Shiseido Maquillage Watery Clash Eyes Review

Shiseido has quite a few different brands available exclusive to the Japanese market one of which is Maquillage. I know I've mentioned that before and many of you already know it as you're as passionate about Japanese Cosmetics as I am however I thought it deserved a remention in my introduction because I have quite a flow of newer readers visiting with me lately and I thought that'd be a nice little way to introduce this review plus give them a little info about the brand.

Maquillage is not my favorite brand in the Shiseido line (I'm sure you can guess which my favorite is...go on comment and tell me!). For me Maquillage is a hit or miss sadly. Some products are really good and some aren't so great. The price range is lovely, the packaging is fabulous, but the actual products are sometimes too sheer or not particularly the best quality in the world. I'm not that big a fan of the shadow compacts, the liners, or the glosses. However, I do give a better portion of my money to Maquillage on a rare occasion!

Today I'm reviewing Watery Crash Eyes from Maquillage. I don't follow Maquillage as much as I do other Japanese brands so when something new is released I know of it but not when it was released so I'm unsure which collection these are from.

A very sweet friend of mine did some personal shopping for me in Tokyo last week and she picked up Watery Crash Eyes as a request from me. Sadly, I'm not quite so into it. The lemming for this came from the fact that it reminded me of Chanel's Ombre D'eau Fluid Eyeshadow but the Maquillage price is much more affordable. The color selection isn't vast by any means and this particular product is only offered in 5 colors. I got the PK213 which is a beautiful baby pink color.



Now I can't fairly give this a poor review. The reason for that is the product is actually good and the problem is that I'm just too bloody picky with cosmetics.

The texture and formula is wonderful as it blends a real treat however a few things I don't like about it are the finish which is more of a shine than a shimmer if that makes sense, I'm also not loving how much I need to use to get color onto my lid as this is very sheer, and finally I'm just not enjoying the total look it created for me.



As I was saying it blends very well, just dot and smooth on. The texture is thick and creamy. All and all I see no problem with the formula however it's lack of shimmer kind of disappointed me. I should mention that I'm not a fan of cream shadows and honestly the main reason I had purchased this was because it not only reminded me of the Chanel but also Visee's Aqua Shining Eyes so I was kinda hopeful this would be as good a quality as both of those.



The product is sheer so you have to do at least three layers to get some color onto your lid. One layer will not do much of anything. I noticed that it doesn't dry fast either which is a good thing because if you mess up while blending you can easily go back and smooth your finger around a bit more without worrying about it being dry and messing the entire look up. This is particularly nice as well when you're layering the color because you're not packing color onto an already "dry" look.





My final look when I was done layering and blending wasn't exactly great. No pop sadly. But as I said I can't give it a bad review because the formula is very good (especially the fact it stays wet so long before setting which makes for ease of application). I'm just a nitpicker because I enjoy a bit more shimmer and the look I achieved was more of a shiny, neutral look!

If you enjoy simplicity without shimmer or pop this might very well be something you'd enjoy using. For myself I'm not loving it at the moment but I'm going to continue using it to see how I feel after a few weeks!

Here's what I created using Watery Clash Eyes:




Here's what I used:


Eyes:
Maquillage Watery Clash Eyes in PK213
Visee Mascara

Lips
Bobbi Brown Lip and Cheek Rouge in Pink Raspberry
Bobbi Brown Lipgloss in Pink Popsicle

Cheeks:
Bare Minerals Blush in Fruit Cocktail

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