Alverde Colourful Surprise LE Review & Swatches

A little while back Alverde sent me some products of their new limited edition and there are some awesome items in this collection.

Let's take a closer look at the items I got

Lipgloss in the shades: Paradise Red, Exotic Coral, Orange Blossom

Lipstick in Flowery Coral:

Eyeshadow Palettes in Coral Beach and Golden Orchid

Eye Pencils in Violett Cassis, Golden sand and Jungle Fever

Mascaras in Blue River, Black Spider

Blush Stick in Tropicana

Pretty collection, right? Now on to swatches and then I'll tell you what I think

Golden Sand, Jungle Fever, Violett Cassis, Paradise Red, Exotic Coral, Orange Blossom, Flowery Coral

Shadow Quad Golden Orchid:

Shadow Quad Coral Beach:

Blush Stick Tropicana

Now to the review, I'm gonna keep it short. :) There are tops and flops in this collection. 

The absolute winners are the glosses. I loved them, they are creamy and go on opaque. They remind me a lot of MAC's Cremesheen Glass. 

On the other end are the liners which were a complete fail for me. The colour was far from opaque and the lasting power was poor as well. Stay away from them. The pretty "Coral Beach" eyeshadow quad wasn't that amazing as well. :-/

The other items are solid, good products which are definitely worth a look. If you are a gloss girl you need to check out the glosses. They are awesome.

I hope this was helpful. :) I for one love posts with swatches. *g*

Love,

Guinevere

PR-Sample

Alverde Colored Lip Cream Review & Swatches

Alverde sent me this lovely lip cream. I had to show it to you.

I got the shade "30 Deep Coral". 

I looks natural and pretty. It isn't sticky, feels nice on the lips and is a dream to put on. It doesn't have a particular scent.

I can really recommend this if you are looking for a natural looking lip cream. It's an every day colour which suits everyone.

Love,
Guinevere
PR-Sample

DM Haul: Alverde, Balea, CD

Some items went in my basket the last time I visited my favorite DM store, let's share that haul. 

• Balea's new shower gel, which smells like cherries. :) 
• Ever since I did my big research/review project on aluminium chloride free deodorants I'm kind obsessed with them. *g* I only had roll-ons so far, so it was time for some change.
• I already posted about the Alverde contouring/bronzing powdes from their new collection African Soul here and after thinking about it for a while I decided to get the earth powder. 

This is the perfect colour for contouring!

Did you buy any of those products?

Love,
Guinevere

Alverde African Soul Swatches

Alverde released a new collection and from what I tested I can only say one thing: awesome job Alverde! I swatched the eyeshadows and the bronzing products. I'm sorry, but I can't recall the names of the products, but I'm sure this will do.

Some swatches:

Let's focus on the green eyeshadow on the right side which didn't convince me.

The other two are much better:

The powders: the earth powder, one bronzing stick, the two bronzinge powders and the other bronzing stick. 

I'm no fan of the bronzing sticks, they were kinda uneven, but all the other powders are amazing. I could have bought them all, but I have already so many bronzing powders at home.

You should definitely take a closer look at this collection.

Love,
Guinevere

New Alverde Products

Each spring most of our drugstore brands release new products. Alverde is one of those brands and they release several awesome items:

• 2 in 1 Lip and Cheek balm: 10 Candy Rose, 20 Pretty Pink und 30 Light Apricot
• Natural Sheer Gloss: 10 Light Magenta, 20 Neutral Beige und 30 Soft Plum (20 Neutral Beige vegan, 10 Light Magenta und 30 Soft Plum
• Lip Balm
• Maximizing Effect Gloss: 10 Sunburst, 20 Raspberry in Love, 30 Pink Whispering, 40 Forest Berry und 50 Nude Secret

• Colour & Care Cream to Powder Make Up: 10 Soft Cream und 20 Warm Toffee
• 2 in 1 Colour & Care Make Up: 10 Vanilla & Cream und 20 Caramel & Cream
• Mineral Make Up Gel Base
• Oil free Natural Light Make Up: 10 Light Porcelain, 20 Medium Sand und 30 Soft Caramel
• Fixing Spray

• Duo Eyeshadow Pencil: 10 Black & Silver und 20 Brown & Bronze
• Overnight Caffeine Serum - this is something I've been waiting for ages - a serum for your lashes that you apply like mascara over night
• Mascara Elegant Lash
• Duo-Concealer Eye Brightener & Wake-up-Effect

• 2 in 1 Nail & Cuticle Moisturizing Balm
• Hand Peeling Elderflower-Acacia
• Hand Mask Elderflower-Acacia

There are definitely some products that will find a new home: the Nail & Cuticle Balm, the Overnight Caffeine Serum and who know what else might find its way into my basket.. *gg*

Something you want to try??

Love,

Guinevere 

Alverde Black & Red Swatches & Review

Alverde has a new LE and they surprised me with some pr samples. Yay! :-)

I got two of the four cream to powder blushes: Bright Shine, Hot Flame

One of the three shimmer creams: Sparkling Silver:

One of the three liquid eyeshadows: Metallic Silver

The classy red lipstick: Red Love

The Volume Star Mascara in Intensive Grey

and last but not least the mascara duo in Black & Red

Some swatches for you:

Shimmer Cream in Sparkling Silver, below: liquid eyeshadow in Metallic Silver: 

Lipstick Red Love, blush Bright Shine and Hot Flame

Before I'll talk about it I'm gonna show you some on-face swatches for you. Always looks different applied.

Finished Black & Red look:

Let's start with the lips, a classy red, simply beautiful. It was a bit difficult to build colour on my upper lip without it immediately getting transferred on my lower lip. I didn't wanna use any other products to correct that, so, other than that, a lovely product!

Next on to the liquid eyeshadow. That was one difficult product.. I really tried, but it didn't get even and the more I tried the worst it got. Intensifying the shade was impossible as well. It got only more blotchy. 

Using an eyeshadow base didn't change anything as well. On the left side I wear none, on the right side I do:

I really liked the blushes and usually, I'm not a fan of cream blushes:

Bright Shine:

Hot Flame:

To the mascaras. 

The grey one first. I liked it a lot, but you can't see anything of that grey/gold shimmer on darker lashes:

To the black and red duo. The black side did a good job, but it was impossible to top it with the red side ending with a nice result or making the red show up:

All in all, this collection has some really nice products. The lipsticks and the blushes are lovely. The shimmer cream has too large shimmer particles for my taste, but that might just be me.

I can't recommend the liquid eyeshadows, they won't make you happy. The Volume Star mascara is good and a solid product, but you don't see much of the described shade. At least not on darker lashes. The duo mascaras weren't special as well. Other Alverde mascaras will make you happier.

The collection has some timeless items one can use all year round. Except for the liquid shadows and mascaras this LE offers good quality for a great prize.

Love,

Guinevere