shu uemura Mirage spring 2009

shu uemura continues to shine with their Spring 2009 Mirage collection. The soft, playful, and light colors create an optical illusion that resemble a beautiful mirage. Using light and shadow, the gentle shades are made to enhance each woman's special features.

The sophisticated eye shadow palettes are mellow and delicate. It looks bright, but once you finish applying the colors your eyelids end up glowing. I like the utopia a lot. It makes me feel like a female subject in a Monet painting.

Jason Hoffman, shu uemura Principal Makeup Artist, suggests the following for the Fantasia palette:

"You can absolutely mix any combination of the three colors and layer on the lid. My favorite look for the Fantasia palette is to mix the pink and the lavender on the lid with a shu uemura Kolinsky Hair Brush, which deposits more color, then softly blend the grey into the crease. For a little more definition to the eye, add Drawing Pencil in 14 ME Light Blue, and Liquid Eyeliner in Black."

The cheek palettes are superb. The cream and powder duos are meant to be more like subtle and buildable highlighters, not like a traditional blush. The orange phase gives a more defined, sculpted look, while misty glow gives a dewy luminosity to the face.

For the misty glow, Hoffman explains that "Both colors in the Misty Glow palette are for highlighting. The cream color, which gives a dewy glow, is great for cheeks and lips. The lighter pink powder is a great powder highlighter for eyes and cheeks. If you wanted to use both, I would layer the two, and apply the cream first and then set the cream with the powder for longer wear."

Also love the lip duo tint & gloss. Perfectly soft for the springtime romantic look, this gives a fresh wash of berry red and a hint of gloss. Use alone, with the gloss, or with any lipstick.

Available at www.shuuemura-usa.com.

Local SF Bay Area beauty queens can get this special spring look at the SF boutique:

shu uemura
1971 Fillmore St.
San Francisco
415-395-0953

Comments

[Editor]

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[lisa]

Great post! The colours are so soft and pretty.