{"id":6487,"date":"2011-01-24T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T00:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomanstuff.com\/?p=6487"},"modified":"2013-01-26T17:34:45","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T09:34:45","slug":"stroll-down-rue-de-rivoli-with-guerlain-ecrin-6-colour-eyeshadow-palette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomanstuff.com\/2011\/01\/stroll-down-rue-de-rivoli-with-guerlain-ecrin-6-colour-eyeshadow-palette\/","title":{"rendered":"Stroll down Rue de Rivoli with Guerlain Ecrin 6 colour eyeshadow palette"},"content":{"rendered":"

So bright! So expensive! Just a few exclamations over the Guerlain Rue de Rivoli Ecrin 6 colour eyeshadow palette. You’d be right to, except because its Guerlain, the price point is pretty much expected (its luxury after all) and in keeping with its name, Rue de Rivoli<\/a> is one of the more upmarket streets in Paris where one of the Guerlain stores is located.<\/p>\n

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The Rue de Rivoli eyeshadow palette is limited edition for Spring 2011 and follows in the style of the Ecrin 6 colour eyeshadow palette released last year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What you get in a largish, heavy metal case is 6 eyeshadows – 2 matte, 4 shimmer and the texture is lovely. Smooth, finely milled and very chic. The matte shades blend very well and the shimmer shades are not crazy shimmery. Its all very elegant… until you come to that pop of bright fuchsia pink in the center. It boggled my mind how it could be used but to my surprise, or perhaps relief, it swatches a bit sheerer than it actually looks. I’ve got the swatches below together with a couple of pictures of how I wore this palette.<\/p>\n

The shadows all swatch a little on the sheer side. Very buildable though and the colours do not scream at you with great intensity. But these are eyeshadow textures that suit my style so I’m happy. If you prefer something that screams “STRONG COLOUR” you might find these boring.<\/p>\n

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Each swatch was made with just 1 swipe of colour. Its pigmented but sheer, if there’s such a thing. As I have mentioned, the pink swatches a little sheer, which suits me fine. I think I’d have trouble wearing anything that bright on my lids! More trouble than I already had anyway \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

What I found is that the Rue de Rivoli palette actually has an underlying purplish tone. Its evident when you swipe it on your skin, but less so in the pan. In the pan, it looks neutral but on the skin, its got hints of purplish tones that can be very pretty.<\/p>\n

Rue de Rivoli Look #1 <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here’s the first look I did with the Rue de Rivoli palette. What I did was to blend in the bright fuchsia pink with the darkest shade in the pan and it turned out a Violet shade that quite surprised me.<\/p>\n