Released for Autumn 2011,
08 Mizuaoi (along with
07 Komorebi) joined the permanent line-up of Suqqu palettes but contains a slightly tweaked set of finishes from quads 01-06. The top left shade is a moderately pigmented iridescent shimmer, and the top right is a sheerer iridescent shimmer.
The bottom left 'lining' shade is no longer a matte but a very
pigmented satin, with very fine multi-tonal micro-shimmer. The bottom
right is still the standard matte primer/base.
Overall, they give a more translucent, shimmery and complex look than the first six quads.
08 Mizuaoi 水葵 is named for the aquatic plant
Monochoria korsakowii.
In typical Suqqu fashion, the eyeshadows manage to convey not just the dusty purple shade of the flowers but also their aquatic setting, and how the play of light on water (the theme of a previous Suqqu collection,
kirari) can refract the purple into shimmering facets of blue and pink.
Er... anyway. Swatches. As always, one swipe with a sponge applicator.
Natural light, sunny
angled to bring out multi-hued shimmer
natural light, shade
The purple is a pigmented satin with extremely fine pink and blue microshimmer scattered throughout. The blue has equally fine microshimmer, in various iridescent hues of blue and grey, with the occasional hint of pink. The pink has the largest shimmer particles (which are still very refined and completely undetectable by feel), distributed more sparsely within the oyster pink base, of yellow, green, copper and (very occasionally) blue. Each shade contains aspects of the others, and the play of light on water ripples back and forth between them.
Layered swatches, from left to right:
- all shades
- blue + pink
- purple + blue
- purple + pink
natural light with flash
natural light, shade
Looks
1. White as base, pink lightly all over the lid with purple to line. Blue very lightly in the inner corner and more heavily (with a firm brush) to line the bottom lashline. Basically, just like they did it in the ad.
Other products:
Suqqu Cream Glow lipstick
02 Kyoganoko, Balancing Cheeks
01 Momozoe and Nuancing Loose Powder
Natural.
Helena Rubinstein Fatal Blacks wp mascara.
Usual base products: Shu SP, KA SSE, EF concealer, KATE brow gel.
2. A hazy look with all the shades smudged together all over the lid and taken under the eye, slightly more of the pink in the crease, and slightly more of the blue at the outer corner.
Other products:
Suqqu Creamy Glow lipstick
06 Umegasumi,
RBR Gracilis blush,
Shiseido High Beam White highlighter,
Helena Rubinstein Fatal Blacks wp mascara. Usual base.
3. A sharper look, going against the grain of the watercolour dreaminess of the quad -- I know this isn't ideal on
my face/eyeshape
(and I was deciding whether the keep/purge the blush and lip) but it does show how warm a look you can pull out of the quad, even when arbitrarily using all the shades for the purposes of a blog review...
Pink all over the lid, applied more heavily than in look #1 and brought higher up, with purple to line. Blue lightly in the middle of the lid and lower lashline.
(I promise the inner liner doesn't stop totally randomly, it fades into my crease with my eyes fully open.)
Other products:
Addiction Suspicious cheekstick on lips and cheeks,
RBR Sea of Tranquility highlighter,
Helena Rubinstein Feline Blacks wp mascara. Usual base.
