Etude House Aloha Two Two Kiss
Hi all! Some readers of IMBB may not be aware that I’m a Filipina, living in the city of Manila, in the Southeast Asian country of the Philippines. I may not be from India, but I do share the same love you have for makeup and beauty, and I honestly love writing for IMBB, as well as reading all the posts here.
I think it’s interesting to see and read about makeup from different parts of the world. I already have a list of cosmetics I’d like to try from Lakme and Colorbar, as well as skincare and bath and body products from FabIndia. I thought it’d be cool to be able to share my little finds from Manila. One of my most recent finds is from Etude House, a Korean brand of cosmetics with very cute, very girly packaging.
From the Etude House Aloha Collection
Walking into an Etude House store is kind of like walking into a dollhouse (sorry I didn’t get to take a picture). Everything is pink, girly, and pretty! Stores started popping up here about a year ago, and their newest collection for summer, the Aloha collection, managed to get my attention. Aloha is
inspired by Hawaii and its tropical beaches, and includes a multitude of items, of which I grabbed two colors of a lip product, called the Aloha Two Two Kiss.
Aloha Two Two Kiss Pencils. Top- Hula Hula Sandy Pink, bottom- Hawaii Ray Pink
Aloha Two Two Kiss is a double-ended pencil, at one end of which is a tint, and on the other, a gloss. I got #2 Hula Hula Sandy Pink and #1 Hawaii Ray Pink. Each side is labelled, so I don’t confuse which is the tint and which is the gloss, have plastic caps, and despite the pencil looking like plastic, can be
sharpened.
Hula Hula Sandy Pink:
The tint side is a light, nude peach…
While the gloss is a light, nude pink.
Hawaii Ray Pink:
The tint is a cool Barbie pink…
While the gloss is clear with silver glitter.
And here are swatches:
Left to right- Hula Hula Sandy tint, then gloss, Hawaii Ray tint, gloss.
I really liked the idea of a lip tint and gloss in one product. I always top off lip stains with lip gloss because stains or tints tend to dry out my lips, and I just think they look better with gloss. The tint side glides easily on the lips, doesn’t feel sticky, and leaves a natural tint of color, though they do have a just a little bit of a waxy feel. The gloss side also glides easily, isn’t sticky either, and gives subtle shine to my lips- I love this gloss in pencil form!
The Etude House Aloha Two Two Kiss pencils give my lips a nice, subtle wash of color. Hula Hula gives me nude peach lips, but doesn’t wash me out, and Hawaii Ray, when applied a bit heavily, gives me Barbie Pink lips! I’m not usually into that kind of shade, but I do think it’s a really fun color, and applied lightly, it creates a sheer medium pink (the glittery gloss I just dot on the middle part of my lower lip) that seems to brighten up my face. There are 398 Pesos or Rs. 406 each. A bit costly, but they’re a lot of fun, contain a decent amount of product, have pretty colors, last relatively long for a lip tint (about 3 hours), and I like them.
I really liked sharing this fun find from Etude House with IMBB and hope you enjoyed reading my post.
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Ida plzzzzzz give me these na, they look soooo cute ! :waaa: :thumbsup:
Taps, okay…but in exchange for some Lakme Lip Love Conditioners and Colorbar lipsticks. :toothygrin: :)) :)) :))
But me dont have lakme lip conditioners 🙁
Taps 🙁
:woot: :woot: :woot: wow … dis product looks nice … they look like kohl pencils hehehe.. . thnks for d review …
If they weren’t labelled for lips at the store I’d have thought they were for the eyes. :doh: Rids, you’re welcome! :thanks:
hehe.. nice pretty names of suc cute sa pencils :teddy: :teddy: .. me too want them :waaa: .. nice shades even .. :whistle:
The names are indeed pretty cute Nids. :)) :)) :))
they look cute Ida…show us more from this line 🙂
Will do, Vaishnavi. :)) I have a couple more things I want from Etude House. 😀
these r sooo cute ida….. :teddy: :teddy:
Yeah they are Nupur…I’m a sucker for cute stuff. :)) :)) :))
Ida.. these look cutee :teddy:
Rekha, yup. :)) :)) Etude House seems to specialize in cute. :cute:
OMGG! i’d buy these solely based on their cuteness quotient. :shy: :shy: :shy: :shy:
Rati, I think I got these mostly because of their cuteness. There were 4 shades in all and I wanted to buy all of them. :cute:
looks dammmm cuteeeee Ida :love: :methinks:
Shwena, yes, me think so too. :heart:
:woot: gimmie d peach so lovely shades
1st i saw d blue and thot it’s eyeliner cum lip pencil 😛 but it turned out to b shimmer gloss
i wish etuda house launches in India soon
They do look like eyeshadow pencils. :heh: I hope so too! :))
dis is soooo nice…me wants :yes:
:)) :)) :))
Sooo cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute Ida!! 😀 😀 I wanttttttttt… 🙂 :toothygrin:
Cali :)) :)) :))
Idaaaa me want em too!!!!!! Etude house is known for these cutie pie kinda stuffs!!! Their packaging always mkes u go awww!! :teddy:
Sukanya, they are! :)) Next time I go there, I’ll take pictures. They have these super cute solid perfumes that look like tiny dolls…unfortunately they didn’t smell nice. 😮
no sephora no etude house …….is desh ka kya hoga 😛
Aani when Etude House stores opened here last year I went a little bit crazy. 😮 Sephora we don’t have either…
ida the swatch looks too moisturising for apencil.for a moment i thought they were lip glosses :yes:
Fly Girl they actually are lip glosses…one side is a lip tint, the other side is a lip gloss. :))
I have heard so much about Etude house,everything their is just soooo cute
I would have bought these pencils just by seeing the names..they are adorable 😀
Ritika, I really gravitated towards the Aloha display cause the stuff and names were so dang cute. :cute:
ETUDE house stuff is always so cute!!!
lp- so true. :)) :)) :))
Such a cute product Ida 🙂