Every 6 months German budget make up brands, Catrice & Essence change their make up offerings. This week the Spring/ Summer 2014 collection hit stores and I decided to take a trip to my bigger drugstore in town to see if it was in yet as it changes per city and store. Since I’m still home, I try to go outside for a walk every day and so I thought I would be able to combine the two. Some things were already gone, but I managed to pick up quite a few things to try nonetheless, mostly nail polish as those appealed to me most. And I thought I would add it as a bonus post this week, as I can quickly show you what I got. I gave everything a quick swatch so you can decide for yourself whether you’d like to track these items down or not.

What I got:

• Catrice Crushed Crystals Oyster & Champagne
  Essence Color & Go Over the rainbow
  Essence Color & Go Sparkle Sand Effect Hello Rosy
  Essence Effect nail polish sparkling sugar Heart Explosion
  Essence Effect nail polish metal sugar Skyfall
  Essence nail art special effect topper feather effect the bees and the birds
  Essence nail art special effect topper twinkling stars get the party started
• Essence All about sunrise eyeshadow palette 03 Sunrise (seems like a renewed version of the older Sun Club Glamour to Go in 02 Long Beach)
• Essence Frame 4 Frame single false lashes (in 4 different lengths)
• Catrice Lash Couture Classical Volume lashes
• Catrice Made to Stay Smoothing Lip Polish in 060 Mission PINKpossible
• Catrice Ultimate Color lipstick in 320 Kiss Kiss Hibiscus
• Essence XXXL longlasting lipgloss Matt Effect in 05 Velvet Rose (repackaging of the Essence Stay Matt lip creams that were taken out the range)
• Catrice Calligraph Ultra Slim Eyeliner pen in Black (not new, but new to me)
• Catrice Waterproof Eyeline Pen in Black

Velvet Rose, Mission PINKpossible, Kiss Kiss Hibiscus

Catrice Waterproof eyeliner pen & Catrice Calligraph Ultra Slim eyeliner pen

All about sunrise eyeshadow palette in 03 Sunrise

From left to right (excl. no. 8)

Essence nail art special effect topper twinkling stars Get the party started

Essence nail art special effect topper feather effect The bees and the birds

Essence Effect nail polish metal sugar Skyfall

Essence Effect nail polish sparkling sugar Heart Explosion

Essence Color & Go Sparkle Sand Effect Hello Rosy

Essence Color & Go Over the rainbow

Catrice Crushed Crystals Oyster & Champagne

All items cost less than 5 euros and are available in stores now.

You can find what I picked up in the Fall/ Winter 2013 collection here, and the Spring/ Summer 2013 collection here.