Texture: It looks like a standard tinted moisturiser, however, I don't know whether the problem was the shade or the texture itself, but this needs to be blended quickly. I gave it a try with a cushion foundation sponge that I use for most foundations because it taps the product on the skin seamlessly and it ended up horrifically patchy. So I removed it and used my big oval brush that blends much quicker. It was better, but there were still areas where the product looked unblended. It got stuck in some places, especially on the edges of the face (hair). I didn't expect that from a tinted moisturiser, but like I said, it could have just been the problem with a much darker shade, as applying a colour that matches you is always a lot more forgiving. 

There are two shades of this, one mixes blush-highlighter and bronzer, while this one just highlighter and two depths of bronzer. First try was such a disaster on my face and it's the one I took pictures of and I didn't bother taking them again, so sorry. When I tried it with a different base (Matte + Poreless) it went on better. It's more a highlighter than a bronzer. While it has some bronzy-ish colour on my pale skin, it's mostly just a warm/yellow toned highlighter shade with large shimmer. They say you can use colours individually, but not unless you have very small brushes, which which you can't apply evenly on the cheeks and face. The shimmer emphasized every pore it touched on my face when I wore it over Hydro Hero tinted moisturiser and it just looks awful in combination with that product. In combination with Maybelline Fit Me that hides the pores a bit, it looked better considerably better, but still compared to Catrice's Glow Lover highlighter, this can quickly look tragic because it's not as fine and smooth compact powder, plus the shimmer particles are quite large. Staying power is nothing to write home about, which honestly I was happy about that first day I wore it. Like the Catrice highlighter, it's another of Cosnova products loose for a pressed powder, but unlike Catrice it's creamy to the touch. 

When I saw this on the stand, I didn't even pick it up because I was sure it's one of Essence's crazy looking lip balm. All the lipsticks are in the same bright warm pink packaging, which confused me, since it's not that common to have such a colour the tube for a matte classic lipstick. Formula is quite dry and thick. It reminds me of old school matte lipstick formulas,. The last such lipstick I tried was from Beyu, while a great majority of modern matte formulas are lighter and glide on the lips much easier. So I don't see this as a formula suitable for dry lips, as even I need a touch of lip balm under it. It's got great pigmentation and it lasts well on the lips, especially for an Essence lipstick. It's just not as comfortable as their other formulas. 401 Mauve-ment looks different on me than I expected from what I see in the packaging. It's a cool almost lavender toned light-medium pink.

How many pH reacting products can Cosnova make? In their last update they added a mint green balm that changes to a rosy colour based on you pH and I got three shades of Lip Glows from Catrice. Plus there is another such product bellow this one. It's getting boring. This is a crazy looking balm that just looks like a clear lip balm when applied and within the first 10 seconds it turns into a pink shade. It's not excellent at hydrating like Catrice's Watermelon lip glow, it's but ok. This one smells like watermelons too. The holographic shimmer doesn't show up well because it's too sparse. I managed to get one flake on my lips, which was barely visible. I used this as a blush and it's surprisingly nice.

So another pH reacting product. There's another similar lip oil called Ginger Lip Oil that tingles - that's what Essence and Catrice apparently do now, a ton of PH reacting and tingly lip products. Not to sound bored, I actually do love the formula of this. It feels balmy and comfortable when I press my lips together. Its reminds me of an even smoother feeling of Catrice's Dewy-full lip butters. They should made a regular non-tingly or non-pH version. Like the Electric Glow balm this one starts changing very quickly, within 10 seconds. The gloss level is nice at this product, better than at Catrice's I got in this latest update. Once the gloss wears off, (which isn't that quick, but it's still a gloss, so not super long lasting), you're left with an even rosy (or on me magenta-ish) stain. This smells like vanilla.