Burberry Complete Eye Palette #15 Sage Green Swatches

Burberry's latest spring offering - a Complete Eye Palette with shades of greens - gets me terribly excited. I"m not big on greens usually but I find this palette's colors extremely wearable. Knowing it's Burberry, it almost whispers "muted" to me so I'm not afraid the colors will be too 'loud' for my liking.

Burberry Eye Makeup Remover review

This small bottle of eye makeup remover from Burberry was acquired during a promotional purchase. Long story short, it was a purchase with regrets. 

Emptied Products in November

I'm gonna make this short and sweet. I ordered tons of shower gels for my bf and I, got tons of holiday stuff, and birthday coupons start to roll in come December! It's about time to review the empties project and my spending habit in year 2013 *face palm*. Anyways, to the empties of November:

Burberry Summer Splash Palettes' Swatches

I received this promo in my inbox yesterday, Burberry is releasing LE palettes this summer! Who knew?

Emptied Products in February 2013

Hello folks, February had been a slow month for product empties. I only had 2 full sized products finished *sniff* but there are lots of samples being used! I"d love to post this by the end of February but things just got so hectic. Now, let's see what I finished during the past month...

My staple products of late

It's been quite a while since I last shared my staple products. One of my resolutions for 2013 is to blog more, and here I present to you my staples for the past 2-3 months:

It's NOT a haul! *AHEM*

I've probably said this many times already that I'm 'on a no-buy'. But every single time the results proved the aforementioned phrase was a epic fail. LOL To give you some insight into my uncurable obsession and hobby, here's what I did today: sorting out a CP (custom purchase) with the wonderful Justine today (thanks to Sheila for introducing us to each other!). I was struggling to get some NARS blushes but then I abandoned the idea.

In case you didn't know, I offer CP for Kanebo Lunasol Christmas Coffret ^_^ along with other brands like Canmake, Shu Uemura, Shiseido Maquillage, Sofina, RMK, Majolica Majorca, Jill Stuart, Paul & Joe, well pretty much every brand that has stores in Hong Kong.

What you see in the picture below is not my haul, they're items given to me by my friend who worked in a beauty magazine.

On the left is Kiehl's Midnight Recovery Concentrate (launched a month ago I guess?), it's a beauty serum, so far I've only tried a few times intermittently, will do a full review on it later. Then is the Burberry eyeshadow in Pale Rose (review here), MAC Tartan Tale Follow Your Fantasy eyeshadow (review here), FANCL Liquid Foundation, MAC Antique Green pigment, MAC Venomous Villains eyeshadow single in Vile Violet. And Bliss roller-ball EDT on top of the picture. There's also a lip liner from MAC unpictured here.

The EDT from Bliss: looks so sleek and the scent makes me think of the ocean, which resembles the bluish color of the tube too.

My right eye is feeling a bit weird for few days, think I might be having an eye infection @_@ meaning I have to stop using mascaras for a few days even though it's in my plan to use it up.

On an unrelated note, here's some dessert porn...haha!

Do you have a sweet tooth?

xoxo

Swatches & Review: Burberry Sheer Eye Shadow #12 Pale Rose

What was on my mind when I held this shadow on my hand? "oh my this feels so heavy and weighty!" This sheer single eyeshadow by Burberry is housed in a metal compact and feels extremely solid on hands. Let's look inside :D!

There's a little sponge-tip applicator housed in the compact. The eyeshadow carries the signature Burberry imprint. Pale Rose is a pastel pink, but MORE THAN THAT. I can also see a iridescent pink sheen over it. It doesn't look as powdery as it seems (more on that later).

The cardboard packaging has words engraved on it (not printed), and it feels very sturdy. The compact also carries the signature Burberry imprint, which is a very nice touch and feels luxurious too! There's also this velvet black pouch (also with a subtle Burberry imprint on it).

The shadow contains 2.5 g product and is made in Italy.

The word 'Burberry' was also printed on the closing of the compact. It's a magnetic snap-shut compact :)

I swatched it in my inner arm (palest part of my hands, lol). I apologize for the quality of the photos...I can't get the camera to focus on the swatch.

As you can see, Pale Rose comes out as a pastel pale pink color.

The sponge-tip applicator is not very helpful but nonetheless workable still. Pigmentation is quite sheer. There's also an iridescent pink sheen over the powdery color actually, yet the finish is matte but not shimmery. If you're looking for pigmentation in this pastel color, this is not for you :) I have yet to try the deeper shades of their eyeshadow collection though, don't know whether the others are more pigmented than this.

My verdict is that I would use this as a highlighter shade on brow bone and inner corner of eyes, as well as on my nose bridge too!

What eyeshadow colors would you pair with this shade? Please share! :P