No no, don’t go dying just yet! At least see the compact first! 😀
When I first got wind of the Lady Dior compact from Christian Dior cosmetics for Spring 2009, I was immediately smitten. (I can’t remember whose blog I saw it on – it might be A touch of blusher). But hello? I love bags and I love makeup so of course makeup in a “bag” called my name! In fact, it called it repeatedly 😛 I don’t have a Lady Dior bag yet, but this might change my mind.
From all the online reviews of the Lady Dior compact, no one ever mentioned its size. All along, I thought it was about the size of a lipgloss palette i.e. tiny. In fact, its big! Here’s a picture showing its rough dimensions.
I’m not kidding when I say big right? Its about 9cm x 7cm which is a little larger than what I was expecting.
The Lady Dior compact is a lip/cheek compact in the shape of the classic Lady Dior quilted bag. It comes with a soft quilted exterior over a sturdy heavy metal frame, a strap and clasp so you can hang it on your handbag or use it as a keychain (if you like), right down to the 4 letter charms that spell D-i-o-r. In other words, its a perfect replica charm of the Lady Dior bag. So, I can’t afford the Lady Dior bag right now, but goshdarnit! I’ll have the Lady Dior compact! hehe…
Open it and you get 2 cream makeup in a red-pink and a cream highlighter shade with a large mirror. The Lady Dior compact comes in 2 shades (Parisienne Chic – beige and French Chic – pink) and we are getting French Chic 003 (the more usable compact in my view). They can be used for lips and cheeks but how on earth am I ever going to use this and despoil its beauty?!
If you can bring yourself to use it (and I’m sure I will at some point – I’m not THAT sentimental) and once its finished up, the compact can double up as an accessory for your bag, like a bag charm or a keychain – 2 in 1 product.
The Lady Dior compact is available at all Christian Dior cosmetic counters from end January/early February 2009 and retails for RM250 (approx US$70.50) for each limited edition piece. The Lady Dior compact will retail for US$95 per piece in the USA so I’d say we are getting a pretty good deal!
For now, I’m still in the honeymoon phase – I stare at the compact and caress it lovingly, lost in wonder at how anything can look this gorgeous. Sigh…
And here are more pictures of the Dior Spring 2009 collection for the eyes. Dior has chosen to go nude beige and pink for Spring – quite unusual if you ask me, because Spring is usually about pastels and light colours.
Dior Parisienne Lights – 5 colour eyeshadow palette – RM187
This palette calls my name – the pink and orangy colour is going to be tricky I can tell, but the shimmer in the rest of the colours are just my style, especially that taupe shade in the bottom left. This looks like an interesting palette because there are warm shades and cool all in one – I’ll experiment over the holidays and see what I come up with.
Dior Elegante – 5 colour eyeshadow palette – RM187
This palette strikes me as looking a little too beige. I’m not quite sure what Dior was thinking when they made this. It also looks very warm. It might perhaps suit those who can handle warm colours well. There is shimmer, but on first impression it looks matt. I’m not quite sure how that works…
Dior Nude Look – Matt and Shimmer eyeshadow duo- RM102
I liked Silver Look the eyeshadow duo from Fall 2007. It was beautiful! I’m curious about this one – will it live up to my high expectations that Silver Look gave me? We’ll see!
Dior Nude Chic – nail polish – RM68
I’m not a nail polish girl, but if I wanted something nude for my nails with a pearly shimmer, this one might be it. It looks a little pinker in real life than in the picture.
Does any item from the Dior Spring 2009 collection catch your eye? Do share and have a great weekend!
Stay beautiful,
Paris B
Ohh..I’m loving the ‘BAG’….!!
Hey Faye, Its gorgeous isn’t it?
omg the lady bag is so so so gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i can buy it but i can never have the heart to use it. i still have alot of unused cosmetics coz they are js too pretty to be used
Hi prettybeautiful, I think this Lady Dior bag compact is going to be a collector’s item for most. I’m still trying to get my guts up to dig into it!
wow… someone’s celebrating CNY a lot sooner… hehehehe… happy CNY to u PB 😀
Hey Affy, Thank you and enjoy the holidays!
the lady dior bag is so pretty…but still very expensive!! RM250 for a cream colors?!
Hey Fann Fann, If you look at it as a Dior accessory rather than as makeup, it isn’t all that expensive 🙂 The makeup is rather incidental in this case
Aiyoooo…the little bag is so precious PB!!
How you’ll bring yourself to use the makeup I don’t know–so pretttyyyyy!
Hey Monstro, I know right! How to use it?! 😛
Omg the compact is just so chic!! Sigh you have to get it haha 🙂
the eyeshadow colors (Dior Parisienne Lights – 5 colour eyeshadow palette – RM187) are pretty sheer though.. i read that and saw the swatches from some other beauty blog review 🙁 which i find it quite a disappointment as the colors are really to die for!
Hi Cheryl, Yep, I’ve read about how sheer the eye palettes are – such a pity because they are so pretty! But it might give me an excuse to use them for work or more serious events 😉
That is sooo pretty!!!! Gosh, just looking at the packaging is enough, I don’t even care if the colors are pretty or not! LOL 🙂 I’m sure it caught your heart too Miss Make up and Bag lady! Lol
Hey Nikki, Yeah, this is part of Dior’s secial edition release every year. I think they have been doing jewelry – lockets and such but this is the only one that’s caught my eye for obvious reasons! haha…
Oh dear, I was browsing through Parkson yesterday and I saw the Dior Parisienne Lights palette and I’m in love. The colours are SO silky smooth they feel like cream.
And I LOVE that taupe shade too.
Oh dear oh dear oh dear… (are you getting this?)
Hey Syen, Yep I have Parisienne Lights. Looks like we both like the same sort of colours! 😉 I’ll try to do up a review once I’ve used them.
did you buy all these???!!! so unlike you… lol. i hate that lip palette!!! seriously! i think it’s too common for the colours. and it’s the packaging that one is paying for. i love my bags but i don’t want a lip palette with just 2 colours with a high price tag. just me i guess. i swatched both lip palettes and niether one stood out IMO.
as for the IR quint, it hardly showed up on me. The regular 5-colour is a bit better but you know i don’t like matte eye shadows so i passed it as well. Same reason with the duo. and expensive nail polish just doesn’t speak my language.
the whole Dior spring is a big disappointment for me as I am a bit darker than you and the colours just won’t work.
the only thing i like about this collection is the shimmery side of the blush duo. LOL.
but if you bought all these, we need to see FOTD!!! i know you can wear them so well compared to me! you are practically a SNOW WHITE!!!
happy CNY!
Hey Jojoba, Yeah, this is part of Dior’s special star collection. I think you had a locket or something before? Its one of those collectors items like Estee’s perfume compacts 🙂 But yes, I will try to see if I manage to capture the colours of the palettes. Happy CNY!
OMG the compact is sooo cute!! Great gifts to indulge yourself 😉
Happy Lunar New Year anyway, Paris B! 🙂
I like the Lady Dior Compact and Parisienne Lights. Sheer or not, i just love eye shadow palettes.
However, Elegante reminds me a bit of Art class where you take brown/beige, add a little white to make it lighter, then, lighter, lighter and the lightest!! I think I can find dupes quite easily for these 5 colours from Elegante, well may be not exactly the same but close enough. But at the end of the day, a Dior is still a Dior. That’s why the high price tag!
oh man, its like a mini dior bag. its nice! look so luxurious haha