Shu Uemura eyeshadow swatches part 3: neutrals

This completes my swatches of all the permanent Shu Uemura Colour Atelier eyeshadows. Please see part one for ingredients, prices and all that jazz.

800 BROWNS and BEIGES

natural light

artificial light + flash

IR Light Beige 811 iridescent white gold
P Light Beige 812 pale lemon yellow satin
M Light Beige 813 matte ivory
P Light Beige 822 peach satin with cool gold micro shimmer
ME Light Beige 825 smooth metallic warm rose gold
P Soft Beige 832 warm copper-brown satin
M Soft Brown 851 matte yellow-based brown
ME Medium Brown 856 smooth metallic neutral taupe
P Dark Brown 861 yellow-based brown satin with golden sheen
ME Medium Brown 862 warm metallic bronze 

800 BROWNS and BEIGES, and G GLITTERS

natural light

natural light, full yellow sun

M Medium Brown 863 demi-matte warm yellow-based brown (darker and warmer than 851, with more of a sheen)
P Medium Brown 875 neutral dark brown with red and bronze shimmer
ME Medium Brown 885 smooth metallic red-based brown
M Dark Brown 895 demi-matte neutral blackened brown
G Gold neutral gold glitter shot through with lime and peach
G Silver various shades of grey-through-platinum glitter
G Bronze neutral bronze glitter shot through with red and gold
G White Gold cool gold glitter shot through with pink and silver glitter
G White Rainbow white holographic glitter

900 WHITES and BLACKS
natural light

artificial light + flash

ME White 906 sparkly white with slight holographic effect
M White 907 smooth matte white
P White 910 off-white satin
IR White 911 ivory satin with yellow sheen
ME Light Silver 935 light silver-grey sheen
IR Black 985 dark neutral metallic taupe
M Black 990 demi-matte cool blackened brown
M Black 991 matte yellow-based brown-black
P Black 995 matte warm black with sparse silver shimmer
ME Black 996 smooth metallic cool dark brown
P Black 997 blackened brown satin with cool gold and bronze shimmer

Friday free association

The contents of this post have been rattling around my head for a while...originally they were going to form a Monday Miscellany, then Tuesday/Thursday Traipsings, then Wednesday Wamblings (yeah, dodged a bullet there). As they're semi-fermented by now I'm just going to spew them forth today because I suspect Saturday/Sunday will mainly alliterate with sleep.
And flying to Japan :D But you can't hate me because, well, just look at the cesspool that is my brain!

oh brave new world that has such...creatures in it

composed of:

You would think I'd become acclimatised to drugstore random but some things become even more bemusing at a closer glance.

duck/frog-pout maker 

honesty in advertising: she looks genuinely pained!

I'll stick with my virgin's-blood baths and leeches, thanks

Remember those L'Oreal One-Sweep eyeshadow palettes? Canmake's version dispenses even with the hoof applicator. Hey, fingers were good enough for your neolithic forebears...

Korean brand Tony Moly valiantly resists this minimalist-packaging trend:

And of course, these lipbalm/glosses retailing at HK$88 for 7ml each. Which I've now swatched upon request :)

Strawberry, Plum, Mangosteen, Peach, Pomegranate, Cherry, Apple (all seven are scented in a very sweet candied version of their names). Plum, Peach and Apple are very sheer jellied bases with shimmer (fuchsia, pink-and-lilac and pinky red respectively). All of these swatches took around 3-4  swipes.

All things considered, I think my drugstore hauling has been fairly restrained.

fancy sunscreen

blinged-out sponge applicators for swatching and falsies-applicator

various moisturising, depuffing etc. eye masks from Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese brands

hand and foot sheet masks, and more konjac sponges for face and body

(although I found it hard to resist this whole display of scrubbies *high-pitched squeals*)

more face masks. We'll see how the firming ones work on my new double chin...

Speaking of which, more food pics, anyone?

yet another froyo place

where I may already have a 'usual': matcha-flavoured and tart Hokkaido yoghurt with oreo crumbs and blueberries OR sweet adzuki

And for a change, an ice cream parlour, again using milk from Hokkaido (the next edition of Terry Pratchett's Where's My Cow? should just consist of one page with the word 'Hokkaido' on it...)

They have many flavours but I began with *Purple* Taro (as advertised), Hokkaido Milk (the ice-cream version of Werther's Originals) and Guava (so light and refreshing, almost sorbet-like).

Some recent fusion-pastries-OTD

adzuki mochi danish

Earl Grey, caramel, apple and edible gold layer cake

matcha, chocolate, orange and vanilla cake

Worry not, I'm supplementing my diet with salty snacks too

pizza, roast-chicken, roast-squid and sugar-snap-pea crisps

an abomination known as Korean Volcano Bread -- brioche with kimchi and mushroom filling

you can even have rock salt and cheesy foam in your tea/coffee (this is surprisingly delicious)

(that shop is called Happy Lemon, a Taiwanese chain which sells delicious bubble tea) 

Another coffee shop from which I have now been banned is called Cowboy SeVen. But maybe other filthy minds can work out why my hysterically giggling-and-pointing self was asked to leave.

My first view of the display board:

Well this IS the continent of various placenta goods. And I had been primed by other shops, like

 

and this popular bedding and sleep-wear chain

and of course

 

My customary expression resembles this barstool

Night-night, any lovelies who made it this far :) Rest up your scrolling hands and sleep tight :*

Shu Uemura eyeshadow swatches part 2: greens, blues, purples

Please see part one for ingredients, prices and all that jazz.

300 GREENS and OLIVES

natural light

artificial light + flash

ME Soft Yellow Green 432 sparkly chartreuse
IR Soft Yellow Green 435 lime satin
ME Medium Olive 471 smooth metallic pewter-olive with golden shimmer
ME Medium Olive 472 drab olive base with silver and gold shimmer
M Medium Olive 495 demi-matte browned olive
P Light Green 520 pearlised pale golden green
P Soft Blue Green 540 cyan satin
M Vivid Green 565 matte bright green
ME Medium Green 575 smooth shimmery green, between emerald and spring green
ME Medium Green 580 iridescent forest green
P Dark Green 595 blackened green with green and silver and copper microshimmer

400 BLUES

natural light

artificial light+flash

Canmake Cream Cheek blush swatches

These are some of most popular 'cult' drugstore products across Asia and having swatched them I can see why. Cute, jewel-like clear plastic packaging and a highly blendable packed-with-cones gel-cream texture that sets to a powder and is famed for lasting power even in humid Japanese summers.

These swaches are all one heavyish swipe onto a bare arm but they are very easy to sheer out if need be. 08 was noticeably sheerer than the other shades. HK$72 each, or ¥609.

bright artificial light

artificial light with flash

If you want a laugh, check out the extremely specific shade descriptions on Canmake's English site. My own usual rambly drivellings follow:
02 Cherry Pink v sparkly warm pink
03 Strawberry Whip sparkly cool candy pink
05 Sweet Apricot warm  coral-red with gold microshimmer
07 Coral Orange peachy pink with sparse gold shimmer
08 Marshmallow Pink sheerish shimmery baby pink
9 Pinky Rose cool cherry-blossom pink satin
10 Sweet Orange subtly shimmery bright orange
11 Heavenly Heart neutral pink with gold microshimmer
12 Milky Orange bright pastel coral with sparse gold shimmer

Shades 1 Peach Dream, 4 Vitamin Orange and 6 Nut Cream (*snicker*) were discontinued earlier this year. Shade 12 Milky Orange was limited edition from Summer 2011 but you may still be able to find some in drugstores.

Shu Uemura eyeshadow swatches part 1: red to yellow

As requested by a record number of readers and MUAers: Shu Uemura colour atelier eyeshadow swatches!

Hong Kong has the full range available on on the Japanese Shu site and I'm swatching them in numerical order starting today with the 100's (red/pink), 200's (orange/copper) and 300's (yellow/gold). Each 1.4g single refill retails for HK$110 in Hong Kong, or ¥1890 in Japan.

100 REDS AND PINKS

 natural light

artificial light with flash

P Light Pink 125 cool lilac-mauve satin
ME Light Pink 126 smooth shimmery neutral pale pink
P Light Peach 131 peach satin with sparse shimmer
P Soft Pink 140 shimmery cherry-blossom pink
ME Soft Pink 155 metallic fuchsia pink with a lot of silvery glitter
P Soft Rose 156 warm rose with gold shimmer
M Vivid Pink 165 matte semi-pigmented warm pink-red-coral (like MAC's Bite of An Apple blush)
ME Soft Pink 166 frosty Barbie pink
M Vivid Red 170 very pigmented matte neutral red
ME Medium Red 175 very pigmented warm metallic carmine

200 ORANGES and 300 YELLOWS

natural light

artificial light with flash

M Vivid Orange 260 pigmented matte bright orange
ME Soft Copper 270 shimmery warm rose with copper glitter
ME Medium Copper 280 smooth metallic copper with gold shimmer
P Light Yellow 310 cool pale yellow satin
ME Soft Gold 335 smooth shimmery neutral gold
ME Soft Yellow 336 smooth metallic acid yellow
M Vivid Yellow 360 pigmented matte school bus yellow
IR Soft Gold 370 smooth metallic warm peachy gold

Ingredients