REVIEW: Essence Vintage District Collection

Hey Lovelies! Hope you guys are doing oh so well and feeling great! Today I'm gonna be talking about the Essence Vintage District Collection. *Cheers* Essence has always been one of my favourite drugstore brands as it delivers quality and sass without me having to necesssarily break the bank. This collection definitely caught my eye as anything with the word VINTAGE, oh, I'm there baby.

 LOOK. JUST LOOK. Oh my goodness! Just the colour scheme and cute vintage fonts have enough to get me in a happy dance [don't you just love happy dances?] I got almost everything in the collection except the nail effects kits and the top coats [seeing as how I like more straight-up one colour manicures and a butt load worth of top coats already]. Might I say, I am impressed. Now, seeing as how extensive this collection is, moving on!

From L to R: I'm So Retro, Shopping @ Portobello Road, Get Arty

Clockwise: I'm So Retro, Shopping @ Portobello Road, Get Arty

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Shopping @ Portobello Road, I'm So Retro, Get Arty

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Shopping @ Portobello Road, I'm So Retro, Get Arty

 First off, the eyeshadows, how cute can they get?! The little 'paint splotches' are just so cute, adding to the whole artist feel. They are overspray so of course my heart ached so much when I had to swatch them but all for in the name of love [of reviews and beauty blogging]!! The shadows are nice, smooth and pigmented. I was surprised at what the teal shade became after swirling the shades together as it looks like a bright-medium teal in the pan but swatch up to more of a muted metallic grey teal on my hand. Seems to be a semi-matte [due to the shimmery silver overspray that gives it a more shimmery sheen]. The peach-orange is my favourite, so nice for a light pop of colour on the lids or in the crease. Looks to be of a matte finish. As for Get Arty, it proves to be a more silvery grey and does have a nice shimmer to it without being full-on metallic. Overall, the eyeshadows, with their cute packaging and names, are nice pieces to the collection.

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Shopping @ Portobello Road., Get Arty

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Shopping @ Portobello Road., Get Arty

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Shopping @ Portobello Road., Get Arty

Ooh la la. Gel eyeliners. Essence is pretty notorious for having amazing gel eyeliners so how would these two additions fare? Firstly, the packaging is lovely, matching the overall theme. What's more, they come in a set with brushes. For the price, you honestly cannot beat that. Shopping @ Portbello Road is such a nice teal eyeliner that goes on so smoothly and doesn't smudge on me. Great pigmentation and a great matte finish. AMAZING. As for Get Arty, it is a cement grey colour with a matte finish and like its teal counterpart, it's smooth, pigmented and lovely. The brushes are pretty nice for the price but nothing out of the extraordinary. Overall, these gel eyeliners are not short of impressive. Great for a pop of colour without busting out the eyeshadows and an more toned down alternative to a straight-up black [the grey, that is].

OMG. Say what?!

Pretty gold overspray [not to worry for those who are worried about the strong sheen that the gold might give!]

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Gold Overspray, Blush with no overpsray, Blush with overspray

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Gold Overspray, Blush with no overpsray, Blush with overspray

So far so good, what shall come next? How about some colour for the face? THE BLUSH. OMG. HEART STOPPING BEAUTY. Such beautiful embossing for such a great price? Shut up and take my money already!! Any blush collector collecting them for their embossing has got to get this! The brilliant floral embossing just adds such class to this blush. Also the gold overspray on it makes it even more to die for. This blush has nice pigmentation especially with the overspray. Something like an in-between of a cream-soda orange and a peach. With the overspray gone, it has a matte finish. Also, the smoothness of the blush is just one-up.

Still going strong lovelies? Let's keep going! Phew! Alright, let's talk lipstick. Essence is really going all out with this one, with two lipstick and lipgloss duos. The shades are so nice. Adding a pop of colour without having to go on the 'BIG BOLD BHAM' route. Perfect for days that you need to look polished but still want a little colour. The lipsticks are nice and come in two shades. Vintage Peach [a peach-orange with a slight gold sheen] and Antique Pink [a warm watermelon pink rose shade]. Smooth and pigmented without skipping or patchiness. The lipsticks have a nice sheen to them without being overly glossy looking. As for the lip glosses, they are really nicely pigmented and can easily be worn alone without having to pull out the lipsticks. They are not overly sticky and both also seem to have a very very slight micro-glitter gold sheen. Like other Essence lipsticks and glosses, they seem to have a slight candy scent to them. Overall, very worth the price for their quality and colour.

From L to R : Antique Pink, Vintage Peach

From L to R [Natural Daylight] Vintage Peach Lipstick, Lip Gloss

From L to R [Natural Daylight] Antique Pink Lipstick, Lip Gloss

Alright last stretch! Let's go! Finally, what's a makeup collection without nails? The nail polishes from this collection are AMAZING. Get Arty [a concrete grey with multi-coloured sheen], Shopping @ Portobello Road [cream muted medium teal], Antique Pink [Dusky cream watermelon pink rose] and Vintage peach [Cream peach orange]. These are great to add to any nail polish lover's collection. Creamy, smooth, and opaque on two coats. Right up my alley. These are such nice colours and really served to complete this fabulous collection. They don't cause bubbling and I hadn't had any trouble with earlier than expected chipping. Overall, one of the stand out products of this collection.

From L to R [Natural Daylight]: Get Arty, Shopping @ Portobello Road, Antique Pink, Vintage Peach

From L to R [Natural Daylight] [TWO coats]: Vintage Peach, Antique Pink, Shopping @ Portobello Road, Get Arty

 

Overall, this collection is mind blowing. Such amazing quality for drugstore prices. Essence really never fails to impress. I am definitely a bona-fide Essence fan and just cannot wait for upcoming collections. Great Job Essence! [For lovelies in Singapore, Essence can be found at selected Watsons outlets]. I highly recommend you lovelies to check out this beautiful collection!! Anyone else also loving this collection? <3 p="">

Stay happy and healthy!