Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream #13

this is the Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream in #13 - Warm Beige/Beige Chaud. it's a cream eyeshadow that claims to be waterproof and long wearing without creasing or smudging under the most extreme conditions.
i bought this shade in a blog sale, so i got it for less. normally it's 21.90€ and is available on kultkosmetik.de in germany. it contains 6g. it comes in a small plastic jar, it's light and simple and travel-friendly. the lid closes very tight.

the texture is quite hard but is easily melting into a light sheer shimmering finish. it sets very fast, so you need to work quick to blend it evenly, also only apply a thin layer and load up your brush/finger with a very small amount of product to avoid it getting uneven. i love using MAC 217-type brushes with it. it's easy to apply evenly and blend out at once with such a shape and density.

#13 is a golden beige shade with a metallic finish. if you sheer it out, it has a soft shimmer. this shade is recommended to be used on the eyes and the cheeks, not for lips.
i like to apply it as an all over eyeshadow, it really brightens up my eyes. i can even apply it on my lower waterline to get a super-polished glowing eye look. it's also great as a base shade for every sort of colour (you know i love gold shimmer ;) ). i can imagine it would look good peeking through mermaidy blues or autumny warm berry or maroon shades other than neutral colours only. or giving cool toned silvers and taupes a warmer hue. very versatile to combine.

the staying power though, isn't quite as fantastic as i would assume by reading the claims. when i wear it on its own, after about 8 hours i get heavy creasing with this shade, it gets sticky and goopy and gathers in my eyelid crease. i'm a bit disappointed with it, i have liked it so much as a quick and easy all over colour. i mean, ok, i have oily lids, but other cream shadows (such as Benefit's Creaseless Cream Shadows or MAC's Paint Pots) stay on much better than this, which even claimed to resist the "most extreme" conditions and as MUFE is a more professional brand to me, i thought they must be even more resistant...
with a powder eyeshadow on top, it holds up 10h with only a bit of creasing in the inner corner.

as i'm writing this review, i notice that i still haven't introduce to you my other shade of this line which i own a lot longer, #2 Acier/Steel. i will catch up on that soon :)

this is how it looks applied, i did 2 different looks with it:

MUFE Aqua Cream #13 all over the lid and on the lower lashline.

MUFE Aqua Cream #13 all over the lid and lower lash line, with Barry M Dazzle Dust in #89 Oyster Grey blended over and Hourglass Exhibition (dark shade) as a soft liner in the middle and outer parts.

comparison

MAC Paint Pot in Vintage Selection - MUFE Aqua Cream #13 - Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Brithday Suit

MAC Paint Pot in Vintage Selection - MUFE Aqua Cream #13 - Benefit Creaseless Cream Shadow in Brithday Suit

in comparison to my other shimmering light neutral cream eyeshadows, it's more gold and less pink than MAC Vintage Selection and warmer and more metallic than Benefit Birthday Suit.


what about you? do you like the Aqua Creams? do you also have the same texture- or creasing problem?

Make Up For Ever - Beige Diamant

yesterday, finally my order of the MUFE Diamond Shadow Refill in #306 Beige Diamant came in.
i was totally intrigued by it, as pixiwoo used their new Rock For Ever Eyeshadow Palette i almost immediately ordered it.

luckily MUFE sells palettes with permanent shades, so you needn't buy the whole thing if you only like one of the colours (so did i).
it is a normal pan with 2.5g of product, i stuck a thin magnet to it and put it in my MAC 15 pan palette (of which i removed the separator). MUFE also has big magnetic palettes you can fill individually. i ordered at kultkosmetik.de, it took over a month to get it because they were out of stock for this shade. it cost me about 15€.
i thought it would be a medium cool gold from the video i saw, but in real it is a warm peachy gold with clear sparkles. it reminds me of All That Glitters by MAC, but it's less metallic/frosty. it's very pigmented, velvety soft. still haven't try it on my eyes, yet.

swatched dry on bare skin

pan size comparison to MAC (MUFE in the middle)

MAC Honesty - MUFE Beige Diamant - MAC All That Glitters

another easy work-appropriate look, FOTD 2

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 this is another no-brainer look for me, if i need to be fast and look fine. it's based on Lisa Eldridges Work/College-Look.

i used the Astor 16h Mineral Match foundation
+ BeautyBlender

setted with Kanebo Sensai Loose Powder
+ Artdeco skunk brush










blushed with Maybelline Pure Mineral Blush in Mineral Coral
+ MakeUpShow blush brush

used the Guerlain Météorites Perles D'Or
on top of the blusher + Sigma ss187








for eyeshadow: Make Up For Ever Aqua Cream #2 Acier
+ travel size ss217

for the rest: Shiseido Brow Pencil GY901 Natural Black, Manhattan Wake Up Concealer #2, Hourglass Hidden Corrective Concealer in Pearl, Shu Uemura Lash Curlers, Hourglass Film Noir mascara, Shiseido The Perfect Mascara








for lips: nothing  - or: Catrice Absolute Moisture lipstick in Caramel Beige,
a MLBB-colour for my pigmented lips



all together once again :)

what are your "safe"looks? do you wear much make up to work?