Hello, hello! I know, I haven’t posted for over a month. I feel so guilty but I was determined to focus the past month and a half on studying Digital Marketing, particularly Google Analytics and Google Ads. I was pleasantly surprised to know that Google offers free online courses with certifications on different Digital Marketing topics. I’m glad I took some of them up, and now I have 7 Google Certificates!
Anyway, I’m here to talk about two of my k-beauty bronze gold liquid eyeshadows: Peripera Sugar Twinkle in Candy Cane & The Saem Eco Soul Sparkling Eye in Bronze Gold. I’ve already posted a short piece about my experience with Candy Cane, but after using The Saem’s Bronze Gold, I decided to write an in-depth comparison and review featuring the two given that they have the same color, format, and both are offered by popular k-beauty brands.
Price & Weight
Peripera Candy Cane – 3 grams @ PHP600 (around $12)
The Saem Bronze Gold – 2.7 grams @ PHP490 (around $10)
Peripera Candy Cane weighs only 0.3 grams heavier but is higher by PHP110 ($2), which is a fairly huge difference for me. I find Candy Cane pricey but I bought it anyway because I wanted to try it so badly.
Are the prices justified? You’ll know by the end of this post!
Applicator
Peripera Candy Cane’s applicator is bigger and has a slanted flat surface that gets the product and is intended to be directly applied on the lids. The Saem’s Bronze Gold applicator on the other hand is slimmer and ultra-light, it doesn’t even feel that I’m holding anything. Though unlike Candy Cane, its applicator doesn’t have a slanted flat surface and is just cylindrical in shape. The lack of slanted flat surface makes it hard for me to get a lot of product from the bottle, which then leads to me having a hard time applying it because I have to insert the applicator back into the bottle again and again just to have enough pigmentation on my lids. The good thing about the slim applicator is that it’s easier to control, especially when I have to fix some application mistakes. I love Candy Cane’s applicator because I don’t even have to dip back into the bottle as it provides enough–or sometimes even more than enough–product.
Peripera Candy Cane’s Applicator 
The Saem Bronze Gold’s Applicator
Pigment & Formula
In terms of glittery-ness, both bring the sparkle equally well! The glitters themselves just differ in size, Bronze Gold’s glitters are a bit bigger while Candy Cane’s are more refined. But the products also have the ‘liquid’ component and not just the glitter. Candy Cane surpasses this aspect because its bronze liquid is more pigmented than Bronze Gold’s. The Saem Bronze Gold’s liquid formula is thin and has a watery consistency, which makes it easily less pigmented and to be honest, a bit irritating to use. It’s like I bought a pricey tiny bottle of gold glitters, when in fact it should have bronze liquid as well. I could see the pigment of the bronze liquid upon applying and a couple of minutes after, but then it slowly oxidizes for the rest of the time I’m wearing it. So as time goes by, I end up looking like I just have gold glitters on my eyes. Still looks pretty but of course, I expected more. I used it for around 6 hours and only the gold glitters were apparent, with the bronze liquid mostly faded, leaving a light brown color.
Candy Cane has more refined glitters and a more pigmented bronze liquid, which makes the final look more shimmery than when I use Bronze Gold. I used it for around 6 hours as well and I can say that it lasted pretty well.
As for the glitter-liquid ratio, I think The Saem Bronze Gold will benefit if they add more of the liquid bronze. This might make it more pigmented and have a better formula overall. I like Candy Cane’s current ratio and formula, so I have no complaints or suggestions.
Swatches
For Bronze Gold, the applicator ran out of product after a couple of swipes so I had to dip the applicator 3-5 times just to finish completing the swatch below, that’s why it looks messy.
For Candy Cane, I didn’t have to dip the applicator again after I took it from the bottle, the rich and pigmented swatch below came from a single application. The rich formula and wide applicator give a smooth application.
The Saem Eco Soul Sparkling Eye in Bronze Gold 
Peripera Sugar Twinkle in Candy Cane
I was wearing The Saem Eco Soul Sparkling Eye in Bronze Gold 
I was wearing Peripera Sugar Twinkle in Candy Cane
Packaging
Both have lovely packaging! The products itself are both contained in transparent cylindrical glass bottles which I love because the combination of liquid bronze and gold glitters are already aesthetically pleasing to look at, so there’s no more need for elaborate or fancy designs.
Final Verdict: Which one’s better?
It’s pretty obvious that I prefer Peripera Sugar Twinkle in Candy Cane over The Saem Eco Soul Sparkling Eye in Bronze Gold. It’s pricier but it really delivered great quality in terms of weight, pigment, formula, packaging, and the overall experience: easy to use and long-lasting. I don’t regret buying The Saem’s Bronze Gold but given my experience with it, the price should definitely be lower, around PHP300-380 ($6-$8). Of course, I’m aware that I’m also paying for the ‘The Saem’ brand, given that they’re one of the popular K-Beauty brands now.
Beauty Transpires 