Mr C gifted me with this Laura Mercier palette for Christmas called Bonne Mine (exclusive to Selfridges).
It is a thick cardboard palette with 5 products in it. They say:
This ultra-sheer, blendable palette wakes up the skin and gives it an immediate, healthy glow. Customize your look with bronzer, cheek color, and glow for a natural “no makeup” radiance. Inside, there are tabs that fan out to display Laura’s secrets on how to best use the formulas to create standout results.
You get a large bronzer veil, two cheek veils and two ‘glow’ veils.
The palette is very pretty but also bulky and annoying to store. I would never carry this around to me, it’s far too big. It is very sturdy though.
It comes with a large mirror and a piece of plastic. I quite like these shades although they are quite similar; bronzy type shades. It’s a palette that’s supposed to wake up the face, which I guess these colours (bronze, peach and oyster) do, even though none of the shades on their own are that interesting.
I love cream products so I like these. These are ‘veils’ so as you can imagine, pretty sheer. On my medium tones skin, they show up ok – if you are darker than me (I am about NC35) then I’m not sure they would look particularly pigmented.
Swatches:
The two glow products are quite light work well as highlighters. The pink is not as bright as it looks and the deep rose is more of a brown-rose. The bronze veil is pigmented but a bit orange for my liking. It’s like a creamier oilier version of Bronze Universel.
Verdict:
I do like this product and at the end of the day it’s a handy gift I will use in the future. It’s just not too practical in presentation and the colours aren’t madly interesting as singularly but ok as a group.
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This would be so practical for an every day :cries:…
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Arg! I’ve been trying to find this everywhere! I think it’s sold out now. Darn.
I’m NC35 too, & I thought it would be handy too, nothing out there, just.. Everyday, & easy.
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I am never really sure about LM, the colours are always a bit too warm for me, there is a hint of the terracotta along the same line as any BB that I try, and that just clashes with my thread veins. But the palette itself is well designed and the products look a decent size. Thanks for this. Jan x
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Hi Jan!
I see! I haven’t even used this yet but it seems popular amongst bloggers!
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That’s so sweet of him to get you this!
The colors are pretty, but nothing too special. Basic but nice contouring/highlighting colors.
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Hi Gloria!
Yeah a xmas present!
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I desperately want one.. I know ill never use it but I think the combination is perfect for winter looks and paler skin!!
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Hi Tali
It’s weird, suddenly loads of people I know have been asking me about it! Were there limited stocks?!
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