Three 4D Eye Palette in Star Guitar

THREE is a fast-growing indie Japanese beauty brand that I first heard from Kate from Drivel about Frivol. While the brand's philosophy is more centered toward natural skincare, I am gravitated toward their eyeshadow palettes.

As soon as I had the disposable income, I started look around the net, looking for the least ripped off offer. When I do find these kind of palette on eBay, I then wait for one of their periodic flash sales (usually 15-dollars off 75). When the stars align, I can score these somewhat comparable to regular retail.

 
THREE 4D Eye Palette in 09 Star Guitar. The name! The layout and the color scheme! I always have a thing for dirty purple taupe since it's essentially my skin tone during winter.

The paper box is sleek and taunt. I forgot to take a picture of the actual compact, it's a simple gray one with THREE across the waist line and it's made of gummy plastic. While they aren't dust-oil magnet like Nars, it has sucked in quite a bit of glitter fall out (from the palette itself) for the 1.5 years I had it.

There are four square pans with 8 grams of product. Upper left is a cross between warm rose and pigeon gray, in a sheer satin texture.

The lower left is a nutty brown taupe, still light on the color payoff. Lower right is a silvery shimmer in pewter base,  it feels a bit scratchy to the touch and is prone to fall out when used with brush.

The star of the Star Guitar is the upper right jewel purple. It's a very condensed cream that functions as a clear and texturally light base as well as cream eyeliner. 

There are two applicator, a bigger (what seems like) horse hair paddle brush for the two powder pans and a duo-side for cream. The duo-end has a synthetic tapered flat side and a pointed smudger. For me, the glitter is best padded with finger (that's how it ended up allover the gummy compact).

As much as I love the jewel purple, using it as a base would just mud up the whole look and make me look punched in the eye. Other shades are quite demure (even the glitter pan doesn't make a statement) and only subtly shades. The texture of them feels powdery and easy to blend. It's finely milled enough but nothing unique.

Taupe gray-rose as base, brown to shade, glitter patted allover and purple to line. I like the polished look but feel like it's a little too subtle for my liking. 

While I like the palette, I am not in a hurry to get more...