Etude House Peach collection

*Update*
I received more items from the Peach collection. Please read here:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Etude House is a really cute makeup line made in Korea and if I am not falsely informed it's made by Amore Pacific, the same company that produces Laneige.

They have a vast selection of products and I have to say I am especially fond of their Moistfull skin care (will review later) and their Orgel Light makeup range.

For Spring 2008 they released a huge selection of peach-themed makeup items incl. various face primers, a Skin Pact, eyeshadow palettes, glosses, cheek colors and other stuff. Everything looked so cute I just had to go ahead and order a good chunk of the collection for myself.


I think even the boxes the items are packed in are adorable. It's guaranteed I'll not toss them! =)

As I mentioned above there are several makeup primers in this collection. There is the Pore Erasing Peach Paste, Pore Tightening Peach Mousse and Pore Smoothing Peach Base. The Paste comes in the colors peach and mint, whereas there is only a peach colored mousse. The Smoothing base comes in lavender and mint.

I got the Pore Erasing Peach Paste in peach and the Smoothing Peach Base in mint. Both are great primers.


The Pore Erasing Peach Paste has a really thick texture. There is an enclosed spatula in the box which is really useful. I suggest warming a bit of the product on the back of your hand and smoothing it out a bit with your fingers to be able to evenly distribute it on your face. I find the base is really mattifying and gives a smooth and even canvas for the following foundation. It's not drying and feels a bit silicone-y on. I think it contains silicones but I can't read Korean so can't say if it's really in the formula.



The Pore Smoothing Peach Base is a cream-type base in a hygienic pump dispenser. It's quite moisturizing and does a great job at evening out my skin. I chose the mint color because my skin is generally a bit reddish and green is the best color to counteract that.


One of the star items in the collection is the Peach Skin Pact. It's a baked-type powder that gives sheer coverage and a luminous glowy sheen to the skin. It comes with a small puff but I love dusting this with a big fluffy face powder brush over my foundation. The glow it gives is just gorgeous! I don't know if there is more than 1 color. The one I have says #1 Peach Bloom so maybe there is a #2? The color is suitable for the fairest skin tones. I am super pale (about NW15 in MAC or OC-00 in Maquillage's foundation range) and the powder works perfectly for me. I would say the color #1 is best suited for fair-light skinned people from about NC/NW15-25.


Next item I'll review is the Peach Beam Blusher. It's a baked-type blush/highlighter duo that gives a very shimmery/metallic finish. I have 2 of the 3 available colors and they're rather sheer and light. I love the glowy finish these gives though! The colors I got are #1 Pink Beam and #2 Berry Beam.


The Peach Cheek Blushers are a very interesting product. They're like stamps for your cheeks. You get a small jar with a sponge attached to the cap and the blush pan is in the cover. You just dab the stamp on your cheek and blend. It really works well and the 5 colors available look all very soft and pretty. I got 3 colors: #1 Shy Pink, #2 Smile Pink and #3 Happy Pink.


The item I was craving most when i spotted the collection was their eyeshadow palette selection. There are 4 quads available out of which I chose 3. The texture is very sheer and a bit crumbly and normally I'd be disappointed but I am currently loving the sheer shimmery look for summer so I quite like the quads. The darkest shade in each palette is the most pigmented one and can be used as a subtle liner or to define the crease area.
The colors I have are #2 (Peach Pink), #3 (Green Orange) and #4 (Pink Purple).


The Peach Water Glosses are pretty sheer glosses that leave a slightly cooling sensation when applied. They're on the slippery/thin side so they are comfortable to wear but need constant touch-ups. They have a yummy peach scent like most of the collection.
The colors are from top to bottom: #1 Watermelon Water, #2 Strawberry Milk, #3 Plum Water, #5 Peach Milk.


There are also a bunch of Peach Collection colors from the Dear Darling Ultra Shine Lips lipstick series. I got only 1 color #11 Bubble Shine and I am disappointed with the bright neon pink color. It looked like a lovely peachy pink color in online swatches but in real life it's really a bubblegum pink.


The last item I have is the Nail Polish and it's my least favorite item out of the lot. It comes in a really adorable little bottle but the color I got (#40) is an odd lavender with purple shimmers throughout. I just don't care so much for the color.

As mentioned above most items carry a soft peach-scent which is truly lovely. I can recommend most of the collection. If you just want to try out a few items I'd suggest one of the bases, the Peach Skin Pact and a Cheek stamp.