Nichido GNO eyeliner in Thin Mints and Smoke Green

This is part 2 of this week's GNO Series.

Thin Mints is a pretty pale green, while Smoke Green is a dark olive color.

Smoke Green is pretty popular on GT, and there have been some good mentions of Thin Mints too.

I can see the reason why, because both applied well on my upper and lower lids. Thin Mints was a bit difficult to get on my lower lid, but it was nothing as disastrous as last Wednesday's Cool Blue.

Nichido GNO eyeliner in Cool Blue and Metal Blue

After the awesomeness that was Nichido GNO's Bronze Glow (which my mother stole from my stash LOL), I decided to pick up a few more eyeliners from that line.

This is part 1 of this week's GNO series.

Cool Blue is an almost-periwinkle blue, while Metal Blue is a deep, greenish navy - kind of like slightly oxidized titanium metal.

Judging from the swatches below, it seems that Metal Blue would make a good upper lid liner, while Cool Blue would be great for brightening up the lower lid.

I was half right. Metal Blue looks great as a top liner. Cool Blue was extremely difficult to apply and spread all over the place, though.

Cool Blue has potential as an eyeshadow base, but as an eyeliner? FAIL.

Charm Retractable Kabuki Brush

I first heard of Charm brushes a few months ago when Cha posted about them. I then discovered Shopsui, the awesome awesome store at Tiendesitas that sells them locally.

I TOTALLY wanted their hot pink retractable kabuki, and now I finally have it!

The brush is super soft and picks up powder VERY easily. It takes quite a while to dry and smells a bit funny, though. But other than that, I really like it - super great deal for just P500!

The brush actually reminds me of a lightsaber hilt, if lightsaber hilts were hot pink and Jedi carried them around in house clothes (painted over with black to make em look more presentable LOL) and messy keep-my-hair-out-of -my face hair dos.

(Purple light saber auras are real, though.)

Sorry, I couldn't resist a bit of geeky photoshop fun. :P

Elianto baked eyeshadow duo in Brown

I've wanted to try Elianto's baked eyeshadows for a while now - they look so cute!

Unfortunately they're not as pigmented as I thought baked eyeshadows would be, even under a base.

There seems to be more shimmer than pigment in them. As you can also see in the picture above, there is barely any distinction between the lighter shade (used as lid color) and the darker shade (crease color). That, or maybe I blended too much?

herbench/ paint box colour palette in Show Girl

[Geeky side note: My new blog subtitle is TOTALLY NOT a Star Trek rip-off. NOT. 8D]

Today we have another one of bench's makeup palettes, one of which I already reviewed previously.

Show Girl consists of a bronzy-gold eyeshadow, a medium pink blush, and two bright glosses in fuchsia and red.

So, swatches!

Eyeshadow (without primer):

Blush:

Lip glosses (fuchsia on top, red on bottom, a layer of lip balm underneath):

And the whole look:

The end results are pretty subtle for a palette with such a flashy name, don't you think? But overall, I like Show Girl's colors better than Dainty Lass's.

My notes on the products:

• Eyeshadow: goes on smoothly, will most probably look more vibrant with primer underneath, and I really love the shade
• Lip glosses: somewhat drying (like the ones in Dainty Lass), look scary in the pan but are very very wearable
• Blush: decently pigmented, gives a nice flush of color

The blushes that come in the Show Girl and Dainty Lass palettes look quite similar but they're actually not. The Dainty Lass blush is much lighter and contains shimmers:

The Show Girl blush, in contrast, is warmer and has no shimmers:

Skin swatches (DL = left, SG = right):

They have one more palette, Earth Angel, but I think I'll pass on that. Too much brown, even for a neutrals girl like me!

Nichido Clear Mascara

I really don't like the feeling of mascara.

I think it all started way back during my prom, when I borrowed my mother's mascara, Estee Lauder's Magnascopic (a product which she has been using to this day).

It did make me look more awake, but I hated the goopy, clumpy feeling it gave my eyes. Needless to say, I refrained from using mascara from that point on.

Then I found out that clear mascara existed, and I figured it'd perk up my lashes without the added weight that colored mascaras seem to give.

I originally wanted ELF's clear mascara (since many of their products work well on me), but it was unavailable at the malls I went to. So, I got Nichido's version for P80.00 instead. Honestly, the product's consistency reminds me of hair gel. I suppose that's what clear mascara essentially is, though.

But it does manage to lift my lashes pretty well. And it feels weightless and non-goopy too.