mercredi 20 avril 2011

Hourglass Visionaire Eye Shadow Duo - Dune




one of the other items i ordered from Hourglass at Ludwig Beck Munich (5 Höfe) is the Visionaire Eye Shadow Duo in Dune.
the palette costs 28€ at Ludwig Beck, where you have to call the counter (free delivery germany-wide with orders 50€+, otherwise 4.50€) but you can also order it online from the UK at zuneta.com (~33€, free delivery with orders 65£+).
it's a sleek and well made glossy dark brown compact which includes a mirror and a very nice little brush with soft but dense natural hair. you can twist and fold the lid in every way, it's the special feature of the packaging, but i don't find it that neccessary. it has a magnetic closure.
the product contains 2 pans with 3g of eyeshadow each, so you get 6g of product, which is for example 5 times the total amount of a Chanel quad (!!!). the big amount comes very handy to people who like to have products to use on a daily basis.
the quality of the eyeshadows is really outstanding. amazingly smooth and almost creamy, they apply and blend out & together beautifully. all of their colours are very pigmented and have a depth i can't compare with any other piece of my big stash.
Dune consists of a shimmery pale gold which shimmers gold and white and doesn't look frosty. it can be too yellow for my skin tone, i have to be careful to combine it the right way. the other colour is a very intense military green which base shade has a satin finish but also contains gold and green sparkles. i can also detect some pink glimmer specks. it's great as an eyeliner or a dark crease/outer corner shade. a very easy to wear green which i can imagine will also look great as a outer corner colour combined with medium teals/aqua blues. blended out the shimmer is still visible, but less.
both apply intensely, i only need to dab my brush into the pan once or twice to do my whole lid. i don't get fall outs with these.the shades last on me very well, with a good base they don't crease or fade on me even after 12h+.
highly recommended! you should at least try one of these, they are really worth the money and i can't imagine anyone wouldn't like them.

Hourglass Dune in sunlight
Hourglass Dune in sunlight
Hourglass Dune in sunlight

this is how it looks applied: i created a softer and a more intense look.
the gold shade all over the lid and on the lower lashline, the green as a thick liner

the gold on the inner half of the lid and lower lashline, the dark green in the outer corner



comparison

NARS Tzarine duo - Hourglass Dune - NARS Pleasures of Paris palette
light shade of NARS Tzarine - Hourglass Dune (2x) - silver in NARS Tzarine - NARS Cordura (bottom right in Pleasures of Paris palette)
i dont have any comparable shades to this duo, MAC Retrospeck is more shimmery and lighter than the gold shade in Dune, the light shade of NARS Tzarine is also lighter. for the darker shades, i only have some dark eyeshadows that work the same way (smooth satin finish with infused sparkles), but are different in colour.



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