I was looking forward to the Fall Voilette de Madame collection from
Guerlain as the collection debuts the new (and permanent) Ecrin 2 Couleurs
shadows.
They are housed in a slender golden case which opens vertically
and contains a mirror and double ended foam applicator.
The duos consist
of one pure colour with a matte finish and one veil, in either a sparkly
or metallic finish. Unfortunately there were no testers out so although
the SA kindly got them all out of the box for me to peak at, not being
able to test the colours in hindsight proved a mistake.
I bought Two Rock 01 (£30), which is a matte
sage green, and sparkly deep charcoal.
The green is very pigmented, unfortunately it looks dull
and muddied and very unflattering on me. In terms of formula its
reminiscent of the singles in that it adheres very quickly to the skin
so its best to pat on the colour. However I don't find it as wearable as
the singles, because there is not much movement at all in the formula so
that I cannot apply it sheer and its difficult to blend. The
sparkly charcoal, is actually not as sparkly as it looks, it
applies patchy and has a crumbly texture (as you can see in my picture
below after its been used). Due to the crumbliness its hard to use it as a
liner.
Both shades work best without a primer but either way I do not find them long lasting, the charcoal is noticeable worse as it has fall
out, creases and transfers easily onto the higher part of the lid (this
is having tried it over 3 different primers), used wet it does adhere
better but fall out and creasing is still a problem.
It seems odd
to me that the veil shadow doesn't work at all well applied over the top
of the green, since I figured that was its purpose.
Swatched below dry, then the charcoal wet,
Below I have used the green applied over the charcoal, try as I might I can't blend these shades well so application looks a mess and you can see in the close up photo the crumbliness of the charcoal.
I've had a lot of Guerlain eyeshadows in the past and feel thoroughly
disappointed by this, whilst the shadows combined do give a vibrant
intense look, the formula is poor quality and too much of an effort to
work with. Now perhaps its just the sparkly veiled duos that have this
performance so there might be a ray of light with the metallic ones, but
suffice to say that this is a complete fail for me.
I bought this from John Lewis
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Oh no :( So disappointing.
ReplyDeleteYep, I wouldn't have got this had I tested it in store, that will teach me to jump the gun ;)
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Something else we have in common! I was frankly appalled when I swatched these in store. Poor show, Guerlain :(
ReplyDeleteI so wish I had waited for the testers to come out :( I don't get what they were thinking with this formula, can't see it being that popular with their customer base x
DeleteThe green looks gorgeous but it's a pity that the charcoal doesn't work as much as you wish. I would love to swatch the shades myself and see if any of those duo caught my attention :)
ReplyDeleteI think the green would work better if I could wear warmer tones, seems to look slightly off against my skin tone. I certainty recommend swatching these first before buying :)
DeleteOh no Clare what a bummer! I was eyeing the purple and gold duo. Now I, going to hang on till I test them. I hate it when something doesn't deliver especially when I paid so much for it. Boo!
ReplyDeleteI could kick myself as I know had I swatched this I wouldn't have bought it, my poor wasted £30 grr
DeleteYes, I would strongly advise trying these out before buying.
omg, that sparkle shade makes me want to cry. That looks terrible!
ReplyDeletemakes me want to cry as well, especially when the fall out gets in my eyes..painful.. ;)
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Seriously unacceptable quality for Guerlain. I know that it isn't easy to make returns in the UK, but I would seriously demand my money back-- just show them the crumbling shadow. Subpar and seriously kind of shocking. I will definitely pass on all of the shadows! xoxo
ReplyDeleteIt is really bad isn't it, as more reviews are coming out it still seems to be quite a mixed opinion though, but I would definitely say to pass, much more nicer things to spend your money on, anyhow we need to save for the Tom Ford Fall :)
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Ah yes, those two Tom Ford eyeshadow trios are definitely calling my name!!! I imagine that we will both end up with more than we initially planned on! :)
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