Hey Beauties!
It's been a
while since I bought something just because of the looks. This blush from
Essence Limited Edition Happy Girls Are Pretty, just won me over with the cute
autumnal design. It looks like a sweater pattern with heart in the middle. Yes,
the concept is similar to Charlotte Tilbury blush designs, but it’s also not
even close to being the same. Essence is one of those companies that lure you
in their products with their cute designs. Some of the products from limited
edition are in fact winner, but some are not worth the money.
The packaging is plastic and transparent, to let design be the star of it. It's not the most sturdy, but it'll do. The price is 2.95€ and you get 9 grams.
The blush
is called 01 You sweeten my day! As I said the sweater design with heart in the
middle is really cute. Sweater pattern is light pink, while the heart is more
of a deeper pink. Sweater shade to me looks like a highlighter, but it actually
gives a lighter sense to the whole blush. Heart is obviously darker and has
most of pigmentation.
Pigmentation seemed horrible in the beginning, because
the upper layer was so hard, but it actually becomes softer and gives some
color. Saying that, it is still very light shade in general and it’s definitely
not strongly pigmented. You need to
build it up quite a lot to get it noticed. I’m sure this will be a problem for
a lot of people.
The shade of heart
is my favorite, since it’s like a dirty pink. It is warm toned (has slight
peach undertone on me), very light and sheer, but it has a bit of warmer sheen
to it. No visible shimmer. The shade around the heart, which to me looks like a
sweater pattern, is more like a highlighter. It's very light almost white cool
pink, which has a feel of lavender shade to it. It is cool toned and also has
that sheen to it. When you mix together both shades, you get cool toned light
slightly dirty rose shade. The shade is lighter than the heart shade and darker
than the shade around the heart. It also seems like a bit of a mix of cool and
warm, though I think it looks more cool than warm.
I personally
prefer the heart shade, because it's just such a pretty fall take on a dirty
pink. I also like that it's warm toned. Sometimes I mix both shades together,
but always spend more time in the hart design, which makes the blush still
warmer, but a tad lighter.
I also like the
fact that the blush is initially matte, but has that pretty sheen to it, which
doesn't involve any kind of shimmer.
First is the shade of heart, then it's the shade of sweater design around it and the last are both shades mixed together. It's supposed to be a multi-color blush.
As you can see, the blush is really subtle. I put on a lot of product, but it still seems very light.
I compared it with some of my
blushes. Happy Girls Are Pretty is the sheerest and lightest of them all. It’s
like a dirty rose shade. Catrice Illuminating Blush in 010 I Am Nuts About You
is brownish dirty mauve. It's the darkest of these shades and has the same
matte, but sheer finish as the Essence. Maybelline Colorama blush in 101 is
peach based pink with gold shimmer. It's as sheer as Essence, but the peachiest
of them all. Artdeco Mineral Blusher in 24 Pink is the most classic pink with
cool sheen to it. It's the shiniest of them all.
Design made
me buy it and I can’t decide if it was worth it or not. Obviously it’s really
pretty, but the product itself left me wanting more. The pigmentation is the
biggest disappointment. I like the shade a lot and especially the fact that it
gives such a nice sheen to it, without being shimmery. But it would be nicer,
if it would also be pigmented enough. I also don’t really care about the
sweater shade around the heart. It just makes blush cooler, which doesn’t suit
my skin tone, anyway. If the heart shade would be on its own, it would
definitely get me more excited.
Not bad,
but also not good. It’s average blush (if not under average, because of the
pigmentation) with a very pretty design. If you like the shade and pretty design
go for it. But if you want something pigmented, which you can put on with one
swipe, it’s not for you.
Mateja from Mateja's Beauty Blog also reviewed this blush here.
Mateja from Mateja's Beauty Blog also reviewed this blush here.
