Coffret d’Or Full Smile Eyes in 01 Apricot Beige

Kanebo Coffret d’Or launched Full Smile Eyes as part of the line’s late summer/ early fall 2014 makeup collection. Four variations were released for the collection, and additional ones were released later on. Today I will be focusing on 01 Apricot Beige from the collection.

Kanebo Coffret d’Or Full Smile Eyes in 01 Apricot Beige (カネボウコフレドールフルスマイルアイズ 01 アプリコットベージュ/ 佳麗寶金炫光燦燦笑眼影盒 01 Apricot Beige, ¥3200) contains two off-whites, a subtly sparkly light peach, an apricot-toned brown beige with pearly shimmer and a warm chocolate brown. All the shades have multi-hued light-reflective particles, and they all have a good staying power.

The off-white on the upper right has an almost-moist texture and is designed to be used as a base. The off-white on the upper left is designed to be used as a highlighting shade.

Here are the step-by-step application instructions from Coffret d’Or’s official website:

(image from www.kanebo-cosmetics.jp/coffretdor)

None of the shades is too sparkly. The only thing I need to be careful with is layering the two off-white shades on the upper eyelids. I try to be light-handed with them so that they don’t create an overly pearly finish. Alternatively, I only use one of the two.

The light peach is designed to brighten the inner 2/3 of the lower lashlines. I was worried that it might look too pearly or too sparkly, but it actually looks quite natural even on top of the off-white base (when the two are layered according to the instructions).

The apricot-toned brown beige is a relatively light shadowing shade. It creates a soft and natural shadow, and it is hard to go wrong with this shade if you tend to prefer warm neutrals to cool ones. Even though I tend to prefer gold-toned warm neutrals to peach-toned warm neutrals, this shade works well for me. The only slight complaint I have about this shade is that it is not as pigmented as how I would like it to be. (It is slightly less pigmented than most of the shadowing shades from Coffret d’Or that I have come across.)

While the warm chocolate brown is dark enough to be an eyelining shade, it is lighter than the eyelining shades in Coffret d’Or’s Beauty Face Shadow in 02 Cream Brown from 2012 and 3D Gradation Eyes in 02 Mint Brown from 2013. I do like the warmth of the shade, but, as an eyelining shade, I would prefer it to be just a little bit darker.

Overall, this palette creates a soft look that is very suitable for daytime. Also, in Japan, makeup looks that incorporate lighter eyeshadows (that don’t create a very pronounced shadow) and more intense colors for cheeks and lips seem to be on trend right now. (Lunasol’s Tender Clear Eyes and Clear Colorful Eyes are reflecting this trend.) 01 Apricot Beige should appeal to those who want to go for a subtler eye makeup look. (For your reference, this palette ranked fifth on the 2014 list of Biteki readers’ favorite eyeshadow palettes (Biteki, February 2015).)

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