The limited edition black lacquer style palette (£54 but I bought this on sale for £27) contains three eye shadows (gold tinged cream with a frost finish, copper orange with a frost finish, grey with a slight golden sage tone and subtle shimmer) and a matte black powder liner.
You also get two lip colours, which I had initially thought were both reds but on swatching one is a fuchsia and the other a tomato red, both have a satin finish. The palette also contains two little applicators and a good sized mirror.
The shadows have excellent colour pay off and feel smooth and
blend well. Though the liner shade has a much dryer texture
and swatches patchy, on application the pigment is excellent
and I found it easy to blend into the other shades. Lastability
for all shades was very good.
The lip shades are both intense and bright and though I understand a pairing of a bold red with the shadows I feel that the fuchsia is out of place. Both lipsticks have great pigment and leave a stain, I find them slightly drying.
I think its a sturdy and high quality palette (though I would have preferred a lid over the lipsticks to prevent shadow getting into them) and I can fault the quality of the products its just simply the case that not all the colours work for me (the fuchsia lip shade does not suit me at all and I can only use a touch of the orange copper shadow otherwise I look a bit ill).
The limited edition Meteorites Perles du Dragon (£37.50 but I bought this on sale for £18.50) features six different shades: pale pink and beige (to even out the complexion), white and gold (to illuminate), plum and rosewood (to brighten).
I always think that Meteorites look rather unimpressive when swatched; with little colour pay off and noticeable (though dispersed) sparkle.
Swatched heavily below, though hard to see against my pale skin
Its when its applied on the skin that you can see the benefit. The effect is subtle but it noticeably brightens the complexion and adds a soft glow and makes the skin look smooth. I often find these work well dusted over eye shadow to diffuse edges and bring a whole look together.
Once on the sparkle of Perles du Dragon doesn't translate onto the skin unless you get up really close. I don't detect any colour as such once applied, just a lightening.The glow lasts throughout the day. The one thing I am not keen on with any of the Meteorites is the heavy scent, it really hits you as soon as you open the jar.
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I bought these from Harrods.com
The lip shades are both intense and bright and though I understand a pairing of a bold red with the shadows I feel that the fuchsia is out of place. Both lipsticks have great pigment and leave a stain, I find them slightly drying.
I think its a sturdy and high quality palette (though I would have preferred a lid over the lipsticks to prevent shadow getting into them) and I can fault the quality of the products its just simply the case that not all the colours work for me (the fuchsia lip shade does not suit me at all and I can only use a touch of the orange copper shadow otherwise I look a bit ill).
The limited edition Meteorites Perles du Dragon (£37.50 but I bought this on sale for £18.50) features six different shades: pale pink and beige (to even out the complexion), white and gold (to illuminate), plum and rosewood (to brighten).
I always think that Meteorites look rather unimpressive when swatched; with little colour pay off and noticeable (though dispersed) sparkle.
Swatched heavily below, though hard to see against my pale skin
Its when its applied on the skin that you can see the benefit. The effect is subtle but it noticeably brightens the complexion and adds a soft glow and makes the skin look smooth. I often find these work well dusted over eye shadow to diffuse edges and bring a whole look together.
Once on the sparkle of Perles du Dragon doesn't translate onto the skin unless you get up really close. I don't detect any colour as such once applied, just a lightening.The glow lasts throughout the day. The one thing I am not keen on with any of the Meteorites is the heavy scent, it really hits you as soon as you open the jar.
Ingredients:
I bought these from Harrods.com
gorgeous purchases... the only thing I allowed myself to splurge on from Guerlain this season are the two nail polishes from this collection... although I wanted it all :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lucy,
DeleteI was tempted by the nail polishes as well,I wasn't too keen on their other releases this year,seemed too warm but this collection had a good mix of shades so I couldn't resist :)
Ah! The perles du Dragon are so pretty. I'm not normally one to want these LE perles, but this particular one is so pretty. I think I've waited a bit too long. I think in most US counters they are sold out. I guess it wasn't meant to be.
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I do find a lot of the meteorites look the same once on so whilst I am very happy with this I wouldn't say its a must have,see I'm trying to make you feel better ;)
Deleteok, slightly better. :-)
DeleteMy bf picked up the Liu palette for me lol I was quite happy with just the turnadot palette . Guerlain really hit the ball out of the par with this collection
ReplyDeletexoxo
What a nice gift from your bf, I do think this is the nicest collection they brought out this year :)
DeleteI really liked this collection overall. I purchased the Meteorites as well - my first ever! Love the look you did with these shadows :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you like the look, I love the grey in the palette and know that will be what I use up first :)
DeleteTotally agree that the visual effect of meteorites to be minimal when swatched but it still doesn't stop us from loving it, haha.
ReplyDeleteHi Miaka,
DeleteYes, they do have such a popular following, I had to be quick to grab this one :)
Gah! You bought it for only 27 pounds, lucky you! I can't help but feel sad about how much I had to pay for it, boo! It is a great palette though and I love the eye look you did Replica, very sophisticated.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jacqueline :) I was very glad to nab these in the sale, I managed to get them as they weren't in the sale bit online but I could see the prices were dropped so made sure to order quick! I never find it good to think of all the money I have spend on makeup, hate to think what it would be if I went through my blog and added it all up, sure it would make me gasp x
DeleteI would agree that the fuchsia is out of place! The shadows look amazing, and compliment your eye color wonderfully, you have gorgeous eyes!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vintage Makeup :) I do think this would have been nicer with just the eyeshadow in it, I have so much shadow fly off on the lipsticks now sure they will look a bit funny on ;)
DeleteHi Replica,
ReplyDeleteDo you live in London? I visited Harrods while I was in London and I love the Harrods Fragrance & Beauty corner, it has massive brands there :D
Hi,
DeleteI don't unfortunately, mind you I think if I had close access to all the brands you can get in London my makeup spending would be crazy ;) x