Shu:Palette Blushing Beige

July 18, 2016

Happy Monday!!  We’re halfway through July and wedding season should be in full strength. Today’s post made me think of blushing brides, and whilst I am anything but, I still think it is a nice imagery for what the latest Shu:Palette Blushing Beige has to offer.

ShuPalette Blushing Beige

In some ways, the composition of shades along the brown-purple theme reminds me of Laura Mercier’s Artist Palette [reviewed here], but Blushing Beige has much greater range of shade intensity and finishes, and also feels cooler-toned in general.  And personally speaking, Shu Uemura’s eyeshadows are more interesting to me when you consider the gorgeous micro-shimmers as you will soon see in the swatches below!  But first, let’s take a closer look at this palette…

Shu:Palette Blushing Beige

Shu:Palette Blushing Beige consists of 16 full-sized eyeshadows, each consisting 1.4gm of product, in 5 different finishes.  There is a good choice of soft satin base shades, matte darkening shades, metallic/pearl focus shades, and iridescent accent shades.

Shu:Palette Blushing Beige

There is also a functional full-sized dual-ended brush included which has a wide flattened end for laying down color and a narrow end for lining and more precise work.  Unfortunately, the bristles do not feel like natural hair nor are they the softest synthetics I have encountered, but they do their job well and since it is sleek and does not take up too much space, is good to have on the go.

Shu:Palette Blushing Beige

Here is the palette in its full glory.  And swatches for the top row are as follows:

ShuPalette Blushing Beige top row swatches**Click to enlarge image

From left to right, the shades are:

ShuPalette Blushing Beige bottom row swatches**Click to enlarge

The shades on the bottom row are as follows:

It is hard to capture the full beauty of the finishes with a long row of swatches, so here is a close-up on the 4 shades on the bottom left of the palette that got my heart racing as I was swatching them!  If there was a quad with these 4 shades, I’ll grab them in an instant!  Unfortunately, the shades denoted with (*) at the beginning of their descriptions are unique to this Shu:Palette Blushing Beige and are not sold singly.  The good news is, all the other 12 shades are available for individual purchase.

ShuPalette Blushing Beige fav 4 swatches

I believe there are many possible ways to wear this palette, and I would like to show you 2 looks here today.

ShuPalette Blushing Beige EOTD1

Just playing with the browns in this palette, I applied the medium-dark metallic brown (bottom row of palette, 3rd from the right) along the lower half of my lid past my natural fold.  Thereafter, I layered on the medium copper (top row, 3rd from the right) up to the crease.  Added a dash of light metallic pink (top row, 3rd from the left) in the center of my lid, and defined my outer corner with some black liner smudged out.

Here’s the full look in context:

ShuPalette Blushing Beige MOTD 1

For the next look, I wanted to create a more dramatic smokey eye…

ShuPalette Blushing Beige EOTD 2

I actually layered so many shades from the palette that I lost track!  The key focus is the dark sooty purple with violet micro-shimmers (bottom extreme right of palette).  I also used the dove grey (top row, 2nd from the right) and dark purple (top extreme right), and shimmery pale champagne (bottom extreme left) on the middle of the lid and inner corners.

ShuPalette Blushing Beige MOTD 2

The shimmers lend a duality to the look, and photographs much less intense from a distance than in a closeup.  I’m very fond of Shu Uemura eyeshadows as their quality is top notch, and pricing-wise it is much more affordable than other high end brands.  Shu:Palette Blushing Beige retails for SGD170 here, which is a steal considering Shu Uemura prices each eyeshadow at SGD25 which works out to SGD400 for 16 shades.  This is limited edition of course, so check it out in stores now!

xo Linda

This post featured a product that was temporarily on loan from Shu Uemura Singapore.  All opinions expressed here are my own honest, unbiased views.

9 responses to “Shu:Palette Blushing Beige”

  1. Alison says:

    So glad you got this. Those looks are fabulous on you. Very helpful.

    • silverkis says:

      Hi Alison, I actually didn’t get this one…. it was just on loan for review. Which is fine because I really don’t get around to using my palettes very much after each review…. Thanks for making me curious about this though!!!

  2. Christina says:

    Yes, finally someone reviewed this palette! Shu isn’t carried in stores where I live, so I have to rely on swatches. I like the blush tones in this palette, but I have a feeling all the lighter shades will blend into my skintone because I’m so fair, and there are SO many of the lighter shades this time around. While I like the right side of the palette, I’m not sure it’s worth it, especially since the price jumped from $85 to $110 US!

    • silverkis says:

      Glad you found the swatches useful, Christina. You’re right, a bunch of shades here are very light, but I always find that problem with large palettes like this. And yes, I was surprised by the jump in price too…. :/ If you’re interested, many of the shades are available for sale individually so you can always create your own mini palette.

    • silverkis says:

      I’m so glad you found my swatches useful, Christina. I always find a bunch of shades in any large palette to be repetitive. If it helps, most of the shades are available for sale individually so you can always create your own mini palette.

  3. I love Shu, but I haven’t tried that many of his shadows. That palette is to-die-for! Such a great range of colors and finishes, I especially love the champagne and peaches in this palette. Too bad we don’t have a counter, I’d love to be able to swatch and see for myself! Your smoky eye looks is gorgeous, as always.

    • silverkis says:

      I understand about wanting to swatch and experience the shades for myself too… wished Shu was available much more readily. : Thank you for your kind words! :*

  4. Lily says:

    SGD170! I checked the price at Sephora online, and it’s a whopping RM450!! OMFG. I will never pay for a palette that expensive. The darker shades look lovely, but the lighter shades look quite similar. For RM450, I can buy 2 UD Naked palettes, or maybe even some Tom Ford. LOL!

    • silverkis says:

      I got a bit of a sticker shock myself too. Wow that currency inflation is just shocking isn’t it? But I don’t think you’d be able to get even a TF quad + lipstick for the same price. 🙁

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