Assessment: Cle de Peau Beaute Rêve de Kimono Vacation 2019

Yearly because the Holidays (Christmas) collections are launched, there shall be manufacturers that stand out. This yr, I predict that Cle de Peau Beaute shall be that model, as a result of the Cle de Peau Rêve de Kimono (Kimono Dream) assortment is a STUNNER!

Cle de Peau Beaute has at all times launched lovely items of their Vacation assortment. Final yr, they drew inspiration from Alice in Wonderland, with a whimsical design.

This yr, they’re going the normal route, with a lovely, BEAUTIFUL design and packaging of a small, however compact assortment that may make you say “TAKE ALL MY MONEY!” 😀

Cle de Peau Rêve de Kimono (Kimono Dream) Vacation assortment 2019

Cle de Peau Beaute hails from Japan, and there’s no higher solution to remind us of this, than to attract on their centuries of cultural heritage. For the Vacation 2019 assortment, they rejoice their roots with a Kimono Dream.

Whereas most of us are conversant in kimono, what we might not know is that the design on a kimono might be made particular to a Home or household. With this in thoughts, Cle de Peau Beaute commissioned a kimono, created in collaboration with Tachibana, an embroidery and dyeing studio in Kyoto that performs a job in preserving kimono tradition. It was crafted utilizing a helpful dyeing method known as Surigata-Yuzen, which makes use of dozens of stencils to dye completely different patterns, layering one coloration over one other.

The result’s an intricate sample distinctive to the model, and one that’s replicated, in numerous levels of intricacy and close-up design, on their packaging. It’s so a lot so that you just wouldn’t need to throw away the bins! Sure, it’s that lovely!

The packaging may be very very distinctive.

Every merchandise within the assortment is housed in an origami impressed folded field, held in place by a sleeve imprinted with the kimono design. Slide off the sleeve, and you will see your self gasping in awe, as you uncover the attractive work of a lady in kimono, painted by Japanese painter, Ayana Otake.

Do watch this video of her at work.

Truthfully, inform me find out how to toss out the packaging once I’m carried out, as a result of will probably be heart-wrenching to throw away these artworks!

Clé de Peau Beauté Rêve de Kimono Eyeshadow #320 Draped in Velvet – US$80 | RM250

When you get previous oohing and aahing over the attractive packaging, the following factor you’d be amazed at is the product inside. The eyeshadow quad is available in a lovely, luxurious palette, with an embroidered peony printed on the cowl.

This restricted version palette – #320 Draped in Velvet – comes with 3 powder shadows and a deep, black cream eyeliner.

The colors signify energy, with a flash of female crimson. The attention colors are delicate – white, peach and a moderately robust pink. I’m not good with carrying pink across the eyes, however I do know it’s a extremely popular look nowadays, and Cle de Peau Beaute has captured it completely.

Clé de Peau Beauté Rêve de Kimono Refining Pressed Powder #101 Blossoming Cherry – US$105 | RM325

I significantly love how the Blossoming Cherry Refining Pressed Powder appears to be like. It’s so refined, elegant and beautiful! (sure, there’s that phrase once more!)

The palette is a delicate peach, with a delicate, rosy powder housed inside. You may see the embossed sample in a few of the different image. I reckon the color of the powder is delicate and translucent sufficient to go well with most individuals apart from these with very deep pores and skin tones.

There’s a skinny puff included, that you should use to pat the product in your pores and skin. It serves the operate of flippantly setting your make-up, taking away shine, and including a contact of rosiness to the pores and skin. It is vitally delicate.

Circumstances are refillable

In case you are questioning what you are able to do with the circumstances of the eyeshadow and powder when you’re carried out, marvel no extra! Cle de Peau Beaute sells their eyeshadow quads and powders individually from the case.

What this implies is that after you’ve completed utilizing the product, you possibly can ease out the pan, and pop in a brand new one, and proceed having fun with the attractive compact! I like this concept!

I don’t know if/once I’ll ever end a powder or eyeshadow, however it’s a lovely thought nonetheless.

Clé de Peau Beauté Rêve de Kimono Lipstick – US$65 | RM235

There are 2 lipsticks within the Clé de Peau Beauté Rêve de Kimono assortment – Lipstick Cashmere (RM235) (satin matte) and Lipstick n (RM226) (satin shine).

Lipstick Cashmere #512 Purple Ardour comes housed in a lovely, brilliant crimson lacquered case. It’s, directly, eye catching and spectacular.

The color is a daring, passionate crimson and the satin matte texture ensures that it stays put in your lips, opaque in a single swipe. It’s unimaginable.

Lipstick n #511 Silk Ardour is a extra on a regular basis delicate pink satin shine texture, that comes housed within the signature black lacquered case. The feel is like that of silk on lips – light-weight, delicate, with a sheen.

The color may be very pleasant, wearable, and ideal for on a regular basis, giving lips a youthful shine and color. There’s a time and place for each lip color, and that is the one you’d slick on on a weekend, or while you need one thing fast and never too garish.

Clé de Peau Beauté Rêve de Kimono Radiant Multi-Restore Oil – US$168 | RM551

The ultimate merchandise within the assortment is the Radiant Multi-Restore Oil. Sure, a skincare product! Have been you shocked? As a result of I used to be! 😀

I’ve by no means tried this one, and realizing my penchant for facial oils, it’s one I’m undoubtedly to mess around with. I’ll take some time (it’s skincare in any case!) however relaxation assured that the product itself is a part of the everlasting skincare vary (often is available in a pink bottle). What’s completely different about this one, is the design on the bottle.

What the Radiant Multi-Restore Oil is, is an oil that can be utilized wherever in your physique, to counteract dryness. It’s fairly light-weight, and isn’t oily or greasy regardless of the title. It sinks in properly into pores and skin, and over time, will plump and hydrate pores and skin. I like the way it feels, however it’s only a preliminary viewpoint so I’ll replace once I’ve used it extra 🙂

WHERE TO BUY: Cle de Peau Beaute counters and boutique at Pavilion KL, Web-a-Porter, Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue

Are you in love with the intricacy of the Cle de Peau Rêve de Kimono assortment?

Concepts on a postcard if I ought to toss the packaging or do one thing with them, as a result of they’re so lovely and complicated! Haha! 😀

Paris B

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