I picked up this shu uemura Holiday 2011 Eye and Cheek Palette in Drowning in Flame (wow, melodramatic much?) last year, obviously, but only just got around to trying out the shades. I'm not normally big on eyeshadow, being heavy handed/fingered with shadow application and a tendancy to forget I'm wearing it until two seconds after I've mashed my ape knuckles into my eyesockets and smeared it across my forehead. Also, you know how somethimes eyeshadow just look wrong on some people? I was kinda like that.

But then with some time to kill in the gym changeroom (waiting for my lotion to dry before squeezing in to jeans is booooooring), I tried another shu uemura palette that I was using for its blush and I loved it. Enough to give this limited edition a shot, along with the Rouge Unlimited lipstick in Glitter Fuse (review here).

Firstly, like the other goodies in the Wong Kar Wai collab, the packaging is gorgeous. The cover image changes from a lady nodding her head and moving her crazy embellished talons nails across her face. Impossible to take a decent picture of the pretty changing-ness of it all, you'll just have to trust me.

Aside from the rose cream (which is a blush) in the bottom left, these are medium pigmented pressed powders with a silky smooth finish.