Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Summer Collection 2014

If you follow me on Instagram, then you will have seen that I was invited to a rather special lunch in the sun last week, where I was given the opportunity to swoon over this years Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess collection. 

Bronze Goddess is a collection that I look forward to every year and last year, the limited edition and extremely popular fragrance Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche SkinScent was by far my favourite product of the Summer. 

Consisting of a huge twenty-one products, Bronze Goddess is the perfect Summer collection that for me, will be pretty hard to beat. 

                 EYES:                

NEW Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Eight Color Eyeshadow Palette RRP £40.00

Sumptuous Waterproof Mascara in Black RRP £20.50

Sumptuous Extreme Mascara in Extreme Black RRP £22.00

Sumptuous Extreme Waterproof Mascara in Extreme Black RRP £22.00

CHEEKS:

NEW Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Cheek Glow RRP £25.00

LIPS:

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color LipShine in Mandarine RRP £18.00

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color LipShine in Luscious Plum RRP £18:00

NAILS:

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Bare RRP £14.50

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Buffed RRP £14.50

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Burnished Nude RRP £14.50

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Lust RRP £14.50

NEW Limited Edition Pure Color Nail Lacquer in Scorpion RRP £14.50

FACE:

Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Luminous Liquid Bronzer RRP £28.00

Bronze Goddess Powder in Light RRP £30.00

Bronze Goddess Powder in Medium RRP £30.00

Bronze Goddess Powder in Medium Deep RRP £30.00

Bronze Goddess Powder in Deep RRP £30.00

FRAGRANCE:

Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche Skinscent 100 ml RRP £47.00

Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Body Splash 240ml RRP £56.00

Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Shimmering Body Oil Spray 50ml RRP £29.00

Limited Edition Bronze Goddess Whipped Body Crème 200ml RRP £29.00

The Bronze Goddess fragrance collection is an all time favourite of mine and I'm so pleased that the cult favourite Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche SkinScent* has been re-released for yet another year. With notes of Amber, Coconut Milk, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Mandarin, Orange, Lemon, Jasmine and Lavender, it is the most stunning Summer fragrance and can only be described as smelling like a Summer holiday with cocktails and suntan lotion and it honestly is so incredibly dreamy and well worth stocking up on.

The three new fragrance products that have graced this years collection are the Body Splash*, which comes in the most divine looking of bottles, the Shimmer Body Oil, which offers the fragrance as well as a shimmering and soft effect on the skin and a new favourite of mine, the Whipped Body Creme which smells incredible, lingers beautifully and keeps your skin perfectly moisturised throughout the day.

For nails, Estée Lauder have created five new Pure Color Nail Lacquers* in the most delightful of shades each to suit the amazingly designed bottles. Of course, being the Nude loving girl that I am, Bare immediately caught my eye and I've been wearing it every day for the past week, with a huge amount of love and lots of compliments. I imagine come the Summer time, Buffed, Burnished Nude and Lust are going to be very popular shades, particularly for the toes.

There is only one product needed for Cheeks where Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess is concerned, and this is in the form of a Cheek Glow*. Providing a healthy, sunkissed touch of Coral colour to the cheeks, it's perfectly blendable for a more subtle colour and equally buildable for those who want something a little more dramatic. It's the perfect cream formula for an illuminating Summer product and even without the sun, has already become a go-to for me. 

For Skin, the Bronze Goddess Luminous Liquid Bronzer* will I'm sure, be an extremely popular summertime product. Providing the perfect luminous finish, it works as a natural-looking reflective base that will be dreamy in the sun. Very minimal amount of product is needed and I personally think I'll be using this in extremely small quantities to create a pearlized highlight to my cheekbones for the sunkissed look. 

For those of you that prefer a powder bronzer, the Bronze Goddess Powder Bronzer is here to stay. An all year product, this has been a go-to for me on many occasions since last summer and available in four shades, it has tones to suit all. Packaged in a huge compact and designed in the delightful Bronze Goddess Tortoise Shell design, you can read all about in my post from last year. 

For lips, Estée Lauder have created two new limited edition Pure Colour LipShines that follow the balm, crayon-like trend, that although they apply incredibly sheer at first, offer a buildable finish too, to create more of a bold look. Formulated with Mango and Shea Butter for soft and moisturising results, these are available in two shades, Mandarin and Luscious Plum* and look subtly glossy on the lips, perfect for the beach.

I'm sure you can imagine how much my eyes lit up at the sight of the new Nudes Eyeshadow Palette*, and something tells me I won't be the only one that will find themselves swooning over the 8 Eyeshadow beauty over and over again. Created with 5 matte finish Nudes to enhance the eyes and 3 high-intensity gelee metallics to dramatize, I'm all over this palette and personally find the shade range to be just perfect. I can imagine that some people won't be as impressed by the intensity or colour range of the mattes, but I think they're stunning and such easy to wear "second skin" shades, making them winners in my opinion. The three metallics are just as fabulous and highly pigmented with multidimensional colour, could create the most stunning of looks. 

The palettes double ended brush applicator doesn't wow me as much as other palettes have recently, but I've been told that the sponge tip used wet on the metallic eyeshadows creates an incredible finish. This is something I'll definitely have to put to the test, so watch this space. 

To finish the Bronze Goddess Colour collection and complete the look when it comes to eyes, Estée Lauder have launched their Sumptuous and Sumptuous Extreme Waterproof Mascaras into the collection in two shades and being waterproof, will work with the entire collection perfectly for big bold lashes on summer days out and holidays. 

As I'm sure you can tell, once again, I'm sold on the Estée Lauder Bronze Collection and if you're just as excited as me, you'll be able to get your hands on it at Estée Lauder counters in Debenhams, Selfridges and House of Fraser on May 1st.

See last years posts on Estée Lauder Bronze Goddess Powder Bronzer in Medium here and the delightful Bronze Goddess Eau Fraiche SkinScent here.