Drugstore Shopping in Germany - Essence

As mentioned in my last posts I went on a crazy Drugstore shopping spree while in Germany. I got some great stuff from P2, Catrice and Essence. All three have awesome products, great quality and are very very affordable.

I love the Essence Nail Polishes and this time didn't dissapoint either. I also got the Essence Limited Edition Eyeshadow Palette.

Let's start with the nail polishes. First items I got are the Nail Art - freestyle & tip painter in the colours (left to right): 12 metallic champagne, 03 silver surver, 11 grape-metallic rocks! and 09 mysterious black. I didn't get a chance to test them yet, but they have a very fine tip and thin brush to allow for detailed nail art work.

I also got some regular color & go nail polishes in the colours (left to right) 85 galactic black, 68 high spirits and 33 just in case and one from the Vampire's Love collection in the colour 01 Gold Old Buffy

Swatched (left to right) galactic black, Just in Case, high spirits & Gold Old Buffy:

Essence also added magnetized nail polishes to their collection and I decided to give them a try. They were only €2.49 after all... can't beat that, right?:-) You have to buy the magnet seperatly, but I didn't buy it, cause I decided to use the one from my 17 nail polish.

The colours I got are (left to right): 04 mystic wish!, 02 hex, hex! and 03 magic wand!

Swatched with and without flash (left to right): magic wand!, mystic wish! and hex, hex!:

The effect is not crazy strong, but I didn't hold the magnet over it for too long and I used only one coat, so I suspect you can get it stronger if you want.

Last, but not least, I came across a very pretty Limited Edition Eyeshadow Palette, which totally reminds me of the Urban Decay palette styles. You get 12 eyeshadows, 2 eyelinersand 2 brushes (one domed eyeshadow brush and one angled eyeliner brush). All that for €9.99. Pretty impressive. The shadows have a good colour payoff and the selection is really nice. Not too over the top. It has a mirror inside, but strangly the colours don't seem to have any names.

Therefore I'll show the swatches by row.

Here are the swatches. First, left row from top to bottom:

Second row, top to bottom:

Third row to to bottom:

All colours are shimmery apart from the second from the left in the third row swatches.

Eyeliners swatched:

I think it's nice that they included brown and grey as eyeliner colours, cause most people probably have a black already it seems like teh palette is designed for more subtle looks anyway (besides the purple colours probably).

All in all, I'm very impressed again by the quality of the nail polishes and eyeshadows, especially regarding the price.