After the Spring release of Suqqu, I was convinced that no new release would make me so excited as much as this one. The shade combination, gorgeous duochrome finishes, versatility, quality. But it seems I was wrong. Suqqu did it again, and here I present you....
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| Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
...Ex-15 Hanaazuki, one of the three quads from their Fall/Winter collection. Gorgeous matte base color, satin finish mid shade and what do we see here? A sparkly green shade as an accent. The first time I have seen it, I tried to understand why they didn't give us a whole eye shadow size of such a pretty shade. Maybe not just an eye shadow but we need buckets of that. Next to it is the dark matte, which whispers to me that I won't just like this one but fall in love with it. Let's take a closer look...
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| Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
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| Close-up: Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki consists of the following shades:
#1: Warm white with satin finish
#2: Deep cooler plum with silver shimmer
#3: Soft pale pink with matte finish
#4a: Deep warm plum with matte finish
#4b: Shimmery grass green
In spring we were talking about duo chromes, now we talk about self layered beauties revealing different complex shades. #1 can be layered with others to give a shimmery finish but my favorite is layering #4b in #4a. Doesn't the result look breathtaking?
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| Sun swatch: Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
First let me warn you before I go on with the look. Unfortunately photos doesn't capture half of its gorgeousness but it may give you an idea. I followed these steps:
- Primed eye lids with Nars Pro-prime.
- From half of the lid to the outer lid, applied #2.
- Applied #1 to the corner of the eyes, overlapping slightly with #2 in the middle for giving some dimension.
- I used #4a at the crease and along upper lash line from middle all the way to the outer corner.
- I intensified the liner by using a brown pencil (new one from Guerlain) lining the roots of the lashes top and bottom from half way to the outer corner.
- I padded #4b along the liner area top and bottom.
- I added #4b to the mid lid for a little bit of oomph, wish it would show up more on camera. In real life, it really does the trick.
- Highlighter under my brow with #3.
- Curled my lashes and applied mascara (YSL Baby Doll)
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| In-action: Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
Here is the overall look. On lips I am wearing Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstasy #304 in Heat. Oh and nowadays I am enjoying my waves. I sometimes get bored of straight hair. It is one of those times, let's see how long I can hold on to that one.
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| FOTD: Suqqu Blend Color Eyeshadow EX-15 Hanaazuki |
Final thoughts: Nothing but love! It is already so perfect but I wished that this green shade would be a little larger. It can really do wonders. Now I get very curious how the other two palettes will perform.
Do you like using accent colors on your eye makeup to add a little bit of something? Which shade would you prefer for this?
Eeeee I love this look on you, Sara! Hanaazuki is absolutely stunning! I love how there are some pops of colors in there, but at the same time it seems very wearable. GA Heat looks SO gorgeous on you that I want it now, too!
ReplyDeleteHi Sunny,
Deletenow that Selfridges is shipping to Europe, you may want to check it out. It really blends like a dream and you said it just right, so wearable but unique. I am loving GA Heat, became my go-to lipstick this week!
xox
Just wanted to say thank you for the great pics and love your blog! Cathy
ReplyDeleteAw... Thanks so much Cathy :-**
Deleteyour eyes are amazing!:) I love #2 shade:)
ReplyDeleteThanks very much for the compliment Caise, I love your eyes too, is there a look coming up on your blog?
DeleteI love EVERYTHING about this look! The colours are distinct yet perfectly blended -- it's so autumnal to me, like seeing glimmers of grass and flowers through early morning fog <3
ReplyDeleteI would also love giant pans of the 'accent' colours from all three palettes this season. Possibly paranoia but I swear I can see a dip in the violet of my EX-17 already D:
Thanks very much Kate, your feedback means a lot to me. You wrote it so poetically, I love the scene you described. I also think there is something so autumnal about this palette although it doesn't have the classical fall shades.
DeleteI am also going paranoid about the accent colors. Not only the colors but the texture is also unique, it is shimmery with good color pay-off but a little transparent that allows layering. I don't know if I can find a good dupe for it.
The overall look has some similarities with Armani venomous green - gives a smokey eye with a twist-I love accent colours- They should do quad with the 3 accent colours in the fall quads and another bright one- would be awesome
ReplyDeleteI agree, instead of the pink matte shade, I could have this grass green as one whole thing! I think modern naturals with a twist idea goes in this direction and some other brands tried this concept before like Guerlain's Coup de Foudre, Dior's Bonne Etoile, YSL's Arty Palette... But I somehow think Suqqu did it the best :-)
Deletefirst, I LOVE seeing your curly hair! It's so pretty and I envy all the waves!!! :) It's very flirty looking.
ReplyDeleteSecond, that plummy taupe looks magical on your skin and I think the grass green shade is absolutely the perfect accent for your eyes. I can't wait to give my #15 a good play now. I'm totally inspired.
Flirty looking? LOL! I love that *wiggles eye brows*
DeleteI am so happy to be able to inspire you. I think Ex-16 is your quad and Ex-15 is mine ;-)