I may or may not have a bit of an obsession with glitter. As a product that can lighten and brighten any look, I love to add it to many of my makeup looks to bring more light and vibrancy to my face. So, when I saw the Etude House Mirror Holic Liquid Eyes, I knew that they would be a perfect addition to my makeup routine. Keep reading to learn more about the shades, my and the Koreans’ thoughts, and where you can find one yourself.
Things to know about the *Insert Makeup Product*:
There are 9 Shades Total:
- BE101
- BE103
- PK001 (not shown)
- PK002
- PK003
- RD302 (not shown)
- WH901
- WH902
- WH903 (not shown)
Etude House’s numbering and naming system for products makes it a bit easier to figure out what skin tones the products would suit, as all of the products are named based on undertones. The prefixes contain the general undertone of the product so:
- PK equals Pink
- WH equals White
- BE means Beige
- RD means Red
What Complexions Do They Suit?
Cool tones:
- PK003
- WH901
- WH902
Warm Tones:
- BE101
- BE103
- PK002
- RD302
All Skin Tones:
- WH903
- PK001
What are the Undertones?
Orange Toned:
- RD302
Brown Toned:
- PK002
- BE101
- BE103
Pink Toned:
- PK001
- PK003
Silver Toned:
- WH901
- WH902
- WH903
K-Points: 9/10
So, for beauty reviews, unlike my album unboxings, I will be much harsher because this can directly impact your health, where buying K-Pop albums does not. It just impacts your wallet. As such, all of my beauty reviews will be out of 10 points. I will not be going over that number.
Honestly, I really like these. The colors are lovely, They really liven up any makeup look and add a little bit of flair to it. The glitter isn’t aggressively large either, so it isn’t bothersome so close to the eyes. So many other glitters I’ve tried are aggressively sparkly and are irritating around the eyes. These ones don’t do that at all. The only reason that I deducted a point from my score of these is that the applicator is very large, and if I want to put it on my lower lash line, which is where I want it a lot of the time, I have to find a much smaller brush to use.
What are the Koreans saying?
I was digging through reviews on 화해 (Hwahae)*, a Korean skincare app that lists out the ingredients of products from many brands for people to look through as well as post reviews. So, instead of going through and talking about what the Koreans thought since there are 9 shades, I will rank all 9 in order based on the number of reviews and stars.
All 9 in Order of Popularity:
- WH901 (4.13 out of 5 stars – 23 reviews)
- PK002 (4.58 out of 5 stars – 19 reviews)
- PK003 (4.08 out of 5 stars – 12 reviews)
- PK001 (3.64 out of 5 stars – 11 reviews)
- RD302 (4.86 out of 5 stars – 7 reviews)
- WH903 (4.5 out of 5 stars – 6 reviews)
- BE103 (3.80 out of 5 stars – 5 reviews)
- WH902 (3.67 out of 5 stars – 3 reviews)
- VE101 (3.5 out of 5 stars – 4 reviews)
Where Can I Buy It?
Whenever I buy K-Beauty, I do shop at a couple of different places. If you want to see all of the places that I shop at, you can check them all out here. I picked these up at a number of different places, including Style Korean, Olive Young, and Etude House. With a number of the places I shop for cosmetics at, you can also use Rakuten for cash back off of your purchases on their site.
What is Rakuten?
Rakuten is a cashback site that gives you money for purchases you may have already made. They even have an extension for multiple browsers so when you go to a website that uses Rakuten, it will automatically pop up the cashback button to make sure you are saving money. I use this all the time, and I got over $80 back from them for purchases I was going to make anyway. That’s about 3 more albums I can buy!
If you’ve never used Rakuten before, you can use this link to get $10 when making a qualified purchase of $25 when using Rakuten. You will also get whatever percent cashback is being offered from the site you are purchasing from. Sephora, typically has 4% cashback, through here. Ulta typically has 3%. These are just some of the companies on the website, but there are other major retailers on there as well!
Rakuten also has a Google Chrome extension that will tell you as soon as you log onto a site that has cashback with a little pop-up in the corner so that you can ensure you are saving money!
What glitter shadows are you a fan of, K-Nuggets? Let me know in the comments down below!
사랑합니다!
–Rachel
*Note: 화해 still only exists in Korean, but some of the products can be searched for in English.
