Lunasol Spring 2011

While transiting at Narita Airport last week, I picked up some pieces from the Lunasol spring collection, which has just been launched in Singapore as well. As usual, the highlight of the collection is the array of five eyeshadow quads. The Ocean Scene Eyes collection is dominated by shimmery shades of icy pastels and light neutrals.

The collection also includes five limited edition Shining Ocean Eyes. These are super glittery water-based eyeshadows. I picked up EX03 Shining Sheer Green (7.5g) which I figured would go well with the two Ocean Scene Eyes palettes that I got. While the Shining Ocean Eyes do add a nice sparkle, the glitter bits felt sharp and slightly gritty to touch when I was smoothing it out on my eyelids. Nevertheless, it did work well as an eyeshadow base.

The Illuminating Highlight #1 Sheer Lavender is a face highlighting powder that helps to enliven skin that is looking dull or sallow. It is subtle enough such that dusting it all over the face won't make one look like a shiny disco ball. I like using this for adding a more natural glow to a foundation that has a flat matte finish.

Coloring Cheeks #8 Medium Pink (10g) is not part of the spring collection. It is a very wearable natural-looking blush with just the right amount of color payoff. The micro-sparkles are not noticeable when applied. I purchased this and the Illuminating Highlight without the cases as I'll probably get the Compact Case (Select) N later which can fit four of these. The Shining Ocean Eyes, Illuminating Highlight (refill) and Coloring Cheeks (refill) were all 2125yen each at Narita Airport, versus the usual retail price of 2625yen.

Although I'm usually not a fan of beige shades, the greyish black and light beige combo of Ocean Scene Eyes #4 Smoky Ocean looked like a very wearable smoky eyes quad. I would usually avoid a palette with so many pale shades as they have a tendency to become indistinguishable from one another when applied. But the shades in Smoky Ocean looked very pretty when swatched so I decided to give it a try. The quad is 4250yen (S$66) at Narita Airport (versus the normal retail price of 5250yen in Japan and S$77 in Singapore).

With Shining Ocean Eyes EX03 as the base, I applied the whitish beige (bottom left) shade over the browbone area, the light beige (top left) in the crease, the greyish black along the upper lashline and the outer half of the lower lashline, and the silvery white shade at the inner corners and along the lower lashline.

The texture of the Ocean Scene Eyes feels more refined and smoother than Lunasol's earlier eyeshadow quads. When brushing the surface of the eyeshadow with the sponge or brush applicators, there were hardly any powder bits kicked up. I experienced only a tiny bit of fall out when applying the greyish black shade. There is no chunky glitter but all the shades are shimmery.

The lasting power was excellent with no noticeable fading and hardly any creasing, thanks to the Shining Ocean Eyes.


My first try with #3 Vivid Ocean was a bit of a disappointment because the blue tones were just not that visible when applied. I'll need to experiment with some other eyeshadow bases to see if I can get the shades to apply more like how they appear in the pan.

With Shining Ocean Eyes EX03 as the base, I applied the yellow shade over the browbone area, the light mint shade on the inner half of the upper lid and along the lower lashline, the sky blue shade on the outer half of the upper lid, and the dark blue shade along the upper lashline.

For both looks, I am wearing Illuminating Highlight #1 lightly dusted all over on top of my foundation, and the Coloring Cheeks #8.

If you have tried the Lunasol spring makeup collection, do let me know what you think of the products!