Do you know what we need for Christmas? A bit of old school glamour, and collection is kinda what I was looking for:

The key is, I suppose, getting these products and making them look wearable for the day and looking youthful too.
There are two variations, Gold Opulence (what I have) and Lavish Plum:

At first glance, its not not so ‘gold- there’s one gold but the warm reddish brown and black aren’t necessarily in the typical “gold” category.

For a closer look -

I wasn’t sure how pigmented these would be, but they are just lovely and super creamy. This is from one layer of shadow:

The shadow is not as reddish as I thought it would be, its more of a golden brown with highlights.
I got two lipsticks too, in Gold and Simply Red:

I LOVE the fluted pattern on the lipstick!
Gold (this is a very true, rich gold, almost like an old gold):

This is Simply Red, which seems to be neither overly blue or orange in tone:

Swatch:

The lipsticks are very pretty pigmented, last quite a long time although it felt more comfortable on if I use lip balm first.
My two Opulent Shimmer Glosses:

Cranberry (shimmer red):

Gold (love this – it has lots of micro sparkles in it, I even detect some green sparkles):

Swatches:

The lipglosses are lovely, definitely a nice way to wear some colour if the lipsticks are a bit too scary for you.
I am going to use these products for some Tutorials/Looks so tune back!
What do you think? Would you go for the Ultimate Red collection?
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Those eyeshadows are really pigmented! Do Estee Lauder lipsticks still have that perfumey taste?
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Yes Nina! Like champagne!
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Those swatches are the nicest that I have ever seen. Holy cow! Everything is SO pigmented & rich >___< I want it , now!!!!
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