Today I will be reviewing a very affordable product from the local Philippine market. I though it will be a nice change for once since I’ve been reviewing a whole lot of Korean products since I’ve started blogging. I’ve been a total snob to Philippine product since I find the quality was not up to par with international products. Well, this one product totally changed my mind.
I have been using this for almost a month now as a contour shade. This is in Mahogany Brown.
Description: A collection of matte and shimmery eyeshadow colors with perfectly smooth finish. Each eyeshadow can be easily detached and “snapped” on FS Quad Palette for your own customized eyeshadow set.
Capacity: 4g
Price: 225 Php/ 4.78 USD/ 4,780 KRW
Read on to know more ^^
Packaging:
The packaging has a neat and elegant feel to it and reminds me of Missha’s single eyeshadows. The plastic casing feels sturdy and didn’t break off when I accidentally dropped it. Hell, the shadow didn’t even break! The item is encased on a single black box to prevent scratches while shipping. I liked the fact that they made an effort on making a box for the actual product since I sincerely hate it when a product is already scratched even before I buy it.
Oh! did I mention that like Korean eyeshadows, you can also buy a palette, pop the shadows from the case and put them in there to make a quad?
Score: 5/5
Price:
Let’s face it. 225 Php for a single eyeshadow is kinda pricy for something from a local Philippine brand (Philippine single eyeshadows usually costs more or less than 150 Php). However, this contains twice as much of the more affordable options not to mention that the quality isn’t chalky.
Score: 5/5
Swatched on hand, one swipe
Color:
Mahogany Brown is an entirely matte cool brown color. I mainly use this to contour the sides of my face to create dimension. Some of you might be wondering why I use this very dark color on my ultra light skin right? Well, this is a medium intensity matte cool brown color which I’m always always in a hunt for since this can be used for contouring light to medium-dark skin tones. The medium intensity makes it blendable (with the right technique and product amount of course) even for those with very light skin like me. I just use one swipe of this on my brush for each part of my cheek and build up the intensity if I feel like I need more.
I also use this to contour the nose of my medium to dark skin clients as well as a contour shade for the eyes.
Score: 5/5
Oops... Didn’t clean the pan before taking a photo... sorry
Texture and Feel:
As you can see in the picture of the pan above this shadow is a little grainy and not as smooth as my favorite Etude House matte eyeshadows (that I’ve featured on my February Favorites post here and reviewed here) However, it doesn’t bother me much since I pick up this product with a brush. Since the quality is not that smooth, please be careful when picking up the product with your hands. Make sure they’re clean and have zero oil. That would prevent the product from caking up.
Another note, this didn’t irritate my sensitive lids when I used it there. ^^
Score: 4/5
Scent:
Has a reaaaaally reaaaaally faint scent of powder. Wouldn’t even notice it if it wasn’t for the purpose of this review.
Effectivity/ Lasting Power:
This actually lasted me a long time considering that I sweat a lot.. Didn’t come off with the sweat. Very good product indeed ^^
Score: 5/5
Total Score: 4.8/5 Totally recommend this one if you’re just starting makeup. This i a very multi-purpose product for me and I’m looking forward to having more shades. If I can save up more money...
