I usually bought a palette eyeshadow. I think it's better to have more colors and easy to create gradation than buying one color to mix with another. Yeah, that's because I'm not creative enough to create new gradation. But this time, I thought of buying mono eyeshadow from Bbia. This brand is famous recently by their single shadow. I found many Korean tutorials on Youtube using its eyeshadow. And it's a perfect time because I'm searching for matte eyeshadow. Bbia has many ranges from matte to glitters, so I'm easily attracted. Also, it can be used either for eyebrows or blusher. I bought from Koreabuys website, but it took almost a month to arrive (online seller usually needs 2-3 weeks). But I think it was late because of many holidays this month. I know, the price is usually higher than normal online shop, but it's easy to choose because they have many brands available.

What I bought are 3 Bbia mono shadows. The two are from Shade and Shadow range, no.05 Dark Grey and 09 Vintage Rose Brown. And one is from Plush Shadow range, no.09 I'm Sad Spring. The three of them are matte eyeshadows. I'm interested in Bbia's matte & unique colors, rather than usual color like brown / pink. So I grabbed grey color, and cool-toned brown & purple.






Bbia Shade and Shadow #05 Dark Grey & #09 Vintage Rose Brown


The grey shade is actually can be used for eyebrows. Meanwhile, I will just use it as a shadow for outer corner of my eyes. The vintage rose brown seems warmer than shade I'm Sad Spring and a little bit hint of purple (unnoticed).

Advertising pictures:



Bbia Plush Shadow #09 I'm Sad Spring


I think I'm Sad Spring has more purple-ish hue than Vintage Rose Brown. The pan is darker. It is still a matte shade and I think I can use it as a blusher too, right? -Addiction's vibe-

Advertising picture:


Swatch for Plush Shadow #09 I'm Sad Spring on hand:


Swatches for three of them on hand:


See? Bbia Plush Shadow #09 has cooler tone than Shade and Shadow #09. Now, let's try it on eyes.






For the picture below, I tried using Dark Grey for my eyebrows and I'm Sad Spring for eyeshadow & blusher. They stands for more than 5 hours. As expected, it's better to use them alone so the color won't be mixed into each other. And glad my thoughts was right. I'm Sad Spring can be used as a blusher too. It has a hint of dark pink while on cheeks, right? But it's more purple-ish on my eyelids. It stands long too as a blusher.



Final Thoughts (Yes, I'm familiar with this format cause I've blogged about gaming a few years ago):
+ Matte & pretty natural shade.
+ They have many ranges from shadow to blusher to eyebrow color to choose in a small eyeshadow pan.
+ Pretty cheap price.
+ I chose unique colors and satisfied with the color payoff.
+ I think because it's matte, I like to use it alone to define my eyes. Not as gradation color. One is enough.
- In a single pan so must be creative enough of using it to create gradation (I'm lazy).
- Staying power is short, especially if mixing two colors. Or, 10 hours is already a long time?
- Hard to get because Bbia is infamous in my country.