I had the chance to get some of Inglot's pigments straight from Poland, which meant the price was much more affordable than buying online. Their AMC Pure Pigment Eye Shadows are one of their most known products and everyone seems to rave about them. I was never a fan of pigments before, but anything shimmery always sounds interesting. 

Party season is here and although I am far from a party animal, my family celebrates quite a lot of birthdays in December, so I get to dress up as well. I've decided to share my go to party look with you, which is basically my usual routine of makeup for when I get ready for special occasions and want to look really put together. What can I say, I love makeup and I rarely get the chance to make up and the whole shebang, so when I do get the chance, I do more than just a daily routine. 

Catrice's last Limited Edition of this year is called Dazzle Bomb and it's as glittery as you would have expected for this time of year. I got their Cosmic Body Sparkle Fluid which is a lovely liquid highlighter, or should I say almost glitter, for the body. It adds that sparkly note to your sparkly dress for the New Year's Eve or any other party occasion.

It comes in a matte heavy glass bottle with dropper. The packaging is sturdy and luxurious looking. I wouldn't mind displaying it on my shelf. 

In it is 21 ml of product and it costs 7.29€.

Dropper works well and you can control how much product you want. Because it's a very liquid product, I think dropper is the best choice here.

Fluid has a very liquid texture that looks pink in the bottle. Once you actually blend it into the skin, it looks almost transparent with cooler silver vibe to it. Some shimmer is tiny and gives you that glow and some shimmer is bigger silver and reflects various colors. It gives skin almost transparent sheen with chunks of shimmer.

At the beginning you have a lot of that wet looking glow from almost invisible shimmer, but as the day goes on, the glow fades and you're left with chunks of fairly big shimmer, although I wouldn't call it glitter just yet.


It doesn't look like much in the sunlight or natural light in general, but under the artificial light it really pops. Especially the bigger shimmer reflects light and you basically look like a sparkly disco ball. It's gorgeous for evening parties.

Because there are chunks of shimmer, I wouldn't put this on the face, but you can if you want to. I only use this on my body. It's actually light enough for my light skin tone and it's not too cool toned, but also not warm. This would be perfect for very fair skin tone. 

It's scented and the scent is amazing. To me it smells kind of like a baby powder. It doesn't linger on the skin though. The scent is quite subtle too and not overpowering. 

It actually sticks to the skin well and stays there for the whole day, but it's not transfer proof. The shimmer will go on your clothes, so I advise you to only apply it on the parts of the body that are exposed. 

Here is some photo proof. Obviously, it's impossible to photograph shimmer, because it never looks as pretty on photos as it does in real life.

I hope you can see that it doesn't look like much in natural day light in the shadow. It looks much more glowy and shimmery on the sun, but looks especially shimmery and sparkly under the artificial light. 

I think this might be a fun gift for someone, because people usually don't buy these kind of body products for themselves. If the shimmer would be finer and more metallic based, I would use it as a highlighter all over the face and body. Catrice and Essence had a lot of similar body fluids in their previous Limited Editions and those were more metallic. But this is more of a shimmery leaning towards glittery body product that will be the star of all the evening parties. It looks a bit meh under the natural light. Under the artificial light it becomes so sparkly and if you like those kind of shimmery/glittery products, you would love this one too. I also love the fact that it has that baby powder scent to it and it's definitely geared towards pale and light skin tones. It might look ashy on medium or dark skin tone. 

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I've already reviewed one of these Essence Metal Shock Eyeshadows. The review of 02 Stars & Stories is here. I fell in love with creamy formula and glittery metallic finish. Ever since then I wondered, if other shades have as much glitter in them and of course, I decided to try out the gold shade. 

It comes in a transparent plastic packaging with black plastic top. In it is 3.5 grams of product and it costs 3.79€.

Fluffy applicator has a cone shape from the side and it applies eyeshadow evenly and quite dense. It works great on its own, but you can also use your fingers for a lighter application. 

Onto the actual shade called 01 Solar Explosion which is a light gold shade. It's not as yellow as some gold shades, but more on a neutral or cool side. It has a metallic gold base with small gold and silver shimmer. I'd like it to be warmer for my personal taste.

The formula is just as with the other shade. Looks creamy, but almost feels like a mousse. It has nice spread-ability and is very pigmented. If you apply it straight from the applicator, you get opaque metallic finish. If you blend it out, you get a sheerer look with more shimmer or glitter particles. You can also apply it with your finger as a topping shimmer over other shades. This way you get a very sheer mostly glittery look. I really like the versatility of these shadows. 

Once it dries, it doesn't move at all. That's one of the things I love about it so much. The glitters don't fall down either. Obviously it also lasts through an entire day, without loosing intensity. 

In the range is 7 different colors. I have two for now, but I'm almost tempted to get the black one as well. Although I don't know, if I would use it enough.

Here are some of the makeup looks to give you an idea of how different these can look. 

In this look I used it very opaque, straight from the applicator. As you can see this looks very strong metallic and it gives you almost foiled look.

Most days I wear it as an accent color on top of others. It just gives you a hint of gold and lovely shimmer. Here I used it on the center of the lid, on the center of lower lid as well as sparsely in the inner corners. 

Vesna from The Chunky Cheeks made three amazing looks with the shade 03 Galaxy Rocks which you can look up here. She even used it as a topper on top of a black eyeliner. It looks so amazing. I have to try this trick now.

Matte lipsticks have been really popular and many swear by them, but I love a good shiny lip just as well as matte. Kiko recently came out with a new line of their 3D Hydra Lipglosses and because I am crazy about glittery products, I had to try at least one.

Kiko lip gloss comes in a rounded and wide plastic packaging with silver detail. I definitely like wider and flatter packaging as it stands out from other classic ones (Revlon Ultra HD Matte Lipcolor has similar shape). It looks luxurious and simple as do most of Kiko products.

In it is 6.5 ml of product and the price is 7.95€. 

Kiko has a whooping selection of 30 different shades. There are some shimmery ones and some without the shimmer. I was attracted to 27 Pearly Lavender, because it had a mixture of gold and silver shimmer. The base is pastel lavender, but when you apply it over lipsticks it doesn't change it much, just makes it slightly lighter. It gives it lots of high shine.

On the lips on its own it gives them a slight cool lavender shade with lots of silver sheen that almost makes the lips look metallic. Shimmer is really saturated and with one swipe you get a lot of it on the lips. This is definitely one swipe application lip gloss.

This shade on its own doesn't suit me best, because it's quite cool toned and a bit too pale for my complexion, that's why I always apply it over other lip shades. If you have fair cool skin tone this would look amazing on your.

My favorite way to wear it is to apply lipstick on the lips as a light stain and pat it on top and in with fingers. Then I apply lip gloss over it. It gives you the shade of the lipstick with amazing shine of the lip gloss.

Formula is thicker and a bit sticky, which I am used to with lip glosses. It's not like that old school annoyingly sticky, but you can definitely feel it on the lips as you smack them together. Because of that it also sticks to the lips better and is quite long lasting for a lip gloss formula.

Unfortunately it doesn't have any impressive scent to it. It's more chemical, but not that noticeable. 

It wears lovely. I think I like lip gloss formulas so much because they make lips feels so comfortable, protected and nourished. This one never dries out my lips and it feels nourishing and comfortable. 

If you're a lip gloss fan, you'll love Kiko 3D Hydra Lipglosses. They have everything that a classic lip gloss should have. High shine, slight stickiness and are so comfortable to wear. You also have a wide range of color selections. I chose the shimmery one, because I love shimmer, but you can also chose normal formulas. 27 Pearly Lavender isn't exactly what I expected it to be. I thought that it would have a more neutral sheen, but there's definitely more silver in it and cool toned lavender base doesn't really suit my skin tone. I do love it over other lip colors, but if this has a brown base, I would adore it. 

Thanks to Sandra I got my hands on this shimmery beauty. I am already a huge fan of the regular Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse oil. It has such a lovely texture, scent and works great on my face. This Or version is shimmery and perfect for the body.