Iron Lady: Lucky, Lipstick and Shadows of Metal Textures
Text: Moore Sobolev, author of the blog and telegram channel Fierce & Cute
Metallic shades on the market have always been, but last year, consumer desires finally coincided with the capabilities of the industry. The boom started with indie-marks, and then they picked up everything - and there appeared shiny upper coatings for lipsticks, varnishes that transform human hands into cyborg limbs, mirror shadows. Moore Sobolev has collected products that will fall in love with those who are crazy about metal overflows.
Lac Chanel Le Vernis in the shade of Liquid Mirror
999 rub.
"Liquid Mirror" was published in the latest Christmas collection and became part of the basic range. Liquid Mirror is a greeting not only to the new generation, but also to the brand's past: many years ago, Chanel was released with a limited edition of Holographic and Silver varnishes, each of which was accompanied by a top for heightening shine. They are still hunted by collectors, and those who do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on eBay now have an option in the form of mirror-chrome Liquid Mirror.
Ciaté London Geology lacquer in Moondust
719 RUBLES
A merry English brand has recently finally come to our market: now charming bottles with bows can be ordered with shipment, and bought in the nearest "L'Etoile." Ciaté London’s original strength was nail polishes; Now they have a pretty cool make-up line, but the varnishes remain level. In the summer, the brand will launch a fully chrome product, and now you can buy beautiful metal duochromes - for example, the cosmic violet-gold Moondust.
Lucky Christina Fitzgerald in the shade of Amos
1350 rub.
Australian Christina Fitzgerald in her latest collection made an interesting lacquer Amos - a complex gray-beige metallic. It will suit even the lovers of "everyday" manicure - a very modest and neat color, which, however, attracts attention. More rock and roll options - blue Miss Devine and Mrs.J the color of ripe cherry, which at the expense of small frequent shimmer look as if illuminated from the inside.
Glitter NYX Cosmic Metals Lip Cream in Extraterrestrial Tint
640 rub.
NYX is a fashion brand, which means that the most fashionable texture is above the roof. There are metallic for eyes, for lips and all other places. Last year's novelty is the dense, thick gloss of Cosmic Metals Lip Cream. The name does not deceive: the shine really resembles a chrome finish. The choice of colors is specific, but there are many unexpected among them, of which the strangest is the olive-gray Extraterrestrial.
Inglot Diamond Lip Tint Metallic Liquid Lipstick lipstick in shades 102 and 106
1300 rubles
Inglot has an excellent line of Aquastic cream metallic shadows - they freeze with a thin mirror film, and if you don’t diffuse them, you can easily achieve the effect of foil on the eyes. But liquid metallic lipsticks turned out to be a more interesting launch - now these are the most accessible variants of such a texture on our market. They are very resistant, while not dry and fit perfectly. The only negative - while not enough bright and dark shades. The most beautiful are fuchsia and scarlet.
Pigment LASplash Diamond Dust in Helios Shade
1090 rubles
New indie-brand - loose powder pigments Diamond Dust: they are positioned as shadows, in fact, on the lips, too, look literally dazzling. The collection has pure matte pigments (the red Zodiac is especially good in the pictures) and metallic ones: in particular, Helios is the color of slightly aged gold. By the way, beautiful metallized lipstick LASplash also does - look for them in the Lip Luster line.
Grigio Perla Shades Wycon Liquid Pearl
439 rubles in stores Wycon
Liquid Pearl - liquid two-phase shadows that require when applying a certain skill: they have a drip dispenser, so first you need to squeeze the shadows onto your hand or palette, and then apply. The reward of the hero will be almost a mirror shine and decent durability. All shades have a metallic finish, but Grigio Perla fits best with the theme of our selection - it is pure liquid silver.
Eyeliner Urban Decay Razor Sharp in Goldrush Shade
1770 rubles
The kings of the cosmic makeup Urban Decay in their Moondust series produce the most beautiful glitters in the world, but this is not limited. The brand has both metal pencils and eyeliners in the same shades - gold is called Goldrush, and silver is Cuff. Both shades are applied evenly and look saturated from the first stroke: it is more convenient with eyeliner to make a super-thin metal arrow, and a pencil - a serious make-up of the name of the Terminator.
Cream pigment NARS Eye Paint in a shade of Interstellar
1949 rubles
Means with a capacious name "eye paint" can be used as eyeliner, shadow or base, and even applied to the mucous. Interstellar is a bright platinum shade that looks good in any form (the double arrow in combination with the black eyeliner looks especially impressive). The second beautiful option is Lysithea silver shades, which, when dry applied, look like a modest veil, and when wet they look like quite a metallic.
Dior Addict Fluid Shadow Cream Shades Magnetic Shade
1199 rubles
Shadows of Fluid Shadow are packaged as lip glosses and equipped with an appropriate thin brush - not easy at first, then you fit it. With a native brush, it is convenient to use them as an eyeliner (the arrow will be wide enough) or apply a dense layer to the entire eyelid, blending the borders with your finger. Shadows dry very quickly and do not tolerate the second layer, but with accurate and fast work, the result is cosmic. All six shades are metallic and silver Magnetic looks almost mirror-like.
Giorgio Armani Beauty Eye Tint cream shades in Onyx shade
2826 rubles
Eye Tint is one of the best formulas on the market: excellent, light in applying cream shades of beautiful shades that are equally good in feathering and layering. You can apply them directly attached applicator, not bothering with a brush. Golden Khaki Onyx, depending on the light and density, looks like a light haze or a thin metallic coating on the eyes. And if you want something brighter, you can choose a blue-green Emeraude with a golden glow.
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