Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs #15 Les Sables for Fall 2014, Review, Swatch & FOTD

Everyone must have been informed by now that Guerlain released three new beautiful quads, in their buttery smooth, nicely pigmented Ecrin 4 Couleurs formula. The formula is said to be left unchanged, which reminds me of that Bruno Mars song, ('Cause you're amazing) "Just the way you are".

I swatched three of the quads almost a month ago.  Right after that I admitted having a serious crash to Les Violines, which might have become my favorite permanent Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs. I was also very excited about Les Sables, which was the quad, which I thought I would love the most after seeing the promo photos.

Les Sables is the natural quad of the three. It has lovely peach and brown tones for an everyday, office-friendly eye look. Because of its natural tones, it can as well be coupled nicely with most of the gorgeous Kiss Kiss Lipsticks which are now reformulated and repackaged. 

Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs #15 Les Sables has three matte to satin shades and one shade with frosty/metallic finish. As I have previously mentioned, matte to satin shades of Guerlain is a dream to apply, they are pigmented, buttery soft yet not powdery. I love them. The frosty shade in this palette makes it all very versatile. This can be worn only at the inner corner or can be extended over the lid for more glamour. 

Below I have applied the light frosty shade on the inner corner, blending it towards the mid of the eye lid. I then added the mid-toned neutral brown from there all the way to the outer corner. I defined the crease with the darkest warm brown and blended with the peachy pink shade. I found the resulting look difficult to pull off with my natural to cool undertones. The warm brown gave a little bit of a muddy feeling. 

That said I have seen Wade Ashore wearing it much better although she is cooler than me. She is quiet pale so uses the darkest shade as a liner, which works great since the peachy pink shade cools down the palette a little and mid brown may work on the crease.

I was not sure if berry lips worked, so below I went for a similar tone lipstick to support the warmness of the palette. I think it clashed less, hence worked much better, especially for an office look. Below I am wearing Giorgio Armani Rouge d'Armani Sheers #114 (swatched here)

It certainly gives that nice neutral eye polished look. I just wished the darkest shade would be a tad on the neutral/cooler side.

Final thoughts: Guerlain's Ecrin 4 Couleurs eye shadow formula is a dream to work with, it always was so I am happy that these quads are not reformulated. I am in love with #17 Les Violines which suits my complexion better but I have mixed feelings about the warmness of the darkest shade in #15 Les Sables. I can see this palette working on fair ladies though if the neutral brown is deep enough to define the eye look. All in all it is surely worth checking out.

Guerlain Ecrin 4 Couleurs #15 Les Sables, #16 Les Aciers and  #17 Les Violines are now available around the globe, they are released with the Fall Collection but they are permanent.

Do you think Les Sables work on me? What about on you, could you pull this off? Which of the above looks do you like most, purple lippie or going rather brownish nude with it?