Jingle Bells: Givenchy - Holiday '09

Yummy cool-toned pearl-like pastel shades for the holiays. That's what I'm talking about, Givenchy!

Available at Sephora.com or ParfumsGivenchy.com

 

 

 

The ones I tested

Rouge Interdit Shine

24 Pearl Shine sheer pearl shimmer

Very, very sheer and glossy. Quite pretty, but I prefer it layered over other lipsticks rather than alone.

Gloss Interdit

20 Tender Pearl pearly pink shimmer

21 Elegant Pearl sheer silver shimmer

A pink one and a silver one. The pink one is sheer and... oh, wait! The silver one is sheer, too. I would use these for layering over lipsticks or other glosses to add a touch of glow. VERY pretty.

FYI, the pink is quite cool-toned.

Parad'Eyes Fluid Eye Liner

Tender Pearl metallic pink
Elegant Pearl metallic silver

The last thing  I thought I would enjoy putting on my eye was a pink liquid liner. Silver makes sense - I'm on-board; sign me up! Pink? Hmmm...

I'm amazed to say they're both really great liners! I'll rock them both this Winter and into the Spring. Chalk the pink one down as "The Color That Most Surprised Me!"

PS: These are a bit weird in the packaging department. I'm used to the wand being on the shorter side and the ---er, what do you call the compartment where all of the makeup is? Anyway, I'm used to that part (the well?) being the longer side. Here it's completely turned-around and the short end is the (?) ... the long end is the applicator portion. It surprises me every time I try to apply this liner!

Mister Bright Touch Of Light Pen

Moon Light opalescent pearl

You've seen it before: click pen; highlighting liquid. You know what to expect...

The cool thing about this one is that it's mostly just a cool opalescence rather than a push of color. I twist up some product and apply with my finger or another brush (MAC's 217 is great!) rather than trying to slop it on from the pen.

Great for cool-toned gals as a highlight in all of the usual places: brow, tear duct, middle of the bottom lip, cupid's bow... I've even dotted it on the tippy-tops of my cheekbones and blended. Luminous!  

 

 

To Complete the Look:

 

The swatches

From left: the glosses, the eye liners:

From left:  the brightener, the glosses:

From left: the "silver" gloss, the eye liners:

From left: the brightener, the glosses, the eye liners:

From left: the lipstick, the brightener, the glosses, the eye liners:

The lipstick:

The lipstick, left; the Mister Bright brightener, right:

The look

Lips here are the lipstick topped by the pink gloss.

Below, the pink liner in action!

In case you care, the eyes are:

• MAC Paint Pot in Painterly
• MAC Jest shadow
• DiorShow mascara

PS: The products tested were submitted for review by the PR firm
representing Parfums Givenchy. No money changed hands,
now was a review (positive or otherwise) promised. No shady business, yo!