essence cosmetics Paint Nite – Fall/Winter 2015 Preview + Giveaway

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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!

essence Paint Nite!
essence Paint Nite!

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.

I *loved* this splattered zebra so much!
I *loved* this splattered zebra so much!

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!

Just a bunch of Canadian Beauty Bloggers hanging out!
Just a bunch of Canadian Beauty Bloggers hanging out!

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.

Manicure courtesy of the essence event
Manicure courtesy of the essence event

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!

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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!

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97 thoughts on “essence cosmetics Paint Nite – Fall/Winter 2015 Preview + Giveaway

  1. 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! 🙂

  2. 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

    Shireen | Reflection of Sanity

    1. 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!

  3. 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!

  4. 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!

  5. thanks for the contest – i enjoy Essence products, as they are so affordable – these colours sound super cute (i love the names)!

  6. 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!

  7. 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.

    1. 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…

    1. 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!

  8. 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.

  9. Thanks for this amazing giveaway.
    Love the shades of blue on my toes in the summer and darker colours in the winter.

  10. 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 🙂

  11. 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.

  12. I never feel complete unless my nails are done. I like trying new shades but classic red is always good.

  13. 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.

  14. 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!

  15. 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!

    1. 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!

  16. 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?!

  17. 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!

  18. 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!

  19. 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’.

    1. 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. 🙂

    1. 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!

  20. Amazing giveaway ! My teenage daughter steals all of my nail polish lol I love red the best, the brighter the colour the better 🙂

  21. 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!

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