I’d been watching out for the Lancome x Kate Winslet Golden Hat Foundation collection for a while since I first caught wind of it. The face powder with the golden hat looked quite intriguing and I have to admit that Lancome has been coming up with more and more pretty face palettes lately.
The Kate Winslet Golden Hat Foundation collection is also Lancome’s Christmas collection this year which explains the lip and nail shades. The Golden Hat Foundation was set up by Kate Winslet for autistic children and in conjunction with that, Lancome set up this collection for her and has promised to donate at least €150,000 of its sales profits to the Golden Hat Foundation.
The star of the show, the Golden Hat Illuminating Powder will only be sold as a purchase with purchase. I caught a glimpse of the powder at a counter over the weekend and it does look very nice. It being sold as a PWP however put a bit of spanner in my plans.
I was eyeing Golden Hat initially because I do like Lancome’s powders generally, and I figured I might be light enough to tolerate it as a pale pink blush or highlighter. The Golden Hat powder will retail at RM80 with every RM200 Lancome purchase. Not hard a threshold to hit, but not quite what I had in mind. I’ve consoled myself with another powder anyway for Christmas so I think I’m all set in that area 🙂
The L’Absolu Rouge lipstick will retail on its own at RM80 each and I believe comes in a few shades, but the only colour I’m eyeing is the red Caprice No. 132. Might it be worth a splurge?
There is also a Le Vernis nail colour in the collection but I don’t think we will get that locally. I don’t have a price for it anyway.
So what say you? Will you be picking up anything from this collection? Or will you wait for the next one?
Paris B
The Golden Hat Illuminating Powder will retail at RM80 with every RM200 Lancome purchase, L’Absolu Rouge lipstick will retail at RM80 each. Availability of nail polish unknown.
I’m getting the red lipstick and the red nail polish 😉 I love bright summery colours for well, eerr..summer 😛 And you’ve got me hooked on the red lip thing! I don’t think I’d have the heart to deface the face powder, why I skipped the Guerlain one too 😛
My quest to convert many over to wearing red lipstick is a success then! 😉 I’m just told we don’t get Caprice here. Pity but we do get some other reds. I’m waiting to see what it is. Anyway Caprice looks a bit orangey so perhaps it’s a good thing 😛
I love the illuminating powder!!! They look gorgeous!!! I wonder how the swatches will turn out. The pinkish shade is lovely!!! 🙂
The powder is very subtle. I don’t think it’ll work very well as a blush unless you have a very light ski tone. But it will have a nice subtle brightening effect 🙂
Saw this with Bee over the weekend in SG… wasn’t attracted to the face powder, but there was this gorgeous rose shade lippie that we both agreed was very attractive. SG didn’t have the nail polish either, so I was not able to satisfy my curiosity about the exact shade of red. 😛
I think Lancôme doesn’t carry their nail polishes in our part of the world. I’m not sure why. The l’absolu rouge lipsticks are really nice in texture and longevity. Also cheaper than a Dior or Chanel 😉
That lippie is le BEAUTIFUL! ^.^ I’ve seen swatches of it too! http://www.makeupandbeautyblog.com/product-reviews/for-a-limited-time-the-1940s-are-back-get-pin-up-girl-lips-with-lancomes-holiday-2011-collection-lipstick-in-caprice/
Am horribly lemming for it right now, but it’s for a good cause, no?
Well good cause is debatable 🙂 but it does look lovely especially on Karen. Anyway, I checked and we dont get Caprice here so … Not enough demand for red lipstick I guess. Must up the red lipstick campaign 😉
That golden hat is very attractive, but what’s with this PWP nonsense? That’s the deal breaker I guess. 😀
@Monstro: totally agree with you! Just let us buy the palette without forcing us to get rm200 worth of stuff first!
For me it is 🙁 I read somewhere it’s selling at RM120 so maybe they’ve changed their minds since I got the release.
Wow Paris! This red reminds me of your Pradalicious Paris 😀
Definitely worth the splurge babe! 😉
Pradalicious? Lol!! But the red does look gorgeous eh? Too bad we aren’t getting it 🙁
So unfortunate that the powder is PWP… it does look nice and I wouldn’t mind getting it, though honestly I don’t know what I’d do with it as I don’t think I’d deface it (Maybe I’ll hoard it instead!). RM 80 with RM 200 Lancome purchases isn’t THAT bad, like you said, but it’s still meh 😛
Actually I don’t think is pretty enough to warrant hoarding unlike some other powders that have come out – think Guerlain peacock powder & Lancôme Maison Lancôme 😉 I read somewhere the price of the powder is RM120 so perhaps they’ve had a change of heart 😛
The powder is gorgeous, but it’s too bad it’s sold as PWP… I guess that’d put some people off
If there are others like me, I guess so too! They might have a change of heart and sell it alone, I’m guessing 😉
I ended up getting the Bobbi Brown Holiday Shimmer Brick in Gold and Silver instead!
Oohhh I saw that one! It’s very pretty too and I read that it’s not as crazy shimmery as it looks!