Clarins’ Palazzo d’Oro Collection: Gold Attraction Face Palette
Clarins Gold Attraction Face Palette ($57.00) is an elegant holiday highlighter from Clarins’ Palazzo d’Oro Collection.
It’s a particularly pretty to look at with the texture and design of the palette itself, and the overall shimmer and shade of it is quite lovely, too. It swatches as a shimmery, sunny yellow gold with just a little peachiness to it. It’s shimmery, has a golden sheen, and it does warm up the complexion (but not in a bronzy way, as Lancome’s Sparkling Cherub does).
I would say it can run a little too shimmery, so if you’re more of a subtle-barely-there kind of gal, this might not make the best highlighter for your face. (For your body? Oh, yeah, dust this on your decolletage for some va-voom!) I don’t mind using it as a face highlighter, though, and if you use a stippling brush (like MAC’s 187), you can get a more toned-down look than if you used a denser blush brush.
Bottom Line: It’s certainly not a must-have highlighter at $57 (which is a little spend-y), but it is an item that is worth a look at and perhaps purchased as a splurge during the holiday season. The packaging is particularly luxe (has some heft to it), with a brilliant faux gold finish.
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- Product: 27/30
- Value: 7/10
- Ease of Use: 4/5
- Packaging: 5/5
Recommendation: If you’re keen on lovely gold packaging and highlighters, this Clarins’ highlighter might be for you.
See swatches…
Brian Kelly
Saturday, November 28, 2009
I’ll have you know, your site makes me feel very poor. I’m a gold addict. =(
Miss_Silk
Saturday, November 28, 2009
ohhh pretty!
Rowan
Saturday, November 28, 2009
I’ve never seen anything I want so badly! I’ve also never seen anything more outside of my price range T_T
Sheila
Saturday, November 28, 2009
That’s really pretty! I like it, but I hope it won’t make my already yellow-toned skin look more yellow =(
Redhead (hi)
Saturday, November 28, 2009
The swatch is pretty! And I know I’m weird, but the palette design makes it look like a boxed piece of a sparkly model brain you’d find in a high school life science lab :D
Wilcoa
Saturday, November 28, 2009
lmao love this! It’s does look like a brain from labs!
Though I agree with the above that’s it’s gorgeous, but a bit over the price range.
ENCHANTED
Saturday, November 28, 2009
even that it doesn’t contain those huge size sparkles, but from the picture I can tell why you only give it a B+. The golden silky shimmer looks more like a eye shadow than a face high light. It is possible to become a bronze under daylight. =P
I think it could look good to contour the flat-nose, make it more standing out at night.
T
Saturday, November 28, 2009
I think its pretty and sparkly. (Here comes the “but”)But no one needs to pay that much for it, its too overpriced for something I wouldnt use everyday or even to splurge on for the holidays. Ill just stick with being the queen of chic cheap, b/c usually with these overpriced high end brands you just wind up paying for the name IMO.
amy
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Pretty. I have a lot of highlighters and I love them but this not not one I desperately need or want.
Vonvon
Saturday, November 28, 2009
This is really a very nice piece, though a bit pricey. And the swatch looks very pretty…love the gold color, and the pattern embossed on the powder.
Catherine
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Wooo that is pretty! But I already splurged on the Tsumori Chisato for Shu Uemura highlighter this holiday season & that one is much more subtle and wearable for everyday.
Holly
Sunday, November 29, 2009
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this! Maybe I’ll pick it up, I can’t stop staring at the swatch! Haha.
Giselle
Sunday, November 29, 2009
ohhhh, what a pretty color, i LOVE golds!!!!
Whit
Sunday, November 29, 2009
I have this and I love it! I think the sparkles only rest on top- like an overspray… So when you keep using it the actual powder is a gorgeous highlight! I did a review on my blog as well :)
Lindah
Sunday, November 29, 2009
This is beautiful! I think it would be a great highlighter for me :) but I wish it were more affordable otherwise I’d jump on the offer :(!!
Luisafer
Monday, November 30, 2009
I like it, I think it depends on the amount you use
Melinda
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
OMG This Look’s Gorgeous But Oh So Expensive :o( oxo Melinda
Jordanne
Sunday, March 7, 2010
$57 ?! WHY GOD ?!