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Home » Eyes » Eyeshadow » Review: Makeup: Make Up For Ever Star Powders

Review: Makeup: Make Up For Ever Star Powders

September 1, 2008 Paris B 10 Comments

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If you enjoy using loose powder eyeshadows, you would be no stranger to Make Up For Ever Star Powders. I was introduced to these gems by Jojoba the MUFE Star Powder queen. I swear she knows every colour ever made at the tip of her fingers! Useful for me when I am at a loss as to what I should get 😉

Anyway, Make Up For Ever Star Powder fall into the category of loose powder eyeshadows. They come in little tubs with a sifter and a clear cover so you know what the colour is. It is useful, but depending on how you store it, you risk spillage. I store mine on the side – there are too many to stack, so the powder does collect and spill if I’m not careful. So, what I do is tap them on the cover to settle the powder before opening the cover. This way I don’t spill any or spill little.

The texture of the Star Powders are divine. Very smooth and fine milled and the shimmer is outstanding. If you don’t like products with shimmer, perhaps now would be a good time to stop reading because Star Powders are all about shimmer. Not glitter though, just fine shimmer.

Colour wise, Make Up For Ever Star Powders are highly pigmented. See that turquoise blue in the picture? I can only use a tiny tiny touch of it or risk looking like a drag queen! Yet Star Powders can be used on their own or dusted over other eyeshadows to bring out the colour and add shimmer.

When I use it on its own, I usually use it over a cream eyeshadow base. This is to help the eyeshadow “stick” better. However, unlike many loose powder eyeshadows, I find that MUFE Star powders have better “sticking” power so a base isn’t always necessary. They grab onto your lid and don’t let go which is great. Cuts out one step in making up 🙂

If you are using Star Powders on top of another eyeshadow, you can dust some of the more neutral shades over your eyeshadow to add shimmer and draw attention to the eyes. This is a great tip for night makeup. You can also mix this into gel or Eye Seal to turn them into eyeliners and dust these magical powders elsewhere on your face or décolletage. Or maybe mix it into foundation or loose powder to add a touch of highlight on the skin. Anywhere you wish to add shimmer. Well, except that blue of course… 😉 Or mix it into lipgloss and get your own custom made gloss. The possibilities are endless.

I however, stick to using it on the eyes. 😛 I’m boring that way. There are lots of colours to choose from, although Make Up For Ever counters in Malaysia don’t stock many depending on the stock. Its a shame really. The counters in Hong Kong are outstanding! (Facesss in Harbour City and Seibu in Tsim Tsa Tsui were 2 I went to) I currently have something like 6 with only 1 lime green (surprise surprise!) shade.

But there is one thing I dislike about the Star Powders, and most of Make Up For Ever products. They use  numbers for reference instead of names. I can never remember numbers! Also, sometimes the number referred to only has 3 digits when the actual product has 5 digits (they reference it with the last 3 digits). Endless confusions. Otherwise, this is a star product for sure. Oh and one little tub will last you a life time. I’m sure it’ll last me mine!

A tub of Make Up For Ever Star Powder costs RM65 at Make Up For Ever counters in KLCC and 1 Utama and Sunway Pyramid (Malaysia). (It is available at Sephora in the USA and retails for US$18) MUFE needs to start coming up with more counters in Malaysia or lose their marketing edge, which will be a pity because they do have some good products.

Pros: High Shimmer, Good pigment, Lasts a long time, Lots of product, multi-purpose product

Cons: Few counters, labelling by numbers not names

[rating:4.5/5]

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Paris B is a 40-something beauty and skincare enthusiast with a practical and very critical view of beauty products and the world of beauty. Her mission on My Women Stuff is to deliver clear, honest reviews and facilitate discussions about beauty trends and life, tempered with a healthy dose of humour. Let the buyer's remorse be ours not yours! When not testing the newest skincare creams and lotions, or playing with makeup, find her testing her culinary skills in the kitchen at Chez PB. Read more about us here or leave a comment below or connect with us on social media at Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!

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  1. Monstro says

    September 1, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    I really need to give these a go! Will be checking it out when in HK!
    Any recs for colours for me? 🙂

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  2. Nikki says

    September 1, 2008 at 4:31 pm

    I honestly do wonder how it plays against those sparkly MMU e/s! Is there any difference?

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  3. MisSmall says

    September 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm

    Okay, reading beauty blogs is doing no good to me. My shopping list is getting longer and longer, and I just keep wanting to buy more stuff!

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  4. YZ says

    September 2, 2008 at 12:02 am

    Just thought I’d let you know that there’s another MUFE counter in Parkson, Sunway Pyramid 😉

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  5. Syen says

    September 2, 2008 at 12:32 am

    I agree with MisSmall. You writing about all these lovely eyeshadows are no help at all to our purses! LOL.

    But have you tried the eyeshadows from the Makeup Store (I think I got the name right)? It’s a very MAC-ish looking store. I took swatches once just to see how pigmented the e/s are, and they’re beautiful! Didn’t get anything tho.

    Any idea how these compare to them?

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  6. jojoba says

    September 2, 2008 at 2:08 am

    you can get MUFE in Sunway now, for all the places!!! but MUFE is changing as I keep telling them to stock up and so now Star Powder is rather OK! 😛 But of course you get the best choices if you go to KLCC.

    Star Powder used to have only 3 digit numbers (old packaging) and then when new one came (along with the new system for all its products) and thus added 90 in the front. so if it was 904 it is now 90904. Simple. I am a person of numbers instead of names. LOL.

    great review and great product. Better than MAC! (Now I am going to dig a hole for myself.)

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  7. kris says

    September 2, 2008 at 8:39 am

    Please recommend the color for daily use.

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  8. ParisB says

    September 2, 2008 at 10:38 am

    @Monstro : Why not just check them out here? 🙂 I like 90926 (champagne), 90919 (dark plum) and one apple green shade I haven’t yet bought but have been looking at. I might be entirely off course in my numbering – i hate numbering systems.

    @Nikki: Yes there is. I find that MMU is not as sparkly and never as fine as MUFE Star Powders. Personally I haven’t found a MMU eyeshadow I liked but thats me!

    @MissSmall: LOL… restraint is key! But I hope you dont run away!

    @YZ: Thanks for the info! I guess they have to service those outside of KL too 🙂

    @Syen: I have tried the Make Up Store but I did not buy anything from them. The eyeshadows are very MAC in look and feel and I liked the texture of some of them. Their loose powder eyeshadows too are really nice but somehow I just never got anything!

    @jojoba: Oh I’d rate these above MAC too but MAC Pigments are still pretty good stuff (the older ones – the newer ones I find tend to be too powdery)

    @kris: I guess it depends what you mean by daily use because I can use all the colours daily! The best everyday shade would probably be that champagne shade which is 90926 if I recall correctly. Goes with everything and is awesome at night.

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