So this post today is more of a retroactive post for those who might be looking for the Etude Shine Chic Lip Lacquers. Even though they are not being sold anymore and have been replaced by a similar formula: The Glass Rouge Tints. Keep reading to learn more about the Etude Shine Chic Lip Laquer, my and the Koreans’ thoughts, and where you can find one yourself.
Things to know about the Etude Shine Chic Lip Laquer:
There are 10 Total:
- BE101 Misty Silhouette
- OR201 Juicy Fresh
- OR202 Tangerine Dance
- OR203 Vintage Carrot
- PK001 Magenta Z
- PK002 Muse On
- PP501 Lavender Breeze
- RD301 Rose Coco
- RD302 Rainbow Boss
- RD303 Soul Catcher
What Complexions Do They Suit?
Cool tones:
- PK001 Magenta Z
- PP501 Lavender Breeze
Warm Tones:
- BE101 Misty Silhouette
- OR201 Juicy Fresh
- OR202 Tangerine Dance
- OR203 Vintage Carrot
- PK002 Muse On
- RD303 Soul Catcher
All Skin Tones:
- RD301 Rose Coco
- RD302 Rainbow Boss
What are the Undertones?
Orange Toned:
- OR201 Juicy Fresh
- OR202 Tangerine Dance
- OR203 Vintage Carrot
Brown Toned:
- BE101 Misty Silhouette
- PK002 Muse On
- RD301 Rose Coco
- RD303 Soul Catcher
Pink Toned:
- PK001 Magenta Z
- PP501 Lavender Breeze
- RD302 Rainbow Boss
K-Points: 7/10
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.
Although I like this formula, I prefer the formula of it’s matte cousins, the Matte Chic Lip Lacquer and the Fixing Tint. It’s nice, but it doesn’t stay on as well as the two previously mentioned. That being said, the formula is not dry – it is actually quite moisturizing. It blurs out well too – something that I really appreciate about Korean lip products. Etude did an excellent job of ensuring you can tell the difference between the packaging for the Shine and the Matte ones (as shown in the photo above).
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 palettes, I will rank all 10 in order based on the number of reviews and stars.
X in Order of Popularity:
- RD302 Rainbow Boss (4.16 out of 5 stars, 82 reviews)
- RD301 Rose Coco (3.93 out of 5 stars, 72 reviews)
- OR203 Vintage Carrot ( 3.87 out of 5 stars, 55 reviews)
- BE101 Misty Silhouette (3.98 out of 5 stars, 56 reviews)
- OR202 Tangerine Dance (4.05 out of 5 stars, 37 reviews)
- OR201 Juicy Fresh (3.95 out of 5 stars, 41 reviews)
- PP501 Lavender Breeze (3.81 out of 5 stars,
- PK001 Magenta Z (3.80 out of 5 stars, 20 reviews)
- RD303 Soul Catcher (3.71 out of 5 stars, 14 reviews)
- PK002 Muse On (3.58 out of 5 reviews, 19 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 and Olive Young. 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 is your favorite lip product, 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.
