Oh God. Isn't it stunning? Going out with Grace inevitably turns into a "maybe we should go check out whats new on the makeup counters?" Which unfortunately for me led me to falling IN LOVE with this new Dior highlighter. It's from the Spring collection "Glowing Gardens" and I chose the "pinkier one of the two available. This beauty's unnecessarily long name is - "Dior Glowing Pink Diorskin Nude Air Illuminating Powder".
So aside from the utterly luxe and amazing embossed print and packaging, the product itself is very unique. I have too many highlighters in my collection but they all seem to lean gold or peachy, I have very few pink options. However, this is not just pink, it's pink with a slightly silver duochrome with an opalescent sheen. The texture is smooth and buildable. The most amazing thing about this product is that it has NO glitter, NO shimmer and yet it still provides a very intense and amazing sheen.
I truly believe that this is the perfect highlighter for Spring. My bank account may be crying but I am beyond obsessed with this product.
Check your local counters to see if any are left my local Debenhams did a few restocks and I believe it may be in stock still on escentuals.com!
Love,
Charlotte
I stumbled upon this brand randomly through a Tumblr post and had to place an order due to the crazy inexpensive prices and uniqueness of the products. My order came in today and I had to share it with you all especially as I know a lot of you will be fans of the things that the products are inspired by.
I picked up Queensquard, I Loved A Maid, Women's Weapons, Attercop Attercop and Smashing Pots.
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Attercop, Attercop is a matte deep blue with an intense blue glitter shot through. I love this one and cannot wait to wear it with a smokey eye. The glitter catches the light beautifully. This one is inspired by the Hobbit and features a little Bilbo Baggins wielding a flame at spiders - so cute!
$6 Here
Smashing Pots is a reddy brown shot through with green, blue and red glitter. I LOVE IT. It's impossible to photograph all the glitter but in real life it is amazing and so unique. From what I can tell this is inspired by Legend of Zelda.
$6 here.
I Loved A Maid is a light copper pigment with a green duochrome that looks gold in some lights. It is incredibly unique and is inspired by Tyrion Lannister (One of my fav GoT characters). I love it because it adds a little something to the everyday neutral eye while still being wearable.
$6 Here
Queensquard is a matte red orange brown. I must have as I love red toned browns I think they look incredible on brown eyes. The matte formulation is velvety to the touch. This is inspired by Barristan Selmy.
$6 here
Women's Weapons is a reddy purple with a subtle gold shimmer. This shade makes me miss Autumn/Winter so much! Just imagine it with a red lip *heart eye emoji*. Inspired by Cersei Lannister.
$6 here
With every order you get two samples. I recieved Plague and Day of Reckoning. Plague is an emerald green that reminds me a lot of MAC's Smutty Green which I own and love. Day of Reckoning is a metallic pinky purple. Also love haha I JUST LOVE IT ALL. Also for a free sample you get a crazy amount of product!
So beautiful! Overall I have a new found love for indie cosmetics company although it is worth always doing your research. Shiro is a dope company, the customer service is great, the products are amazing and the packaging is cute. Shipping to the UK only took a few weeks which really isn't bad. Defo going to place another order - I want everything they make haha so check it out!
Look what arrived! I am in LOVE. The packaging is to die for, the bubbles you see are 3D and the metallic blue is so reflective in real life.
So the shades I have are Extra Dimension Aphrodites Shell and Refined Golden Bronzer. Refined Golden is much deeper and more orange in tone, this might sound scary but it works amazing for faking a tan as a real tan tends to be reddy orange. It also has a gold shimmer to add glow, this product looks amazing on the tops of cheekbones. Worth mentioning that the mirror is really great in this compact.
Aphrodites Shell is slightly lighter and gives a perfect amount of warmth to the face. As you can see it has a beautiful pattern on top which makes no difference to the product but is a nice addition.
Both of these products are beautifully creamy and blend like a dream. Probably not necessary to have both but I regret nothing. They're GORGINA. If you were umming and arring let me just convince you to buy.
Buy them.
-Charlotte