Preview: Essence - Me & My Ice Cream LE

Hey there! Another new trend edition by Essence is coming this summer :) This time it's called Me & My Ice Cream and it is very pastel toned :)

Essence team says:"I scream: ice cream! there’s nothing more refreshing than a fruity or creamy ice cream on a hot summer’s day. essence invites you to make a quick stop at an ice cream cart in july 2013 with the trend edition “me & my ice cream”. soft sorbet shades like beige, vanilla, apricot, pink, lavender and mint as well as awesome products in a cool retro look will melt your heart. look forward to eyeshadows in soft nuances with a marbled texture, three lip balms with a color twirl, a creamy blush, shimmer pearls with perfectly aligned shades and nail polishes in gorgeous pastel tones."

Baked eyeshadow: The longlasting, baked eyeshadows in soft caramel, apricot and mint have a creamy texture and a cool marble effect to conjure-up a summery eye make-up style with a light shimmer. Available in 01 cone head, 02 icylicious and 03 always in my mint.

Nail polish: Strawberry, sweet woodruff, blueberry or apricot? The longlasting nail polishes in gorgeous pastel shades like pink, mint, lavender and apricot are sure to put you in the mood for ice cream – and summery nails, of course! Available in 01 ben & cherries, 02 always in my mint, 03 ice, ice baby und 04 icylicious.

Lip balm: Let’s twist! these unique lip balms are available in three different color combinations: lavender-vanilla, apricot-beige and pink-mint. the colors blend perfectly upon application and look really cute, too! They pamper your lips with shea butter and jojoba oil as well as leaving behind a delicious fragrance. Available in 01 ice, ice baby, 02 icylicious and 03 ben & cherries.

Shimmer pearls: Shimmering scoops of ice cream… the softly shimmering pearls with a light color dispersion are perfectly aligned with the pastel shades of this trend edition. They give your face and neckline a subtle glow and can even cover-up fine imperfections as well as slight redness thanks to the different nuances. Available in 01 i-cy u.

Cream blush: Cream dream! his blush with a creamy formula and innovative curvature feels creamy and powdery at the same time. The intensive apricot shade offers a naturally beautiful, fresh complexion. Head out into the sunshine – with a portion of your favorite ice cream! Available in 01 ice bomb.

Nail topping sticker: Rainbow sprinkle toppings! These innovative, self-adhesive stickers create a unique and surprising 3d effect on your nails. The sweet design with a pearl-like look is the ultimate nail style highlight – and not just for ice cream fans! Available in 01 rainbow sprinkles.

Hand wipes: To make sure that your hands are fresh and clean after you enjoy your treat, the me & my ice cream hand wipes come in a practical, re-sealable packaging that’s sure to fit into any purse. And they have a delicious strawberry ice cream fragrance, too! Available in 01 i scream ice cream.

My opinion: Hmmm.. no way. This is way too pinky for me, the colours are too pastel and bright. Also the only product I am at the moment interested in is the cream blush, but I won't buy even that. Lately Essence is releasing trend editions I mostly don't like. Which is weird, because there is always something I like.. This edition also appears to me more appropriate for spring time, because of the colour choice... not so much summery as the rest of the trend editions they have released in the last couple of months. Otherwise I think the baked eyeshadows may prove a good product, but with Essence you never know. Sometimes their eyeshadows are a hit and sometimes a miss. The lip balms - I'm sceptical they are good care for the lips, I would go for more natural and more varified brand that has lip balms. Hand wipes are a nice touch, especially in hot summer, but you can get a similar product almost anywhere. The shimmer pearls also look like a good product, so I'll maybe try it when it comes to stores :)
 What about you? Do you like this trend edition?


Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

NEW in May :)

Hello!  So May is over.. and even thou I have  (and I had) a lot of work with my studies.. I had time for shopping! And again I have quite a lot of new stuff to share with you, to review and swatch. And I know I haven't got around with the April ones yet, but they are photographed and prepared, just need more time to prepare the posts :) So what's new in May?

Here is a list of new products:
- Alverde lip balsam  spf 20, waterproof
- E.l.f. mineral lipstick Cheerful cherry
- E.l.f. mineral lipstick Rustic Brick
- Essence Stay with me longlasting lipgloss in 05 I like cotton candy
- Alverde Lipgloss Maximaze Effect in 40 Forest berry
- Alverde lip & cheek pot in 20 Pretty pink
- Bourjois 1 seconde nail polish in 12 Rouge obscure
- E.l.f. Brightening Eye Colour in Luxe
- E.l.f. Hypershine Gloss in Vixen
- MUA Lip Boom in LMK
- Revlon Colorburst lipstick in 010 Plum
- Essence Guerilla gardening LE eyebrow mascara in 02 Piece of my land
- E.l.f. Shimmer eyeliner pencil in Black Bandit
- E.l.f. Brightening eyeliner in Gilded
- L'Oreal Color Riche nail polish in 603 Parisian Rooftops and 916 Confettis
- Revlon PhotoReady Compact makeup in 100 Vanilla
- Balea Waterspray Aqua


I haven't tried this one yet, but I hope it's a good product. I really loved the other two lip balms by Alverde :)

Here's a group photo of my new E.l.f. products. Actually I ordered them in April, but they arrived in May. the lipsticks and eyeliners were so far really good. I also like the eyeshadows :)

I had a bonus discount on Bourjois 1 seconde nail polishes... and actually, I had two. So I didn't want it to go to waste and I got myself another one of these great nail polishes :)

Also, as you can see... I couldn't just stop there with my nail polish obsession and I also got myself these two by L'Oreal and I am really satisfied with both. Especially with the top coat! Review and swatches coming soon! :D

Alverde finally got new products for Spring/Summer 2013 to Slovenia and I had to try the lip products. I plan to get some more but for now I got to try this Maximize lipgloss in a really lovely berry colour and a lip & cheek pot :)

I got myself a lot of lip products this past month. Here are MUA LMK, I really wanted to try it after seeing it in one of Lisa Eldridge's videos. It's quite vampy and I love the colour! The application thou is a bit harder than I expected. Also I got Revlon's Plum lipstick, also a gorgeous shade and texture. These are going out of production, certain shades I think, so buy them while you still can. Many places don't sell them anymore :( And last is this Essence lip gloss, I think this was also discontinued. I found this one in a box at a DM store, on sale with three other shades. I guess they were getting rid of the old stuff. Anyway, this is a great shade and I think I actually found a perfect dupe for the YSL Fuchsia in rage lipstick, or at least so it appears. The texture is not the same, but I don't care, I just love this colour right now :)

And  here are the last three new products - Balea water spray. I was always conflicted whether to buy this or not, but last year this was a very helpful summer product, so I got myself another one :) I also got this Revlon compact makeup on sale and wanted to try it. This one is also being discontinued, I think that all of th shades are going out. So far, as I've tried it - I didn't like it. But I'll try some more, I'll try different ways of application and see how it works :) Last is the eyebrow mascara from Essence. This is actually my first product specially for eyebrows and so far I've been loving this for an everyday look :)

So as you can see, a lot more reviews and swatches and comments are yet to come :) Let me know if you are particularly interested in any of these and I'll try to write about them as soon as possible :)

Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

Preview: Essence - Tribal Summer LE

 Hello everyone! Todays post will present to you new limited edition by Essence, named Tribal Summer :)

Essence team says: " Tribal dance! In July and August 2013, the new essence trend edition “tribal summer” ensures a stylish mix of patterns, trendy Aztec prints and cool tribal designs in warm colors like orange, pink, red, purple, lilac, copper and gold to spread the pure feeling of summer. This trend edition offers lots of must-haves for all urban squaws. These include our popular pigments in bright colors, longlasting lipsticks and a bronzing powder with a tribal embossment. The absolute highlight is the tip painter set so you can create THE nail trend of the summer – Aztec nails – on your nails. And there are also cool nail feathers and a feather hair extension for the ultimate tribal look!"

 Pigments: Four expressive pigments in intense red, bright pink, sunny gold and warm copper conjure-up endless gorgeous effects for your eyes, lips and nails. They can be applied on their own or mixed to create new and unique styles. Available in 01 na-rock, 02 waka waka, 03 inti inka and 04 copper earth.

 Longlasting lipstick: Simply beautiful… that’s how your lips will look with either of these lipsticks in bright pink or red! The longlasting texture with a high coverage and a glossy finish ensures breathtaking and eye-catching lips. Available in 01 na-rock and 02 waka waka.

 Liquid blush: Eternal dawn… the liquid blush is super easy to apply thanks to its light texture. It gives your cheeks a gorgeous rosy tint for a fresh complexion. And the tube packaging makes it ultra-practical, even when you’re on the go. Available in 01 waka waka. 

Bronzing powder:  Maya gold: this bronzer with a soft shimmer gives your face and neckline a gorgeous, subtle tanned color. An additional eye-catcher: the surface of the powder is decorated with a cool tribal pattern in two different bronzing shades. Available in 01 inti inka.

 Tip painter set: Aztec nails are the ultimate trend in the nail design universe. This tip painter set includes black, orange and pink so you can create totally individual tribal patterns on your nails. Amazingly expressive and an absolute beauty statement! Available in 01 aztecs ceremony.

 Oil control paper: Tipi or wigwam? When summer temperatures rise, the oil control paper is worth its weight in gold. The mattifying paper frees your skin of shine and absorbs excess sebum without smudging your make-up. For a perfect, matt summer complexion. Available in 01 matte me pacha tulum.

 Hair extensions: Aztec Aff(h)air… colorful feather hair extensions are totally trendy in the summer season 2013 and give any hairstyle a summery touch. Easy to clip into every fashionista’s hair, they’re just as simple to remove. Available in 01 inka's soul.

Nail polish: Nail rituals! The longlasting nail polishes in pink, gold, orange, purple and red offer great coverage and bring the colors of the summer to your nails. Available in 01 waka waka, 02 inti inka, 03 ta-la-ra, 04 tipi-ya-yeah and 05 na-rock. 


My opinion: Very summery colours, very bright, suitable for people who dare to wear something more eye catching :) Unfortunately to me this trend edition isn't very inviting ( fortunate for my budget). The lipsticks are interesting, but probably the colours won't suit me very well. Maybe the tip painter box could be useful, but depends on how good is the brush :) The golden and copper pigment also look nice, but I already have many similar shades. Do you find anything for yourself here you would really like to have? Or would like to try? It's a very pinky collection XD

Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

Bourjois 1 seconde - 03 nail polish :)

Hey there! How are you? Today I have a super quick post for you :) This is one of the nail polishes I got in April, you can check here which ones are yet to come and be photographed - New in April :) It's from Bourjois, their famous 1 seconde nail polishes. This one is in shade 03, there is no other name written anywhere.

The bottle is elegantly shaped, with long cap on top, so it's shaped in a triangle. The cap is plastic, the bottle is very good - glass, but hard. Still, I would not recommend letting it fall ;) The brush is quite large, which I like, it enables you to cover your nails easier. Many complain it's harder, but to me with these I have less problems than with ordinary tiny brushes. It's very compact and thick with bristles, I only need to make two swipes and my nails are covered.

Here I used this one 1 seconde 03 as base, than Essence nail art stickers in Bad girl, than on top DEpend Multipolish :) Easy and simple. The colour is simple, rosy-nude, very everyday like, but sometimes you just need a nail polish that fits everything. :) Lasting - for about 3 days, than it started to crumble off. Coverage - one coat is enough, it's really nicely pigmented and spreads easily.

And some swatches :)

I like to wear this when I don't have time to make anything more complicated or use a colour that needs more time and leyers to look good. An everyday goldie ;)

Thanks for reading and take care!

Love, UniqaPoly

Review & Swatches: L'Oreal False Lash Wings and Volume Million Lashes Diamantissime

Hello! Today's review and swatches will be of two new mascaras, both by L'Oreal. I have already mentioned them in my post NEW in April :) First one is the new L'Oreal mascara False  Lash Wings in black.  Contains 7 ml. As a gift when I bought it I got also Volume Million Lashes Diamantissime in Black Diamantissime. Contains 8,5 ml.

First I'll talk about False Lash Wings. I like the packaging, very simple and elegant. It's also shiny so it can get dirty really fast and you can see your fingerprints on it. The brush is plastic, with bristles of different length, so you can reach all your lashes. This is also why they wrote butterfly effect fibers, but I haven't noticed any butterfly effects :) I really like all the L'Oreal mascaras, they are by far the best that I have had in all these years. And believe me , I've tried probably all together at least 35 mascaras or more. I started wearing mascara at the end of primary school, of course in secret, because my mom wouldn't let me. And than in high school I had quite a lot of mascaras, quite a collection. And even now... mascara is my must every day. But I don't mind leaving my home without it either, I learned to live without it. :)

 This mascara is very good because it doesn't smudge, it doesn't leave any spots, it stays put for hours. At the end of the day there is still no panda effect and no crumbling. It is also true that at the moment it is too liquidy, but this goes for almost all L'Oreal mascaras. In a week or two of regular use it gets more compact, but not too much. It still provides a smooth application. Removing causes no problem, I use my Alverde Calendula make up remover and it does the work just fine. It is not waterproof, but since it's that good at sitting still, with this one you will not wish for a waterproof at all.

The only thing a bit tricky is how to apply it correctly. Since I had no idea how to do it, I first tried with the short side and it thickened my lashes. Than I tried with the long side on top and it really elongated them. I am impressed. I like the result. MaxFactor Masterpiece series of mascaras and L'Oreal mascaras are the only ones that actually make a difference on my lashes. I can actually see my lashes are more defined. I still don't know if I am applying my mascara correctly or not.

And here are the swatches. To some it may appear as there is little difference, but I am really satisfied. Most of other mascaras just colour my lashes more black and leave them short and without any volume, barely visible I have any mascara on. And that with three or more coats! Swatches here have at least 3 coats on. No eyelash curlers - they don't work for me anyway.

And to the second mascara. I have had this one, only just in black version for a very long time. I know that  I shouldn't have kept it for more than 6 months, but it was a gift and it was really good. Now, comparing with False Lash Wings, not as good, but still. The best I had at the time.This one has a similar effect on me as the black version. Gives definition, colour, but does not elongate much or gives volume.  It looks more like a daily mascara to me and I am satisfied with this one too. It is called Diamantissime because it contains glitter particles. It shines and sparkles, yes. Maybe to some this is a rediculous idea, some may think " I will never use a sparkly mascara!", but in the end, the shine is not that visible when looking straight into someone's face. Some may think this is suitable only for a night out, but I sometimes wear it for every day. I see no reason not to go a bit more glam ;)

Again, plastic brush, regular shape with anti clump wiper. Also does not smudge, crumble or dry, stays put all day. No panda effect at the end of the day. It's not waterproof but still holds very well. Easy to remove, had no problems with my regular make up remover. The glitter is really tiny and causes no problems, does not go into the eyes, doesn't bother or irritate the eyes in anyway. Also when removed it goes off nicely, it doesn't stay on your face or lashes. 

And here are the swatches for the Diamantissime. The third pohoto shows you how close you must get to actually see it glitter ;)

And final comparison :

Left is Diamantissime ( also 3 coast) and right False Lash Wings. You can see that the sparkly one defines lashes, but doesn't give them much length or volume. Also you can see it looks lighter, because of the glitter parts it will never look as classic black as False Lash Wings. This one really elongated my lashes (3 coast or maybe a bit more), as for volume - not so much, but I don't mind. Anything I can get from a mascara will make me happy. As long as it is visible I actually have eyelashes. Sorry the photo looks a bit disoriented, I had my face slightly tilted when taking the photo. :) I like them both, but I hope the FLW will dry a bit, because at the moment it's quite too liquidy, which makes it harder to apply it evenly.  None of them clump lashes! So don't be afraid to try them :)

Hope you enjoyed this post and thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly

Linking weekly loves 29 and 30 :)

Hello everyone! How are you? Almost the end of May, last weekend. Hope you have good weather :) It's been raining here a lot lately :P So here are my 12 favourites over the past two weeks :)

Pigments & Palettes presents a colorful summer sunset inspired makeup look :) For everyone who are not afraid of a little pinky and purple :) With a tutorial :)

Will Work For Makeup presents the spring to summer transition concerning face products :)

Nails By  Kayla Shevonne presents a manicure named Studded Scarab! Real pretty! :)

The Cake Baby posted a new recipe, this time it's Apple Dumplings :) Yummy!

Makeup and Macaroons presents a look with a gorgeous MAC lipstick Impassioned and Essie nail polish Watermelon! A great combination! :)

Nothin' fancy. Really presents a brand spotlight post, presenting Balea products she likes :)

Mateja's Beauty Blog presents Essence Guerilla Gardening LE lip cream in Floral glam :) What a great red colour! :)

Deja Zu presents a  healthy recipe, Quinoa with veggies :) Are you hungry yet? ;)

Lisa Eldridge presents  a tutorial on how to make your lips look even and fuller without any surgery :) Really helpful video for all those who don't have perfect lip shape :)

Makeup and Macaroons presents a recipe, a very good recipe and so sweet - low fat Tiramisu :) Who doesn't love tiramisu every once in a while? :)

Taya posted  about products that dissapointed her :) Sometimes it's good to read also some negative reviews, so we don't end up buying everything ;)

Šminkerica - Beauty Community presents a post with summer eyeliner shades, from light green to blue and pink and red and yellow, all the colours of the rainbow :)

Thanks for reading and have a great Sunday!

Love, UniqaPoly

Review & Swatches: Depend Cracked Effect nail polish

Hello! How are you? Another quick post from me :) This time I'm gonna show you my crackle effect nail polishes by Depend. I got myself three shades - black, red and white. As a base I used Deborah matte black nail polish 01 and Shine tech nude nail polish, number 50 and a red Bourjois nail polish.

Here's the first one, using Depened Multipolish as a base, than Bourjois 1 seconde number 8, and on top Depend crackle nail polish in black.

Than for the next one I used black nail polish by Deborah and white crackle polish.

And my third combination was nude nail polish by Deborah and crackle in red :)

I like all three, they all dry up really fast and crack very fast! The process starts immediately, no need to wait long. Also the finish they gave is matte, so if you put on top coat this will look all glossy, but not necessary (if you put on matte top coat). I like both finishes with glossy top coat and without it. Here on the photos you can see that I didn't use any top coat. I wanted to try how long they would last without top coat. Well, as expeced it started to crumble off the next day. And with the top coat it lasted max two days and than started to crumble off.. I guess this won't bother people that like to change their nail look every two days, but for those who like to apply and leave it there for at least 4 days.. well, they won't be satisfied. I know these are old nail polishes, nothing new really, but to me this was a fun thing to try. I am really not into nail art, I don't even have the necessary things to make anything more complicated, except for a couple of stickers and glitter top coats. Anyway, I really like these three, especailly the white and black combination and the red one has a charm too. The black one looks great on a silver basis, but that's for another post :)

Thanks for reading!

Love, UniqaPoly