This shade of palette is called All About Roses Eyeshadow in 03 Roses. They have four more palettes: Bronze, Nudes, Greys and Vintage. 

Roses is a very pretty mauve take on classic taupes and neutrals. It may look very colorful in the palette, but it actually goes on pretty neutral, so I think this is a great way of adding some color without being to vivid or intimidating. 

I'll be describing shades form let to right. First the upper row and then the lower row. As you may see the upper row looks shimmery and the lower row looks matte. In the back of the palette it says that the shades have different effects from metallic to matte. 

Shade 1: light silver based shimmer nude - good pigmentation.

Shade 2: grey based light mauve shimmery shade - less pigmented.

Shade 3: silver shimmery medium brown - good pigmentation.

Shade 4: dark shimmery purple based brown - good pigmentation.

Shade 5: matte warm nude - good pigmentation.

Shade 6: light shimmery flesh pink - less pigmented.

Shade 7: dirty matte light mauve - good pigmentation.

Shade 8: matte medium taupe brown - good pigmentation. 

The texture is somewhere between dry and wet. I find it to be well pigmented in general. The shades go on easily and I don't find there to be fallout with these. Upper row looks very shimmery, but once you take down the top layer, it becomes more of a subtle shimmer. Which means you have shades varying from shimmery to matte. I was genuinely surprised by how pigmented and easy to blend they are. Seriously amazing for such a price. 

I would say that this is a mix of warm and cool shades, but for some reason they all look fairly warm on my skin tone. I think this will depend from skin to skin. Easy mauve purple palette for those who don't want bright colors, but want to add some color. If I may say so, it's perfect for dark brown or green eyes.

If you're looking for good quality cheap eyeshadow palette, don't look any further than Essence. I am really impressed and have nothing bad to say apart from the fact that not all the shades are equally amazingly pigmented. You can choose among 5 different shades. There's something for everyone. I am so impressed that I'm thinking of getting Bronze and Nude as well. Vesna from Chunky Cheeks actually already reviewed them here. Have you tried any of the palettes yet?

It's a rather unusual packaging for eye cream. To me it looks more like a serum packaging. It comes in a shiny silver packaging, which seems to be metal, but has the weight of plastic. 

It has a plastic pump which is really nice because you can control the amount you want to come out. You can pump out the smallest amount possible, which means you won't be wasting product. The hole in pump is small.

One thing I really love about this packaging is the fact that you can see how much is still in it. Don't you just hate when you suddenly run out of the product and have no back up?

It contains 15 ml of product and it costs 49.95€. For Slovenians, you can find this brand in Müller: Ljubljana (BTC,Supernova,Čopova), Celje, Maribor and Koper. 

It is formulated with Rexaline Complex with 5 times more Fragmented Hyaluronic Acid. Rexaline Complex is enriched with anti-aging botanical ingredients: vitamins and minerals or royal jelly, energizing benefits of ginseng and cooling effect of centella asiatica. It also contains smoothing Gatuline In-Tense and anti-puffiness and anti-wrinkle Actiflow. It's free of parabens. 

It's formulated for fragile and sensitive eye area, has no fragrance, texture of a fresh and light gel cream and it's enriched with green pearls for light-reflecting effect. It promises to reduce wrinkles, dark circles and bags in 1 month. 

Read more about it here.

I've been using this cream for two months, so I can finally declare my thoughts on it. It really is how it says a nice mix of gel and cream. It has all the aspects of a nourishing thick cream, yet it looks like lightweight gel. It's smooth and feels very creamy. 

It has a very light green tint to it and if you look closely, it has very small shimmer in it, which looks multi-colored. 

I personally love thicker consistency of creams, although I know many don't. It doesn't mean that the cream is more nourishing, if it's thicker, but it's just an idea in my mind. This one goes on really thick, so I prefer to warm it up between my fingers and then slowly tap it into skin. In the beginning it feels sticky, but after a while it absorbs a little (not completely), although it still looks shiny. My guess is that this is due to the small shimmer, which in fact does light up under eye area and makes it look a bit brighter. When you apply it, it feels a bit cooling, but the feeling goes away quickly.

I feel that it is moisturizing and I like to use it underneath makeup, because it keeps concealer more moisturized and not as dry looking, which I don't like under my eye. I like it to be well moisturized. 

I don't have much problems with darkness or under eye bags, so I can't really report on this. I will dare to say that I might have noticed that the blueness under my eye is not as prominent as it was before, although I can't say if it's because of this cream or because of the fact that I've been going to sleep at normal hours lately. 

I also didn't see any major change in my wrinkles. They are still there and look as deep as they were before. 

What I like the most about this cream is thick yet gel like consistency, which I just love smudging around my eye area. It does a good job of moisturizing and it forms greasy layer, which makes it seem well nourished. I also like light reflecting shimmer in it. As far as reducing wrinkles it didn't do much. The packaging is well made and pretty elegant. I think the price is ridiculous for an eye cream. I'll let you decide if you have the budget for it, but all in all it's not a bad cream - just don't expect it to reverse or reduce your wrinkles and keep in mind that it is thicker. If you prefer lightweight well absorbing creams, this is not for you. 

1. Accent nail

You can add sparkly nail polish to just one nail. It's usually ring finger, but you can choose other. You can also apply it on two fingers. It just adds a bit of sparkle and breaks the usual one shade routine.

Here I used Maybelline Colorshow in 465 Brick Shimmer as my base color. Then I added Avon Magic Effects Molten Metal in Graphite to my ring finger. 

2. Dots

Very easy way of adding sparkle and not being worried about how you're going to take it off, is to make some dots. Dots are easily created with dotting tool or home made dotting tools - you can use bobby pin, straight pin from sewing kit or toothpick. If you spread your dots in an even pattern the manicure will look super pretty. 

As a light blue base I used Models Own Hyper Gel in Powder Blue. I created dots with Avon Magic Effects Molten Metal in Blue Steel. 

3. Straight Line

Lines are another great way of adding just a bit of sparkle. If you're not skilled at making straight lines or using striper, you can just pull a straight line in the middle of your nail. Line will be as wide as your nail brush. If you want you can put less pressure on it and create thinner lines.

I used Essence Gel Nail Polish in 52 Amazed By You for a purple base. In the middle I drew lines with Avon Magic Effects Molten Metal in Gold. 

4. Pattern

You can obviously create more intricate patterns. I opted for something dear to my heart - leopard print. It's still an easy pattern and you can't really go wrong with it, but it will take you a bit more time. The end result will also be more impressive. 

I used Kiko Nail Lacquer in 322 Caffe Latte as a base. Then I took Maybelline Colorshow in 677 Blackout to make leopard pattern. You can just use toothpick and create opened uneven circles. It's easy. Then I added Avon Magic Effects Molten Metal in Copper in the middle of leopard pattern. 

5. Ombre Tips

The last option is to make some pretty ombre tips. This is best done with a little peace of sponge. You take a sponge and concentrate most of the nail polish at the end of nail and then slowly go up, when you have little nail polish left on the sponge. All you need to do is put nail polish on sponge and slowly tap it on the nail and build it up.

I used Maybelline Colorama in 303 for my base. Then I took sponge and and created ombre tips with Avon Magic Effects Molten Metal in Titanium.

Now let's see these beauties up close. I still wanted to show you how the shades look like applied. All of Molten Metal collection is so sparkly and pretty. It's one of those special occasion looks that you wish for, especially in the upcoming festive season. I expected these nail polishes to be metallic, because of the name, but are in fact glittery. I understand the name Molten Metal, because they look like metal in a liquid form with semi-sand finish. 

The glitter is small and more like shimmer. It's all the same size. I call it semi-sand finish, because with sand finishes there is a lot more grit and texture to it. Molten metals also have a bit of texture, but because the shimmer is very small it's not as gritty as a true sand finish. 

As with any other sand finishes, these are also pretty long lasting and hard to take off - because of all the shimmer. 

The brush is standard and easy to apply with. Nail polishes are quite liquid and easy to apply. With lighter colors you need two coats or one very thick one. The formula dries quickly. 

Glass bottle is standard Avon nail polish bottle with black top. Avon nail polishes always come in black paper boxes, which is nice for giving them away as a gift.

Regular price of nail polishes is 5.90€ - but you can currently get them for 3.90€ (Slovenia) and in each nail polish is 10 ml of product. 

I am sure you might have thought of Avon Mineral Crush range, which is pretty similar to this one. The difference is that Mineral Crush nail polishes have different sizes of glitter, which are bigger and the texture is more like sand, a lot grittier. 

Molten Metal range has 5 shades. They are mostly neutral with one pop of blue.

Gold is a light gold shade with gold and silver shimmer.

Copper is coppery orange with copper, gold and silver shimmer.

Titanium is taupe shade with silver shimmer.

Blue Steel is light blue shade with silver shimmer.

Graphite is dark grey shade with gold, copper/bronze and silver shimmer.

I love a good sparkly nail polish. Those will definitely come handy in the upcoming festive season. They are super sparkly and give that extra glamour to any manicure. I really like all the shades, but my favorite have to be Titanium, Copper and Graphite. What are your favorite shades?

Uporabila sem Maybelline Colorama v odtenku 303 kot podlago. Nato sem z gobico ustvarila ombre konice z Avon Magic Effect Molten Metal v odtenku Titanium.