Haul: Guerlain by Emilio Pucci Riviera Terracotta Vernis

sugarcrumb — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:55:19 SGT

Hi!

In addition to the Terra Azzurra Bronzing Powder and Blush and the Meteorites Perles d'Azur (both featured HERE), the other item in this amazing collection that I was immediately drawn to was the Terracotta Vernis in Riviera. The stock for this was rather delayed in all the Guerlain counters and the moment I was notified of its arrival, I zoomed down to pick it up! I just HAD to have this electric indigo lacquer!

Maybe I missed it, but I don't quite recall Guerlain doing nail lacquers before. The bottle has a very simple design - a uniformly-cylindrical bottle with a wooden cap, emblazoned with the Guerlain insignia. The wooden cap, though big, didn't get in my way or result in clumsy painting.

Formula-wise, my bottle of Riviera was smooth and flowed easily across the nail and 2 coats gave me complete even coverage. For a metallic finish, I didn't quite notice obvious, streaky brush-strokes. My experience is rather markedly different from Temptalia's where she noted a thicker texture and a little more pronounced brushstrokes

So the texture worked out well. And the colour ... beyond gorgeous!

Riviera is a gorgeous electric indigo with a metallic finish - the metallic shimmer is so so so fine but the lacquer is heavily laced with it that gives it such an edge.

In the original swatch shot I posted in an earlier entry HERE, you can see how Riviera luxuriates in heavy ribbons of shimmer. Paradisio, a hot red-coral is the other lacquer in the Terra Azzurra Collection.

In some lighting, Riviera looks rather blue but it mostly looks like a very violet-toned indigo. It's electrifying alright - it drove my camera MAD MAD MAD. The mysterious violet that makes it so attractive in real life REFUSED to be picked up by the camera - like it didn't want to be seen and just shied away into oblivion. It's there - you have to see it in real life to swoon like I did. Promise.

After perhaps 45 shots, I gave up trying to catch that violet-indigo tone. You really have to see it in person to get that!

The Guerlain Terra Azzura Collection by Emilio Pucci is currently available at all Guerlain counters.

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Disclaimer: I am not affiliated to Guerlain. Featured product purchased with my own money. All opinions are my own and have not been influenced by anyone.

Haul: Guerlain Terra Azzurra Collection By Emilio Pucci - And I Want More!

sugarcrumb — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 10:56:59 SGT

Hola!

I told you - the collection is irresitible - and I actually have my eye on a couple more items!

First up - the Meteorites Perles d'Azur - gorgeous packaging ....

... gorgeous in the tub. The blue pearls, if rubbed hard enough on the skin, has a lovely teal-blue shade to it. Swirled, the blue pearl, together with the coral, white gold and pink pearls create a lovely iridescent effect.

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Not that I'm going to be carrying the Terra Azzurra Bronzing Powder and Blush around, but that pouch .. that pouch is just so gorgeous. It doesn't help that I am already partial to such colours. As has been noticed with Guerlain, they have incredible attention to detail which just ups the luxe factor.

Beautiful shades in a fabulous texture - I used to think that the deeper the bronzer the better, but I've come to realise that these softly shimmering, finely milled golden hued ones are more versatile and easier to use. I can also use these atop blush for a more glowy effect.

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I keep saying I'm on a lip product ban but I've picked up a couple of lip products from the new collections recently - all happen to be in the coral-orange family (well it IS the year of Tangerine!)

The Terracotta Gloss in Porto Fino has a lovely creamy yet jelly texture - I can't quite decide what it's really like. But it is the loveliest non-neon coral pink I've seen recently, with a good amount of pigmentation in it.

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And that concludes my Guerlain Terra Azzurra Collection By Emilio Pucci ... for now ... there might be a Part Deux to this!

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Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

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Disclaimer: All products featured were purchased with my own money. I am not affiliated to Guerlain; all opinions are my own and have not been influenced by anyone.

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Haul: Guerlain by Emilio Pucci Riviera Terracotta Vernis

Haul: Guerlain Terra Azzurra Collection By Emilio Pucci - And I Want More!