Integrate Rainbow Grade Eyes in 2 Summer Girl

by PJ on Sunday, July 3, 2016

in -Integrate, -Shiseido, 2014 Summer, all about Japanese cosmetics, makeup, makeup - eyeshadow, stash focus

Shiseido Integrate Rainbow Grade Eyes 2 Summer Girl Summer 2014 Makeup 1

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Back in 2010, I reviewed Integrate‘s Rainbow Grade Eyes in BE303. I got more variations from the Rainbow Grade Eyes series since then, and today I will be sharing my thoughts on 2 Summer Girl.

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Shiseido Integrate Rainbow Grade Eyes 2 Summer Girl Summer 2014 Makeup 2

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Shiseido Integrate Rainbow Grade Eyes in 2 Summer Girl (資生堂 インテグレート レインボーグラデアイズ 2/ 資生堂 絕色魅癮 彩虹甜心眼影盒 2, ¥1500) was released in summer 2014 as a limited-edition variation. It features an off-white pink ((top left) with pearly glow), a light warm beige (shimmery with soft sparkles), a bronze orange (with pearly shimmer), a dark brown (subtly shimmery) and an off-white pink ((bottom left) very sparkly). All the shades have multi-hued light-reflective particles. They are all very easy to apply and blend, and they all have a good staying power.

I prefer this palette to BE303, and there are two main reasons. One thing I found slightly disappointing about BE303 is that the three shades in the heart-shaped section did not create a very defined gradation. I wanted more definition from 2, and I certainly got it. The color depths of the three shades in the heart-shaped section are varied enough to create a defined lightening-shadowing-eyelining gradation.

The other reason why I like 2 more is that the finish of the main shadowing shade (the bronze orange) is more dimensional than the main shadowing shade of BE303 (the light warm beige).

The off-white pink on the bottom left is very sparkly, and I use it very light-handedly as a top coat on the middle parts of the upper eyelids to add extra dimension to the eyes.

Overall I like this palette. Even though the bronze orange goes on more orange-toned than it looks in the pan, it looks quite fresh and vibrant and it is just dark enough to work reasonably well as a shadowing shade. I just wish it were a little more bronze-toned and a little less orange-toned.

This palette was released in the summer of 2014, and the colors (particularly the bronze orange) are certainly summery. The eyeshadow shades on the pink-salmon-orange spectrum seem to be popular in East Asia at the moment, and the bronze orange in this palette is probably more on-trend now than it was two years ago. If you want to try a similar color combination, have a look at Integrate’s Nudy Grade Eyes in OR366 (from summer 2016) and Majolica Majorca’s Majolook (Illuminator) in BE300 (also from summer 2016). (Both palettes are limited editions.)

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Shiseido Integrate Summer 2016 Makeup 2

(Integrate Nudy Grade Eyes in OR366)
(image from www.cosme.net)

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Shiseido Majolica Majorca Summer 2016 Makeup 1

(Majolica Majorca Majolook (Illuminator) in BE300)
(image from www.cosme.net)

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