I received my Dior palette in the mail yesterday and I opened it up and marveled at it for a little bit. I don’t know, there’s something so luxurious about Dior. This palette was actually an exchange I did for a brown toned palette that I really didn’t get much use out of. Thank goodness Nordstrom has an awesome return policy!
A couple of months ago a friend of mine Mayra who is a makeup artist connected me with a close friend of hers, Kevianno Guerrero, an amazing Dior National Celebrity Makeup artist. We had a few conversations on the phone about makeup and he peaked my interest in trying out Dior. I had the pleasure of spending a couple of hours chatting it up with him while he meticulously did my makeup. It was an amazing experience and for those of you who love makeup, I can’t begin to tell you how awesome it is to be around someone who talks about makeup in ways that I haven’t even thought of before. He is a true artist who understands color theory in depth and being able to mix colors to come up with beautiful looks. To give you an idea of Kevianno’s experience with makeup, he did tell me that he launched the MAC Cosmetics line in the US back in the early nineties-I was crazy impressed with this as I am a HUGE MAC fan. I don’t recall exactly how many years he spent working with MAC but I know it’s well over ten. He does editoral and countless red carpet events and to say that I know him and I am friends with him is quite an honor.
Check out his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Kevianno
Here are a few pictures from the evening.
So recently I befriended a Dior Make Up artist and we had talked makeup a few times and he peaked my interest in trying out some of the Dior line of cosmetics. Dior is obviously one of those “nice to have” things in your makeup collection but definitely not a must. I do have to admit though, it is quite luxurious. The packaging alone is solid and luxurious feeling and palette comes with a little slide on velvet like cover.
Right off the bat I could tell that this is an expensive shadow as from swatching it alone the shadows are sooooo unbelievably silky like I have never seen. I think I chose a palette that may have been a bit “cooler” on the brown side for me to wear as an everyday look, however, I haven’t experimented that much with different looks. The dark brown color that you see is a very cool toned brown, one you could definitely use for smoking out your eye. When I applied it in my crease it was definitely a little more dramatic looking than I was expecting. My next look will be to try applying the dark brown directly on my lid and use the other colors on my crease and browbone to see if that produces a more “everyday” look that I was looking for. The gel liner was firmly packed-just just give you an idea, when you rub your brush along it, it makes no dent whatsoever unlike the essence gel liner and even the Smashbox one I bought recently. Fall out was almost non-existant and the shadow was extremely blendable.
Every girl deserves a little luxury in their makeup collection, right?
