I took a mini road trip to Beverly Hills/West Hollywood this past weekend for a day of shopping, cupcakes and other girliness. It was perfect weather and my friend and I literally walked until we dropped. Of course I had to stop by Saks to check out D&G and see if they had the new Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Palettes in ($59 each) – which they did have for sale, but did not have testers of. Wasn’t a problem for me though, I had purchased my Eyes To Kill from last fall without testing them instore too. I picked up the neutral one, Number 6 which has a lovely warm taupe-bronze sparkle, light pink, soft light peach – all sparkly like the first series of Eyes to Kill, but not quite as sparkly as the Spring Nude Contrasts.
According to Armani, Palette 6 is named “Bronze Coral” designed for solar hues and describes the shades in the palette as having metallic and satin finishes:
- Centre: fresh coral (satin finish)
- Middle: fresh pink (metallic finish)
- Exterior: gold stone (satin finish)
Close Up Photos and Swatches:
Natural Light Without Flash:
For the taupe lovers who want to know how this compares to the older release,
here is Palette #1 compared to the New Palette #6:
here is Palette #1 compared to the New Palette #6:
In looking at the promo photos, it seems like there is a slight discrepancy in what is being featured. This is what I mean: there are 2 versions of each palette depending on which Armani site you visit. See the US versus International/Global photos.
I’m not sure if certain stores received different shades or if this is simply an error. The ones I saw at the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue look like the ones from the Global Website. In my excitement with the Saks Beverly Hills store, I completely forgot to check out the new Double Decker palette, new lipshimmers and waterproof Eyes to Kill mascara.
I haven’t tried this on my eyes yet, but I have fallen in love with almost all Armani shadows. I can’t wait to wear this today and plan to pair it with Bobbi Brown’s Bronze Gel Liner 🙂
Has anyone else seen summer in person yet? Any details to report on the lipshimmers? Have a great Tuesday!
HI,
Lovely palette! Did you see the blue one? is it like in the international website or like in the uS site???? I really like the blue one of the international site.
Thanks for the review!
wow these look stunning x
I'm trying really hard to not buy any makeup but this is making it really hard to resist this trio. I already bought 2 single shadows from VS over the weekend.
LOVE. But I still never used my Steel black from last year. Did you like the D&G? I got the duo and quad and some lip colors. Love them.
Love this!
Hi Lucia – The blue one looks like the international site too, it was very bright and vibrant.
Lexi – Which eyeshadows did you get?
Neicky13 – Of course! I already had some of the summer D&G from a previous order. Picked up 3 things – will be writing a post on this soon.
BeautyGeek and Charlie – it's a gorgeous trio! Very soft and pretty 🙂
wow beautiful! i kept forgetting to check out GA when i was in town. weird… i need to pay a visit to try out all the coloured stuff. it's no longer available in malaysia so i'd better get my hands on some before i go back. thanks for an excellent post. the pictures are super sharp!
It looks lovely!
are these palettes limited editions? i am loving the colors but i told myself that i would not buy makeup unless there is some sort of sale going on (of course, unless they are limited editions :))
Please do the look using #6 pallette!
I also love Armani shadows. I have all the eye quads, and am very tempted to also buy this one!
holy moly all of those palettes look amazing!! Are the new ones limited edition?
Hi ladies – I don't know if these are limited edition, but knowing Armani – I think you can say there's a really good chance that they are LE!
Yay , cant wait for your D&G post! I knew you had to have it. Are you excited for fall? Guerlain and Chanel look fabulous! Come visit MUA sometime. 🙂
Hi Lina!
IS there any chance to add pics showing the colors of these two palettes on your hand too?
That would be VERY very helpful!
Thanks anyway!
Love the GA e/s too, you totally made me want No.1 but – is it possible to get this out of the pan? I mean how does it work with a large e/s brush?
Neicky13 – I am very excited for Chanel fall! Can't wait for it 🙂
Anonymous – perhaps check Karlasugar's blog for bigger swatches? These are kinda difficult to swatch b/c the stripes are so tiny!
Andreea – These are best with a small brush b/c the stripes are so small. I like to use MAC's white haired eyeshadow brushes for these.
I am so confused now. The US GA site looks different from what you showed – there is no stone marine (which I really wanted) and granite turquoise looks very different as well. I wonder what's going on…I really want Stone Marine. 🙁