Review & Swatches :Essence Crazy about Colours, Blush

When I first saw this blush online I was afraid it might be too shimmery. Some blushes tend to give you the 'discoball' look (or maybe you all prefer the 'glittering vampire' look :P ), and I'm not really into that.



But when I saw it in store, it looked more like a glow when I swatched it. Hubs really liked the colours, so he said I should buy it.
The packaging is n't really special, just a white plastic square bo, with a clear lid.

I haven't tried it on my face yet, but I made some swatched on my fingers, so you can see how the individual colours look like on skin.  I started with my pinky with the first colour and went down all the way untill the last colour with my thumb. These were made in daylight:



The blush feels really soft and smooth, it doesn't have any crumbles. I think it should feel really good on your skin, like satin. You can use them apart or blend them all together with a brush.

This blush is limited edition only and can be found in stores right now. Not all stores have them in stock yet, so keep your eyes open.
It's available at Kruidvat and costs 3,29 euros.

Elf Fantasy Fair 2010 , Pictures

I still haven't found all the pics online, but I won't wait any longer to show you :)
I don't have many pictures of the complete outfit because it was really hot and I took the bolero off after a while.





Me and my beloved in front of Castle Ter Haar:


Linda and me at the Enchantra booth:


My father in law:


Martijn(our nephew) and his father:


My sisterinlaw:


And Daan(our newest nephew):


I really had a great time and the weather was awesome. Met some great people and saw some people I hadn't seen in years. :)


Let me know if you are interested in pictures of the makeup, ifso, I can write a blog about it.

And the winners are........

This giveaway was a great succes, and I will definately do this again! Thanx for all the RT's and the blogs that were written about the giveaway, I really appreciate it.
Thanx to the giveaway, I now have 58 followers, and 40 people participated! I hope you all like my blog, and please feel free to leave comments with suggestions or questions.

So now to the winners..
All winners were drawn with random.org and I tried to give everyone what they wanted.
*drumroll*

First Prize goes to..

Paula cordoso (all the way to Brasil!)

  • Lush Lipscrub, Sweet Lips
  • Lush Lipscrub, Mint Julips
  • Catrice Nail Laquer, Blue's Brother
  • Essence Quattro eyeshadow, 06 Sooo Cool
  • Essence Metalglam eyeliner, 04 Techno Girl

Second Prize goes to..

Beitjuh

  • Lush Lipscrub - Bubblegum
  • Lush Lipscrub -Sweet Lips
  • Catrice Nail Laquer -Wrapped Around Your Finger
  • Essence Long Lasting  eye pencil, 08 Touch of Glam


Third Price goes to...

Monique
  • Lush Lipscrub -Mint Julips
  • Catrice Nail Laquer -Sold Out Forever
  • Catrice Stay On eyeliner pencil, 050 Mystic Green


Congratulations people! 
Since none of you left any preference, please let me know which lipscrubs and eyeliner you would prefer, so I can settle the prizes for everyone.
I will contact the winners today for their adresses, if you did not receive any message from me, please let me know.

I hope you all liked this giveaway, and I promiss to do it again :)

Makeup Haul with Limited Editions

Usually I have to wait a while before our Kruidvat has the Limited Edition collections, and most of the time, they only get the Essence collection, not the Catrice. Sometimes I go to the bigger Kruidvat in town, they usually are already sold out though.
But, this time, both collections were just in store, so I could look at them all and see if I liked them.



I bought several items, most from the Limited Editions collection, but some from the normal collection aswell.

From the Catrice 'Oceana' collection:
I love the packaging on this collection.


Ultimate Nail Lacquer, Blue out to Sea





Eyeshadow, Blue out to Sea
Very dark blue, with a shimmer in it.



Smooth Duo Eyeliner, Colours of the Ocean


Lipstick, Ocean Sunrise

I don't have much blues in my stash, and I really liked these, so I'm interested to see how they look on me.

From the Essence 'Crazy about colour' collection:

 Multi Colour Blush, Colourmania
The Blush is very shimmery, but not in a discoball way, more in a glowing way.

 Eye pencil, Addicted to Blue



And from the normal collections:

Catrice, Ultimate Nail Lacquer, Don't Feed the Birds
I don't have any yellow polishes yet, usually I find them abit dull, but this one has shimmers in it, which makes it interesting.

Cosmopolitan, Maximum Effect Lash Curler
The lash curler is to replace my Hema curler, which doesn't curl my lashes enough. This one was recommended to me on the Lush forum.

I'll be trying everything out soon, reviews and swatches will be posted!
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