Hello lovelies!
Clarins Fall 2020 Makeup Collection recently launched and features a new range of Eyeshadow Palettes. I must say I like the new packaging, presentation and even the color stories for these 4 Color Eyeshadow Palettes.
Access my PATREON PAGE and become a PATRON if you want to support Chicprofile for unbiased reviews. You will have to EXCLUSIVE CONTENT on the the latest scoops of Upcoming Makeup Releases.
U.S. / International Launch Date – Now at Clarins US | Clarins France | soon at SEPHORA | Nordstrom, Selfridges, Escentual, Harrods SAKS, Bloomingdale’s, John Lewis, Liberty London
Clarins Fall 2020 Collection
The price differences between U.S. and European Beauty Market
I mentioned this earlier today on Instagram but I want to address it again, here on the blog. The price of these new eyeshadow quads. More specifically the different between the U.S. price and European price. You see, I think $42.00 can be a fair price considering the brand and the quality of their eyeshadows, but when you convert €47.50 into $, I don’t know if you’ll feel the same. Basically you’ll have to pay $56.00 for a palette and then I’m sure you’ll want to wait for a sale before buying any of these.
Clarins is not the only brand that’s making this huge difference in price between different beauty markets. It’s quite sad, not to say frustrating when you have to pay, not only $1-2 extra but $14.00 which is a lot.
One of my recent disappointments is with Pat McGrath, who also priced her new Divinyl Lip Products (in store at Selfridges) in UK for £35.00 which is the equivalent of $46.00. How fair is that? I addressed my point of view in my recent IGTV video and “some people” didn’t like what I had to say. I’ll stay true to my own words and opinions as I don’t own anything to any brand. I’m an independent content creator who loves to do unbiased reviews. Thank you so much to everyone who is supporting me on PATREON and helps me keep Chicprofile authentic.
4 Color Eyeshadow Palette – New – $42.00 / €47.50
A collection of six all-in-one, long-wearing eyeshadow quads with a variety of finishes and textures. Each palette comes with four intensely pigmented eyeshadows, and has everything needed to prime, shade, line, and define—delivering intense color payoffs with finishes of velvet, satin, foil, and metallic. A 2-in-1 formula enriched with the priming properties of natural Bamboo Powder to keep your look fresh, crease-proof and stay-put for 12 full hours.
RELATED: Charlotte Tilbury Luxury Palette The Sophisticate Review, Live Swatches, Makeup Look
Available in 6 harmonious palettes:
- 01 Fairy tale nude gradation
- 02 Rosewood gradation
- 03 Flame gradation
- 04 Brown sugar gradation
- 05 Jade gradation
- 06 Midnight gradation
Brow Duo – $28.00
A dual-ended, two-in-one brow tool to sculpt, shape, and define your arches for fully transformed brows. One end of the brow pencil—an innovative tinted powder to water formula—transforms into a creamy texture upon application. Perfect for sculpting, defining and filling in brows to create the perfect arch. The other end is a brush with a tinted gel that tames, shades and sets brows in place for up to 12 hours of flawless wear.
Available in 5 shades for every brow color:
- 01 Tawny blond
- 02 Auburn
- 03 Cool brown
- 04 Medium brown
- 05 Dark brown
2 comments
I like these little quads too., particularly the Jade one. I understand completely what you are saying about prices and conversion rates. Here in Australia our higher end cosmetics are incredibly expensive – dollar conversions from US to AUD, international shipping rates, cosmetics tax, plus what the retailers add. It’s just all so hard. PMG retails here for about $200, so too ND’s larger palettes. Lipsticks are just out of the ball park for most.
Thank you for being independent and for saying what you think is true. This is greatly appreciated by me.
Thank you so much Genevieve! There are the facts actually. Brands lower their prices for U.S. market offering also more perks, like constant sales, codes and offers, while elsewhere the offers and sales are not so tempting. Even though we may find retailers from U.S. that ship internationally in the end the shipping costs + taxes is not worth it. Plus that during these times I won’t even dare to order from US as it takes up to 1 month for my parcel to be delivered. 🙁 Thank you for supporting me by reading my blog and sharing your thoughts! 🙂