Wilkinson is my new favourite. Honestly, it's so cheap and cheerful that it's hard not to fall in love with the place.
If you're not familiar, Wilko's sells lot's of knick-knacks from homeware to stationary to cleaning products, and they also happen to be the only place I know of that I can easily get hold of Essence beauty products. Essence is a European brand that I've heard great things about and are also very vocal about being 100% against animal testing. So naturally I went to town on the beauty stand.
extra long lasting eyeliner - £1.50 |
Essence sell two different types of lip liner - a dry pencil which gives a matte lip, and a Long Lasting range that is quite the opposite and really creamy. I've tried the colour Plum Cake of the latter formula and decided to test out another shade. Girl Next Door is a really wearable and comfortable pink-nude with a hint of mauve. This is a great colour to finish off any look effortlessly without looking too draining against pale skin. I've been on a bit of a lipliner hype recently and have been wearing this constantly for the past couple of weeks.
longlasting lipliner in 'girl next door' - £1.50 |
The real stars of the show from my purchases are the two eyeshadow palettes I picked up. New to Essence, there were 4 or 5 variations in the All About... range. I picked up the two most appealing palettes for my complexion, which were All About Nudes and All About Bronze. There were also sets consisting of rose, grey & vintage toned shades on offer too.
The formula of these shadows is just a dream. They are very soft, almost bouncy in consistency with really nice pigmentation. The bronze shades above swatch best on the lid and are all very warm and shimmery with a feel similar to Lorac shadows - I would probably go as far to say that they feel somehow higher quality.
ALL ABOUT nudes palette - £4.00 |
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simple eye look with all about nudes palette |