Etude House: Smile Cheek Pearls

GOOD NEWS!!!!! Sasa is starting to sell some Skinfood items including the Aloe Sun BB Cream. They sell it for about $12USD and $19CAD..damn dollar!!!! Anyway, do take a look, they have quite a collection of the wash off packs for sale!

It seems like it's been a while since I visited my local Etude House. I didn't even know they came out with a new collection until I read it on Lotus Palace's page and the Muse's page. The collection is called "I Can't Stop Smiling". I had to take a look myself because the items were so cute!
The new makeup items were cute indeed, but I didn't think they were worth it. The lippies and the mini mix pack set thing were so tiny!!!! I got the Smile Cheeck Pearls instead for 15000won.
Just for purchasing this one blusher/highlighter, I got all these freebies!

The Smile Cheek Pearls are supposed to be a blush. The box says it's a "baked multi-colored blush pearls. It contains pink, violet, green, beige and white pearls for blushed cheeks that smile".
The pearls come in a box similar to the Benefit blushers and it also comes with a puff that has feathers and a bow on it. The box is made of cardboard and is quite sturdy.

I believe this is more of a highlighter than a blush because it is super sheer. There is a faint floral smell which I think is Etude House's signature scent. I can't quite describe it but it smells pleasant.
This morning I tried to use it as a blush and my cheeks came out overly shimmery! Well actually it was more like a pink pearly sheen. I had to rub it off and put my regular blush on first then swipe on the Smile Cheek Pearls.

The color is sheer as I mentioned, however, in different lighting and angles, you can see a very pearly pink sheen which I thought was quite nice. I had to do about 3-4 swipes to get enough pink color and shimmer on my cheeks.

I couldn't get a decent swat on my arm so I just rubbed it off with cotton. You can notice a bit of orange blended in with the pink. The beige pearls are actually orange, but your face will not appear orange at all.
The lasting power isn't that great. At the end of an 8 hour day, most of it had also came off. Mind you, I usually sit around doing nothing at school so my face doesn't have a chance to absorb all the nasties of the environment and produce excess oils.
I mentioned the rest of the items in the collection were quite small so I didn't purchase them, but here they are in all their glory.

A lip tint. The SA told me that they come in cherry and orange color. I can't remember the exact price, but it was around 6000won each.

This is the mini pack that I mentioned. It contains a lipbalm, silver highlighter/shadow, perfume cake and a cream blusher. These jars were about an inch in diameter and the set cost 11000won, haha not worth it imo.

And the lipglosses. I liked the pink one but the other 2 were just..blah. This set cost 10000won.

Anyway, I hope everyone has a happy new year! I'll be going to watch Bolt. It FINALLY came out in Seoul XD

Here are a couple pics from December 2008 Vivi for your enjoyment =)