January Week 1 K-Beauty Makeup Releases

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Welcome back, I hope you had a great New Years!
Here are the new K-beauty makeup releases for this first week of January 2016.

Most are freshly announced, or only available on their official Korean websites. These products can be purchased through using a buying service like the one provided by Avecko.com. One of the first stores with international shipping to carry new releases is Tester Korea. At times, new releases will start popping up in their store within a couple of days, so make sure to check them out!



The first swatches of the Espoir chess peace collection are available for view here and they have been added to the Espoir site and are now available for purchase.


Etude House Monkey Wish Eyes
Etude House Monkey Wish Eyes, Espoir Chess Peace Swatches, J. Estina Red Full HD Tinted Lip, IPKN Twinkle Beam Flash Cream and Twinkle Blur Foundation, Labiotte Momentic Days Diffusers, Western Cushion Foundations from Kiko Cosmetics, Sephora, and Japanese brand Shu Uemera, New Korean makeup January 2016, New Korean cosmetics January 2016

To celebrate 2016, the year of the monkey, Etude House is releasing 10 new eyeshadow singles with monkey faces on them! The eyeshadow shades are:
BR418 Spending Money is all Monkey (a brown with gold pearl)
BR419 A Package is Here Monkey (brown)
OR214 Let's Go On Vacation Monkey (orange)
BE108 I Lost Weight Monkey (gold pearl)
BK804 Let's be healthy Monkey (gunmetal with pearl)
BE109 It was Deposited Monkey (silver beige)
PK014 So Pretty Monkey (pink)
PK013 Cheering You On Monkey (pink with pearl)
GR707 I Got The Job Monkey (khaki with green pearl)
PP508 It Got Canceled Monkey (purple)
They retail for 4000 KRW/2g at Etude Korea.



J. Estina Red New Liquid Lipstick Shades

Etude House Monkey Wish Eyes, Espoir Chess Peace Swatches, J. Estina Red Full HD Tinted Lip, IPKN Twinkle Beam Flash Cream and Twinkle Blur Foundation, Labiotte Momentic Days Diffusers, Western Cushion Foundations from Kiko Cosmetics, Sephora, and Japanese brand Shu Uemera, New Korean makeup January 2016, New Korean cosmetics January 2016


J. Estina Red Beauty is adding 4 colors to the Full HD Tinted Lips range. They are CH1 Red In Seoul, CH2 Purple in Milano, CH3 Pink in Paris, and CH4 Coral in Hong Kong. They're highly pigmented, glossy liquid lipsticks that contain 4 types of botanical oils to hydrate the lips. 27,160 KRW.


IPKN Twinkle Base Makeup

Etude House Monkey Wish Eyes, Espoir Chess Peace Swatches, J. Estina Red Full HD Tinted Lip, IPKN Twinkle Beam Flash Cream and Twinkle Blur Foundation, Labiotte Momentic Days Diffusers, Western Cushion Foundations from Kiko Cosmetics, Sephora, and Japanese brand Shu Uemera, New Korean makeup January 2016, New Korean cosmetics January 2016


IPKN announced they are coming out with two new shimmering base products. 
The IPKN Twinkle Beam Flash Cream contains hyaluronic acid complex, deep sea water and cactus extract to condition the skin. Ruby, amethyst, and pearl powder give it a little lift with some sparkle as it preps the skin for makeup. 27000 KRW/35 ml.
The IPKN Twinkle Blur Foundation Both proucts contain hyaluronic acid complex, deep sea water, and cactus extract to moisturize the skin while covering it up. This foundation is meant to moisturize as though one's used an essence on his/her face. The Multi Clear Blurry Powder in the formula covers and blurs pores. There is also acai berry extract, tomato extract, and strawberry extract in the 'Twinkle Blur Complex' to give radiance to the skin. The shades are 21 Nude Beige and 23 Natural Beige. 27000 KRW/35 ml.
These are not released online yet but will be shortly.

Apieu Eyeshadows


Apieu has new eye makeup out. 
They've released 20+ new 'Mono Eyeshadows'. The eyeshadows come in Mineral or Jewel finishes.
They cost 2500 KRW/2.5g. Check them out here. The shades are unnamed.
They've released the new Tank Eyeliners in brown and black. They're liquid pen eyeliners and retail for 7500 KRW/1g.


Labiotte Premium Diffusers 

Etude House Monkey Wish Eyes, Espoir Chess Peace Swatches, J. Estina Red Full HD Tinted Lip, IPKN Twinkle Beam Flash Cream and Twinkle Blur Foundation, Labiotte Momentic Days Diffusers, Western Cushion Foundations from Kiko Cosmetics, Sephora, and Japanese brand Shu Uemera, New Korean makeup January 2016, New Korean cosmetics January 2016


Labiotte debuted 5 new Momentic Days Diffusers. The inspiration for the line of diffusers is time. There are notes of citrus and florals in these diffusers. 
07:00 Ready For Day - is citrus and floral
13:00 Get It Inspiration - is green citrus
17:00 Time For Joy - is floral
20:00 Play For Rest - is musky
23:00 Miracle Sleep - is calming woody florals

TheSAEM Diffusers and Reed Sticks
TheSaem released a set of affordable diffusers and reed sticks. 
Urban Delight Diffuser - There are 3 scents: Citron, Harakeke and Hyacinth, and Cherry Blossom and Peony. 20,000 KRW/90 ml.
The Urban Reed Sticks come in Flower (both design and scent, 5000 KRW/250), or Basic (1800 KRW/90).


More Western Cushion Foundations
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Thanks for reading!
If anyone has any questions about any of these products (ingredients lists, etc.), feel free to shoot me a note or tweet me @unsightlygimp.
If you have a tip or news byte to share with me I'd also appreciate it!
Do you have your eye on anything? Apparently Etude House usually do a pretty good job with their eyeshadows so... maybe for me.




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