Chanel Rivière Look #5 / Last Look

A matchymatchy summery makeup 'n' outfit Extravaganza it's-summer-and-I'm-short-on-colour-combo-ideas-OKAY Of The Day.

The last, because I decided five goes was enough to establish that Rivière doesn't quite gel (har har) for me -- the shade is too soft and the texture too, a gentle ultra-fine shimmer, not the flattering sparkle that made me fall for the Illusion D'Ombre formula in the first place. It's gone to a dear friend who has promised to take it for walkies daily.

[Apologies for yellow smoggy lighting. Who knew I'd be pining to get back to my London 'light'?]

Rouge Bunny Rouge Fire-Tailed Sunbird all over lid with a Suqqu S brush with YSL Singulier WP mascara in 4 Vibrant Blue smudged upwards from the lashline on the same brush [a tip I read on makeupalley -- would not exactly recommend, though also not blind....] More mascara, on lashes this time. Chanel Rivière to liner lower lashline on a Chikuhodo Artist 6-1 brush, GOSH Velvet Touch eye pencil Purple Stain run lightly on waterline.
Shu Uemura H9 pencil Stone Grey on brows.

With harmonious corals on lips and cheeks: Jill Stuart Mix Blush 9 Little Bouquet and Ellis Faas Glazed Lips L307:

usual beauty base zero

Matchy matchy

buttons-up-the-back top: Lowry Farm // skirt: Reiss // shoes: Clarks // necklace: etsy

The blue shoes and purple liner are examples of the "hmm, what if we add this?" style of error exuberance! I am particularly prone to when minimalism is not on my mind.

THREE Flash Performance Eyeliners

This is going to be a very shallow post. Which can basically be summed up as:
1. SHINYYYYYY
2. It's all her fault.


THREE is a luxury 'natural' brand sold exclusively in Japan. I first sampled the brand last year and have been pleased with everything so far.
But their Flash Performance Eyeliner Pencil in 07 Eye Doll blew me away. Incredibly complex duochrome shade, hands-down the smoothest, most blendable cream texture I've ever felt, and once set, it withstood a sweltering June day in Singapore with aplomb. APLOMB I SAY.

Of course I went back for more. Because it's basically obligatory to have three of anything from this brand, right?
Flash Performance Eyeliner Pencils are made in Germany and retail for ¥3150 each.

The family, so far... looking a bit nuclear. I really should make it a commune.

Sleek, understated packaging. As SoLonelyInGorgeous wrote, the smudger end (right) works brilliantly.

Subtle colour stripes up the back to identify shades without uncapping.

Swatches! None of which are layered. These are SO PIGMENTED. 
04 Eye Belong -- jewelled blurple with cornflower, cool gold and bright pink shimmer
05 Eye Rock -- blackened green with hot pink, gold, lime and turquoise sparkles
07 Eye Doll -- duochrome olive/pink metallic, the smoothest of the three [think Deborah Lippmann's Sugar Daddy polish]

paper swatch, natural light

natural light, shade

natural light, full sun

dark room, flash

My comments on texture basically amount to a puddle of drool. These are the Suqqu Creamy Glow lipsticks [which, remember, total holy grail] of eyelinerdom. They blend, not like butter, but like water. Or air. Or nothing. They skate over your skin by themselves and perform a quadruple axle with APLOMB. Before making you dinner.

Reader, I married them.*

*No puppies or former wives were harmed in the making of these eyeliners. As far as I know. I'm pretty sure some kind of pact with the devil was involved though. Had to have been.