Armani Discussion

MACina

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katred said:
It reminds me of the Guerlain Blush G or Madame Rougit finally. It's a pretty colour, but I can't justify the expense.

T also put up a review of the Eccentrico Lip Maestro, which is a lot prettier than I'd counted on. It's not quite as cool-toned as it looked in the promo photos, at least it doesn't seem to be. So that will at least warrant a look, I think.
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That one is soooooooooo stunning
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Naynadine

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I saw on a blog that there will be two lip sets (lipstick, gloss, bag, mini Rouge Ecstasy) and was wondering if Europe will get those too. Does anyone know? I'm interested in the nude one.
 
katred

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Haven said:
Now I keep repeating to myself " I do not need a $88 blush no matter how pretty it is."
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I have to admit that I paid almost that much for Guerlain LE blush products in the past, though. I think that's what they're competing against, but it's tricky because their eye and cheek palettes have already set the bar for what people expect to pay for something in that packaging.
 
Winthrop44

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Everybody draws their own line, but for me...I guess I just compare to the Chantecaille palettes that are $79-83 and include 3 es and a blush, or even the Chanel holiday es quint that's priced at $80. I actually think those are very pricey, but at least you can get more looks out of them than you can with this.
 
katred

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Winthrop44 said:
Everybody draws their own line, but for me...I guess I just compare to the Chantecaille palettes that are $79-83 and include 3 es and a blush, or even the Chanel holiday es quint that's priced at $80. I actually think those are very pricey, but at least you can get more looks out of them than you can with this.
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That's why I really don't understand Armani's logic. They've already created a value equation with their palettes, which makes this one look worse. If I normally paid $88 (or $95 up here) and got three shadows and a blush, why should I pay $95 for just a blush? Sure it's special and limited, but so are the other palettes and they have double the product in them.
 
katred

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Really bad review of two of the new Maestro shades from Best Things in Beauty:

http://bestthingsinbeauty.blogspot.ca/2013/10/giorgio-armani-beauty-lip-maestro-from.html

I love her blog, but I feel that she's being a bit judgmental here. She has very light, delicate colouring and I can see where these shades would be completely overwhelming on her, but not everyone is the same. (Even on Temptalia, who is still fairly light, but can handle a lot more colour in her skin, the pink shade doesn't look nearly so bright.)

Actually, her swatches make me more interested in both colours than I was before. And I think that either of these shades would be mind-blowing on women of colour.
 
Naynadine

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I think the colours look amazing. I personally couldn't pull them off, but I'm sure they look fantastic on darker/warmer complexions.
 
Knope2012

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katred said:
Really bad review of two of the new Maestro shades from Best Things in Beauty:

http://bestthingsinbeauty.blogspot.ca/2013/10/giorgio-armani-beauty-lip-maestro-from.html

I love her blog, but I feel that she's being a bit judgmental here. She has very light, delicate colouring and I can see where these shades would be completely overwhelming on her, but not everyone is the same. (Even on Temptalia, who is still fairly light, but can handle a lot more colour in her skin, the pink shade doesn't look nearly so bright.)

Actually, her swatches make me more interested in both colours than I was before. And I think that either of these shades would be mind-blowing on women of colour.
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She's definitely being judgmental, and a bit insulting. She basically says that anyone who leaves the house in bright colors like these looks like a clown or pinata. I would say I have skin as fair as she does, and I would have no issue wearing that pink. I think there was a review of hers a few years back where she was insulting to Armani because a collection wasn't innovative, so maybe it's personal.
 
vaisforluvrs

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katred said:
Really bad review of two of the new Maestro shades from Best Things in Beauty:

http://bestthingsinbeauty.blogspot.ca/2013/10/giorgio-armani-beauty-lip-maestro-from.html

I love her blog, but I feel that she's being a bit judgmental here. She has very light, delicate colouring and I can see where these shades would be completely overwhelming on her, but not everyone is the same. (Even on Temptalia, who is still fairly light, but can handle a lot more colour in her skin, the pink shade doesn't look nearly so bright.)

Actually, her swatches make me more interested in both colours than I was before. And I think that either of these shades would be mind-blowing on women of colour.
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She had some Google enhancement on her first photos, so her last pic shows what they really look like--much less neon and more wearable. She tends to choose very conservative lip colors (which she admits in her post) so I can understand why she would not like these (but why buy them when it's obvious that they are bright). I really like that Temptalia reviews colors that even she knows don't look good on her, for the sake of informing her readers. It's much more interesting too.
 
Knope2012

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I agree that she shouldn't have bought colors that she knew she didn't like. That's why I don't buy many nude/conservative colors- most of them look the same on me and wash me out.

According to Temptalia, Armani is having a 15% off sale right now for purchases over $75. The code is ARMANI13.
 
pnfpn

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Not to sound rude myself, but why would she even buy those colours? I mean I don't want to sound rude to pale gals at all here, I just don't think she thought it through :[ Also it's kind of her own fault for not waiting for testers, they don't necessarily deserve a bad review because of her own impatience.
 
katred

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sarabeautime said:
I was even about to get the third one!
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Can't wait to see how they look on you.

On the subject of bloggers and bad reviews, I agree that it's completely unfair to give something a bad review just because you don't like the colour. It's really difficult to give a positive review of something when it looks horrible on you, but you have to at least be honest about the quality of the product versus the colour. I suspect that the review was actually written as a knee-jerk response to being angry at herself for having bought a couple of products that she really didn't like.

Nonetheless, I think that there will be plenty of positive reviews to offset this. One of the things that I truly admire about Armani, especially with their lip products, is that they are extremely consistent. I really like the Maestro lip products that I have and I suspect that the formula on these is just as good. And now, I think that the colours could be just as good as well.
 
jebogewf

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katred said:
Can't wait to see how they look on you.

On the subject of bloggers and bad reviews, I agree that it's completely unfair to give something a bad review just because you don't like the colour. It's really difficult to give a positive review of something when it looks horrible on you, but you have to at least be honest about the quality of the product versus the colour. I suspect that the review was actually written as a knee-jerk response to being angry at herself for having bought a couple of products that she really didn't like.

Nonetheless, I think that there will be plenty of positive reviews to offset this. One of the things that I truly admire about Armani, especially with their lip products, is that they are extremely consistent. I really like the Maestro lip products that I have and I suspect that the formula on these is just as good. And now, I think that the colours could be just as good as well.
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Yeah--totally agree. Like Temptalia gave the pink Lip Maestro an A+. Just because you don't like something, doesn't mean it's bad. You have to keep an open mind--and I don't think some bloggers out there do. I think they already have their minds made up--oh, I like this, just because so and so makes it.
 
Haven

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katred said:
Really bad review of two of the new Maestro shades from Best Things in Beauty:

http://bestthingsinbeauty.blogspot.ca/2013/10/giorgio-armani-beauty-lip-maestro-from.html

I love her blog, but I feel that she's being a bit judgmental here. She has very light, delicate colouring and I can see where these shades would be completely overwhelming on her, but not everyone is the same. (Even on Temptalia, who is still fairly light, but can handle a lot more colour in her skin, the pink shade doesn't look nearly so bright.)

Actually, her swatches make me more interested in both colours than I was before. And I think that either of these shades would be mind-blowing on women of colour.
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Her swatches also appear a bit heavy handed to me. These colors would look much better with a lighter hand IMO.
 
jebogewf

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I am positively in love with the "face" palette. It's super expensive but I caved and had to have it. Here's my review if anyone wants to read about it.

http://www.belletristicbeauty.com/2013/11/giorgio-armani-eccentrico-face-palette-blush-holiday-2013-swatch-review.html
 
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