Spring/Summer lips with Essence!

Hello! Lets talk some lippies! I have prepared for you a picture heavy post with my favoruite spring/summer lippies by Essence. I picked out four lipsticks and three, well actually four lip glosses, but I fogot to include it at the beginnig, so you will notice in the middle of my post another lip gloss, hehe :P

Let's start with the lip glosses :) I have chosen three (plus one) :D These are the ones I am wearing most this spring/summer (almost summer to be exact). The first one is a lovely everyday nude shade  the XXXL Nude lipgloss in shade  06 Soft Almond. Than we have a shade that's been discontinued, it's XXXL Shine Lipgloss in shade 25 Bright side of life and the last one you see here on these pictures was actually my Santa surprise from a fellow blogger - lovely Ana from Beautysaur blog  - and it's XXXL Longlasting lipgloss in shade 14 Make a statement.

As you can see on the swatches all three give fair amount of colour, at least on the swatches, but on the lips especially the Make a statemnt one, look more gentle and less pigmented. Anyway I find these three really great for the spring/summer season as one shade is a lovely nude that fits all and can be combined with almost every look, the second shade is a very bright pop of colour, stands out a bit but still really brightens my face and compliments my skin. For days when you really feel in a very good mood :P The last one of the trio is actually a lovely pink, but again subtle enough to be worn with practically anything and still gives a lovely touch to the lips and emphasizes them.

The forth lipgloss I actually forgot to add in the beginning is one of the shades I was soo looking forward to purchasing last autumn, but got lucky enough to receive it at Cosnova Essence&Catrice blogger event. It's XXXL Shine lipgloss in shade 33 Fabulous Fuchsia. This shade is the most opaque of them  all, really strongly pigmented and gives such a strong statement lip! I really love it and it's really not my usual colour!

Texture wise all four lipglosses are actually pretty good, and the application is easy and mostly I just need one swipe and I'm ready to go. Especially loving the shades, really just perfect for any occasion or better any mood I'm in. :P

And next are four lipsticks I have been using most and I feel like are perfect for the light and fresh spring season and even for summertime :) I have chosen two from the latest range, I Love Nude, and I chose shades 03 Come Naturally and 05 Cool Nude. I have actaully already posted about these two on my blog, you can check the review here :) The other two shades I havve had in my lipstick stash for a long time but never really got around to post about them. They are 06 Barely there! and 05 Dare to be nude.

From left to right: Barely there, Dare to be nude, Come Naturally and Cool Nude

The second two shades I have chosen, Barely there! and Dare to be nude may seem really gentle colour and because they are just that I felt like they were very versatile and I could use both shades on a daily basis and for every occasion. Barely there! is a light medium cream rose-brown lipstick, but still very natural and really flatters me. On the lips it's a more of a pink than brown. Dare to be nude is a creamy tan nude shade with a slight rose undertone to it, but definitely looks the most browny of them all.

Plus is also a smooth, creamy texture, aplication is easy and even, plus they don't dry out my lips. The only downside of these is that they don't last long on me, maybe about two and a half hours , but they definitely don't survive any eating or drinking.. But I don't mind that much, I tedn to check out my lips every 30 minutes anyway :P

And lip swatches :)

33 Fabulous Fuchsia lipgloss

33 Fabulous Fuchsia lipgloss

06 Barely there! lipstick

25 Bright side of life lipgloss

25 Bright side of life lipgloss

03 Come Naturally lipstick

03 Come Naturally lipstick

05 Cool nude lipstick

05 Cool nude lipstick

05 Dare to be nude lipstick

14 Make a statement lipgloss

14 Make a statement lipgloss

06 Soft almond lipgloss

06 Soft almond lipgloss

Hope this post was helpful to you! If you have any Essence lipstick or lipglosses preferences you think I might like, any recommendations let me know :)

Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

Review: Avon - Ultra Colour Indulgence lipstick - Honey Flower

Hello! Time to talk about the new range of Avon lipsticks called Ultra Colour Indulgence. I have bought a light shade named Honey Flower, but there are 20 different shades and everyone can get something that would fit them. 
These lipsticks promise to have a new unique gel formula, they promise to give good moisture to your lips and also colour them in juicy, shiny shades. Plus is also that these have SPF 15!

Packaging - Simple black box with information written all over and inside a slim  black case and a bit taller than usual lipsticks. Plastic packaging and with the classic silver band with the brand name on. Light and easy to use packaging, as with most lipsticks. Thou maybe a bit cheap looking, but I don't mind that at all. You get 3g of product inside, regular price is 8,50 euros in Slovenia, but currently these are 5,70 euros.

Shade: I was kinda in the mood for natural looking lips and I thought this one would be best. Honey Flower is a a kind of a peachy nude like lipstick (with a tiny hint of pink colour, depends on the light). I find it suitable for warm toned skin tones and  for neutral to yellow undertones.

Texture and pigmentation: This lipstick is really creamy, really smooth, with no shimmer added, just pure creamy opaque colour that really melts onto your lips. On me this lipstick didn't strike me as sheer at all ( as I have read in some reviews) but quite good and covering as I only need one swipe to get this into the desired colour. They are not drying at all, they actually act like some kind of a lip balm, which I like a lot. My lips lately haven't been that well. It's also not sticky!

Application and finish: Very smooth application, no mirror needed (especially with this nude-ish shade). If one swipe is not enough for you it can be layered and made into a really strong colour, but to me one swipe was enough. I guess with darker, reddish shades even I would want more coverage and try at leats two coats. This one can be used straight from the bullet and even without any lip liner as it's such a lovely natural and light shade, but you can still do the usual line and use a lip brush if you prefer. I didn't see the need to do all that, I just applied straight on. I have also noticed that your lips really need to be prepared for this lipstick as it tends to emphasize any dry patches on your lips, any creases. I once thought my lips were well preped and applied lipstick, not even half an hour later I noticed it looks unevenly and patchy and there was no way to fix it than wipe it all off and start again. The finish with this one is slightly glossy, but subdued.

Lasting power: On me this lasted for about two hours before I noticed the colour slipping away, it didn't survive eating or drinking and it tended to transfer on my water bottle. 

And swatches :) It wants to look more orange-y than it really is...

To sum up: I liked this one, but not half as much as I like some other lipsticks I have or for example half as much as I love the LUXE collection lipsticks, also by Avon. This one is good, I love the fact that it's not shimmery at all, that it's really just pure pigment, I like it's so smooth and buttery. But I still don't like that my lips tend to show any dry pacthes and that this doesn't really last long at all, on me 2 hours were max. I also don't like it transfers so easily and that when this happens I need to do touch ups immediately or it's very visible where the colour slipped away. All in all it's a good lipstick, but not very good one or great one. I would like to use the word average, but that would imply there's no point in even giving it a try and I don't really think they are that bad. If you don't have many problems with dry lips I believe these would be really good for you, but if you do than maybe avoid this shade as it's really just showing up every crease.

Hope this was helpful to you and thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly