As Essence is a German company, the Dark Romance Collection was actually released as early as January 2014 in various parts of Europe (definitely Poland and Romania), but only just debuted in the United States. According to the Essence website it was supposed to be a September limited edition release, but it only hit my local Fred Meyers on October 2 so it would seem that schedule has been pushed back a month. I immediately pounced on every item Fred Meyer is carrying (except for the tattoos, they were a bit too biker chick for my taste) though the full collection also has one more each of the eyeshadow quad, lipstick ("Painted Love"), and nail polish (a gray), as I recall. Ah well, I'll take whatever I can get! I LOVE Essence's Limited Edition collections (though I rarely get to avail myself of them, seeing as they are available so sparingly in the U.S.); they do them monthly, and yet they are always consummately imaginative and original. The themes are quite wide-ranging and the packaging is always adorable. Not only that, the products generally quite excellent (at minimum, they are above average for a drugstore line), and are amazingly inexpensive!! So much love for this brand, I has.
Oh, you demand to see this stupendously seductive collection, do you? Well, okay.
