Another month, another cute Pink Box from Etude House! For February's Pink Box, I received the new strawberry themed spring collection. Not only does everything look adorable, but it all smells delicious too (like strawberry candy)! An added bonus? It's probably my favourite collection of products from Etude House I've used thus far.
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| Precious Mineral Any Cushion in Light Beige |
Precious Mineral Any Cushion
I received this cushion in the lightest colour, "light beige." I've never actually tried Etude House's cushion foundations before this, despite owning many from various brands. The colour is a perfect match and a pleasure to use. The formula is moisturizing enough for my dry, winter skin, doesn't look patchy or caky as it wears throughout the day, isn't too dewy and not too matte, and it wears for a solid 10 hours. Colour me impressed. I do find cushion foundations to have the best wear time in terms of how they wear down (haven't had one go patchy or caky on me yet), and Etude House's version is no different. There is a bit of transfer due to the more moisturizing formula, but a powder takes care of it if this bothers you.
Colour in Liquid Lips
The day before I received the pink box, I had actually just snapchatted about finding a new, perfect red lipstick. And then of course, what was included in my box? Another red! Would it match up to Kat von D's Countess or Nars's Dragon Girl? At first, I wasn't sure, as Etude House's Liquid Lips seemed to be a glossy formula, and I usually prefer matte. However, I soon found out they're somewhere between a lip gloss and lip stain, rather than the usual matte, non-budging liquid lipsticks you find in Sephora. But that's what makes it the third perfect red.
Like the rest of the collection, it smells like strawberries. Now, the great thing about it? It stains the lips. And not a different/more muted colour like a regular lipstick normally would. The Colour in Liquid Lips stains your lips the same colour as when you first applied it, just without the original glossiness. I could get a solid eight hours of wear as long as I wasn't eating saucy jajjangmyun (it held up well to gamjatang though). It's amazingness in a bottle I tell you. I want to pick up the entire collection.
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| Berry Delicious Cream Blusher in #1, Colour in Liquid Lips RD305 |
Berry Delicious Cream Blusher
Another amazing product from Etude House. Normally I avoid cream blushes (ok, I only avoid the drugstore/roadshop ones) – the wear time tends to be short, they're not super pigmented, and on occasion, they're hard to blend or go on patchy. Etude House has none of these issues. I received the colour #1, and while it looks like a bright, strawberry red in the pan, it looks very natural when you apply it and blend it out. It's super pigmented, so you will have to use a light hand (my first trial run with it and the Liquid Lips made me look like I came out of a French academic style painting. Or like Juliet from Romeo and Juliet. Or maybe Snow White. The point is, my cheeks were really rosy (but in a very pretty, glowing from a confession of love sort of way)).
Rather than patting the puff directly into the blush and then onto my skin, I use my fingers to dot the blush on, and then blend with the puff. It's easier to get more subtle results this way, and you can always build up to get that dreamy, romantic painted look.
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| Wearing the Berry Delicious cream blush #1 and Colour in Liquid Lips in RD305 |
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| Fantastic Colour Eye Palette in Chocolate Fondue |
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| Hazelnut Chocolate, Berry Milk Chocolate, Sugary Chocolate, Cheese Berry, Fresh Strawberry, Dip! Dip! |
Berry Delicious Fantastic Colour Eyes
This is by far one of the better eyeshadow palettes I own. The mattes are pigmented and smooth (the Berry Milk Chocolate and Fresh Strawberry are actually a lot more pigmented on my eyelid than in this swatch), the shimmer is shimmery but not too glittery on the eyes, and the one glitter shade doesn't even have a ton of fallout. When I first looked at this palette, I was a little worried about using all the pink shades. Pink eyeshadow can be difficult to use, as it can make your eyes look puffy or like you've been crying. Surprisingly, I haven't had that issue with this. I usually apply a wash of pink all over the lid, and apply a brown on the outer v. My coteacher said it looked charming and not to worry since it didn't look like I had post breakup eyes. PS. He was ten feet away and could still tell I had Berry Milk Chocolate on my eyes, so there's your demonstration of how pigmented these shadows are.Hazelnut Chocolate, Berry Milk Chocolate and Sugary Chocolate are the longest lasting, looking fresh after a 12 hour day teaching and hanging with friends. Cheese Berry, Fresh Strawberry, and Dip! Dip! are slightly shorter, lasting about 6-8 hours before starting to fade, but still very visible by the time I took my makeup off and went to bed.
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