e.l.f. Elements eye shadow in Golden Glow

Hello there! Today we have one of ELF's single eye shadows, Golden Glow.

This beautiful golden shadow is quite pigmented for its price, P89.75. The hand swatch does not do it justice!

I didn't think it would show up so distinctly on my lids with my previous experience using golden-toned colors , but it did!

As I often do, this application was primed using elf's tone correcting concealer. Come to think of it, I rarely ever use that product for its intended purpose - concealing blemishes - anymore.

I decided to fool around with it by applying some of the darker pink from 4u2 palette No. 30 just above the upper lash line (I hope my eye terminology is correct! X_X), and I'm pretty happy with the result!

4u2 Styx eyeliner no. 6 (green)

True or false: 6 > 5? TRUE!

It might just be my soft spot for green eye makeup,

but I seriously love this eyeliner. I think it's a very magical looking color, as strange (and slightly drug-induced :P) as that sounds.

The color strongly reminds me of pixies and elves and all sorts of other mystical faerie things. I love it!

6 > 5. Seriously.

4u2 Styx eyeliner no. 5 (blue)

Why does the lighting at my nearby Watson's always end up fooling me? This looked like a much brighter blue at the store. :|

I decided to pick up a few funky-colored eyeliners for nights out (and days when I feel eccentric haha), which is how I came across 4u2's unique eyeliner color selection. This is the first out of the two I bought.

Styx liners are retractable - an advantage for me because I don't like sharpening very much.

The liner goes on creamily, although I feel I did a pretty messy job below:

Not bad for P250.00. Coincidentally, The Face Shop's retractable eyeliners sell for around the same price too.

Coming up on Wednesday, my thoughts on liner no. 6! Can you guess what color that is? :D

4u2 Diamond eyeshadow duo No. 41

Store lighting totally fooled me on this one.

I thought it looked more neutral at Watson's, but when I got home...

The peach-pink shade looks scarily unwearable:

Fortunately, it didn't look as bad as I thought it would when combined with the white.

I rather like it now, actually.

4u2 Diamond eyeshadow duo No. 30

4u2 has such great eyeshadows.

This pretty pink duo from their Diamond line is no different.

Not only is it excellently pigmented,

it's also very tiny, making it a welcome addition to kikay kits with limited real estate. Here it is compared to the nearest thing I had on hand:

Told you it was tiny. If you wanted to, you could probably even stash it between your "girls" up front, just like they do in the movies. XD

It's low-priced too, just P184.00. Not bad for something well-pigmented and super portable.

4u2 dreamGIRL Faith BB Cream

While I lust after the makeup crown jewels that are MAC and Shu Uemura [or insert your own worshipped brands here] like any other makeup fan, I'm mostly a cheap thrills peasant who delights in finding great products at good deals.

This is not a great product, however. I was definitely wrong to have such high hopes for 4u2's contender to the BB market just because it was a good deal at the low, low price of P198.00.

(Click the pic to read the ingredients and stuff! :D)

It was far too runny, which I'm sure ISN'T supposed to be what BB creams feel like. When I put it on my face, it looked okay, but nothing really happened: no even finish, no covered blemishes, no effective adhesion for other makeup products. I'm also pretty sure "nothing" ISN'T supposed to be what BB creams do.

Perhaps you're wondering why I showed the back first?

That's because silly me only remembered to take pictures of the product right after I had peeled off and crumpled the front label since I felt like being "creative":

You're not missing much, don't worry. It was just the 4u2 logo in hot pink.

Here are some swatches, unblended and semi-blended:

This was a pretty weird product that had no effect on me whatsoever. Maybe I should've gotten this BB cream instead.

4u2 GLITZ 2-color eye shadow #03

If you're looking for affordable, good quality eye shadows, Thai brand 4u2 is a must-try!

This is what palette #03 of their eye shadow duos looks like closed:

Cute, huh? The other palettes feature different colored stripes and outfits too - a nice little bonus for the collector types among us!

Look at that ADORABLE applicator! It's so tiny! (LOL guess what model my camera is. It's fairly old but I love it anyway!)

These shadows are super PIGMENTED. Lovely gold and silver, yes?


At just around P250 for a duo palette, and P424 for a quad, you can't go wrong with these. I'm eyeing their purple palette next! <3