I am all for glittery and shimmery eyeshadows and when I first swatched this one in the store, I knew I had to get it. I've said in my review of Catrice Liquid Metal Longlasting Cream Eyeshadow in 020 Champagne Shower that I really wish they'd make this version with glitter in it. I guess that's what they tried to do with these new Essence Metal Shock Eyeshadows (or at least with some). The glitter is much more visible here. 

Essence Metal Shock Eyeshadows come in a plastic transparent lip gloss like packaging with a black plastic top and silver details. In it is 3.5 ml of products and it costs 3.79€.

It has that fluffy lip gloss applicator which looks like a cone shape from the sides. It's diagonally cut. With one coat you can coat your entire lid and it applies eyeshadow softly and fairly evenly. 

The texture of it is creamy and quite spreadable. It almost feels like a moussy texture. 

If you apply it heavily, you get a very opaque metallic finish. You can also blend it out and it looks like a metallic base with more pronounced shimmer or small glitter. If you apply it very sheer, you get mostly glitters and just a bit of that metallic sheen. The pigmentation is in general great. 

It has an artificial scent to it, but you don't notice it once it's on the lid.

The color 02 Stars & Stories is a cool toned taupe based purple with silver glitter. In the packaging it looks like a warmer mix of brown and purple, but on the lid it looks very cool toned, because it has strong silver glitter and shimmer in it which gives it that cool sheen. The base looks like a taupe tinted purple. 

You can chose among 7 different shades, although some don't have as much glitter in them. Mostly they are more metallic than shimmery. 

Once this dries down, it doesn't move. It didn't even crease on me and it stayed on for the whole day perfectly, so it's very long lasting - but not water proof at all. There is also no glitter fallout.

Here you can see how it looks like applied really heavily. You can definitely get that opaque metallic shimmery look. I'm afraid my photos don't do it justice. This sparkles so pretty in person that the camera just doesn't catch its true beauty.

I almost prefer to wear it applied lightly. I usually put it on the back of my hand and use my fingers to apply it on the lid. I also sheer it out, so that I get a lot of glittery particles and it looks much more shimmery and less metallic. Obviously you can also put this on top of other shadows to add glitter. I did that a lot too.

On this photo I applied it very sheer on the lid and then I also applied it as an opaque metallic liner on top of black eyeshadow liner. Just to give you an idea how this can look different depending on how you apply it. It also works as a shimmery inner highlight. 

I have been wearing it a lot ever since I got it, which means I really like it. I've wanted a cheaper brands to come out with some glittery or shimmery eyeshadows that look pigmented and don't have a fallout and this is just that. It's like a less shimmery affordable choice for Stila Magnificent Metals Glitter & Glow Liquid Eye Shadows. It applied lovely, you can choose how metallic or shimmery you want it to look, it lasts all day and doesn't move. I am particularly in love with this shade, because it has a stronger shimmer or glitter to it. If this was a regular metallic eyeshadow, I wouldn't care for it. It just looks really luxurious on the lid with very little effort. Essence definitely did it with these and I highly recommend you to get this shade, if you like glittery and shimmery eyeshadows that don't move or loose intensity. 

Warmer days are here and so is the festival season. I don't plan on going any, but I am always up for fun and sparkly makeup looks. In this look I've tried to combine all the latest trends that I've been seeing. I actually love how it turned out. Pop of blue eyeliner matches so well with gold details and yellow nail polish that I currently wear. 

Eye makeup is very simple and kind of neutral. The big pop of color comes only from the winged blue liner. I started by applying eye primer and setting it with a matte bone colored shadow. I used light warm matte brown in the crease to make it easier to blend out other shades. Then I made it even warmer with a matte yellow toned brown shade. On the lid I applied shimmery yellow gold. 

On my face I applied foundation first and then concealed anything that needed to be concealed. I decided to draw on fake freckles, because these are quite popular right now and I love how cute and youthful this makes me look. I have a few of my own, but usually more in the summer. For that I used my usual grey toned eyebrow pencil. I powdered over them, to make them appear more natural and part of the skin.

If you'll be going to festivals, you can't forget about highlight. It's definitely one of the excuse situations when you can go crazy with it. You'll probably sweat it all off anyway. I went for a really glowy yellow gold highlighter. I also used a more champagne version on the highest point of highlight. I highlighted tops of cheeks, above the brow, down the nose and on the upper lip. I also bronzed up my skin with a luminous bronzer and didn't apply any blush. I just wanted the skin to look bronzed and glowy. 

On my lips I used a mix of nude and slightly peachy lip liner for a matte nude look. I also used gold eyeliner and put it on top of the upper lip as a super highlight. 

I felt like this shimmery dreamy look needed wavy hair, as it makes it look more romantic. If you'll be rocking similar look to any upcoming festivals, don't forget to highlight your collar bone and shoulders. It brings the look together.

I should do these dreamy looks more often. It's so fun to create and glitter always makes my day. What do you think about this look? Will you be going to any festivals this year?

If there's one type of blushes that I absolutely adore, than those have to be peachy and orange variations. Because I have a warm tone to my skin these type of shades just look natural and blend with it.

Hey Beauties!

I usually use gold eyeshadow and red lipstick, because it's what represents Christmas to me. It's also very neutral and classic. This time I also added green on the eyes for an all out makeup look. You can also pair it with neutral lips to make it less colorful, if that's not your thing, but I kind of like it.

Hey Beauties!

I won't try to represent this as anything other than what it is. You know me, I love coppers and gold and this is yet another such shimmery makeup for summer. I paired it with my favorite redish orange lipstick. 

I started by building up my crease. I used a very light brown matte, then added some of the bronzer broen, then some peachy brown, some contour brown and some dark matte brown. I basically built up the crease to have some depth with matte brown shades. Then I added shimmery copper shade on the inner and outer part of the eye. I left the center of the lid clear, where I later put some yellow gold and some very light gold at the center. Basically a technique of sandwiching the eyeshadow. Oh and I also added some of the cranberry matte shade in the very outer corner of the eye.