Guerlain Meteorites Pearly White Light Perfecting Base

I ordered this gorgeous face primer from Hong Kong as it's another Asia exclusive from Guerlain as part of their Pearly White range and therefore not available in the UK. I already own and love the original version, so decided to try this one out as well.

This is such a gorgeous product, comes in a sleek glass pump bottle and is made up of little white pearls. When press down the pump, some of these pearls get sucked up and crushes, so you end up with a white shimmery liquid. I find that only one pump is enough to do my whole face, so a little goes a VERY long way. The regular version of this primer costs £40 for 30 mls, so it's not cheap, but as I said it does last a long time and it's a wonderfully silky smooth primer. Just feels really luxurious, as you would expect from Guerlain.

The Pearly White version is slightly shimmery, but once you've blended it all out, it just leaves a slight sheen on your face. As you would use it under your foundation and/or face powder, the shimmer would not be noticeable. It does help control shine and make you make up last longer.

Here are some pictures of this lovely primer.

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Blended out, picture taken without flash

Guerlain Meteorites Pearly Whites 05 Absolute White

A new piece was added to my collection today (although I've already included it in the pictures in the post below) in the form of the newest Asian exclusive Meteorites. A very lovely lady on MUA CP'd it for me from Hong Kong, it's called 05 Absolute White. This is the third time now Guerlain has released an Asian exclusive shade, after 00 White Pearls (in 2006?) and 04 Pastel White (summer 2009) titled Guerlain Meteorites Pearly White. (Shades number 01, 02 and 03 are in the permanent line, the other limited edition shades don't get numbers.) As the name suggests, these pearls are all very light, either very pastely coloured pearls mixed with white pearls, or in the case of the new ones, entirely white with very subtle shimmer to them. Here are some photos of this gorgeous powder, and also a couple of swatches. Please note that I swatched it very heavily (there was a lot of powder on the puff on top of the balls), you would not put this much powder on your face, so it wouldn't look white on you, just act as a subtle shimmery highlighter.