Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique for Transat Summer 2014 Collection, Review, Swatches & FOTD

Some lovely Dior pieces landed to Color Me Loud Quarters last week, which I gathered from different sources around Europe. All in all I am very excited about this collection, especially on the eyes and cheeks area. I would like to start my reviews with one of my favorites, which I didn't expect to love until the first swipe...

Dior 5 Couleurs #344 Atlantique is host in their signature quint compact, but the middle shade has matting pattern instead of usual CD letters. Atlantique is composed of three blue shades of different undertones and intensity, one glitter shade and a warm bronze/brown shade. 

The first time I have seen this quad, I thought I wouldn't be able to pull off the pastel baby blue, nor was I expecting the difference between two other blues showing up on me. I was also a little nervous about the combination with brown. This must have challenged me and I wanted to try it out. I am glad I did. But before we come to that, let me introduce you to each shade.

Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique consist of:

Top left: White semi transparent glitter.

Top right: Light pastel baby blue with matte finish. This one has a good intensity and doesn't look chalky on me.

Bottom left: Medium-toned blue with satin finish. Very fine silver shimmer avoids this shade from looking flat or dull.

Bottom right: Medium bronze brown with matte finish.

Center: Deep violet-blue with very parse silver shimmer and matte base.

All these shades are insanely pigmented and mostly "matte" (other than the shimmer shade) which make them very wearable. The color combination is very unique (do you know any other palettes which is similar to that one?). 

Here is Atlantique on the eyes. Although blue is not the favorite color on me,  I really liked the resulting effect. Here is baby blue on the inner corner, medium blue on the outer corner, brown in the middle and dark blue on the crease. I also used a little bit of glitter shade near my tear duct. Although there are 3 blue shades in the palette, I really like how distinctive they are even after blending. Do I sound impressed? Well, that is because I am.

Here is a FOTD using Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique. 

Dior 5 Couleurs Transat Edition #344 Atlantique, Nars Pro-Prime, Suqqu Brow Pencil, Le Volume de Chanel Mascara, Diorshow Liner #548 in Gold, Diorshow Liner #258 in Turqoise.