Thursday, March 27, 2014

Essence XXXL Longlasting review regular vs matte effect

Today is a new chapter in the history of my blog. This is the last post that I will do with my cheap camera. The new posts will be done with my new and much improved camera. You will hopefully see a dramatic improvement in the quality of the pictures. My husband who use to study photography is teaching me to tame the new beast.

Anyway to close the deal on my affordable camera, I decided to go with an affordable product, namely Essence XXXL Longlasting lipgloss. Those lipglosses come in two finishes the regular shine lipgloss (03 very berry) and matte effect (in 05 velvet rose).

left mat effect in velvet rose, right shine in very berry

XXXL shine longlasting in 03 very berry
This is a standard slightly sticky lipgloss. I'm super impressed by this one. It's moisturizing, sticky but not as much as mac lipglass and it stays on my lips for about 4 hours. I will definitely pick up other shades in that formula. I don't no why they are calling this shade berry though, it is a candy blue based pink. 

XXXL shine longlasting in 05 velvet rose
According to Essence website this is one of the best sellers of the brand. First, I adore the color. It's a nice satin peachy pink shade, very Angelina Jolie-esque. Unfortunately, I'm not so impressed by the formula and the smell is just nauseating. It also barely stays on my lips one hour. I would describe the texture as mousse like. I don't really get the concept to be honest, it has less staying power than regular and liquid lipstick and it's not glossy like a lip gloss.

I wouldn't describe my experience with the mat effect as a total fail, because I really fell heads over heels in love with the shade. I will probably bring it on my next shopping trip and try to find something similar in a better formula.

14 comments:

  1. I just posted a post with the new beast. I'm looking forward to hear what you thikn!

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  2. ooo is it a new cam? :) congratulations! <3 im quite excited to see your next photos, blog photography is one of my fave things to do when i blog :)

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  3. Yes it is, but for 2,49 it wasn't a big risk.

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  4. Too bad about the formula and the smell... I do like the look of Velvet Rose though.

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  5. Great colors, they look amazing on you!

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  6. I know! If it weren't for the super intense vanilla smell I'd probably finish it, but I just can't I bought a Canon powershot G15!

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  7. It is! I'll come back with a dupe in the near future

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  8. Thank you for your encouragement. I'm looking foward to testing it better.


    The good news is that it's not such a hard shade to find, I'm sure I'll find something better!

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  9. oh, wow. what a pity about the velvet rose matte one because boy.. that color is just amaaaaazing! I'm excited about the new camera, which one did you end up buying?

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  10. to bad about the formula and the texture :( but the color is amazing!

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  11. Hey Judith, I can't wait to see the photos you take with your new camera! It's always exciting AND stressful to own a new camera, but I'm sure you'll manage.


    So sorry to hear Velvet Rose is not a winner! The shade is beautiful on you! You should definitely try to find something similar in a better formula!

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  12. Whats that picture of in the background of the 1st face shot?

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  13. It's a calendar of the hawaian moons!

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