Aritaum & Missha Cream Eyeshadow

These 2 cream shadows are said to be Korean dupes for the Armani's eyes to kill and Chanel's illusion d'ombre.

Aritaum's Shine Fix Eyes --- dupe for Armani's eyes to kill

Missha's Jewel Star Eyes --- dupe Chanel's Illusion D'ombre

Let's talk about Aritaum's Shine Fix Eyes (no.15 Lonri Dazy)

I've yet to get my hands on the Armani's ones but judging from the packaging, there are definitely very very similar. And I must say i really love the consistency, texture and pigmentation of this product.

The glitter are also very pretty. They are golden glitters that give a green sheen when u see it in different lighting, or flash. Thus photos do not do this product justice.

Initially when i ordered it online, according to a blogger's swatch it was khaki green kind of brown but when I got the actual product I thought i ordered the wrong colour online. Double checked but I did ordered the right colour. Upon application, that is when I realise that the golden glitters inside does give off a green sheen to it thus the green swatch. Very intriguing indeed :)

One thing to note that the glitters are a little chunky so it does fall out if you use a brush to apply.

so if you can't stand fall out then this might not be appealing.

with flash

w/o flash ( natural & indoor lighting ) 

with flash

Natural lighting

Next up, Missha's Jewel Star Eyes ( no. 2 Havana Coral)

This is said to be a dupe for Chanel's Illusion D'ombre. In my honest opinion,

packaging looks very well the same , the amount of glitter inside are massive for both but the texture is different. Missha's one is way softer and has a more wet kind of feeling (somewhat like mousse ) Both had that spongey feeling but I would prefer the Chanel's texture just because it felt less sticky and apply more like a powder/cream than a mousse/cream. 

However, for pigmentation, Missha's perform better, but it could just be the shade that I've got my Chanel in that lacks the pigmentation it should have if I got it in a darker brown colour.

Below there will be a photo comparison of the missha's Jewel Star Eyes and Chanel's Illusion D'ombre.

with flash

with flash

Missha (left) and Chanel ( Right ) side by side.

If you are wondering why is my Chanel eyeshadow in a plastic container, it was because I broke the glass packaging.. that was my saddest day ever.

product swatch side by side 

(w/o flash)

with flash

natural lighting

with flash, natural lighting

indoor lighting w/o flash

Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) 2014 Spring Collection: Rouge Volupte - 33 Rose Neilla

 I believe this is Permanent, do double check with YSL counters if you are interested and get them before there are gone if they happen to be LE.

Smooth, creamy, cushiony and soft. This lipstick is so soft that it glides across your lips effortlessly. I used to really love Rouge Volupte because I had this complimentary makeover for members at Ysl. If I remember correctly they use ultimate beige on me, and it look natural and beautiful, a perfect peachy tone nude for me that lean a little on the brown side which i love. So around Dec, on the first day of the launch, I went and got myself this, a bright coral orange red, that brings more life to my face. It was a bright colour, but I like it. However, my lips got too dry after my Korea trip, I stopped wearing it. Now that my lips are better,I wore it again it reminds me a lot of the shade Cheon Song Yi wore, in "My love who came from the stars" So I'm once again in love with this. The only downside of this lipstick is that it did settle into fine lines after 2 to 3 hours of wear. It is also a bit drying which I didn't remember feeling that when I had Ultimate Beige on. 

Chanel 2014 Spring Collection : Rouge Allure - 138 Fougueuse

This is Permanent , so you guys can do some research and take your time to decide to get it or not. 

Soft and creamy to apply, no scent detacted, very captivating mechanism packaging. Satin/sheen finish.

I find that it is quite moisturising because ever since Mid January, my lips are super dry, flaky, peeling, everything horrible! even after applying lipbalm diligently. This is something that has never happened to me before! So I thought it might be my lip balms that are dirty and such, so I threw all out, and bought myself a new one. Now my lips are feeling better but still dry, and when i apply this lipstick on, it was quite forgiving to the little bit of dryness on my lips.  After wearing I feel that my lips didn't get drier and it actually look better. Plus this colour is such a natural sweet colour to wear with 1 or 2 layers or you can build it up to a more vibrant almost bright rose pink. However due to the lighting i am using, the pink appeared much lighter in person. This is definitely a lipstick I will repurchase in other colours. It also has replaced my love for the ysl rouge volupte because, the ysl can be drying at times at least the one that  I am using. But both lipstick have different feel when worn. Rouge allure felt like there is a layer protecting the lips providing a barrier that locks colour and maintain moisture within. Whereas the YSL i am using is more of a smooth cushiony feel that caress the lips, pampering them

Chanel Spring Makeup Collection 2014

This is the collection of Spring collection ( Chanel Jardin De Camelias)  that is Asia exclusive and only chanel.com

As much as I wanted to buy all of the makeup in this collection, some were out of stock when I can actually get my hands on it. So here are the 3 that I've got, Rouge Allure in 138 Fougueuse (I got it in DFS in december '13 lucky or what? ) , Illusion D'ombre 94 Rose Des Vents & Le Blush Creme De Chanel in 69 Intonation

Detailed Reviews Links:
Creme Blush (LE)
Illusion D'ombre (LE)
Rouge Allure (Permanent) 

Chanel 2014 Spring Collection : Illusion D'ombre -94 Rose Des Vents

natural lighting indoor

Lighting, natural lighting indoors

This cream eyeshadow shade in 94 is limited edition, therefore if are interested, do grab them fast!

single layer

 single layer

2 layers on

Soft to touch, velvety feel, this cream eyeshadow from Chanel is just to lovely that I grabbed it straight after i swatch it on the back of my hands. The colour is very a soft candy rose pink. A colour too pink and romantic for an everyday colour. But I love this pink so much that in fact I'm wearing it daily! It is not as shimmery/glittery as Impulsion also another LE shade in 2014 Chanel Spring collection, But it has a more dimensional shimmer to it and you can see gold specks of glitter in this as well. It also has more colour than Implusion, but it wasn't very very pigmented eyeshadow, layering is required. Lasting power with an eyeshadow primer was average. It lasted for about 5 hrs & colour intensity starts to fade, at the end of the day which is abt 8hrs of wear, you can see slight hint of pinks across the lids and golden glitter specks.
Super love the formulation of these shadows, definitely going to try more colours.

Although the packaging is super elegant and sleek, I feel they shouldn't use too bulky glass bottle because i dropped mine once and it broke! I manage to save the shadow and now it just sit in a small plastic tub.