Under £10 Makeup Challenge with Essence

Saturday, December 20, 2014
If you have been following my blog for a while you will know that I was kindly invited to the launch of Essence in the UK back in June (here) and received an incredible goody bag. Since then I have genuinely loved pretty much every single Essence product I have tried - a few have made it into monthly favourites! I was challenged to create a look using Essence products but it had to cost less than £10. I came up with one day look and one party/evening look where all of the products for each look cost less than £10. 

For my day time look I started with the *Essence Stay All Day Concealer (£2.50, 10 Natural Beige) which I received at the launch event. It is an amazing concealer and it will definitely feature in my 2014 beauty favourites. I applied it under my eyes and on redness. Then for the cheeks and lips I used the same product - the *Essence Lipstick (£2, 44 Almost Famous) which is a pretty cherry red. Using your lipstick as a blusher is great time/cost saving tip if you can only take minimal makeup, on holiday or travelling for example. 
For my highlight I used the *Essence Soo Glow Cream to Powder Highlighter (£2.80, 20 Brighten Up Your Life) which does look too pink toned for my skin in the packaging but when applied it is a gorgeous highlight. As well as using it on the cheek bones I also applied it down the nose slightly, on the cupids bow, brow bone and inner corners. 

Onto the eyes, I used is the *Essence Get Big Lashes Mascara (£2.30) which is a gorgeous lengthening, natural mascara that is very black and adds natural volume to my long but straight lashes. The best part is the whole look costs £9.60 which is amazing in my opinion!
Now onto the evening/party look which is a bit more colourful and bolder than the day time look. I did cheat slightly as I used the same mascara and concealer from the day time look for my evening look...

Firstly, the eyes. I used the *Essence Liquid Ink High Shine Liner (£2.80) which is a gorgeous black, glossy liner although I do prefer the liquid ink waterproof also from Essence. As my eyes are quite deep set, it can be difficult to get a flick without it being hidden or crooked but it just takes practise - I also have a post about it, here.

The lips and nails are the focus of this look, for the lips I used the *Essence Lipstick (£2.30, 09 Wear Berries!) which is the most gorgeous shade. The colour is a mix between fuchsia pink and a bright lavender; it isn't something I would have picked myself but I LOVE it. For the nails, I wanted to match them to the lips and I used the *Essence Colour & Go Polish (£1.60, 152 Give Me Nude Baby!) all over the nails then while it was still wet I sprinkled the *Essence Multi-Dimensional Glitter Nail Effects (£2) as an effect/statement nail. 

Excluding the concealer and mascara as you could use whatever you already own, this statement party look only costs £8.70! I do love Essence products, I don't know how they can be such good quality at a cheap as chips price! You can buy Essence products from the Wilkinsons website or from the stand alone counter in the Manchester arndale or at Westfield Hammersmith. 

What do you think of the looks I have created? What Essence products do you love? 

10 comments

  1. Love the berry lip color! It looks so pretty on you :)

    Melane | Pure Perspective

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  2. I've never heard of this brand before, but I love your lip colour!

    The Velvet Black // UK Style & Beauty Blog

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  3. Lovely makeup look! I really want to try Essence, that lipstick and glitter polish look amazing :)
    Maeve // Thrift O'Clock

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  4. Very nice colour. Would love it if you could check out my newest fashion post!
    Kisses xo | From Aliona With Love 

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  5. your make up look is lovely and so is your blog
    www.misslaurenmorgan.blogspot.co.uk

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  6. I LOVE Essence so much.. so affordable but so good xx
    Gemma | Miss Makeup Magpie

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  7. What a bargain these two looks added up to be. The berry lipstick looks gorgeous on you x

    Beauty with charm

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  8. I did this challenge and it was great! I love how you did the look! The liquid ink liner is brilliant!
    Mary-Ann xx
    Angel Flicks

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  9. Love the night time look and your winged liner is perfection. :) I need to try some Essence products. They seem great for the price. x

    Renata | Speaking Beauty UK

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