Essence did a beautiful job on the Lights of Orient collection, everyone went crazy for it. This beautiful limited edition finally showed up in my country as well, I found an intact display 2 weeks ago. I will show the eyeshadow palette and the blush in today's review, including lots of photos.
Essence Lights of Orient collection
My store must have put it out early because it wasn't supposed to be at stores 'til the middle of May. Again, I bought mine at the beginning of the month. This LE is only available at Müller, which is quite a bummer. It would have been nice to see it at Rossmann as well, so more people have access to it.
Essence Lights of Orient display (with prices / árak)
There are no testers for most of the products on the display, so I have the sad feeling that by the time I get to a Müller again, the display will be destroyed. I could only afford 4 products on the first go, but I still have my eyes on the rest of the collection.
People like to swatch non-tester products a lot, ruining embossed products in the process. Not only do we have a limited amount, but also the ones that stay on the display will be ruined by finger swatches. It's quite sad, yet happens many times. I remember there was a snowflake highlighter in an Essence LE a while back, and all 5 of the products on the display were ruined by finger swatches. ALL of them. Not just one, but ALL of them. I would usually just still buy it and disinfect it, but if it's a product with an overspray or embossment that got completely ruined, there isn't much to do.
Essence Lights of Orient blush and bronzers
There are three absolutely beautiful face powders in the collection: one blush and two bronzers. These gems are the best part of the collection in my opinion, the embossment on the surface of the powder is unique and gorgeous. This is why I'm concerned about people swatching the non-testers, they will completely ruin the powder.
I will review already reviewed the bronzers in a separate blogpost, read it here!
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette - We ♥ Arabian Nights
Another wonderful piece of the Lights of Orient collection is the eyeshadow palette. Look at that gold and black case! There is a tester for it on the display, thank goodness.
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette - ingredients and weight
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette - We ♥ Arabian Nights
It is an amazing palette, especially for Autumn and Winter. It includes lots of rosy tones, golds, browns and a cranberry colour as well. I went to the store with my mom, and she also said that the entire collection is basically a Fall / Winter collection, and I have to agree.
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette swatches - We Love Arabian Nights
The eyeshadows have a different formula from the current smooth and silicone-packed Essence shadow formula. This palette has "oldschool" Essence eyeshadow formula if you will, kinda like the Lovely Cosmetics nude palettes. The eyeshadows are very pigmented and easy to work with. There is one matte shade only, the rest are shimmery.
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette - We ♥ Arabian Nights
I could pass the palette as a summer one if I didn't use the cranberry rosy shades, and that's what I'm gonna do probably. If you want a separate makeup look using the products, let me know.
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette swatches - We ♥ Arabian Nights
Essence Lights of Orient eyeshadow palette swatches - We Love Arabian Nights
The Essence Lights of Orient blush has a beautiful pattern on it as well. The blush itself consists of two shades: a rosy pink in the middle and a darker mauve shade around it. It has tiny shimmers to it, but it's not super noticeable on the face.
Essence Lights of Orient blush - Princess Jasmine's Choice ingredients
The typo kinda bugs me in the shade name, it should have been Jasmine's. What can you do. You get 7g of product, which is more than the average blush amount. You can also check the ingredients on the photo above.
Essence Lights of Orient blush - Princess Jasmine's Choice
The blush blends out nicely and stays put all day if applied correctly. Make sure you use a light hand because the darker shade is very pigmented.
Essence Lights of Orient blush - Princess Jasmine's Choice
Essence Lights of Orient blush - Princess Jasmine's Choice
Essence Lights of Orient blush - Princess Jasmine's Choice swatches
I have to say that I haven't been this excited about an Essence collection in years, they did an absolutely amazing job with this one. I wish they made the products permanent. Everyone went hog wild for this collection, why not make it permanent, Essence? Pretty please.
I will be back with a review about the bronzers. I wanted to include them in this post, but I have way too many photos to smush them in one single review post.
Have you picked up anything from the Lights of Orient collection? Do you have your eyes on something in the LE?
~ Evinde
I purchased this beautiful goodness myself.
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