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I had this post in the works for a long, long time. Had the photos done and everything months ago! I've been so busy and distracted, but I finally got around to polishing it up. It's only.. four or five months late.. lol. Sorry about that! I had contemplated scrapping this review, but I really liked this coffret so I posted it anyway. 2010's Kanebo Lunasol Party Coffret reaffirmed for me why I was so right to be so enamored with the brand. In my opinion, it blew away 2009's coffret (see my review here).

The pouch or clutch the set came with is made of a soft material. The slight ruching detail and soft creamy color with pale gold fleck is really cute. As you can see, there is a little pocket inside and the lining is a soft gold. I think this pouch is much better looking than last year's. I imagine I could actually use it as a clutch if I wanted to.

2010 Party Coffret includes a mascara, lip gloss, blush, and an eyeshadow palette. I found everything in this set to be very usable making it a really good value!

Lunasol Party Eyes 2010 in EX01 Sheer Gold Beige Brown. This palette is unique to this coffret, though you may find this "style" in other color combinations in Lunasol's Aurorized Eyes line.

As always, the star of any Lunasol coffret is the eyeshadow palette. Their eyeshadows are very nice hence their popularity, but they are not the best if what you're looking for is intense pigmentation. From my experience (as limited as it is), Japanese eyeshadows tend to be more subtle. Others may describe them as being sheer. They also tend to be shimmery. This Lunasol palette is no exception, but I find that it's still very wearable. It has nice neutral shades that aren't overly shimmery unless you use that center shade, which is a glitter-bomb. I avoid this one, but the rest are quite lovely! The packaging is the brand's usual copper unlike last year's shimmery white.

Lunasol Color Cheeks in EX01 Sheer Gold Beige Pink. Sorry about these photos. My light sucked when I took them. So it was hard to make the colors show on camera. I may retake these when I have the time.

The runner-up star of this coffret is the blush. The compact is adorable. I don't have other Lunasol blushes for reference, but I believe it's smaller than the usual blush packaging because they left the brush out. However, the blush pan itself is still full-sized. The blended color is a pretty soft pink with tiny golden shimmers. You can barely see the shimmers on the face, but it gives you a soft glow. For the swatch photos, I swatched each color individually first, then did a blended swatch in the last photo. The pan photo is pretty awful so I apologize for that.

Lunasol Full Glamour Gloss N in EX18 Sheer Gold Beige Pink.

The lip gloss is a nice sheer pink with some fine gold shimmer. It's nothing super special in my opinion, but nonetheless it's a very wearable color. The formula is decent as far as lipglosses go. It's not sticky but doesn't have too much slip. I used to be a lipgloss only girl, but I wear lipsticks almost exclusively now. I'm not certain if this is a full-sized product.

Lunasol High Stylized Mascara N in 01 Clear Black.

I usually go for a very natural look for my lashes so I think this mascara isn't bad. The brush has very short bristles, and the mascara formula has fibers for lengthening although I'm not sure you can see that in the photo above. It hasn't clumped or flaked on me. The only bad thing that I've noticed so far is my lashes droop a little (lose curl) after wearing the mascara for a couple hours.

If you want this coffret, I'm sorry to say that I'm not really sure if it's still available. I got mine from Imomoko in December 2010, but they don't list it any more. If you can still find it, I think this would be a very good set to pick up if you're new to Lunasol and is interested in trying it out. It was $106US when I bought it.

Phew. Finally got that done! I have soooo many things I still need to write about and show you guys! I just gotta buckle down and do it. I'm also considering changing the layout/theme of the blog, but.. one thing at a time I guess. :) Enjoy Mother's Day with your families, everyone!

I'm alive!! Kind of.. For the last few months, work and life in general have run me ragged. But ever the obsessed makeup junkie, rest assured I will always come back to my blog albeit a little worse for wear. I hope you can forgive my slacking. My last post from months ago was about some LMdB gifts I got. Finally got around to taking decent swatch photos of some of those and some other things I bought. I decided to lump all the LMdB eyeshadows I have into one post so sorry this will seem rather lengthy, but it's actually not. Just a lot of pictures!


LMdB's True Color Eyeshadows have become some of my favorites in my stash. The quality is top-notch. They are highly pigmented with a wonderful complexity that photos (well, at least MY photos..) just can't capture. So wonderfully silky and soft but not so much that they crumble when you touch them with a brush. They layer beautifully with each other; LMdB calls this technique "Couches de Couleur". The shadows layer in such a way that instead of turning muddy, each color still shines through. I'm not very good at describing this, and even worse at trying to photograph it. So I encourage you to go to a counter if you can to check it out for yourself. Their makeup artists are quite friendly and approachable (not to mention gorgeous!). Kayla is one that I've met on a couple of occasions at different counters. She has a Youtube channel that features tutorials using many LMdB products so give it a gander if you so desire. :)

Kaleidoscopes are probably the first thing I think of when I think of LMdB. The top of the Kaleidoscope opens to reveal a mirror (I forgot to edit that particular photo.. sorry about that!). Each palette has four pans of product that swivel out. When you swivel them back in, they click to lock in place. I currently own three (mainly) Eye Kaleidoscopes: Le Cirque**, Splendid Frost, and Sterling Beauty (this one cost more than the others because one pan is a lip gloss). Usually the product in the pans is unique to that particular Kaleidoscope, but sometimes they use colors available in their permanent line. The packaging of a Kaleidoscope, though gorgeous, is not unique. Vidi Vici, a brand from Korea, apparently utilizes very similar packaging for some of their products. Not that it really concerns me.

LMdB is a high-quality brand with a price tag to match. As I've said in my previous post, a regular LMdB single eyeshadow is $30US. LMdB Kaleidoscopes are not cheap by any means. However, one thing to consider is that a Kaleidoscope comes with four pans of product whose size is the same as their full-sized eyeshadows (which is 3.8g). So an eyeshadow Kaleidoscope running at about $95US takes each shadow down to almost $24US. I know that not everyone is willing to shell out that much for a single shadow, but I think LMdB is worth my hard-earned money. The Kaleidoscopes are usually limited edition items, but as far as I know some of the ones I will talk about in this post may still be available. Please check their website for locations inside and outside of the US.

LMdB Le Cirque Kaleidoscope Eye Kit: my current favorite Kaleidoscope. I believe this is limited edition for fall, 2010 (not entirely sure though). The names of the shades are noted in the bottom right-hand corner of each photo.

LMdB Splendid Frost Kaleidoscope Eye Kit. This was limited edition for winter, 2010. I use the third color as a blush (using a very light hand), but I'm sure it's fine as an eyeshadow.

LMdB Sterling Beauty Dual Kaleidoscope Kit. This is another limited edition Kaleidoscope, but I couldn't find information as to what season or even the names of each shade. Sorry about the condition of some of the pans. >< They got a little dinged up because I wasn't careful. And maybe my lighting was wonky.. that last pan is actually much darker than it looks as you can see in the swatch.

The packaging of the single eyeshadows are plain and simple. If you dislike NARS packaging, then you may not like these. It has that matte rubbery feel that you know will probably attract dust, powder, and fingerprints (as you can see in the picture above). I am not crazy about it, but it wouldn't stop me from buying it. You can depot them if you so desire (the pans just pop out via a tiny hole on the bottom), but I do not know if they fit in MAC palettes or etc. Of the singles, my favorites are Corinthian and Jojo.

My current collection of LMdB True Color Eyeshadow Singles: Spicy, Chameleon**, Corinthian, Jojo, and Thunder**.

I have a lot of new things to blog about! Ya.. what makeup-buy ban, right?? Well, I prescribe to "retail therapy", and I bought something recently that has to account for my "therapy" for at least the rest of this month haha. It's worth it to me though. Maybe I will do a post on that too! :)

*Just to make sure we're clear: I am not affiliated with LMdB or any store. I am not compensated for blogging.
**This was an item gifted to me (by LMdB as I talked about in my last post). It was not sent to me for review.

Just to make things clear, I'm not trying to brag at all. I'm just trying to be straight forward with whoever reads my blog about how I got these gifts. I will be reviewing these items in greater detail later on. (I just realized that I forgot to include the accents on the e's in the photos.. sorry about that! I'll fix it when I have the time.)


Le Métier de Beauté (I will use LMdB for short) had a giveaway on their Facebook page. All you had to do was post a wishlist on their wall. They then randomly chose ten people that posted and granted their wishlists. I, being a person of the shittiest luck possible, had never before won anything in my life worth winning. No, that Bach Piano Competition when I was ten doesn't count. Wait.. no, nevermind. Nothing. Except for this giveaway.

LMdB Peau Vierge Lash Growth Serum; LMdB True Color Eyeshadow in Chameleon and Thunder; LMdB Le Cirque Eye Kaleidoscope.

I had Corinthian and Jojo on the wishlist, which I did not receive but I'm really not complaining. Even if they gave me just one item, they were more than generous. I have not yet had the heart to even swatch anything because I didn't want to ruin its pristine beauty. I know, I'm a dork. Isn't that Kaleidoscope something though? Packaging is genius! It makes me sad that I wasn't aware of the brand before so I missed out on all those earlier limited edition Kaleidoscopes.


Some time ago, the Santa Monica LMdB counter had an event where with $120 minimum purchase, you get a nice GWP. I had apparently missed the actual event, but since I made a $120+ purchase, the SA let me have the GWPs (all full sized items!). Again, super generous! I have yet to try these products out.

LMdB small makeup pouch; LMdB Dualistic Eyelash Curler; LMdB Nail Lacquer in Amaryllis; Classic Flawless Finish Compact Powder in shade 1; LMdB Lip Créme in Créme Caramel.

I'm thoroughly impressed with LMdB in general. If you haven't had the chance yet to try out this brand, I highly recommend it. It's a little pricy (single eyeshadows are $30 each for example), but I really think it's worth the money. I'm in love with everything I've purchased so far from them.

I realized that a majority of my posts are centered on cosmetics, which I love, but I have not done a single post on skincare or fashion (unless you count my DSK haul hehe). I hope to change that this year (eventually). ^^ This is a little late, but Happy New Year! I'm awful at sticking to resolutions, so I won't make any lol. :P