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Looks - Dior's Earth Tones Gets Earthy Indeed (AKA MUDDY!)

You know, this combo got quite muddy, so I wouldn’t really say this worked out well. It took a LOT of work to get it to be “presentable,” you know? It was like, as soon as you put the colors on, it was mud-central. Really weird experience for me (I don’t think I have ever had anything turn muddy on me before!). I don’t know if it’s me or the quint, but one of us needs to improve STAT! On another note, though, all of the colors are incredibly pigmented. Has anyone picked up this quint yet?

It’s Saturday morning, the sky is lookin’ gray, but I’m pretty sure it’ll clear up and the temps will start to soar.

I used Dior’s Earth Tones Quint for this particular look. I used the center shadow (goldish) for the inner lid, the bottom left (the reddish color) shadow on the middle lid, the bottom right (brownish color) on the outer lid and crease, and the upper right shadow (softest) to highlight my brow. I wore Dior Impression Cuir on my cheeks. I had Dior Pink Drama Lip Color and Dior Delicious Plum Creme de Gloss on my lips.

You can check out pictures and swatches (plus my review) of these Dior products here.

** These are recommendations for dupes based on permanent colors available — may not necessarily be identical; they are the closest I can think of!


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Tekoa Avatar

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Kate Avatar

Christine, I love, love, love this look on you and the way you did your eyes! It really brings them out and the l/s shade is one of my favorites you’ve ever used. And did I already mention I love this?! Beautiful as always.

Nell Avatar

The lips and cheeks are absolutely wonderful!
Maybe the highlighting color is a bit dark, that could be what makes it look muddy? I´ll probably pass on this quint (thank God, says my wallet), although I usually LOVE Dior quints.

Lexi Avatar

I’ve never been a fan of green and red eyeshadow. The reason it looks muddy is because red and green are opposite each other on the color wheel, and blending those will = brown. 🙁

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