The first holiday collection which reached Germany is Dior's Golden Winter. I really appreciate the companies who release their products almost at the same time around the globe and Dior is one of them. I played with Golden Winter Collection at the counter and I would like to write my impressions as another post but first things first, I would like to introduce you one of the two quints released for this holiday season. Welcome Golden Snow, GS, stands for shimmer, glitter and glory.
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| Dior 5 Couleurs #644 Golden Snow from Golden Winter |
I pondered for a long time. The reason behind that was that the darker palette was cooler and the lighter one was warmer. It is usually the other way around, so this made me confuse. So much that my ordering process reflected my undecided mind. I ordered Golden Flower quint first, then called to cancel the order and ordered once more with Golden Winter.
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| Dior 5 Couleurs #644 Golden Snow from Golden Winter |
The shades can be described as follows:
- Top left: Very pale pink (almost white) with frosty finish
- Top right: Golden shimmer/glitter. Base color is rather opaque so the finish is a cross between glitter and metallic.
- Bottom right: Black with a tingle of deep dark blue. Finish is near matte with a few scattered shimmer particles. This one is a little dry to touch and appears to be not as pigmented as the other shades but applies beautifully on the lid and has zero fallout, reminds me why i prefer my matte definition shades a little dry.
- Bottom left: A pinkish purple with frosty finish. I love this shade although I am no fan of frosts because on the lid it doesn't reflect the way it does on the arm swatch below.
- Center: A shimmery/glittery silver. Again the texture is a cross between glitter and metallic.
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| Close-up:Dior 5 Couleurs #644 Golden Snow from Golden Winter |
After playing around with Golden Winter, I can safely say that I don't own anything with shade combination coming close to that one. The gold and silver glitters are rather dense and opaque so once layered, the shade below more or less disappears. Those two has to be applied sparingly. Purple shade is beautiful, being my favorite of the bunch. I love the dark shade too, defines beautifully without fall out.
The uniqueness of this palette comes from the fact that, it does make "silver" work for my complexion which is one of the hardest shades to pull off for me. Having a plummy base and adding a bit of gold on silver definitely does make it work on me.
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| Swatch: Dior 5 Couleurs #644 Golden Snow from Golden Winter |
Below you see my first attempt on an eye look with Golden Winter. After applying purple (bottom left) all over the lid and defining with the black shade (bottom right) I patted some silver and gold on the lid randomly. You see the result is rather silver since it takes over the scene and doesn't let others in but I like the subtle metallic look it gives. I have some other ideas with this quint. I will let you know after I try!
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| In-action: Dior 5 Couleurs #644 Golden Snow from Golden Winter |
Final thoughts: Magic of Golden Winter quint of Dior makes Silver Eyes possible to pull off for me and fellow warm skinned ladies. Glitter shades are rather opaque so should be used sparingly. All in all a nice addition for proper holiday glam.
Have you checked out Dior Holiday? Are you eyeing anything?