Essence Ticket to Paradise collection exclusive to Priceline

Hey guys,

I was wandering around Priceline in one of the shopping centres in the eastern suburbs when the new Ticket to Paradise collection by Essence caught my attention. The bright colours of summer pulled me into buying a few things. I had read a post by Sophie from BorntoBuy talk about this collection in one of her posts in November and fell in love with all the products. You can read her post here.

The collection consists of 

4 nail colours RRP $2.95 each

2 glossy lip pencils RRP $2.25 each

3 lip glosses RRP $3.50 each

1 shimmer powder RRP $5.35 each

3 cream eyeshadows RRP $4.95 each and

2 hair mascaras RRP $5.35 each

I could get hold of only a few of the products so I don't have the whole collection to show you.

I bought the shimmer powder in 01 Tropical Heat which is a bronze gold highlighter. It is a beautiful highlighter especially for the summer. I love Essence Highlighters overall so this is no exception too.

The two lip glosses I got are in 01 Sun said red which is a clear lip gloss with a teeny tiny hint of orange through it. On the lips it shows up clear. It smells exactly like the other Essence lip glosses, wish it was a little pigmented instead of completely clear. The other lip gloss I bought is in 03 Dive with me to the island which is a blue clear lip gloss with shimmer. This is a great lipgloss to top off a matte lipstick or to wear on its own because the shimmer looks beautiful and is not too overpowering.

The glossy lip pencils in 01 Sun said red and 02 My Treasure Island are basically lip crayons in a thin pencil form. They glide on smoothly and do stain the lips a little. Since these are not matte they do keep your lips feeling hydrated and you can wear these on their own or under lip glosses.

The cream eyeshadows in 01 Dive with me to the Island, 02 Deep Sea Baby and 03 Tropical Heat are gorgeous shimmery cream eyeshadows that look great on their own or use them as a base. They have a plush pillow like consistency and are super smooth. 

Over all I love the products of this collection. It is available at selected Priceline stores right now but by January most of the Pricelines in Australia will stock this trend edition. 

Have you seen this collection at your local Priceline yet???

MUA Lip Boom in Doin' Good

Hey guys,

Today I am going to review Makeup Academy's duo lip colour called Lip Boom in Doin' Good. 

The lipstick colour is a bright bubblegum pink with a matte finish and the gloss comes in a chunky peachy pink glitter. I love the lipstick and hate the gloss. It is just chunky glitter which you can feel on your lips. 

Below is a swatch of the lipstick alone. It looks gorgeous on medium skin tones. 

Below is the swatch of the gloss over the lipstick and it does not change the colour but you can see that chunky glittery bits on the lips and its not a pretty sight.

The lipstick lasts for about 5 hours without eating and does not dry up my lips even though its matte. Another cool thing about MUA lipsticks is that the bottom of the lipstick where you can see the colour, actually comes off and you can use a lip brush and apply it. It retails for £3 on the MUA website. The lipstick and the gloss have a caramelly smell to it but once applied the smell does not last. I would definitely recommend this for the lipstick but if you have high expectations from the gloss then I am sorry, but it jus does not work with so much glitter!!

Hope you enjoyed this post and if you have tried the MUA lipsticks then do let me know what you think of them.

Love!