Friday, February 25, 2011

Holika Holika Single shadows


Holika Holika Single shadows
Price: 4000 won ($4)
Every Korean brand has its own line of single shadows. I  find, they suck. Even a normally nice brand cheaps out on its singles.
But, I like singles. Almost every time I buy a duo, trio or quad, I use up one color LONG before the rest.
There are just some colors I use a lot. So I have been in search of decent Korean singles. (lol) My search isn’t over. Holika’s singles are ok looking. The packaging isn’t bad. A clear top with a silver or black bottom (silver is for the metallic shadows). Their logo is imprinted into the powder.
They are also designed to be easily depottable.

Inside the shadows are pretty generic, but the quality is pretty good. Better than I usually see in singles. The colors are nicely pigmented, apply smoothly and last well.
I bought two colors, both are copper, in the same tone, that coordinate beautifully. One is a dark copper, the other is a lighter copper. The colors in the silver case, the 'metallics' are more pigmented. It is the darker and slightly more orange of the two. I use it as a liner and for shading. The lighter color is less pigmented, and applies a lot lighter than it looks in the pot. 

The colors are nice, not that exciting, and tend to be a little orange. The overall quality is decent, they last, and have decent pigmentation. They don't sound amazing, but.....honestly, they are the best Korean single shadows I have encountered.

5 comments:

  1. very pretty and wearable colors~ i like the darker cooper
    && OMG your eyes are sooo pretty!!!

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  2. O wow, such beautiful colours and they become you so well. I have similar eyecolour but they are not as large and beautiful as yours, but it is good to know what a shade with a bit of red can do to make the blue/green a bit more eyecatching.

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  3. it looks gorgeous on your eyes! :3 the packaging is also pretty. i think i'll give holika holika a try really really soon. :)

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  4. it's gorgeous! your eyes i mean :)

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  5. So pretty! I hate quads as well because usually I like ONE or TWO colors and well once they're used up, I just have an empty shell with poopy colors.

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