Shu Uemura bowwow! magic queen!

Friday, November 19th, 2010 | 66 Comments

So the Shu Uemura & Aya Takano holiday collaboration palette I ordered “bowwow! magic queen” arrived! Even the box it comes in is lovely ! I don’t think I could throw it away!

packaging

suhu uemura

The makeup palette is actually a sturdy piece! It’s thick & solid with a mirror of course. And the design on the cover is really enchanting. It’s looks double-layered and is reflective. It’s much prettier in person!

palette inside

pressed eye shadow
cream eye shadow-liner
glow on blush

A warm-toned color palette for a peaceful holiday season.

feel relaxed, curled up in the magic queen’s cozy home that is redolent with the fresh pine scent of her enormous Christmas tree filled with luxurious décor of silver, gold and bronze.

this limited edition eye & cheek palette is complete with three pressed eyeshadows, one cream eye liner, cream highlighter & glow on blush as well as two applicator brushes.

The makeup itself is really nice! Good pigment on the shadows with high metallic shine. The gel shadow/liner turns out to be more blue-green when worn. It actually compliments the colors better than black liner does. Gives it more of a holiday feel too. It seems pretty resilient too because I cried with it on Wednesday & it didn’t smudge at all (lol) ultimate test.

Tried to take some quick snaps of the makeup on before I leave but I kept getting home late so it’s the makeup after it’s been work for 8+ hours at the office! I followed the suggested look found on the Shu Uemura website just as a jumping off point.

I don’t think these snaps do the makeup justice at ALL. It’s really pretty in person and especially in the sunlight! It’s hard to see the gold-tones in the photos, poo poo poo~~ Even the cheek color has reflective bits in it I need to take the snaps with sunlight but it’s dark by the time I get home from work, gah!

My only complaint is that I wish the gold cream highlighter weren’t so subtle. But that’s because I’m a makeup drama queen when it comes to gold , FUCKIN’ LOVE GOLD MAKEUP! But… subtle means I can wear it to work without looking so flashy. A place where once glitter liner was referred to as “junk on my eye.” Hahahaa!

I also got very large free samples. Two of the samples are from their “RED:JUVENUS” line. The RED:JUVENUS VITALIZING RETEXTURIZING CREAM and the INTENSE VITALIZING CONCENTRATE.

Also sent a pretty nice sized lip gloss from their GLOSS UNLIMITED PINK COLLECTION. It has the really pretty shimmer to it, almost glitter but not quite. It’s sheer and has a unique scent like fruity flowers. “Gloss Unlimited is formulated with special shimmer and glitter” oh that explains it, LOL. Then some packets of their cleansing products.

So this weekend/week I’ll be busy with family. Probably won’t be updating unless, for whatever reason, I do. Thought I’d post some snaps from last weekend FINALLY. I just haven’t had any time to really blog this week. Not to mention I’ve either been at work or been at home doing HOUSEWORK, TRES INTERESTING LET ME TELL YOU.

So last week I got this cardigan I had seen in the Urban Outfitters catalog. Thankfully it was in stores so I could try it on! Though some guy there was being a creeper and using the same mirror on the showroom while I was using it. Yeah, like standing behind me and checking himself out while I was looking at how this cardi fit me… so I turned around and told him there’s another mirror OVER THERE THANK YOU.

I wore it out on Saturday. Went to a couple of stores including Saks, COOP - Barneys New York, Anthropologie, Sephora, MAC, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s & so on~~

Anthropologie has some vintage-style Christmas decorations for sale! :ladeeda: Like baubles and tinsel in old fashioned packaging. But it’s crazy overpriced. I’d have better luck convincing my Mom to give me her vintage decor, LOL.

After that went to have lunch at The Cheesecake Factory. Got Evelyn’s Favorite Pasta sans pine nuts. And nope, no cheesecake for me, I was too full~ I actually don’t get cheesecake there very often :X, I’m always too full & I hate bringing food home where I forget to finish it in time & it spoils. If I do want cheesecake I go and order just cheesecake!

Then it was off to Victoria’s Secret! I had Mike’s birthday coupon for $10 off any purchase! So I went in to get some travel-sized lotions. Mine from last year are all empty now. I had the little tubes from the last holiday gift set! These year’s come in a way cuter box with newer scents (not just the classics!) Ended up with $20 worth of stuff but when the girl rang me up she scanned the coupon, bagged it & gave it to me without my payment! I asked, “Don’t I have to pay??!” She said the coupon covered it 100%!! I’ve never walked out of of store without paying a dime, it was AWESOME! I guess the coupon was doubled or something because it really was for only $10 off but the total came to $20. So confused. But when I tried to get her to clarify she seemed really annoyed so I left and chalked it up to an awesome day~~

I haven’t gotten a “larger” VS bag in a while, haahaa~ Usually I buy so little I get those tiny bags. I’m easily amused, what can I say~

Outfit Stats:
Cardigan: Urban Outfitters
Bow-tie Blouse: Yesstyle
Jeans: Forever 21
Boots: Shimamura
Bag: Coach

Also got around to beating Kirby’s Epic Yarn last weekend!! I really liked this one, mostly because of the art design and multiplayer option. It was a bit disappointing to not be able to suck in enemies and transform, but the multiplyer & almost perverse & warped dialogue (LOL seriously, Oh Kirby~) But it’s probably just my own mind in the gutter.