Pupa Luminys Silk Eyeshadows

This is my first time purchasing this brand. I kept seeing them in SASA in Hongkong, but had always hesitant to try them.
This time however I decided to try 2 of their eyeshadow shades.

The 2 shades I get is Brown Taupe (400) and Golden Champagne (500). The line is called Luminys Silk and it's supposed to be a satin finish baked eyeshadow that can be used wet or dry.

So how do they perform?
I don't tend to use eyeshadows wet, so I apply them dry. The colors are opaque and smooth. The lasting power however is sadly lacking. Used without primer, they only last several hours before they started creasing.
I typically have no problem wearing eyeshadow without primer, but both of these crease on me. Which is sad, since the colors are beautiful.

I'm also not a fan of their packaging. It's bulky and takes up space.

Now for the swatches...

And finally a comparison between Brown Taupe with MAC's famous Satin Taupe, just because.

Burberry Complete Eye Palette - Pink Taupe

Burberry Complete Eye Palette contains 4 shade, and a big mirror that practically spans the whole palette. It also comes with 3 small brushes, but there is no compartment in the palette itself to store the brush. They are stored in the small pocket that comes with the palette.

Visually it's in line with the rest of Burberry lineup. The shadows have their trademark check-mark on them. The shadows are soft to the touch and pigmented (albeit the light colors).

Overall it's a very wearable and neutral palette. Although I feel the colors tends to look the similar once applied on my lid. It's nice for an easy make-up look. But maybe not for those of you who enjoy blending colors together to create a one of a kind eye look.

Lavshuca GN-1

Another item I got in Hongkong. Lavshuca is a division of Kanebo and this palate contains 3.2g of product.
I found the packaging to be quite flimsy. Pretty, but feels fragile and plasticky.

The colors are soft and shimmery, but not glittery. (with the exception of the gold color), and the shadows feels smooth to the touch.
As you can see on the swatch below, the pigmentation isn't that strong. It's more of a soft and pretty wash of color. (I found a lot of Japanese drugstore eyeshadow to have that tendency).

And yes, that dark green is more of a brown-ish green when swatched.

Muji Eyeshadow Quad 01

I couldn't find any english name for this product, only a code number of 01.
The packaging is clear plastic and is very compact. Simple and practical.
This quad contains 2.2gr of product and consist of 4 colors.

From top left going in clockwise manner:

• medium brown with gold shimmer. Although the shimmer isn't very obvious in this color.
• shimmery pale light gold.
• shimmery white
• dark brown with gold shimmer.

I found these to be smooth and pigmented.

Unfortunately not all Muji carries their make-up product. Their stock varied by country it seems. But if the muji in your country carries this, give them a swatch =)

Shiro Cosmetic Swatches

Shiro Cosmetic is an indie brand that does a lot of video game and anime inspired color. Some of their collection covers Pokemon, Zelda, Death Note, Portal, Hunger Games, and recently Fullmetal Alchemist.

This time I ordered 6 mini size shadow, and 1 of their intertubes. Caitlin, the owner of Shiro Cosmetics included some candy and 3 sample size shadow as bonus.

Now for the swatches:

First I had to say that these colors are hard to accurately photograph. The camera just refuses to capture the colors the way I see it.

• Rebellion (The Tributes Collection):
  Dark blurple (blue-purple) with rainbow shimmer. But the shimmer doesn't really shows up when swatched, and dissapear when blended.
• Fullmetal (The Fullmetal Collection):
  Eggplant purple with magenta and gold shimmer.
• Zora Sapphire (The Legends Collection):
  Vibrant cobalt blue, the shimmer isn't obvious on this one too.
• Victory Road (The Super Effective Collection):
  Taupey gray with aqua overlay. I can't capture the overlay in the swatch picture.
• Chimera (The Fullmetal Collection):
  Grayish purple with aqua and pink shimmer? looks like Fullmetal with pink overcast to me. The color is similar, but this is lighter than Fullmetal.
• I Like Short (The Super Effective Collection):
  a pale copper color, maybe coffee late with shimmer.

Another comparison shot of Chimera and Fullmetal:

You can check Shiro Cosmetic out here.

Fyrinnae Eyeshadow Swatch - Part 2

Now for the second part of the swatches:

All finger swatched on dry skin, no primer.

As for my take on these color:

• Marsmallow Puff: It's a white eyeshadow, nice and smooth. No complain here.
• Ethereal Eire: Light green with multi colored shimmer.
• Lorem Ipsum: Medium to dark blue with golden shimmer. Love this!
• Freya: It is gorgeous! It looks lighter on the pot compared to swatched. Swatched it's a dark purple eyeshadow with magenta shimmer, again very pretty.
• Snow White: Unfortunately, I don't like this. The shadow feels grainy to touch, and it's patchy when swatched.

As always, you can click on the pictures to see a bigger version.

You can purchase them here.

Fyrinnae Eyeshadow Swatch - Part 1

Guess what shows up today!
Every time I receive my purchases from Fyrinnae, it's always an exciting day.
I will swatch what I get in 2 batches. The neutrals first, and then the colors.

And maybe... I'll continue to swatch the rest of their colors that I have. No promise though.

So for the neutrals, I got these:

Witchy Woodland Creatures and Velveteen Warewolf is from their Samahain 2012 collection. The rest are from their regular line.

And now for the actual swatches:

All finger swatched on dry skin, no primer.
My take on these color:

• Envy Me: Taupe with a greenish overlay. It's a color I predict I would wear often.
• Work Safe Blue: A bit bluer than I expected. I thought it would be taupe with slight blue leaning, but this is more of a light blue with taupe leaning.
• Witchy Woodland Creatures: Medium brown with multi-colored shimmer. Pretty and very pigmented.
• Velveteen Warewolf: Darker than Witchy woodland creatures, and with a lot more of the multi-colored shimmer. Also really pretty and pigmented.
• Orang Utan: Dusty rose? Dark peach? I'm not sure what to call this color. Definitely not as pale as the swatch on the Fyrinnae website.

As always, you can click on the pictures to see a bigger version.

You can purchase them here.

Majolica Majorca Trick on Powder BR751

Hi All,

On my trip to japan last September, I bought this eyeshadow quad from Majolica Majorca. Majolica is a drugstore branch of shishedo. This quad is in BR751 and the price is 1500 yen (around US$18) for 4g of product.

The swatch on this quad can be seen below: (Click for larger view)


And how's my take on it?
I don't like it...
I've worn it once since I got it, and I'm not impressed. They swatched nicely and pigmented enough on my hand, but didn't really show up on my eyelid (NC20).
The colors are shimmery and pretty though, so maybe I'll try again sometime and try to pack more color on my lid.