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Review on Coastal Scents Eyeshadows and Make-Up Brushes

The festive season is arriving and most ladies would be involved in dinner and dance, gala dinners, new year functions etc etc.

Soon ladies would be really conscious of their appearance - what clothing to wear, what bags to carry... Last but not least, cosmetic products come into the limelight whenever ladies have to attend such events. Cosmetics are a double-edged sword - they can either enhance a lady's beauty or might end up in a complete fiasco.

Radiating with confidence and charm

Too thick a make-up can be disastrous too...

The make-up trend nowadays is toward the natural make-up look like the Koran Celebrities - with flawlessly radiant complexion with the focus very much on the eyes. As the saying goes: "Eyes are the windows to our Soul". I couldn't agree more. Indeed, our eyes can communicate and tell others how we feel. An attractive and charming lady is one who has eyes that sparkle with confidence.

Hence, Koreans tend to focus very much more on eye make-up to liven up their eyes. A good eyeshadow is hence important to do the job.

In Da Rabbit's opinion, a GOOD Eyeshadow Palette should possess the following characteristics:

Highly Pigmented
Ease of Application
Good Variety of Colours to choose from
Lasting
Safe for daily use
Affordable

To elaborate further, Da Rabbit shall show you the characteristics of a crappy eyeshadow palette.

This is the Eyeshadow Palette easily available from drugstores - the Loreal Paris' Open Eyes Pro. This palette claims to give you the dramatic smokey eye effect.

Loreal Paris Open Eyes Pro

Swatches

From the photos below, you can see that the eyeshadow colours do not show on my hand except for the darker shades like black and dark purple. Further to that, the dark purple looked brownish on my skin although it looked good in the palette itself. The shimmers / glitters of the lighter colours are too rough and big which makes the entire eye make-up rather unnatural :( Moreover, each palette costs about S$20 when I bought them from Watsons.

I think... Its time to chuck them into the bin...

In addition, the normal eyeshadow palettes we see from drugstores do not offer a variety of colours for us to choose from. As most ladies have a closet bursting with clothing of different colours, an eyeshadow palette of only 4-5 colours is definitely too pathetic to match the clothing we wear. This world is made colourful and vibrant for a certain reason... Do not live in a dull world that consist of black and white!

Also, even branded cosmetic brands like Mac do not offer a huge variety of eyeshadow colours in a single palette - this means you have to buy many different palettes to satisfy your needs. And.. Mac cosmetics are not cheap!

Hence, Da Rabbit has found a good alternative to Mac and it possesses all the 'Good Eyeshadow Palette' characteristics as mentioned earlier.

It is the Coastal Scents 88-Original Palette sold by Sam-Dora.

How it looks

The Coastal Scents 88-Original Palette

Each Individual Eyeshadow Compartment is slightly smaller than a 20cents coin

Ingredients:

Talc, Mica, Mineral Oil, Kaolin, Titanium Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate, Isopropyl Palmitate, Lanolin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, BHT. May Contain: Mica and Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Manganese Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Chrome Oxide Greens, Hydrated Chrome Oxide Green, FD&C Red No.40 A1 Lake, FD&C Yellow No.5 A1 Lake, FD&C Blue No.1 Lake.

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Swatches

As you can see, the colours are highly pigmented. It only takes 2 applications to achieve the result and the colours can last on your eyes for an entire day if you use an eyeshadow primer prior to application.

The 88-Original Palette is ideal for beginners as they can explore which colours suit their skin tone best. Also, the eyeshadows can be applied on the eyelids more effortlessly with Coastal Scents' 22-Piece Brush Set.

22-Piece Brush Set

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Da Rabbit is usually very lazy to use brushes for her make-up and hence she relies on her fingers to do the job. This is one of Da Rabbit's favourite daily look created with her fingers

And some other looks using cotton swabs...

Verses the more professional eye make-up done by the brushes

You can really see the difference in the results right? So it is highly recommended that you purchase the eyeshadow together with the brush set.

Also, a good eye make-up can never go without a good eyeliner which opens your eyes. You might want to try using the Kiss Me Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner in Black.

Kiss Me Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner in Black

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The name Kiss Me Heroine Make Series was created in reference to the word "heroine" which refers to a woman who is a main character in a movie, TV, etc. Heroines are supposed to remain beautiful at all times in the story even if she weeps or gets caught in a rain. This makeup series is targeted at ladies who aspires to be such a heroine.

The Kiss Me Heroine Make Smooth Liquid Eyeliner in Black is a liquid eyeliner with a very fine tip (0.1mm) for easy manoeuvring when you are tight lining your eyes. Also, this eyeliner is very wearable and is smudge-proof, waterproof and sweat-proof but amazingly, it rinses off with warm water!! Perfect for lazy rabbits!! ♥

Sam-Dora is having a festive promotion for Cosmetics and Longchamp Handbags from 25 November 2013 - 28 February 2014: