic winter nude look and are also great for mixing with colors to spice it up a bit. some of the shades i found were so close to my own skin tone that i couldn’t notice that i was wearing it but this is great if you want a nice wear it to work minimal look for the day. They lasted well on my eyes and made the day 🙂 so hip hip hooray!!

In order from Left to right in the pictures the colors are , 03 Creme Brulee , 05 My favorite touping , &15 Hazel me not (soft touch long wear)

Next up is the i love Nude lip items i tried out, i tested two of the long lasting lipsticks, one darker and one light as well as a Xxxl lip gloss in a Nude.  The lipstick wears well but i found the Lighter color (01 wear only a smile) to be a bit pasty on my lips and it also showed my dry lip skin and i would suggest if you want to wear this that you first exfoliate the lips cause it really does show up everything , it worked a bit better when combined with the Lip gloss! The darker shade lipstick in 03 come naturally was a lot more up my alley and wears very well! They do match well with the whole nude look 🙂 And the Xxxl Lip gloss is very glossy, like very glossy lol. not really something im in to cause its a bit too sticky for me but it does give the lips good volume and they stand out wonderfully with shine! but like i say its just too sticky for me!

Lipgloss and Lipstick colors left to right . Xxxl Gloss 01 shy beauty,  Long lasting Lipstick in 03 come naturally ! And Long Lasting lipstick 01 wearing only a smile.

Then by now i am sure you all know how much iv been enjoying the latest Essence nail range and the Gel nail polish! They are just so fantastic! long lasting and the colors are great. I also loved the Nude ones as well as the very fun Matt top coat that gives a lovely effect when combined with the shiny gloss look! you can read my previous nails post to check out more about the colors .

Then Lastly i have the Lash Princess false lash effect Mascara, this one i was actually rather impressed with! it gives very long thick black false lash looking lashes so that’s a great budget buy if you are trying to get that Effect!! Also i tried the silky touch blush, its very lovely, feels so soft on skin and the peachy pink ish color works well and blends easily! definitely worth a try and all these products are very affordable!

Worth going out and buying some, great budget buys and you can get a good few items for your money, most of the products range from R30 to R100 and are good quality!

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Essence nails :) different colors fun !

Purple! hehe

Iv been having so much fun with the Essence Gel nails range and the Lovely Matt top coat I got !! love it so much, the colors are fantastic and bright and the shine is amazing!! I get about 5 to 6 days wear out of this as long as im not being overly hard on my nails .

here are some pictures of some colors I tried and things I did after the last two weeks. the matt top coat I played with is also nice 🙂 cant wait to do a few more things with it!

Red

The Red is shade “4 ever young”

red matt mixed

This pink is the shade 09 lucky and the shimmer layer I put over is 04 our sweetest day. such a girly color 🙂 and I loved the touch of shimmer with it! perfect pretty in pink shade.

Nude

this beautiful Nude shade is called “05 pure soul” , its not part of the Gel nails range but works just as well with the gel nails top and base coat. its Lovely and goes so well with all the nude winter makeup we have around these days! cant go wrong with this one!

The Gel nail polish range works wonders,but do remember to use it with the proper top and base coat of the gel nails collection to get the right effect!!

I even played around with it on my toes hehe.  you can get a whole range of colors at Dischem! there is so many I struggled to choose some. only R26 each i mean really!! could just buy them all lol

And don’t forget to pop over to my Facebook page for the Essence competition im running!!!!!