Essence Long Lasting Lipsticks

četrtek, september 05, 2013


It took a while, but Essence finally released a regular lipstick range. So far they only had lipsticks that are more of a hybrid between a lip balm and a lipstick. However, they had a few proper lipsticks in their trend editions, like the two shades in Home, Sweet Home TE which were fantastic quality. So I was excited to see a whole range and I must admit the shades are really nice.
Just a heads up, there is a ton of pictures following. Also if you want to see pictures of lipsticks taken outside, I did a preview post here. 


Starting with the formula, it is different than the Home, Sweet Home LE's lipsticks. It is very creamy, feels very lightweight and doesn't tug on the lips during application, however, it is not completely opaque. I wouldn't say it's moisturising due to the lightness of the formula, but it doesn't dry out the lips nor does it cling to dry patches. I'd say it's decent for the price. The lipsticks have a very faint typical chemical lipstick scent. Actually, I can't really smell it unless I really put my nose to the lipstick. Honestly, I hoped they'd have that lovely fruity scent the LE versions had, but it's fine. 


The packaging is much better made than their previous lipsticks and they finally fit in the tube - well done for that Essence! With previous versions I have to be so careful how I put the lid on, otherwise I'd smash the top of the lipstick, especially when they're new. I like the uniform matte black packaging with the coloured middle part. It's a design I wouldn't be embarrassed to show around, unlike their previous ones that look like little girl's toys. The twist up mechanism works fine and the lid stays firmly shut.


Let's focus on individual shades:

01 Coral Calling


 Coral Calling is a light-medium nude coral. I have a feeling it'll be a very popular colour because it's a very wearable shade that goes with everything. For a light shade the pigmentation is great. Staying power is decent, about 3 hours. A lot of the colour wears off in the first hour hours or so, but there is a slight stain left. All shades fade evenly.



 02 All You Need is Red

 All You Need is Red is an orange based red. I find it least pigmented out of the three which is odd, since it's the darkest. You can see from the swatch it's not super pigmented and I compared it to MUA 13, which costs 1£, and it's a lot more pigmented. 13 is completely opaque with 1 swipe, while I had to do at least three swipes to get a nice level of colour going with 02. Staying power is best out of the three. It stayed on my lips for about 4 hours, but again as with Coral Calling a lot of the colour wears off gradually in the first few hours, but this shades stains the lips more than the other two and you're left with slightly reddish lips for several hours (actually the stain is quite hard to get off without a remover).



08 Colour Crush

 Colour Crush is a bright medium bubblegum pink. I didn't expect it to look so cool toned on me and it might look more neutral on someone else. I have no dupes, nor similar shades in my collection, hence why no comparison swatches. I experienced the least amount of staying power with this shade, about an hour or two. Most of the colour wears of quickly, but the lips stay tinted rosy for a few hours.


And a few comparisons:
02 is closest to MUA 13, but a lot less pigmented. As I mentioned above, here is one swipe of MUA 13 and three of All You Need is Red. Almost Famous is a red from their other line of lipsticks and is a lot more transparent. Berry Me Home is more opaque, but closest in pigmentation to 02. Mac Lady Danger is more orange.
Colour-wise 02 is between Floral Glam and Silky Red. Obviously, lip creams are a lot more pigmented.

Dating Coral and 53M are both very close to Coral Calling, the difference is more in textures. L'Oreal's is a transparent shade and Manhattan is a richly pigmented lip cream.

They are nice lipsticks for the price, however, there are more pigmented lipsticks on the market that are even cheaper. Essence delivered a nice shade range with nice nudes, reds, pinks and a coral, however, none of the shades are my favourites. Staying power is average, but much, much better than their previous line of lipsticks. It's a nice line of lipsticks for those who wish to start using lipsticks or want to experiment with colour, but I am a bit disappointed that the formula is not the same as of Berry me Home. Essence long lasting lipsticks cost 2.49€.

Have a great day!

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24 comments

  1. Lepa pika5. september 2013 ob 16:29

    Essensove šminke so med mojimi najljubšimi,pa imam različne znamke. Sploh najnovejše longlasting so mi super! Imam 09 wear berries (vijoličen odtenek). Obstojnost je zelo dobra!

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 16:41

      Meni niso nobene kakšen presežek kvalitete, ampak so ok za ceno. So mi pa od Essence Lip creams zakon :)

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  2. Julija5. september 2013 ob 16:32

    Jaz sem tudi kupila šminko iz te kolekcije, roza Cotton Candy in sem z njo precej zadovoljna :)
    Roza šminkica ti od vseh teh 3 najbolj pristaja :)
    super post.

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 16:43

      Tista je celo bolj hladno roza kot Colour Crush, če me spomin ne vara. Kar lepe odtenke imajo :)
      Hvala:)

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  3. Nesita5. september 2013 ob 16:32

    They're pretty but I was hoping they would have the same formula as the TE ones, so that's a bit of a bummer. On the upside, I'm glad they chose a more 'grown up' and functional packaging so yay for that!
    Thanks so much for the review! And half-face photos are definitely appreciated, you can see how they look overall when on even if you don't see the whole face =)

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 16:46

      I completely agree. They've already proved that they can make excellent lipsticks and they should have used the same formula. The packaging is a nice surprise, since they usually don't put much effort in it.
      I'm glad they were helpful :)

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  4. Unknown5. september 2013 ob 16:37

    Jaz sem jih pa gledala v Dmu in se nisem pripravila do tega, da bi kakšno kupila. Potem pa takole gledam swatche in bi skoraj vse imela. Tolo Coral si bom verjetno kupila zaradi tvojega swatcha, ker tako lepo zgleda na ustnicah & verjetno si bom kupila še en nude odtenek in pa wear berries, ker nimam doma prav nobenega takšnega odtenka.

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 16:49

      Če si tako bleda kot jaz, potem bo Coral izgledala približno tako kot na meni, drugače pa verjetno svetejša :)

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  5. Unknown5. september 2013 ob 16:55

    Roza ti ful paše, si me prepričala, da jo bom kupila.

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  6. Jana5. september 2013 ob 17:05

    Joj vse ti ful pašejo, pol se mi pa kar vseh lušta :D Sem imela namen danes, da kupim kakšno pa sem popolnoma pozabila :P xx

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  7. sia5. september 2013 ob 17:50

    Coral Calling looks great :)

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  8. Taya5. september 2013 ob 18:25

    Odličen post. Glede formule se strinjam, tista it HSH TE je bila dosti boljša, ampak glede na stare šminke so meni te odlične. Ti pa ta Colour Crush super pristoji. :)

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 20:05

      V primerjavi s starimi šminkami so te res milje boljše, ampak lahko bi uporabil isto formulo kot pri HSH. Hvala, nekako sem se prepričala, da mi hladne roza sploh ne pašejo, zdajle pa slišim koliko mi paše :)

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  9. Unknown5. september 2013 ob 19:39

    Pretty)) I'm glad to see the package is now better, but you can still see the shades apart.

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  10. Hollie5. september 2013 ob 19:59

    Very thorough review! I haven't seen these lipsticks in the US yet, but we just got the matte lip colors and I'm so happy about that! Hopefully we will get these too, because they look decent. I always wanted Essence to change their lipsticks. I agree that they definitely have a 'little girl' vibe about them. Great review :)

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    1. Mateja5. september 2013 ob 20:07

      They just launched in Europe this week, so it might take a while to reach US. It's about time Essence launched a decent line of lipsticks :). I look forward to your review of matte lip colours and thanks :)

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  11. Anonimni5. september 2013 ob 20:43

    Zdaj sem še bolj prepričana, da morem kupit 8 in 1. Pa še Manhattnov lip cream :D
    Drugače pa mislim, da tebi res rdeče šminke za dol past pašejo :D

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    1. Mateja6. september 2013 ob 16:32

      Ta Manhattanov lip cream je tako lepa barva za vsak dan :) Hvala :D

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  12. sandryca5. september 2013 ob 22:07

    Odlicen postek! Bo treba kaj sprobat :)

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  13. Sandra7. september 2013 ob 00:15

    Prva me je toook lepa, ampak kaj ko takšne barve na meni ponavadi malo čudno zgledajo... :(

    Sandra - The Puzzle of Sandra's Life

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  14. Adjusting Beauty7. september 2013 ob 00:57

    Odlična ocena:) Coral Calling mi je zelo všeč, ne vem zakaj je nisem podrobneje pogledala v trgovini. Tebi ekstremno paše:)

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  15. Anonimni10. september 2013 ob 16:58

    Thanks for the review! I'd love to try some shades! ;)
    Don't worry about the picture, I loved how you arreanged the shoots! ;)

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  16. Unknown4. januar 2014 ob 17:03

    This looks amazing. I should get it! :)

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