Dior Night Walk (043) 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow Palette ($68.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, limited edition holiday palette that was a grayscale, smoky color story with a darker gold in the center. I did feel like the inclusion of such a warm, contrasting gold might not be the right move. Given that the brand had a warmer, bronzy color story released alongside this one, I think keeping warm/cool would have made more sense. Nonetheless, the quality wasn’t high enough to make this particular palette compelling. Night Walk #1 is a light silver with neutral undertones and a slightly, Continue Reading…

Dior Promenade Doree (543) 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow Palette ($68.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, limited edition holiday palette that featured four warmer, gold-brown hues paired with a pop of cooler-toned, silver in the middle. The quality was so-so with the two bottom shades being better, while the upper three shades were of lesser quality. For the price point, I’d definitely want all five shades to perform well! Promenade Doree #1 is a light-medium, orange-gold with strong, warm undertones and a pearl finish. Mostly opaque pigmentation Slightly dusty, a touch thin; not as emollient as past formulations Applied evenly Continue Reading…

Dior Rose Tulle (743) 5 Couleurs Couture Eyeshadow Palette ($65.00 for 0.24 oz.) is a new, pink-leaning color story with four shimmery shades (they ranged from satin to glitter) paired with one matte shade. The quality was decent, but the formula was better prior to being reformulated as the newer formula is a bit thinner and has weaker longevity. Rose Tulle #1 is a very pale whitish-peach with an iridescent pink pearl throughout. Opaque pigmentation Smooth, not too firmly or softly pressed, a touch powdery Applied evenly and blended out well Average-wearing (7.5 hours before fading visibly) Rose Tulle #2 Continue Reading…