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I recently stumbled across some cute blushers on eBay from an obscure brand called Nini Monica on eBay and as they were super cheap I decided to give them a try.
It turns out that I really love the blushes, especially the singles.
Nini Monica is a Taiwanese brand to my knowledge but seems to be available in Japan as the backs of the products are printed in Japanese and the price is given in Yen (though I haven't seen it when I was in Tokyo).
Anyways, I decided to try out 2 of the Shimmer Blushers for US$3.95/each and 2 of the Face Powders (duo blushes) for US$5.95/each.
-Shimmer Blusher:
The packaging of these is a total Anna Sui knock-off. I don't mind that lol as they look really cute.
The texture of my 2 blushes is very silky and SUPER pigmented (well, for my taste hehe) with a beautiful soft metallic finish.
I have to say I am quite impressed as I didn't expect a lot of color pay-off and pretty colors from such a cheap brand.
I picked the colors 02 and 04.
01 is a soft pink with peachy undertones whereas 04 is a bright fuschia pink which looks so beautiful when carefully applied.
The blushes say they're made in Japan.
To avoid confusion: These are blushes even though the box says "Shimmer Eye Shadow". There are eye shadows available in the same style of compact but they come with normal sponge-tip applicators. I guess the guys from Nini Monica just use the same boxes for both products.
-Face Powder:
These are duo blushes very similar to Benefit's 10, Dallas etc. as these come in such cute little cardboard boxes.
However I like the design of the Nini Monica blushes better than Benefit =P
Anyways, the Face Powders are quite a contrast to the Shimmer blushers. They're matte and quite sheer even though they have a fine texture.
They show up on me but if you want more pigment these will disappoint you.
I picked #03 which is a light peachy tan shade/flesh colored highlighter and #04 (light warm pink and pinkish white).
All in all these are cute and worth purchasing, especially the Shimmer blushers.
I found them on eBay, just do a search for Nini Monica.
PS All the included brushes are craptastic but I couldn't care less lol
