Essence: Vampire's Love Palette Eye Look II

The Essence Vampire's Love Eyeshadow Palette was a really good buy. For less than €4, you get a good selection of shades that are perfect for creating smokey eyes and, pigmentation-wise, the shadows certainly don't disappoint.

So, here's another smokey eye look, this time using a different combination of shades from the palette. I used the following products:

L-R:
Etos Eyeshadow Underbase (eyeshadow primer)
Essence Vampire's Love - Love At First Bite Eyeshadow Palette
Bourjois Liner Clubbing - Bronze Dance Floor
GOSH Velvet Touch Eye Liner - Metallic Brass
GOSH Velvet Touch Eye Liner - Black Ink
Make Up For Ever Aqua Smoky Lash Mascara - Waterproof Extra Black

The eyeshadow shades used are indicated with dots on the palette: silver on entire lid, slate blue just above lash line, khaki green-brass in outer corner and crease, pale pink in inner corner and above khaki green-brass.

Eyelining for top lid: Bronze Dance Floor along lash line and Black Ink for tightlining.
Eyelining for lower lid: smudged-out Metallic Brass along almost the whole lash line and khaki green/brass eyeshadow over it.

Here, I'm wearing the The Dawn Is Broken nail polish which also belongs to the Vampire's Love collection. Close-ups of this polish will be coming up in the next post.

For swatches and more details on this eyeshadow palette (including the first smokey eye look), please see my review of the Vampire's Love Eyeshadow Palette.

Essence: Vampire's Love Eyeshadow Palette Review

Gosh, this collection was pretty hard to track down! By the time I had time to go shopping, many of Vampire's Love items were already sold out in several Kruidvat stores here.

For the benefit of those who do not know, Vampire's Love is the latest trend edition released by Essence (sister brand of Catrice). The brand is totally cashing in on the vampire mania......ummm, what is the name of that movie and that other TV series again?

I managed to get two bottles of polishes in the third Kruidvat store I went into, and in the fifth store, the Vampire's Love eyeshadow palette and two more bottles of polishes. I promise, I'm not a maniac. These stores just happened to be on my way.

I figured, since I like the Catrice Big City Life - The Berlin Collection Palette so much, I might as well give this Vampire's Love eyeshadow palette a go too. I mean, they are sister brands and the palettes probably come from the same manufacturer in Poland - both palettes have 'Made in Poland' stated on the back.

This eyeshadow palette is actually called Love At First Bite. It comes in a simple black square casing with a practical mirror inside. The eyeshadow pans are tiny though, each measuring about 1.75cm x 1.75cm. It won't be easy if you want to pick up the eyeshadow with the finger.

The applicator that came with the palette.....ahh, what can I say? I can't even call it decent, like I did for the one that came in the Catrice The Berlin Collection palette. This Essence applicator is of crap quality. The brush is like a paint brush for your wall and the sponge-tip applicator died on me after all of three minutes - the sponge completely dislodged itself from the holder.

I'll overlook all that because the eyeshadows are pretty good! I like the colour choices in this palette and they've got great pigmentation. They're not crumbly and there wasn't much fallout. Five have a shimmery sheen and the darkest one has glitter.

These swatches are with an eyeshadow primer.

Top row, L-R:
khaki green-brass
slate blue
pale aubergine

Bottom row, L-R:
black-grey with silver/teal glitters
silver
pale pink

I did a simple eye look with principally the black-grey and the pale aubergine eyeshadows.

I used:

Etos Eyeshadow Underbase (eyeshadow primer)
Essence Vampire's Love - Love At First Bite Eyeshadow Palette
Essence Liquid Eyeliner - Black
GOSH Velvet Touch Eye Liner - Black Ink
Make Up For Ever Aqua Smoky Lash Mascara - Waterproof Extra Black

The eyeshadows used are indicated with dots. It's a straightforward look with the black-grey in the lid fold and the pale aubergine above the black-grey. The eyeshadows denoted by smaller dots were used for accents or blending purposes: silver in the inner corners and pale pink above the crease.

Ignore the inferior applicator. This eyeshadow palette is pretty good stuff for only €3.79. The nail polish shades in the Vampire's Love collection mirror the eyeshadow colours to a certain extent and they will be featured here soon.


More information:
Essence website