Etude House Look at My Eyes Cafe Eyeshadows

Hey guys! Remember those single eye shadows I got from Etude House a while back from my mini haul? Yehp, I've finally had time to review them hahaha. I've been using them so they may seem a little passed over by a brush in the pictures, but thankfully the cute little heart details are still there.

These single eyeshadows are part of their Look at My Eyes Cafe collection, which have a matte finish and are sort of cafe drink inspired. It's actually pretty hard to find good matte eye shadows from Korean cosmetic shops. Most of what they carry are glittery or shimmery, so I was really happy to be able to get these three: Look at My Eyes Cafe in BR402 Cafe Mocha, BE101 Banana Latte and BE102 Honey Milk (from darkest to lightest). Don't they just sound absolutely delicious?

The packaging is pretty cute too and the shadows have these cute little hearts stamped into them, which sort of make you reluctant of diping your brush in hahaha. The plastic covering is a little flimsy, but one good thing about it is that these shadows are really easy to depot if you want to put them in a z-palette or any other magnetic palette.

For matte shadows, they're actually pretty good. Not as good as let's say MAC or UD, but they're workable and the colors come out pretty nicely on my skin. I'm not entirely sure if they'd show as well on fairer-skinned people, but they have testers at the boutique so you can actually try them :) Each individual shadow costs 198 PHP, approximately 5 USD give or take a little.

The color pay-off is pretty decent if you ask me, and the swatches above are without any primer whatsoever. The darker shade in Cafe Mocha could be a tad bit more opaque IMO, but the color is buildable.

This is how the shadows look worn on the eye over Urban Decay Primer Potion. The pictures of the product on the right are as true to color as I could get them with my camera. Excuse my bushy un-groomed brows. I'm not fond of harsh eyebrows, so I tend to keep mine natural and soft.

The shadows aren't chalky or powdery and there's very minimal fall-out. They don't crease and stay a lot longer on the eyes than Etude House's more shimmery shadows. All in all I think they're perfect for everyday wear, natural japanese-esque dolly look or even a matte smokey eye. I think the combination of these three shadows is versatile in itself, but if I had to choose one, I absolutely love Honey Milk for a natural highlight.

Have you guys tried Etude House single eyeshadows before? How was your experience with them? Have any questions about my experience with them? Feel free to share and comment below :)

I'm trying out a new lens attachment, so if you guys could tell me whether the pictures look better or just about the same as before that'd also be great :)

You can check out Etude House Philippines' lineup of single shadows here.

Ada, signing out.