These lipsticks have existed for a while, at least a formula with this name, but a different packaging and mostly different shades. This current version exists in 24 shades, which Oriflame arranged based on their suitability for cool, warm and neutral skin tone in their catalogue. I was offered a set of these based on my undertone and since I'm neutral I got these five out of seven they grouped together (if you don't know your undertone, I have a guide type of post here). Lipstick is described as a 5-in-1 with intense pigmentation, a creamy finish, moisturising, nourishing and long-lasting formula.

Formula: All have an intense pigmentation, but in all the rest categories they differ so much that I could describe them as different formulas. All are thick, overall much thicker than the average lipstick formula, however, like I said they are not all the same. When I used them for the first time, I struggled to drag them on the lips, but once the top layer was gone, they got smoother. Still Sunset Show remains very thick, while Coral Ideal, Cranberry Blush and Pink Flair are still thicker than average, but they glide on the lips much easier. Trendy Cocoa is a whole different story and it's by far the creamiest and easy to apply. Finishes of four shades are semi-matte, while Trendy Cocoa has the classic shiny creamy one. I feel saver with the other four because they smudge much less and stay in place. 

Shades: My five shades they picked for a neutral undertone are not entirely what I'd pick based on how well I know what suits me, but to be fair considering my skin tone is neutral, most shades in general don't clash with me often, so what I think suits me is more based on my preferences. 

Pink Flair

Pink Flair is a mix between a pale pink and a beige nude, and it’s an excellent combination of the two tones, ensuring the shade looks neither too warm nor too cool. I reminds me a lot of Jordana's Matte lipstick in 47 Nude. It's my favourite shade in the bunch and one of my favourite ever nude lipsticks, it's definitely "the" shade for a pale neutral skin tone.

Cranberry Blush

Cranberry Blush is a medium muted berry shade that unlike most similar shades doesn't lean to cool tones and it's another is another fantastic shade for a neutral undertone. I have nothing similar in my collection that I could compare it to.

 Coral Ideal

Coral Ideal is a medium orange coral, but a less punchy orange I've seen in most ranges. It's a typical shade for a warm undertone and I'm not a fan of orange shades on me. 

Sunset Show

Sunset Show is a vibrant warm red. Personally I prefer more classic, mostly cool toned reds, but this one is excellent for warm skin tones.

Trendy Cocoa

Trendy Cocoa is a deep neutral-warm brown. I think it would it would fit deep neutral skin tones well, but the shade is not for me.

Staying power: Again differs so much for this range, Pink Flair is weakest and gone in a few hours, Cranberry, Coral and Cocoa last averagely well, maybe 5-6 hours, but the stand out shade is Sunset Show. The latter has an insane staying power for a classic lipstick. It survives eating intact and I got 9h with it before I took it off, at that point it was evenly faded and still vibrant.

Scent: These have a vanilla sweet scent.

Packaging: These come in a plastic tube and a metal insert. Though they work perfectly fine, they feel a bit cheap.

Price and availability: Regular price is 11.90 €, but as is usual from Oriflame these should be on offer often.

Though these are nice lipsticks, what struck me first is just how different they all are. The main thing about these in inconsistency when it comes to thickness of the formula, the finish and staying power, however, they all share intense pigmentation. The stand out shade in terms of quality is Sunset show which has an amazing staying power. The rest are fairly average, but on the good side of average, with a notable exception of Pink Flair whose staying power I find disappointing, yet it's still the shade I wear the most. All are thicker than average creamy lipsticks and don't have that classic slightly shiny finish and a moisturising feeling on the lips, but that actually suits me a lot more and it was the thing that made me like these. They stick much better in place than regular creamy formulas and they smudge less too. The overall selection of shades for a neutral skin tone could be better in my opinion, but you don't have to stick to these shades of course. Shade Pink Flair and Cranberry Blush are the stands out that I think they just nailed for neutral skin tone.

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I'm kind of over the Colourpop craze and these were the last products that I wanted to try. I love their Matte X lippie stix formula, while the rest I've tried excluding these eyeshadows and highlighter is more average in terms of quality, but I like their products nonetheless, especially due to affordable prices. In all honestly shipping and customs fees make me not want to explore this brand as much as I might want to or at least as much as wanted to in the past. If they were smart enough they'd set up a warehouse in Europe long ago or at least allow their products being sold in one of the Europe based online shops, but since they are still only based in the US, I've only done a couple of orders so far. 

Super Shock Shadows 

Formula: These eyeshadows are seriously hyped-up in the beauty community, unfortunately they did not turn out as pigmented as I hoped, but one thing that I noticed about these is that it took about a week to get to the really pigmented layer. I don't know why such creamy formula would be so inconsistent, but these did not impress me with the first few uses. Pigmentation differs from shade to shade, but formulas are all very soft and creamy, similar to play-doh, so they get a dent when you swatch them with fingers and it's almost impossible to pick them up with a brush. The matte shade is less creamy than the ultra glitters, regardless I'm still having trouble picking it up with a brush. I apply these with fingers and blend the edges with a fluffy brush.

 So Quiche (Ultra-glitter)

This is one of my most unique shades. It's a taupe mixed with green-gold and as a complete juxtaposition it has violet shimmer which I'm still deciding if it really works here (gold would be better). The shimmer is difficult to pick up with a camera, but it's very obvious on the eyes and it's quite large shimmer particles. Pigmentation is medium and it needs to be build up, which is the main source of my disappointment, but I can get a fully opaque look with a few heavy layers. It's the shade I wear often because I love such colours, however, I'd prefer if it didn't have glitter.

Nillionare (Ultra-glitter)

This was disappointing from the start because it swatched sheer on my eyes with large shimmer particles, but on day 7 after stating using this, it became the most pigmented out of the three. It's a classic bronze shade with large shimmer particles (larger than in So Quiche), so this is more of a shade for special occasions than an every day colour. 

Hanky Panky (Matte)

Hanky Panky is a matte warm light-medium brown. I expected this to look a cool brown that I could use in the crease, unfortunately it's too peachy brown for my colouring. The formula is very smooth, but with the weakest pigmentation out of the three. I don't use this one at all because it's too warm. I tried to find a cool taupe shade in Colourpops range, however, a majority of their neutral colours are warm which is not to my taste. 

Staying power of these is great even without a base. Formula is overall very similar to Essence's Melted Chrome, yet these outlast them by a mile. When I swatched these on the hand, I could not wipe off all the colour which is impressive. On the eyes they stay vibrant for hours and don't fade quickly. On my non-oily eyelids they don't crease so 8h later they would still look very decent if the weren't for the ton of glitter than collects under my eyes. 

The packaging is bulky for the amount stored inside and I'm not loving the screw off lids. Due to a very creamy formula you hit the pan very fast. I was using Nillionare for about two weeks when I hit bottom which hasn't happened to me with any eyeshadow so far, but I use so Quiche a lot more and I haven't hit the pan, so I don't know what that's about. 

These cost $5 on Colourpop's website.

COLOURPOP Super Shock Cheek

Flexiterian

Formula and shade: I did not get along with this at all from the start because of its unique texture that is like at eyeshadows something between a cream and a powder. I can't pick this up with brush, so I have to apply it with fingers and because my skin is currently dry, I could not get this too apply smoothly and it just looked a mess and half of it ended up all over the cheeks through the day. But as soon as I switched my foundation for a more moisturising one, I got a successful application and what a pretty highlight this is. It's one of the most reflective highlighters with the finest shimmer I've seen and a lovely champagne warm glow. I've been wearing every day for months and it's only because I'm currently testing something new that I made a switch, but I'm going back to it soon.

Staying power depends mostly on the base. At times it lasts nicely all day and then some other times I'm left with shimmer down my cheeks. Powder tends to stick on the skin better than more creamy formulas, but this looks a lot more natural than a powder so I forgive it on those odd days.

But one thing this makes me angry - the stupid packaging. The product fell out twice, the second time it came apart in so many pieces that I had to press it all back in and now it looks terrible. But it didn't ruin the product and it could be fixed much faster than if it were a powder. The screw off lid bothers me even more here because I use it every day. 

Colourpop can be bought on their official website. Shipping is about 10 € to Slovenia and once in a blue moon they have special offers with free shipping, but unless you're adamant you want to pay a 22.5% tax plus the useless 5 € extra charge, I suggest you keep your purchases under 22 € (information for Slovenia of course) and if you're getting anything at all, get the Flexiterian, you won't regret it. Oh, and Cami Lippie Stix too.

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For years I haven't been a lip gloss girl, but since I got Max Factor's Honey Lacquer, that's changed and now I got to try their classic Colour Elixir formula, which impressed me again. Max Factor has always done impressive lip gloss formulas, as many years ago I loved their Silk Gloss formula and this one is very similar.

Texture: Max Factor has some of the best lip gloss formulas in my opinion. It's never too thick or too thin and they have a similar cushiony, super comfortable formula that's similar to Catrice Dewy-full and Clarins Lip Perfector, so it's like a lip gloss and lip balm hybrid. Honey Lacquers are a bit more thick than this and have more pigmentation, while this one has a more sheer finish.

Colour: 25 Enchanting Coral is a cute pinky-peachy shade that just brightens up the face, especially when worn in combination with a pink or peachy blush.

Staying power: It's a regular gloss, meaning it doesn't last long and it doesn't survive eating or drinking. Honey Lacquer is bit better choice if you want a longer staying power, but it's again just a gloss. 

Scent: They still have that lovely vanilla scent they had in their Silk glosses.

Packaging: A regular slim, square tube with a doe foot applicator that's nothing special and works fine.

Price and availability: It's available in drugstores and I think the price is about 10 €. I bought my Honey Lacquer online for half the price and I think you can get this one much cheaper too.

This became one of my most worn lip products since I got it. Because of the comfortable formula I wear it instead of a lip balm and this shade is great too. The only bad side is poor staying power, but it's standard for a lip gloss. 

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Rimmel created sort of a hybrid between a liquid eyeliner and an eyeshadow, which is available in 16 shades, it promises to last up to 10 hours and is transfer-proof. I've only seen four shades here and actually not this one that I have.

Formula is not completely opaque, but in the case of this shade it's because the main feature is the shimmer and not the base grey colour. It applies smoothly and I have no problems with this skipping parts or no being able to draw a wing, but I need to go over the line twice or more times for more intensity. In terms of it being an eyeshadow, it sheers out a lot and what's left is a gentle haze of the base colour, plus you're left with a lot shimmer which takes primary focus. It's not easy to apply it nicely as an eyeshadow because it's a fast drying formula that's difficult to blend, so I'd stick to using this as an eyeliner only. It promises to be transfer proof, but some shimmer does end up in my crease, though it doesn't smudge or move on the lids. 

The shade isn't written anywhere on the bottle, but I think it's 001 Slay. It's a medium grey with a ton of white and blue shimmer.

Staying power is pretty good. It lasted the promised 10 hours on my lids and over, but I don't have oily eyelids and most stuff lasts on me with no primer or any kind of base. However, like I said I got some transfer in the crease.

Price and availability: these cost over 8 € which is just way too much in my opinion, but to each their own. Rimmel is sold in DM here.

Too expensive and not pigmented enough - that's what I think about this formula. Catrice used to have fully opaque coloured liners for less than a half of the price (I haven't tried any of the current formulas). Granted it wasn't a 2-in-1 product, but using this liner as an eyeshadow isn't ideal either. I give it a 3/5.

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When I asked on Instagram what is your favourite Oriflame product, a lot said The One mascara. I remember it being popular pretty much since its launch, but I never tried the original. This is one of the many versions and the main feature is a uniquely shaped brush.

The brush has kind of an pear shaped design with a thin side at the end and a fatter one at the bottom. When I saw it I predicted it could be problematic for defining the lashes, but my fears dissipated as soon as I used it. It's got no problem defining the lashes, it doesn't clump them together and doesn't make a mess at application, in fact, it doesn't make any significant improvement nor is it worse than most brushes, so the shape is rather unnecessary albeit unique.

The formula is light, so effect with one coat is natural and it takes time to build this one up to proper volume. It leaves my lashes soft and isn't too wet, meaning it doesn't make a mess which I appreciate, however, it's pretty much a standard regular mascara, so it doesn't hold my lashes up at all. It lasts ok on my lashes, like most mascaras and it doesn't smudge.

Price and availability: It's 8.49 € in the latest Oriflame catalogue. Full price is 12.90 €

I doubt I'll even remember this one after it runs out. It's a mascara that doesn't stand out in any respect as far as effect on my lashes is concerned. The the effect is quite natural and I can't get an amazing amount of volume or length with this one, plus it doesn't hold my lashes up, so any effect is hardly visible. I appreciate it's very light, not clumpy and it doesn't smudge, but still this is a forgettable formula for me.

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Essence did a complete revamp of their main nail polish line with the most prominent difference being the bottle, but they also changed up the shade range (some shades still remain like Do you Speak Love?) and though the formula feels the same, I find that it is improved, something I noticed only when I wore the two formulas back-to-back. The newest bottles look like a downgrade to me from the previous hourglass design and I feel Essence made a change purely to make a change because that's what they do. The line features an extensive range of shades and I got on of their lightest ones called 04 Millennial Pink. 

Shade: Millennial pink is a pale pastel warm pink. In depth of shade it's close to the old 98 Pure Beauty, except it's pink and more vibrant. The previous 13 Forgive me is similar in tone, but a darker warm pink.

Formula: Two to three coats are needed for an opaque and even finish. It's not too annoyingly streaky during application despite being a pastel shade. Compared to the previous formula I see no differences in this aspect.

Staying power: I'm the worst when it comes to saying anything about staying power because everything lasts very long on me, which I mentioned many times, but wore this formula first, then the old formula after it and I definitely noticed a difference as I got two extra days before I felt it looks too bad to still wear it. This might mean an extra day for those who often experience nail polishes don't last on them, but I can't say for sure. Lana mentioned in her review she gets a decent wear time with these, so I might be on to something. In total it lasted 12 days on me, but that's an irrelevant information for most of you.

Packaging: The new bottles have a much bigger cap which isn't as nice to hold as the old ones that fit into the hand better, but it's not overly problematic. The brush is the same width as in the previous versions. It's is nicely rounded, but I've come to appreciate the old-school thin brushes more for my narrow nails.

Price and availability: These are sold in drugstores for 1.79 €.

I hate the bottle, but due to better staying power I find these are an improvement compared to the previous formula. I can't find any shade in current shade range that I would consider getting, but I'm sure they'll change things up often. 

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