A few weeks ago I was invited to check out essence‘s upcoming Fall and Winter 2015 products. It was a preview of sorts, along with a Paint Nite! This is the second essence event I’ve been to (the first being princess themed) but so far each of them has had a fairly impressive theme. Not only do the decorations, candy, food and drink all fit the theme, but they even go all out with activities. It’s a lot of fun going into an event knowing there’s a plan to do something, not just a product show and tell!
While we stuffed us ourselves with candy, we took a peek at some of the upcoming products essence is featuring through the next two seasons.
There are some shade updates to essence‘s regular line (eyeshadows, lip liners and lipsticks), but there are also a bunch of new products to look out for as well. The ones I’m most looking forward to trying out are their Sun Club Shimmering Bronzing Powders (because I love me some bronzer), the Lash Princess False Lash Effect mascara (because I really liked the original Lash Princess mascara quite a bit) and the Eyebrow Fixing Pencil (it’s a wax stick in pencil format!).
Shawna of Spill The Beauty boasting some pretty awesome painting skills at Paint Nite!
The biggest thing out of the Fall/Winter 2015 preview was the news that essence has completely redone their nail polish line. While the bottles and brushes (yay!) are thankfully the same, the formula has been updated. The entire line now sports a gel finish but is easy to remove with normal nail polish remover. As a complete amateur when it comes to nail polish, the only thing I can really say is that you get a shiny finish without having to cure it under some kind of lamp.
What I experienced with this new gel polish is a gorgeous finish that lasted longer than any nail polish I have experienced in recent memory. The polish job above was done on me by a nail technician at the event using all essence products and the manicure lasted EIGHT WHOLE DAYS. And even then, there was only one chip (because I picked at my nail) and very minor tip wear. I was beyond incredulous – that’s amazing longevity!
Giveaway Time!
One of my Canadian readers is going to be very lucky because I am giving 21 polishes from essence‘s new line up. We were gifted these at the event, but I’m not enough of a regular nail polish wearer to justify keeping these for myself. I want someone to win these who will actually use them! This giveaway is open exclusively to Canadians because shipping nail polish outside of the country is not on my list of favourite things I like to do. (The long story there is that some countries do not accept mail that has nail polish because it has alcohol in it and I’m afraid there’s no worldwide listing as to which countries do, or do not accept it.)
Details
- Open to Canadians only!
- Giveaway starts on August 5, 2015 and runs for two weeks.
- One winner will receive the following 21 shades of nail polish by essence:
- 01 absolute pure
- 06 space queen
- 07 party princess
- 09 # lucky
- 16 fame fatal
- 18 fly firefly fly
- 24 indian summer
- 27 don’t be shy!
- 33 wild white ways
- 40 play with my mint
- 46 black is back
- 47 va-va-voom
- 49 turn the lights on!
- 52 amazed by you
- 146 that’s what i mint!
- I <3 trends
- 02 i nude it
- 03 i’m lost in you
- 10 nude sweet nude
- gel nail polish base coat
- gel polish top coat
- Please be aware that all entries will be double checked to ensure fairness.
- Once the winner has been contacted, they will have 48 hours to provide me with their Canadian mailing address. If the winner fails to respond within that time frame, I will pick another winner. (And so on.)
Good luck!
I WANT. the ZEBRA. And the nailpolish. But mostly the zebra.
We all desperately want the zebra!
So excited to see all the pictures from the Essence event!
The nail polish looks amazing on you, and I can’t wait to enter the giveaway to see if I can try them myself. Thank you for arranging this for your viewers, Chelle! 🙂
Good luck Neepa! And yeah, despite my short, stubby nails, that nail polish job looks amazing!
This is such a brilliant giveaway, thank you so much for the opportunity! And what a lovely event, looks like everyone had a really great time. Essence is fast becoming one of my favourite drugstore brand, I have been really impressed by all the products that I’ve tried from them but I don’t have these nail polish in my collection yet so fingers crossed. xx
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These nail polishes are fairly incredible. The brush is also wider than normal which makes it really easy to cover your entire nail in less swipes.
Good luck!
God, all of these events make me wish I lived in Toronto! I remember hearing some people talking about paint night, but this looks SO FUN!
I’m very, very lucky that I chose to move to Toronto from Ottawa for school and just ended up staying here!
The Essence event looked like a lot of fun! I loved all the paintings I saw, that is SUCH a good idea. You’ll remember something more if you’re actually having fun while learning about it so kudos to them!
That’s absolutely true. Their events always stick out in my memories a lot more than others!
thanks for the contest – i enjoy Essence products, as they are so affordable – these colours sound super cute (i love the names)!
The colours totally sucker me in every time! Good luck Joy. 🙂
My favourite shade of nail polish is pink shades with a metallic finish. I do also have a growing love for blue nail polish shades!
Good luck!!
I love to see that some of these shades are matte. I’m addicted to my matte top coat! I really love greys and blues the best.
Good luck Susan! Yeah a few are listed as “soft matte”… although I’m not really sure what that is if I’m perfectly honest…
I like soft nail polish colours like pinks and oranges
That would make a lovely ombre nail style too!
I LOVE THAT ZEBRA
WHO DOESN’T
I love brights for summer and darks for winter.
Any particular colours Maria?
would love to surprise my wife with this prize. she’s crazy about nail polishes.
Good luck Gene!
I love the Space Queen!
That one is really quite magical!
I love coral and light purple nail colours
I’m such a sucker for coral. Good luck Danielle!
So many polishes so I will have to share if I win 🙂
That’s a great idea Judy! There’s so many in this lot that you’d be hard pressed to finish them in even a few years’ time!
Loving the Zebra!
I tried a few of these out already (after much hounding at my local SDM she went and got some out of a box in the back for me) and the quality is amazing, so shiny and long lasting.
Aren’t they though? I was surprised at how long they lasted on my nails. Usually I’m picking at the corners within a day or so of application but that wasn’t the case with this polish!
I really love a few of these nail polishes. And the base coat. Not a huge fan of the top coat, it seemed to have stuff sick to it weirdly.
Oh really? I know they used the top coat on me at the event, but not the base coat. I didn’t notice any weird sticking though!
I buy nail polish a nearly weekly basis. Winning this context would surely help out my wallet!
Hah! No kidding! I actually keep my collection pretty low compared to some people… about 15-20 nail polishes!
ohhh,what a fabulous giveaway,,I love Essences nailpolish!!
Good luck Karla!
Thanks for this amazing giveaway.
Love the shades of blue on my toes in the summer and darker colours in the winter.
Blue is such a standout colour – I’m sure it looks fantastic on your toes!
These polishes are gorgeous. I would love them.
Good luck Adriana!
Thanks for the chance in winning this lovely collection of nailpolish! I love nail polish and have a huge collection so I would say I like all the colors 🙂
Hah, good pick Judy! Good luck. 🙂
I love their Gel topcoat! Such a steal too. I have to say I’m partial to purple and whitish polishes but I really need to get some yellow, green and orange in my collection.
Good luck Julia! I was amazed at how well that gel topcoat worked!
I never feel complete unless my nails are done. I like trying new shades but classic red is always good.
You know it’s funny, I don’t think I’ve ever actually worn a classic red on my nails before! Good luck Rhonda!
PICK ME PLEEEAAASE, I WANT THEM AAALLL! 😉
Essence is the brand I have the most polishes from, and I LOVE their regular brush shape, it works like a charm.
Totally agree – that brush shape makes it so easy to apply the product!
THE ZEBRA. also holy nail polish. I love the traditional polish brush so excited they have kept that but I love fake gel polishes I think it’s one of my favourite trends and it’s great to see such an awesome formula from a super affordable brand!
THE ZEBRA FOREVER AND EVER.
the only thing better would be if it had a horn…
I should’ve painted one on. 🙁 I’ve failed you Joey. 🙁
and…not sure if I entered my tweet into the form but here it is 🙂
https://twitter.com/writingwhimsy/status/631128719839657984
haha! <3
Looks like such a fun event!! I hope they hold one like that out here some day, I’m going to my first paint night at the end of the month… should be interesting!
I didn’t actually paint anything (which was kind of stupid of me), but it looked like fun! I do feel like Toronto seems to get all of the events – sucks that you guys can’t be there!
This looks like an awesome event! The new formula for Essence sounds great and I’m sure it will help Essence succeed 🙂
Hey Maddy! The gel finish combined with their brushes is a superfire winning success!
This event looked so fun! Love that they really really went true to the theme with all of the bright colours and decorations! 🙂 Great pictures from the event! 😀
So I’m not the only one that loves the brush too?!
The brushes are insanely good. All nail polishes need that fat brush!
I’ve never tried Essence nail polish before. What an amazing giveaway!
Good luck Angel! They’re really quite impressive, especially given the low price point!
I love “fame fatal”
It’s a stunner! Good luck Maria. 🙂
Thanks for hosting! I have a thing for purple polishes.
Good luck!
Such a great collection of colours – thanks sooooo much 🙂
Good luck Brenda!
I love your blog and social media sites with bright, fun colours used often, thanks for sharing your beauty knowledge with us! also, thanks for such a generous giveaway – good luck to all!
Hey Monica! There’s definitely no lack of bright colours on this blog! 🙂
Good luck in the giveaway!
Looks like a fun time! My favourite polishes are always the bright pinks and corals.
Coral slays me every time. Good luck Elena!
Wow! What a collection. I am pretty boring and have a range of different purple shades. This would spice up my nail collection for sure!
You really can’t go wrong with purple. Good luck Brandee!
I tend to like and use softer pink nail polishes but occasionally love a maroon shade! My new teen daughter is ‘borrowing’ my polishes now..have to hide away a few of my favorites! She is very adventurous in her color choices and is using my nails for some of her nail ‘art work’.
Hah atta girl! I remember falling in love with nail polish when I was young too – my aunt would paint my nails and I thought it was the coolest thing ever! Good luck Silvia. 🙂
I love a fiery red but I’m down to try all of them! Thank you for the chance to win. 🙂
I was quite tempted to keep that red for myself but I realized I just wouldn’t wear it enough – it’s quite a stunner isn’t it? Good luck!
Really amazing giveaway! I love all the colours! I love the painting and the artwork looks amazing! Lovely photos and really wonderful opportunity!
The painting was such a fun aspect of the event. Good luck Maria. 🙂
I’ve been really into coral colours lately. For the summer, I tend to go with bright colours.
I’m a sucker for turquoise nail polish. Any variety.
Good luck Alison!
I love a mix of colour! I love to have my nails match all my outfits!
I used to do that ALL the time! I was changing my polish just about daily!
Amazing giveaway ! My teenage daughter steals all of my nail polish lol I love red the best, the brighter the colour the better 🙂
I’m so there with you on bright colours! 😀
Gold!!!
Good luck Amy!
I love purple and lavender shades in my polish. It’s such a lovely range and I’m happy wearing those colours all year long!
You can definitely get a lot of variety through purples! Good luck Amber. 🙂
Thanks for the chance!
Good luck Eldon!
My favourite colour of nail polish is deep pinks.
I love the green/teal nail polishes