Battle of the Eyeliners!

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Essence Cosmetics have a lot of eyeliners and I mean a lot. I decided to pick out a few randomly(in black) to test and see if they make the cut. For low prices you do sometimes expect low quality so let's see what i discovered...

First up we have the 24h Stays No Matter What felt tip style liner. I've recently got into the felt tip liner craze after finally being converted, I wouldn't use them on clients unless I was giving it to them to keep but they are great for creating a precise line and easy to do the must have flick at the end too.
This one is really pigmented, does stay on all day and is of course easy to apply. I did find that on top of shop eye shadows it wasn't as pigmented but for €3.49 you can't really complain! This is a definite yes on the list!

Moving onto this liquid liner called exactly that 'Essence Liquid Eyeliner'. The product is very pigmented but I'm not sold on the applicator I have to say it's a little big for my taste but I did manage to use it to create a nice look. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't 100% confident in liner yet so therefore I'm going to give this one a miss, sorry!

Next up is the 100% splash-proof eye pencil. This one surprised me immensely, it glides onto the skin so easily meaning none of that rubbing back and forth for what seems like an eternity. This one has a slight sparkle to it which might not be to everyone's taste but I like it and even then you can't really see it that much once it's on. To me it resembles the Urban Decay 24/7 pencil's but at a fraction of the price so it's a perfect dupe without the costly price tag. So we have a another liner making the cut!

Finally we the 2in1 eyeliner pen. if you saw my essence haul video I was really excited about this one. The thicker angled side for the bulk of things and the thinner side for getting those precise flicks. The thin side is amazing, really pigmented and easy to use but the thicker end's pigment is lacking compared to the thin side and almost looks a little brown. maybe I just got a bad pen but going off of this one I would give it a miss and just go with the  24h Stays No Matter What felt tip style liner I spoke about before.

So there you have it! My thoughts on a few of the Essence eyeliners. They're all so affordable so trying them out don't exactly empty the wallet so off you to the penny's or a pharmacy that stocks essence and get some yourself, of course there are still a lot more that I haven't written about so go on in and have a look see.

Have any of you tried out any of the Essence eyeliners? What are your thoughts on them?

Until next time I hope you're all well and I'll talk to you soon,

Alice May x

Working at the Justin Bieber concert with Essence Cosmetics

Well if you don't follow me on twitter or like my Facebook page you won't be in the know on the latest(amazing) happening's in my life.
Well I was lucky enough to be 'Head Makeup Artist' at the Justin Bieber concert working with Essence Cosmetics. 

Now to clear some things up I wasn't Justin's makeup artist and no, I didn't meet him(so sad!). Essence had a booth at the concert where anyone could get a mini makeover, get their picture taken with a Justin Bieber cut out and whatever product was used in their make over was given to them courtesy of Essence. 

It was fast pace and great fun, I think we did about 1,000 people over the 2 nights which is just crazy! You can see all of the photo's on Essence Ireland's facebook page here. The hype and atmosphere was great as all of Justin's fans got more excited for him on stage, It was wonderful to just be apart of it all. 

All the promo girls, myself and 'The Biebs'

On the second day I arrived earlier then the previous day and did 3 of the 'meet & greet' winners(so jealous!) makeup which was nice as I got to spend more time with each of the girls and give them their 'concert look' for meeting with Justin. Two of the winners didn't actually know they had won so when we did tell them they wouldn't have to settle for the card board cut out it was all worth it, they were so happy and so deserving of it. I am really happy that they were the ones that won it as they were such lovely girls and huge fans of the man himself(I saw two girls wondering around when Justin was on stage the first night, when I asked why they weren't watching they told me they didn't like him-they had just come because they won tickets..)

I got to see about 20 minutes of the concert and from what I saw he was pretty good, the crowd loved him anyway! The stage actual show was put together really well with all of the lights and pre filmed bits. I heard pretty much the whole of the concert the first day which was great fun I was dancing around and singing all of his songs... bitta' fan girling really! 

It was such an amazing experience and I am so unbelievably thankful to Essence and Rave Communications for this amazing opportunity. I have lot's of essence goodies that I can't wait to do a giveaway/competition on but I need to figure a few things out first!

There will probably be a lot about essence on the blog for a while only because I am so excited about the brand at the moment, doing that many 'mini-makeovers' made me pretty familiar with a lot of the products which in turn made me love a lot of them!

Until next time

I hope you're all well and I'll talk to you soon,

Alice x

Cheeky pic of him in action!