Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer Review, Photos, Swatches
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer ($62.00 for 1.0 fl. oz.) is a light, subdued peachy-brown with warm undertones and fine gold micro-shimmer. It had sheer coverage, as described, that spreads and diffuses well on the skin. This is going to be better for fairer skin tones to be used alone as a highlighter or light blush/bronzer, while medium skin tones may find it works better for adding a slight warmth and dewiness all-over when mixed with base products (it doesn’t show up on me other than as a subtle, golden sheen when used on cheek bones). Alone, it wore for eight and a half hours before fading. MAC Margin (P, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker, more pigmented. MAC Summer Opal (LE, $26.00) is more shimmery. Marc Jacobs Beauty Shameless (220) (P, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker. Marc Jacobs Beauty Shameless (220) (P, $30.00) is less shimmery, darker. Clinique Nude Pop (P, $21.00) is more shimmery, darker. Becca Guava/Moonstone (P, $27.00) is more shimmery. Revlon Peach Light (P, $12.99) is less shimmery. MAC Stereo Rose (2014) (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, lighter. Becca Fig/Opal (P, $27.00) is more shimmery. Becca Rose Gold (P, $38.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented. MAC Fairly Precious (LE, $30.00) is more shimmery, more pigmented. MAC Barefaced (LE, $21.00) is darker, more pigmented. See comparison swatches / compare dupes side-by-side.
FORMULA SUMMARY | Giorgio Armani Fluid Sheer ($62.00 for 1.0 fl. oz.) is available in fifteen shades that range from sheer beige to sheer yellow to sheer copper. The formula is supposed to “dress skin in an illuminating veil of radiance.” It’s designed to be sheer, though some shades are more buildable than others, and in general, the darker hued shades are going to appear more pigmented and can be used as highlighting blushes or even as blushes (depending on your skin tone) — the brand actually calls out it can be used as “an eyeshadow base, blush, or bronzer” as well as your typical highlighter. It can be used alone, mixed with base products (like foundation, primer, or moisturizing). Some shades are glittery, others are shimmery, and others have very fine shimmer. Alone, I tend to get seven to eight hours of wear with lighter, shimmery shades and closer to ten hours or longer with some of the bolder shades, and it doesn’t seem to impact the wear of my base products (either shortening or lengthening the wear). I like fingertips or a duo-fiber/stippling brush for application using a patting and dabbing motion rather than a lot of sweeping, then a light buffing to diffuse and blend out the edges.
No. 11
PPermanent. $62.00.
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
Giorgio Armani No. 11 Fluid Sheer
This is a subtle one. You’re right, I’m surprise how the amount of shimmer varies by shade, I wonder why
My guess is for variety, since there are a lot of shades!
Beautiful!
It is!
I totally lost it, hadn’t purchased any remotely cosmetic in weeks..weeks! Two night ago, late at night after a really long and difficult day (long story short: I now have a baby goat living in my house with the dogs) I snapped and purchased 4 of these GA fluid sheers and 1 of the maestro bronzers. This was one of my picks and I’m so glad..it looks divine on you. I also grabbed shade 8,9, and 12. Not sure why it has taken me so long to jump aboard, but I guess I got tired of hoping for a group of mini versions to be offered. Now that sentence is out of my mouth..just wait..
A baby goat, eh? May your new makeup goodies give you some sanity. Hope this week is better!
This looks like it’d be too orange on me!
Possibly!
This is such a pretty shade! I have medium toned skin, but this is much too peach to be anything but a blush on my skin – even Hourglass Dim Light turns me orange (and I’m not interested in a blush with this sort of formula). I’ll have to live vicariously through others like you wearing it!
Sometimes just seeing new makeup is fun 😀
I have a sample of shade No. 2, I believe it is, which I tried just this weekend. It’s beige toned with golden shimmer and I really enjoyed it as a highlight. 🙂
Nice!!
Just TOO subtle for my taste. Although, I could see this working better on fairer skintones than my own, like a LOT fairer!
Totally understand 😀
I like it, very sheer!
Yay!
I swatched several of these at Sephora the other day, and none even showed the slightest *hint* of color and/or shimmer… I wonder if it’s because they were old, but even if that were the case, these are far too expensive to not get through in a timely manner, and although you get a lot of product, it means nothing if you can’t get through it!
Weird! I think about 2/3 of the range are going to be lighter/sheerer where they aren’t tinting (more shimmer than a strong tint), and then about 1/3 are more like blush/bronze.
This is gorgeous on you. But, I’m still favoring #2. 🙂
Thank you, Nicole! 🙂