lara
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The lovely mavens at David Jones gave me a sneak peek of the holiday releases, including Dress Sets, Nocturnelle, Temptations and that kicky silver train case. I can't emphasis how nice this counter is, people. They help me out with release dates all the time, and are never backwards about giving great customer service.
The Formal Black sets are gorgeous, of course. The fabrics and beading are very luxe. They're much, much better than last year's fug leatherette containers. I'm not a fan of pre-made palettes, but if these are your thing, then they're going to look cute in your handbag. Intense eyes is the only let-down - the colours are jarring, gaudy, and it looks like there wasn't much thought given to the colour selection beyond 'make em bright'. As much as I hate to say it, it looks like something I'd expect to see from Napoleon.
Eye & Lip palettes will be AU$85, as expected. Temptations are AU$65, same as last year.
Dress Sets (even though I can't stop calling them Temptations) are... well, you know what's in them. Paints, shadesticks, lipgelees, lipglasses, etc etc etc. Same as last year, pretty much. These are good bang for your buck, so I opt for these rather than the Formal Black palettes.
Nocturnelle, some hits and misses. For a collection that uses Dita Von Teese as inspiration, I was hoping for more sultry classic selections. Some of it is a little 'my first make-up' on first glance. I have a bit of a grudge against Endless Love e/s dating back to the Diana Ross Icon collection, but it's been given a tweak and should be more satisfactory now. Entremauve pigment is the stand-out of the collection - it is similar to Grape, but the very slight frosting (and I mean slight - it's more satin than frost) makes it far more wearable than Grape pigment.
The silver train case is so, so cute. It's tiny, but I'm seriously thinking about getting it to use as a travel bag instead of my rag-tag collection of soft bags. FYI, the lift-out tray on top is long enough to fit standard long-handled brushes. I think this is going to be sold at all counters, but don't hold me to that.
Aaaaaand, drum-roll please... David Jones will be exclusively stocking the Pret-a-Porter brush set, currently only an online exclusive to the US and Canada. The set is great value, and will be retailing somewhere in the ballpark of AU$350.
ETA: No one seems to know if the soiree/party bags are being released in AU, but if they are, it might be a Myer-only release. Generally pre-packed MAC sets don't sell well in Australia (try-on pacs, for example), so EL Australia doesn't option them often.
Hope this helps, ladies!
The Formal Black sets are gorgeous, of course. The fabrics and beading are very luxe. They're much, much better than last year's fug leatherette containers. I'm not a fan of pre-made palettes, but if these are your thing, then they're going to look cute in your handbag. Intense eyes is the only let-down - the colours are jarring, gaudy, and it looks like there wasn't much thought given to the colour selection beyond 'make em bright'. As much as I hate to say it, it looks like something I'd expect to see from Napoleon.
Eye & Lip palettes will be AU$85, as expected. Temptations are AU$65, same as last year.
Dress Sets (even though I can't stop calling them Temptations) are... well, you know what's in them. Paints, shadesticks, lipgelees, lipglasses, etc etc etc. Same as last year, pretty much. These are good bang for your buck, so I opt for these rather than the Formal Black palettes.
Nocturnelle, some hits and misses. For a collection that uses Dita Von Teese as inspiration, I was hoping for more sultry classic selections. Some of it is a little 'my first make-up' on first glance. I have a bit of a grudge against Endless Love e/s dating back to the Diana Ross Icon collection, but it's been given a tweak and should be more satisfactory now. Entremauve pigment is the stand-out of the collection - it is similar to Grape, but the very slight frosting (and I mean slight - it's more satin than frost) makes it far more wearable than Grape pigment.
The silver train case is so, so cute. It's tiny, but I'm seriously thinking about getting it to use as a travel bag instead of my rag-tag collection of soft bags. FYI, the lift-out tray on top is long enough to fit standard long-handled brushes. I think this is going to be sold at all counters, but don't hold me to that.
Aaaaaand, drum-roll please... David Jones will be exclusively stocking the Pret-a-Porter brush set, currently only an online exclusive to the US and Canada. The set is great value, and will be retailing somewhere in the ballpark of AU$350.
ETA: No one seems to know if the soiree/party bags are being released in AU, but if they are, it might be a Myer-only release. Generally pre-packed MAC sets don't sell well in Australia (try-on pacs, for example), so EL Australia doesn't option them often.
Hope this helps, ladies!
I'm really not fond of the cool set, and the warm set's basically just everything in shades of orange. A little off-putting.
