I have always wanted to try KATE products ever since they were launched at Watsons, but hesitation always kicked in because of the hefty price tags. I'm a poor undergraduate so splurging on cosmetics is quite a challenge. This is why I love Watsons Members Sales! In their latest Members Sales, they had a KATE product bundle and the bundle was only S$9.90!
Included in the bundle was the KATE reflect mirror eyes palette in GY-1 and I think it originally retails for close to S$30 or slightly more.
Just to make sure that everyone is on the same page, Japanese eyeshadows and eyeshadow palettes usually consist of mostly shimmery and glittery colours. It's very rare to find a matte or even a semi-matte eyeshadow colour in a Japanese line. Also, the lighter colours seem to be more glittery than pigmented. The dark colours are usually shimmery and well-pigmented, across all Japanese brands. With this knowledge, you know what you are getting into when buying Japanese-brand eyeshadows!
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Colours: KATE reflect mirror eyes palette in GY-1 is a very curious palette. I still cannot fathom which colour group it really belongs to. At one glance, the colours look greyish, but after a close inspection, taupes and browns start to appear before your eyes. It is very curious indeed, but I like it! The middle shimmery white is gorgeous, and the gun metal (with a hint of blue under camera flash) is an amazing crease or eyeliner colour.
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| Swatches under camera flash |
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| Swatches under normal day lighting |
Pigmentation: As warned before, pigmentation is not something that should be highly expected. The thing about Japanese-brand eyeshadows is they are buildable. You can layer as much as you want and not risk looking like a clown, but still can have your glitter fix. The middle shimmery white is a gorgeous shade (as said again and again haha). I can spam this colour on the inner eye area to make myself look more awake, and I think I'm going to overuse it.
Application: I'm most happy and most pleasantly surprised by the application process. Usuaully with glitter eyeshadows, application's a bitch since the glitters will start transferring everywhere as you apply, and at the end of it all, you like a discoball panda. It's just not nice. With the KATE reflect mirror eyes palette, NONE of those glitters came tumbling downnnn downnnn downnnnn. I'm so impressed I"m going crazy with my words. NONE, ZILCH, NADAH, NOTHING. Even when I was blending the three colours together, I see no fall-outs. MAJOR IMPRESSED, YES I AM.
Longevity: It's definitely a long-wearing palette. Colours stayed put throughout the night, with no signs of melting or fading. Amazing quality, really. Still majorly impressed with the no-glitter-fallout fact. What an amazing palette!
Hope the new year has been great and thanks for reading! :)
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