Dior Holiday 2009 has been spotted at my local Macy’s and I picked up the new Smoky Crystal 089 quint and Silver Purple 782 nail polish from the collection.
I just got a manicure, so I didn’t swatch the nail polish for you. I do recommend you check All Lacquered Up for a swatch of this lovely purple though. The entire holiday collection seemed very cool-toned, most of it seemed like repromoted items with the exception of a new sparkle-chrome-like single shadow and a charm with gloss.
Close up of the new eyeshadow palette:
Comparisons to a few other quints that I have to show how cool-toned it is. It’s even more cool than Sky Glow:
I don’t have dupes for the other shades, but the closest I could find to the bottom left color is MAC Moth Brown. The Dior is even more blue-cool toned than MAC Moth Brown which I consider to be one of the coolest-toned eyeshadows that I have:
OVERALL THOUGHTS: This is one of the iridescent formula quints, so the pigment is very rich. It’s definitely unique and not easily dupe-able in my opinion. Lovely for a soft silvery eye or a smokey eye. There are a lot of different looks you can create with this palette.
UPDATE: I was initially worried this would be too cool-toned or frosty for my medium olive-golden skin, however, I tried it tonight and it worked just fine for me! I even ventured out of my comfort zone and used all the shades tonight and it wasn’t too frosty.
I signed up for a Dior event this next week at my local Nordstrom – so I will see if they can show me more techniques on how to use this.
Thank you for the pictures and the initial thoughts! I am really lemming this palette but now that I look at the comparisons I'm afraid it might be too cool-toned for me (though… I do wear greys and blues just fine)… I hope one of the stores in my mall gets it before Seph F&F so I can at least see it in person….
I always love thye IR quints! I really like the look of this one, can't wait to hear more about it! have fun at your event next week 🙂
That quint looks gorgeous! I love the look of the nail polish too. Dior makeup is always so lovely ♥
I'm also warm and I've made this quint work for me! I LOVE that nail polish, and I rarely ever get moved by a nail polish =)
I have Sky Glow? Do you think they are different enough to own both?
I'm lemming smoky crystal; since you mention it's cool toned would it work on warm toned skin coloring ? like NC30?
thanks 😀
Julia – I believe it's different enough to warrant owning both.
Evie – check my updated comments/review in the post, it's not too cool for me, but I am a few shades darker than you.
Both the Dior and BB holiday palettes are boring me to tears. I like palettes with more color contrast. But it all looks great in promo pics. Who needs so many greys and smokeys? The purple in the middle of the Dior quint doesn't look too unique either. I think the Guerlain holiday palette that Temptalia reviewed is better. I'm looking forward to the Chanel holiday quint for a change.
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