BEAUTY BATTLES: BATTLE OF THE SILVER EYESHADOW

The Beauty Junkee Friday, December 04, 2009

For this edition's Beauty Battles, let's look at Silver Eyeshadows


I have two silver eyeshadow brands, Shu Uemura Pressed eyeshadow N ME Silver 900 and MAC Frost Eyeshadow in Electra.


Let's look at the packaging. Both have non- detachable covers, which is convenient for me. I don't have to worry about me losing the eyeshadow pot covers.


Here are the swatches. Left is Shu Uemura and the latter is Electra. 


In terms of consistency, Shu's consistency is so silky and it glides on smoothly. MAC's eyeshadow is buttery and it glides on easily as well. The differences between the two are, Shu's eyeshadow is softer as compared to mac's texture. 


Both are extremely pigmented. It took me one swipe of each to achieve these uber pigmented swatches.


In terms of staying power, both held up the whole day. 


As for the price, Shu's pretty steep than MAC, but MAC is at par in terms of quality with Shu. But Shu's eyeshadows have great quality so it's also a good buy. But since we're not having a good economy right now, we should always opt for the cheapest yet great alternative.



SO FOR THIS EDITION, THE WINNER IS:

MAC

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5 Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 4, 2009 at 7:41 PM

    I have quite dark eyelids and have tried different eyeshadows but it doesn't show the true color on my eyelids ... do you think this silver color will work? Thanks.

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  2. The Beauty JunkeeDecember 5, 2009 at 1:40 AM

    anonymous: hi sis! thanks for visiting my blog.

    It is a rule of thumb to apply an eye base before applying eyeshadow. It covers any discolorations and most importantly, it acts as a base for longer- staying and vivid eyeshadow colors.

    Make sure you apply a base that's the same color as your skintone.

    And yes, I would like to believe that either of the two will work on you since both have excellent pigmentation. :)

    Hope this helps. :)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 10:12 AM

    What eye base do you suggest? I tried putting foundation powder and concealer before but doesn't work. Maybe wrong color? Thanks again.

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  4. The Beauty JunkeeDecember 15, 2009 at 12:36 AM

    anonymous: i highly recommend using an eye base since it really is made to make eyeshadows last longer. for the cheapest, i suggest you use kryolan eye base (680php) if you feel like splurging this xmas season, get udpp primer potion. search multiply for online resellers. or you can also check ebay. but kryolan's pretty good so i suggest you get that. :)

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  5. AnonymousDecember 16, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    Thank you for the suggestion. Hope i can get that kryolan eye base.

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