Suqqu EX-17 Hatsushimo Comparisons and Second Look

In fact, it could be said that I have a mild case of palette block with this -- as previously mentioned, for some reason my brain loves to work on quads, and wangling all five shades of a quint into a look is a bit much for it to deal with in its currently sleep-deprived state.

It's still odd, because Hatsushimo's colour combination isn't even particularly unique to my collection. Here it is with two well-loved quads, Sonia Rykiel 10 (swatch) and Suqqu EX-12 Hisuidama (swatch; lookbook) from this spring:
EX-17 Hatsushimo is right in the middle in terms of contrast and brightness, and partially overlaps both quads tonally; perhaps that's why I struggle a little with it -- it's neither Sonia Rykiel 10, which lends itself to more graphic, jewelled placements, nor is it EX-12 Hisuidama, which I like best layered into a complex murk.

I think the issue is that the blue-violet and the green-brown duochrome olive are equally strong, and tend to fight each other. Whereas in Sonia Rykiel 10 the blackened green is the darkest shade by a good step, and in Suqqu EX-12 Hisuidama, the two darkest shades, as well as differing more in depth, also harmonise with shared undertones.

(In fact, the two darker shades of EX-12 Hisuidama mix almost perfectly into EX-17 Hatsushimo's olive...
...thus proving just how much more complex Hatsushimo's tonal mix is, and also what a good little mindless consumer drone I am :P)

Anyway, all this means that when I forced myself to do something different with Hatsushimo, I merely ended up with a reversal of the first look, again splitting the olive from the blue.
Paired with Suqqu Bright Up Lipstick 02 Hanabeni over Kiss Me SPF15 Moist Lip lipbalm and Kjaer Weis Lovely blush. Basics are Shu Uemura Nobara 584 [getting a bit too dark now as my summer 'tan' fades] and Seal Brown H9 brow pencil, with Burberry 01 concealer under eyes.

Perhaps my struggles with this palette are due to my obsession with that violet sparkle pan and making it Teh Entire Point Of All Makeups EVAR. Justification: I (admitted sparkle addict) own nothing like it and couldn't even franken it from what I do own:
Even its partner blue provided surprisingly tricky to 'dupe' from my collection, with its unusual inky saturation. Here it is with several other Suqqu 'liner' shades, demonstrating their wily ways with the scattering of not-quite-look-a-likes through their palettes:

Layered, Hatsushimo's naviolet stands up to any of my favourites, while retaining a unique edge:
Setting aside for a moment my embarrassing EX-12 combo exactly duping EX-17's olive *cough*, it's otherwise fairly unique to my stash, but with certain reassuring affinities to products I already own -- comparable depth to Rouge Bunny Rouge Abyssinian Catbird, a refined gleam like Shu Uemura ME 471 (mine is the second generation, discontinued version, though the current Colour Atelier shade is similar), sitting on a taupe base like RBR Velvet Fritillary cream shadow and the olive satin from THREE 06 Tranquil Oasis.

Finally, taking both peach and pink shades together, I'm pleased to say neither has an exact twin among my plethora of pinkypeachy things (considering my addiction to these types of shades, that's quite something...)