I don’t like the Dior Jazz club palettes. They’re nothing special and there’s really only 2 shadow colors. Meh, not impressed. I already have a purple liner…and the “topcoat” is lame! I’m gonna try to take them back. What do you think (silly outfit aside)? The lip combo though…wowie! TDF! Sparkle for days :-) Made me stare at my lips all the way to school LOL!

For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Dior Purple Jazz Club #002 Palette (includes liner), Vellum (highlight), Plushlash mascara
• Cheeks: Gleeful mineralize blush
• Lips: High Top lipstick (Fafi) + Chanel Summer Plum Glossimer

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That being said, I have very mixed feelings about this particular “quint” which I wouldn’t even say is a quint because it only has 4 eyeshadow colors, and one of those is only a “shine” color. In place of the 5th color is a brown gel (I think) liner. To be honest, I felt jipped! I have a ton of brown eyeliners! Ah well, I do see the value in having everything all together in one place I suppose, and to give it credit, the liner was very nice and dark, so it worked well with the palette.

The shadow colors themselves, are pretty nice. They’re not incredibly unique, but they’re very pretty. I love golds and coral colors and browns. It creates a nice soft look, which is great, but not what I’m all about, you know? The shadows are soft and go on smoothly. And on a side note…I’m really liking this lip combo! :-)

What are your thoughts?

For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Dior Amber Design quint (as suggested – including liner), Plushlash mascara
• Cheeks: Cheek & Cheerful mineralized blush
• Lips: Bobbi Brown Brown Metalic lip color + Nice Mix Up tri-color lipgloss

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For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly PP (base), Dior Smokey Jazz Club #01 Palette (includes the liner), Graphblack Technakohl (waterline), Plushlash mascara
• Cheeks: Fad-Dabulous Mineralized blush + Shell Pearl Irredescent Beauty Powder (higlight)
• Lips: Bobbi Brown Kir Metalic Lip Color

BTW – when’s everyone else’s birthday? I think we should make a habit of getting to know each other – feel free to make a special request for YOUR birthday too :-)  Ok, now on to more pictures! 

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For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Rubenesque PP (base), Dior Bronze Couture Palette e/s, Goldmine (inner lid), Expensive Pink (middle lid), Bronze (outer lid & crease), Gorgeous Gold (above crease), Nylon (highlight), Brownborder Technakohl liner (upper lashline), Guerlain Eye Kohl #01 Noir (waterlines), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
• Cheeks: Dior Bronze Couture Palette Bronzer + Love Joy Mineralized Blush
• Lips: Clé de Peau Rouge a Levres lipstick #13 + Clé de Peau lipgloss #2

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This Dior Bronze Couture Palette ($80) blows my mind! Yep, it’s THAT good! Ok, I’m not going to end every sentence with an exclamaition point lol. Anyway, I must rave to you about this palette. Usually these are little gimmiky things that I skip over and don’t even give a second look to. But when I was at the Dior counter, the lady helping me get my Electric Lights and Pop Diamond wasn’t an actual Dior lady, so she was a little slow. While I was waiting, I swatched this palette just for kicks, and whoa! I was so impressed!

I did a complete look using all 3 of the palette products HERE.

Included in this palette is two brushes: blush & lip brushes, both with caps. And of course the beautiful D for Dior impressed in the bronzer…simply gorgeous!

Read a detailed review of all 3 parts plus close-ups and an Overall Coloruza Rating! 

The bronzer is shimmery, but in the most sophisticated way. I’ve used it as a blush and it’s not OTT at all. It’s silky smooth and a perfect color for my NW20 skin.

The eyeshadow is creamy and looks very gold on the top, but once I used it, there is a more orange color to it underneath. It’s a little darker underneath. It’s seriously an amazing color though, and paired with some gold, orange, or brown shadows, wow what a look! I put it on over UDPP Sin, but without a Paint Pot, it did crease on me by the end of the day. I need to try with Cash Flow PP under it first.

The lipgloss is stunning! It has the most sublime texture – my lips were gliding over each other like butter. I think I reapplied 3 times during the day, which isn’t a lot, so it has good staying power. I just wanted it to look perfect and fresh all day, so I kept doing little touch-ups :-) It’s color is a sheer coral with golden shimmer – pretty sheer, but gorgeous!!

Overall Coloruza Rating: 5/5 for quality; 3/5 for price. Although I do feel that this palette is worth every penny, unfortunately I also feel that an $80 price tag is extremely steep, even for a stellar palette like this one. I think $60-65 would have been much more reasonable for a lot of people, and it’s quite sad that it’ll be passed up by many for this reason. Personally, I LOVE it!

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For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Dior Bronze Couture Palette e/s (base), Gorgeous Gold (inner lid), Goldmine (middle lid), Antiqued (outer lid), Motif (highlight), Black Karat Kohl Power + a little UD 24/7 Zero, Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
• Cheeks: Love Joy Mineralized Blush + Dior Bronze Couture Palette bronzer
• Lips: Dior Bronze Couture Palette l/g

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For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Greenstroke PP (base), Dior Iridescent Eyes Electric Lights Quint, UD 24/7 Zero (liner), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
• Cheeks: Dior Pop Diamond Skin Shimmer
• Lips: Viva Glam VI lipglass

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If you’d like to know names – please ask! Thanks!

MAC Paint Pots

UD 24/7 Eyeliners

See so much more…shadows, liners, etc.!

MAC Fluidlines

MAC Fluidlines (closeup)

Bobbi Brown Longwear Shimmer Gel Ink Liners

MAC Liquid Last Liners

MAC Glitter Liners

MAC Technakohl Liners

MAC Eye Kohl Pencils

MAC Pearlglide Liners

MAC Dual-Ended & Soft Sparkle Pencils

Other Pencil Liners

Guerlain Terracotta Eye Kohl

Bobbi Brown Shimmering Nudes Palette

Laura Mercier Master Toolbox

Bobbi Brown Nude Lip & Eye Palette

Chanel Eyeshadow Quads

Dior Eyeshadow Quints

Yaby Pearl Paints

NARS Eyeshadows

(*Not pictured: Fyrinnae Pigments)

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For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPPS (primer), Rubenesque PP (base), Dior Sunset Cafe Quint, Expensive Pink (middle lid), YSL Eyeliner Moire #4 (upper lashline), UD 24/7 eyeliner in Baked (waterline), Chanel Exceptionnel mascara
• Cheeks: Blossoming Cream Blush + Bobbi Brown Apricot Shimmer Brick
• Lips: Splendid lipglass

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Dior’s Irridescent quint shadow palettes are so beautiful to look at. Their textures are velvety and usually the color pay off is descent. I’d like it to be more, but I think the shadows themselves are just light in color overall. So I did a look using Dior’s Earth Reflection palette. It’s great for soft neutral looks! For me, the color was kinda boring brown, so I tried my best to make my eyes pop with the teal liner on the waterline.

For this look I used:

• Eyes: UDPP (primer), Painterly Paint Pot (base), Dior quint in Earth Reflection, Mystery Kohl Power (upper lashline), UD 24/7 liner in Electric & Covet (layered), BE Buxom Lash mascara
• Cheeks: Enough Said Beauty Powder Blush
• Lips: Chanel Rose Rebelle

I’m in love with the lip color itself (a new lipstick). It’s from Chanel’s new Bohemian Fantasy collection. Normally I don’t go for the more mid-tone pinks, but this one has a frost to it that really makes it beautiful. I wasn’t too crazy about pairing this lip with this look, so later in the day I went with a different CK color instead.

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