If there’s one thing I’ve stopped paying attention to, it’s new seasonal makeup releases. Sure, there’ll be that odd collection or item that tugs at my heart-strings, but for the most part, I’m now immune. Which isn’t a bad thing as far as my wallet is concerned!
A part of my apathy is also due to my slight disenchantment with the releases from a couple of my favourite brands. I’m just not seeing the flair and quality that’s come out in previous years and if I might say so, Dior has been near the top of my disappointment list. That Tie Dye Summer collection? I refused to touch it with a 10 foot pole!
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But during the weekend, I met up with my friend, Romana and a new friend, Fatima and we stopped by the Dior beauty boutique at Mid Valley to take a peep at the Dior Cosmopolite Fall 2015 collection. I’d seen some pictures come out over the past few weeks, and I wasn’t that keen on it, as much as I enjoy Fall/Autumn makeup collections. I was surprised that we’d received it here so soon – I’m so used to collections arriving 2 months late that any early release never fails to surprise me.
Part of the reason I wasn’t keen on this collection, was the crazy layout of the logo. I suppose Dior is adopting a bit of a younger, more playful vibe, but I just can’t get behind it. For me, a brand like Dior should embody elegance and chic. Let MAC or Urban Decay or Stila do the fun, funky designs. The people who’d buy Dior want something “normal”. It’s the same reason I boycotted the Guerlain Crazy Paris Meteorites pearls – the packaging drove me crazy!
But I had taken these pictures in my phone (hence the photo quality) and I was asked what I thought of the Cosmopolite collection, so I decided to do a short overview, and show you the 1 item I picked up. Yeah, as much as I turned my nose up at this collection, there was still 1 item that suckered me in LOL! 😀
But first, let me share some thoughts on some of the items.
Dior Diorblush Cheek Stick – RM140
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This was the 1 item I was most excited about when I saw the pictures of the release. Dior was doing stick blushes too! I told myself I’d get one, but the moment I tested them, I knew I’d pass.
The Diorblush Cheek Stick are limited edition and come in 3 shades – 875 Cosmopolite Pink, 765 Cosmopolite Rosewood and 675 Cosmopolite Coral. They are thick and chubby with a twist up mechanism. I was hoping they’d be as lovely as the Chanel stick blush that I love, but unfortunately, I was let down.
![dior cosmopolite cheek stick blush - cosmopolite coral, pink, rosewood swatches](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-stick-blush-swatch.jpg)
You might be able to see from the swatches on the back of my hand, that the colour is quite pigmented. I find the texture of these stick blushes too opaque, too creamy and the colours too bold for a blush.
- Cosmopolite Coral in particular, is so soft and creamy that it swatches like a lipstick. It’s crazy! It’s also orange. I think this will sit best on someone with a deeper skintone, and even then, only used very sparingly.
- Cosmopolite Rosewood had a slightly drier texture, and is a rosy shade, which I think suits the medium-deep skintones better. It does look quite pretty, but is quite opaque and pigmented, so again, a light hand is recommended. However, I think this would be the most flattering of the 3 shades available.
- Cosmopolite Pink had the driest texture of the 3 that I tried, and is a barbie pink which not even I find very appealing.
Recommended use : Dot (do not swipe) these on your cheeks, and blend out with your fingers or a blush for a softer, sheerer wash of colour.
If you’re the sort who doesn’t have a lot of time or room for makeup errors, then I think you can safely skip these (and get the Chanel one if it’s still available) I find the potential for error too high to justify getting these, so I was happy to pass.
Dior Addict Fluid Shadows – RM119
![dior cosmopolite addict fluid shadows](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-fluid-eyeshadow.jpg)
If you thought these were lipglosses (and they do look like lip glosses!) they aren’t. They’re what Dior calls Fluid Shadow, which is essentially liquid-cream eyeshadow packaged in the Addict lipgloss tube. You know, many years ago, Dior actually had Addict lipglosses with shades very much like these. I owned a few of them!
But these are liquid eyeshadows. They even come with the same brush applicator that comes in the Addict Lipgloss tubes! Honestly, it does feel repackaged.
The texture of the Fluid Shadow is interesting though. It is highly metallic when applied, and chock-full of shimmer. When it touches your skin, it feels cooling and quite interesting. But it absolutely failed to appeal to me, unfortunately again.
Recommended use: Apply to lids, and use your fingers to pat to blend. The metallic colour sheers out, and you are left with a wash of shimmer and a hint of colour. The rose gold shade blended quite prettily, leaving a pretty wash of rose gold against the skin. Other shades like that Orchid Purple and deep red were patchy and didn’t adhere well to the skin. You can use these on their own, or as a base for powder shadows.
Personally, I feel this isn’t a product for the regular woman on the street. It’s finicky and hard to get right, and it just doesn’t sit very well on the skin. I’d pass on these unless you love shimmer, have time and patience for the steep learning curve, or like unusual makeup.
Dior Fix-it 2-1 Prime & Concealer
![Dior fix it concealer](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-fix-it-concealer.jpg)
This one is, I believe, going to be made permanent. What it is, is a stick concealer, with an inner tube of primer. You can use it for blemishes and the primer core helps it stay in place longer. I do feel that the stick concealer feels a little dry when I swatched it, but I was assured that the primer core helps to neutralise that.
Personally, I’m not keen on this either, as I’ve already got concealers that I find easier to use and fool proof so again, it was a pass for me. Still, it’s something to check out if you like stick concealers.
Dior Cosmopolite 5 Couleur Eyeshadow Palettes – Exuberante, Eclectic
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There are 2 eyeshadow palettes in the Cosmopolite collection and these are the haphazard logo placements that I dislike. The shades too, weren’t shades I’d wear so I overlooked them. I thought the shade selection looked a little similar to other palettes Dior has released in the past so didn’t find them unique.
The texture of the shadows were a little dry, although it was actually quite easy to pick up colour. I liked that green but I felt that the Eclectic palette had a potential to end up looking muddy on smaller lids, or in more inexpert hands like mine. The blue in Exuberante was pretty decently pigmented but I felt it to be quite uninspired and uninspiring.
Unlike most people, I do quite enjoy using Dior eyeshadow palettes. I like the sheer but buildable shades (I work well with sheerer eyeshadow colours) and I don’t usually have a problem with longevity or fall out. But these just didn’t do much, if anything, for me.
Edit to add: Here’s a look using the Eclectic palette that I found from the Dior website. From what I can see, they just slapped on the purple shades, in a very defined, but distinctly unblended eye look. While edgy and … eclectic… for the runway, I’m not sure I see this translating into everyday wear.
![dior fall makeup eclectic look](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-fall.jpg)
I mean, here we are, learning all we can to blend, blend, blend our eyeshadow to avoid hard edges etc and bam! We’re told this is the new look to sport! LOL Easy isn’t it? Just slap it on 😛 Would you sport this?
There were also a selection of nail polishes, Rouge Dior lipsticks and Fluid Sticks, but I dislike the Dior Fluid Sticks so I passed on looking at them, and I don’t wear nail polish.
The lipsticks, which I didn’t take a picture of, are worth taking a look. They are creamy and pigmented and I have always personally preferred Rouge Dior over Rouge Coco in terms of pigment and texture and hydration 🙂 The shades 753 Continental and 968 (I can’t remember the name sorry!) are lovely! Continental is a lovely rose-red and 968 looks uninspiring and plum in the tube, but swatches on my hand a lovely red. It reminds me of a lighter version of Black Tie. Incidentally, when Fatima, who has a deeper skintone than I do swatched it, I noticed how it looked a deeper red on her, than it did on me. It’s interesting how the same shade can look different on different skintones! So don’t knock it till you try it 🙂
Dior Diorblush Cosmopolite 001 Illuminating Powder – RM170
Ah, but what did I end up going home with? Something quite, quite unexpected!
![diorblush cosmopolite illuminating highlighter](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-highlighter-powder3.jpg)
The Diorblush Cosmopolite Illuminating highlighter! It looks very unassuming in the pan, and amongst the bright, colourful items, looked almost lost, and easy to overlook. But for some reason, my eye was drawn to it, and when I swatched it, I liked how it wasn’t shimmery or sparkly, the way highlighters tend to be.
![diorblush cosmopolite illuminating highlighter swatch](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-highlighter-powder-swatch.jpg)
The texture is lovely and soft and it simply looks like a champagne gold wash of colour against the skin. I tried it on at the counter, under the expert hands of Senior Makeup Artist Zaidi, and it just wowed me because it didn’t show up very much on my skin, yet imparted a very lovely glow.
It was what I’d imagine a “candlelit glow” to be, and I loved it! The only thing I didn’t like about it was the print. Yes, there’s that crazy Dior print again and I hated it! I was told that this was similar to another highlighter in Starlight, but I found that one more pink and more frosty.
Cosmopolite is a slightly warmed golden champagne shade with very very fine shimmer, that I thoroughly fell for. If you look at the swatch above, you may notice how it’s almost not visible on the skin and this is so even when you wear it. Sometimes, makeup doesn’t have to be seen to be appreciated and this is one of those times, giving you that “no-makeup” effect.
![diorblush cosmopolite illuminating highlighter](https://www.mywomenstuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/dior-cosmopolite-highlighter-powder.jpg)
If you were to ask me what to look out for in the Dior Cosmopolite Fall 2015 collection, I’d recommend the Cosmopolite highlighter and perhaps one of the lip colours. The other items, I feel you can pass on unless of course, you love the shades and textures of them, in which case, don’t let me stop you 🙂 I’m just offering my suggestion after all.
Did anything from this Cosmopolite Fall 2015 collection attract your attention? Are you planning to pick anything up?
Apologies for the less than stellar pictures of the collection. I’d taken most of them on my phone without thinking very much about them as I wasn’t planning to actually post them here, which also explains why I don’t have pictures of every item in the collection. But since I’d been asked a few times on Instagram, I figured a blog post would be the smart way to go about this, since it’s so new! Hopefully, this will give you some time to figure out what you want, and to pace yourself accordingly 🙂 Let me know what catches your eye (or doesn’t!) 😉
Paris B
Dior Cosmopolite Fall 2015 collection is available now at the Dior Beauty Boutiques at Mid Valley and Pavilion Kuala Lumpur and will be available at all Dior counters from August 2015.
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Ack, I don’t usually go in for much in Dior collections except lipstick, lip gloss and polish, but that highlighter is a great pick! It’s gorgeous! I’m going to look for it. *shakes fist* I don’t know if I should thank you or what, Paris 😛
Dior does lip products so well don’t they? I love them too! Hopefully you get to have a look at the new highlighter soon. I’d love to know what you think 🙂
That’s a nice highlight for sure! I’m so not into seasonal releases-or any of them for all that matter lately, but that’s a great pick! I’ll have to look for it when it finally get here! Good for my aging skin for sure!
It’s right on trend too, eh Tracy? LOL 🙂 I do like it a lot though. It’s not as shimmery as many other highlighters so I can wear it in our heat without looking like a sweaty mess. Would be interested to hear what you think when you manage to have a look at it!
Hey Paris! Thank you for the sneak peek! I have no idea when this will be available here. I am not sure it’s my thing, but I am always up for taking a look! The highlighter is very pretty indeed! I have way too many already, but i could be persuaded to get this one ????
OK that was a winky emoji instead of question marks!
Ooh haha thanks for letting me know! I think emoji doesn’t work with the web 😀
It should be out soon Sunny! I have no idea why we’re getting it so soon. Usually, we get things 2 months later LOL Not complaining though 😀 To be honest, the collection wasn’t my thing either. I felt it to be a bit blah to be honest. If you do check out the highlighter, I’d love to know what you think 😀
Oh my god, the blushes? How did you keep a straight face after swatching those? I would have cracked a joke or two about them. 😉
But then again, the liquid shadows! :-/
Hahaha crack me a joke then Rage! 😉 I had so much hope for them but it was a bit disappointing. The liquid shadows are… in one word – strange. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone 😛
Hi~I am curious about the 5 couleurs eyeshadow in the first photo (not tester ones) with silver and black . The pallatte is surrounded by addict fluid stick and dior rouge. Can you tell me which pallatte it is? or is it new? love the silver and black combination><
Hi Eric, I wish I could help you but I can’t remember what the name of it is so sorry! 🙁 I was told that it was a new limited edition palette but the colours looked a little pale and so I didn’t pay a lot of attention. If I come across it, I’ll be sure to let you know which it is!
The eyeshadows caught my eye! I love both the palettes especially Exuberante. The colours are very nude and the blue can be used as an eyeliner, very pretty. Hmm, the highlighter slightly reminds me of one of the Cle de peau highlighter except slightly less shimmery. Probably will go to the counters to try em out. Oh and I also love fall/winter releases. I find that spring/summer collections feature too much ‘brights’ and too ‘out there’. Not my cup of milo.
Oh they are promising indeed! I too was quite taken by the blue palette and if not for the fact that the stock was not in yet, I might have gone home with it! That said, I’m glad I didn’t because I have an old Dior palette that looks quite similar. After a few years, things start to repeat themselves LOL! 😀 Oh actually the CdP highlighter is more shimmery than this one. This one’s quite muted. I usually sleep all the way through Spring and Summer collections, perking up only when the Fall/Winter ones hit the counters haha! The early seasons aren’t my cup of milo either!
Great swatches. I had to chime in and let you know something, those Fluid E/S, if you put your finger in it, it becomes very patchy. I have two of those and have been using them nonstop for a week. These really don’t work as a wash of color. Good thing you avoided them 😉
Thank you Sara! I saw your pix and you looked so lovely in the liquid shadows! It’s such an innovative idea but I think the execution was quite poor. The makeup artist showed me to dab them, but some of the colours wouldn’t adhere to the skin. One or two, I found that if you use your finger to blend it in a back and forth motion, it becomes a lovely shimmery wash. But all in all, just too much work! 😀
Thank you for sharing this sneak peek!
I’m far more excited for the Tie Dye Collection to be honest, since I love all things tie dye. Although the one that I love in the collection is the lipstick not the blush. LOL.
I feel you that “Dior should embody elegance and chic”. I too find this collection’s design (especially the eyeshadow palettes) a bit tacky, somehow makes it cheap-looking 🙁
Aaahhh you must have picked up the Tie Dye collection then? 😀 BTW I saw the very used blush tester in store for the tie dye blush and it looked awful! So, perhaps it’s just as well you didn’t get that eh? 😀 Oh and yes, this collection doesn’t have what it takes to call itself Dior. I could almost believe it to be fake 🙁
I can’t believe I missed your reply >_< The blush tester is awful? It looks so pretty in pictures on IG though LOL. I guess it is one of those items that you can only collect, not use :p
Oh yes! If I didn't know about this releases and found one like 6 months later on ebay, I'm sure I'd think this collection is fakes LOL
Dior collections rarely excite me these days. I get it they’re trying to be edgier, but the results leave a lot to be desired imo. That highlighter though is very pretty. And very unassuming. I’m not sure I would have checked it out if I hadn’t seen your review.
I think that after a while, it’s hard to get very excited about new collections unless something very innovative is being launched. But it was easy to pass on this one. It does seem to have generated quite a lot of interest though!
U did the best choice there…i agree u so much Miss P!????
Aww thank you Shija! Hope you have a lovely Raya celebration with your family and friends! 😀
I like the look of the eyeshadows!
They’re most certainly different right? The purple palette is pretty pigmented too
You’re so right about Dior, Paris. I’m a fan girl but for the past few seasons, Dior hasn’t been measuring up. Rather disappointing, really. I was quite excited about the blush sticks and the fluid shadows, but I’ve been reading less than stellar reviews of the latter. Haven’t read much of the blush sticks though. They’re so pigmented and LOL at the coral blush. It does swatch like a lipstick!
That highlighter though – if I used them more often, I might just be tempted.
I hear ya Lily! Dior ex-Fangirl here too LOL Ok, not ex but close to, if they don’t get their game together 😛 I often wonder if the change at the top to Peter Philips was the cause. I didn’t like what he did at Chanel and now that he’s at Dior, I’m seeing the same slide 😛 The fluid shadows are a total miss. So tacky and so hard to work with.
That Cosmopolitan Coral cheek stick colour omg! It’s SO pretty!
As for that non-blendy eyeshadow look, that’s a runway/editorial look. It’s going to be hard to pull off methinks. 😛
It’s ORANGE, Tine! 😛 But then I remember you can wear brights so take a peep maybe? hehe… That look will be good to pull out as a reference when people say “Eh, you didn’t blend your eyeshadow” and you go “But look, neither did Dior” LOL!
Hello Paris,
I discovered your blog while researching this collection. I went to the counter today (again) and the illuminator was no where in sight, in fact the sales associate did not even know what I was talking about *sigh*. I was hoping to see the ingredient list, but the three counters I visited did not carry this product. BTW, I completely agree with your assessment of these products. Fantastic post and very much appreciated.
-Maria
Hi Maria, thank you for your comment and I hope the illuminator makes it to your counter soon! I haven’t heard of it being exclusive to anywhere so there’s hope yet. In the USA, I was told that it’s only sold on the Dior website though.