Makeup Revolution Eye Foils / Rose Gold

Makeup Revolution Eye Foils / Rose Gold £4.00
I might have forgotten to tell you, but I did a pretty big Boots / Superdrug shopping back in July. My husband was in England taking care of his family, and I took the opportunity to order as many drugstore products as possible, had them shipped to his house, and asked him to bring them back to Japan. He also got me my favourite magazines (Look, Grazia and Boots mag along with Stylist mags that I ordered online) which ended up to weigh 12kg in total. Anyway cut the long story short, I've got quite a few UK products to review. I've been writing reviews on them on my Japanese blog but am trying to focus on Japanese products here as a lot of my lovely readers here must be interested in Japanese products rather than the UK ones, as there are tons of great UK bloggers here. So I decided to write reviews of the products that stood out here, to share my thoughts with you. 

Phew, the longest intro ever.

So, I got this eyeshadow only because I wanted the Stila one so bad when it came out. The idea of it is that you mix the liquid primer with the eyeshadow to create this "foil" look which is not too glittery but more intense than a normal shimmery eyeshadow. But the Stila one was ridiculously expensive. When I found this Makeup Forever version, I didn't even hesitate to purchase it. I picked the shade Rose Gold, as it seemed to be the most wearable.

The eyeshadow has this very unique texture. It's in between cream and powder. I take a little bit of it and...

...place it on the tray, and add a drop or two of the liquid primer. I used the brush to mix and apply when I tried it for the first time, but it made a huge mess so I wouldn't recommend it. You need to be really careful how much of the eyeshadow and primer you mix together, because when it's too hard, it literally makes you look like putting a piece of aluminum foil on your eyelids, and you cannot even blink. I realised a lot more of the primer than I expected is required to create the perfect consistency.

 
The bottom swatch is the eyeshadow alone, without the primer. The middle is the eyeshadow + primer applied with a brush. Then the top is the eyeshadow + primer applied with a finger.

When applied correctly, this eyeshadow looks really beautiful reflecting the light and making the eyes pop. I needed to practice a couple of times, and it was absolutely pain in the butt to remove it with a cotton pad with Bioderma. You need a good cleansing balm or oil to remove it completely from your face. But now that I learnt how to make the perfect formula, and how to apply, I am enjoying wearing it with Maybelline ColorTatoo in On and On Bronze on the outer corner to give a little bit of umph to the look.

I wish they had more unique shades such as taupe, grey, burgundy, khaki etc...hopefully they will come up with new shades in the autumn / winter! Have you tried this product? What do you think of it?

MUA Undressed Palette

MUA Undressed Palette £4.00
I love beauty products including makeup so much but that doesn't mean I'm good at makeup. Actually I always thought my face was pretty boring to put makeup on because I don't have deep sockets, big nose and pretty lips which look wonderful with a bright lipstick on. But last year, I started exploring some methods and techniques of makeup and now I'm totally in love with makeup as well as skincare, haircare and bodycare. I always wanted to get my hands on Urban Decay Naked Palette as all the colours contained in that palette looked amazing and wearable. The only problem was the price. So when I heard about MUA Undressed Palette, the "perfect dupe", I decided to purchase it next time I would go to England. And I did, finally! 

It contains 12 shades. It's a bit odd that the name of each colour is like "Shade1" and "Shade2" just because it would be much better to have fancy names. I'm glad  they've improved that point and named each colour on Undress Me Too Palette which I'll talk about another day.

These are the swatches of the shades on the top part. First of all I was surprised to see how pigmented they were! The colours are gorgeous, especially the shimmery colours. The matte colours such as Shade3 and Shade5 are not as pigmented as the other shimmery colours as you can see, but they are perfect for the crease and sometimes I use them as base.

These are the shades on the bottom part. Again, they all are impressively pigmented. I personally am not sure about Shade7 (left) as I have no idea how I would wear this colour, I don't think it would go well with my skin tone...On the other hand, Shade9 is my favourite. It's a dusty rosy colour that I would wear to work.

 
Base : Shade1
On the whole lid : Shade2
On the corner of the eye : Shade9

Base : Shade3
On the whole lid : Shade4
On the corner of the eye : Shade8

As I'm still new when it comes to makeup, I'm still trying to figure out how to play with the amazing colours. I don't want to waste a single shade, so I've been watching some tutorials on YouTube and trying to learn some new techniques! So far I really like this palette as there's no colour (except Shade7) that I wouldn't use. I was also impressed by the pigmentation, I don't mind paying more for this quality of the eyeshadows. 

One thing I can't figure out is that it's so pigmented when I swatch it with my finger but it's not as much when I use my eyeshadow brush. Do you have any idea why? Currently I'm using my finger to apply when I want a stronger colour payoff, and blend it in with my eyeshadow brush. 

Another thing is that do you know any good Asian YouTubers? I mainly watch tutorials by Pixiwoo, Lisa Eldridge and Tanya Burr, but it would be nice if I knew some Asian makeup artists on YouTube so let me know if you know anyone :)