Majolica Majorca Cream de Cheek Kiichigo Cream Blush in RD 411

Cream de Cheek is part of Majolica Majorca Autumn Winter 2012 launch titled Circus Ecstasy.  This collection contains liquid blush Cream de Cheek, nail polish, new perfume, liquid eyeliner Trick On Liner and hand cream. Of all, I am only interested with the liquid blush.

Majolica Majorca is Japanese drugstore brand from Shiseido. They always come up with pretty seasonal stuff. I have been in love with most of their products...good quality, buttery eye shadow, well pigmented powder blushes and all...

As usual, the packaging is pretty- frosted glass bottle with black cap and golden MJ logo on top. Lovely. It reminds me of nail polish! The brush style is just like nail polish too!

RD 411 is creamy warm red which applies sheer and lovely. It makes my cheek glows nicely – like baby cheek!

The consistency is similar with nailpolish too… minus the nail polish-y smell. Little goes a long way here… a single dot is enough to make my cheek blush nicely. Even though it is well pigmented, Cream de Cheek is easily blended.

Bottomline,

Lovely liquid blush! Pigmented and easy to blend. Just how I want my liquid blush to be! Too bad they don’t come with more colors.

(pictures from shiseido.co.jp/mj/)

Pantone Color of The Year 2013 - Emerald

After 2012’s highly successful Tangerine Tango, Pantone has announced 2013 color of the year… Emerald!

I personally find Emerald super easy to work with… it is cheerful enough for spring/summer outfit and makes you get noticed during grey cooler months. To tone it down, pair up with beige or navy. When I feel like adding splash of color, I pair my emerald with a little sunflower. Emerald is one of those versatile colors which make both silver and gold jewelries pop equally.

In my beauty beauty & make up universe, I loved a little emerald eye liner in rotation with my staple jet black – like Urban Decay 24/7 Eye Pencil in Covet. Or, apply little green eye shadows from Lancome’s Color Design 5 Palette in Vert Tendresse.

My personal Asian drugstore pick would be Kanebo Kate’s Eye Blend Zone Eye Shadow palette in GN-1 and Majolica Majorca Jeweling Eyes palette in GR 780.

Nails… ah… there are thousands, if not millions, of gorgeous emeralds out there- in variety of finish too! Like China Glaze Exotic Encounter if you like crème or China Glaze Deviantly Daring for duochrome lovers.  

So, are you going to embrace emerald next year?

(pictures from pantone.com, Sephora.com, chinaglaze.com, adambeauty.com, shiseido.co.jp/mj, head2toebeauty.com). 

Majolica Majorca Neo Automatic Liner in RD544

I love liquid eyeliners. Rarely I got pencil eyeliner which can stay put on my oily lids. So, I just have to try every single liquid eyeliners my wallet can take out there.

Majolica Majorca is one of my favourite Japanese drug store brand. I adore their eye shadow palettes. I guess the eyeliner should be good too?

It is one of those automatic eyeliners, where u just have to twist the end of the pen...and your eyeliner is ready to use!

I kind of like the brush tip. Always nicely shaped, not too hard, not too soft too.

The color is pretty nice too. metallic maroon. Too bad, the texture is not... it is too sheer for my liking. I have to reapply and reapply to get to my desired intensity.

It doesn’t run, but it is easily off if I rub my eyes even a little bit. I don’t like this too much.

In summary...
Packaging: easy to use, click pen style
Color variations: 3/5 nice variations of darker metallic colors
Texture: light but not pigmented
Staying power: doesn’t create panda eyes, but easily off with even simple light rubbing
Is it worth it?
Yes if... collect Majolica Majorca and just have to have everything from the brand
No if... you prefer more pigmented liners, you like more lasting liners

Majolica Majorca Sugary Trap & Dolly Wink

Lookie lookie...

Majolica Majorca’s new chapter is in my local Watson’s! Majolica Majorca is one of my favourite Japanese drugstore brand. New from Sugary Trap chapter is 4 blushes (even though I only saw Peach Macaroon, Strawberry Macaroon and Apricot Macaroon), Limited edition powder case, cream pencil liners with 2 new colors, Brown lash expander frame plus mascara, and 2 new palettes Jewelling Eyes eyes hadows.

Nothing interesting, aside from the cute color combos and pretty packaging. The only items (okay, 2 items) which caught my eyes immediately were Peach macaroon and Strawberry Macaroon blushes. Both not shimmery and pretty looking.

Not only that...I saw ...DOlly Wink!!!

Wooohooo...Dolly Wink is here! Another Japanese make up line. This one is heavily endorsed and ‘produced by Tsubasa Masuwaka’ (may be it means created by Tsubasa Masuwaka?). Tsubasa is cutey kawaii hugely popular Japanese model. Gaining her fame by gracing Pop Teen magazine more than a few times.

This whole line includes mascara, eyeshadow palettes and cream eye shadows. While adoring the kawaii packaging, I was sooo shocked to see the colors of the palettes...so poppy and...how can anyone pull this off outside the studio? But fear not... It was not heavily pigmented. In fact, very sheer when I swatched on my hand.
The mascara was surreally expensive for drugstore line, so I am not going anywhere near it... I love my Canmake Gokunobi and Kiss me Heroine mascara... and wont go near SGD 29.90 a pop drugstore mascara anytime soon.
Mascara aside, the cream eye shadow, comes in Gold 01 and Crystal 02, looks very pretty. The texture is not cream, more like soft jelly turning powder when applied. Do not expect any pigmentation, these stuff are pretty much clear with many random sized glitters. You hear me, glitter, not demure soft shimmer like I expected it by looking at their official website pictures. These glitters do sparkle, very pretty be it in door or under sunshine. Unless it is overcast out there, it glints and reflects light nicely. Under overcast they look flaky and not so pretty thou... was thinking to get the gold...but... may be for another time...

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