As the name shows, this palette contains blues and greens. You get a silvery white highlighter, a turquoise shade, a teal-blue colour as well as a grey shade with subtle blue shimmer. The highlighter is quite frosty, so might be better for inner corner rather than brow bone highlighting. The teal and turquoise shades are a lot less frosty, mainly just shimmery, but not glittery, the teal especially has a lovely sheen. The grey shade is quite matte but it has some very fine blue shimmers that are more apparent in the pan than in swatches. I haven't worn them yet, I only just received the palette yesterday and this morning was too manic for complicated make up looks, but from past experience Guerlain eyeshadows are very smooth, long lasting, they don't crease or fade. These shades are all well pigmented based on the swatches.
If you thought this was similar to the Holiday 2011 palette #10 Les Ombres de Nuit then you're not wrong, however these shades are definitely lighter and less frosty (except for the highlighter shade). I've included a side-by-side comparison photo and swatches at the end of this post, be sure to scroll all the way down. There's also a blue palette that I don't own which could be similar, but that doesn't have a highlighter shade.
The palette is the same as all the other 4 colour palettes, housed in a gold coloured shiny compact, you have a mirror in the lid and a double ended applicator is included too. You get 7.2 g which is pretty good and these retail for £37 at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it'll be more come January.
See lots more pictures including swatches after the jump!
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| Taken without flash in natural daylight (nearly sunny) Royge G #72 Rose Innocent on the right |
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| Taken with flash Royge G #72 Rose Innocent on the right |
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| #12 Les Aqua vs. #10 Les Ombres de Nuit |
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| #12 Les Aqua vs. #10 Les Ombres de Nuit Taken without flash in direct sunlight |
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| #12 Les Aqua vs. #10 Les Ombres de Nuit Taken with flash |
these aren't my colours, i am more looking forward to the lipsticks and 6 colour eyeshadow palette in the range!!
ReplyDeleteBut tell me, how did you get your hands on these so early!!
Somebody was selling them on eBay and I was lucky to have got a good buy it now price on them. :)
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