Rue de Rivoli Eye Looks

I have been trying to capture a good eye look using my Rue de Rivoli palette for some time. I've reached the conclusion that I am never going to get anything that I feel is satisfactory, so I may as well show you what I have so you can see for yourself the problem I've been having.

This is the look I did today. I used the peachy/pink colour all over the mobile lid, the light brown in the crease and outer corner, the grey to line and the white to highlight. As I am sure you will agree, it's lacking something. The liner doesn't really show up and the crease colour isn't dark enough. I think that it looks more washed out in the pictures than it did in reality but I was still a bit meh about it.

In my previous effort, I attempted to use the fuchsia. I applied it over the champagne, as had been recommended in the comments of Replica's post here. It does give more depth but the overall look is just too pink and seemed a little unbalanced.

As I mentioned in my original post, I think the colours in this palette are lovely but I definitely need to admit defeat and stop trying to create a look with it on it's own. I think it needs more contrast; a darker colour in the crease or heavier eyeliner. Something to really make these gorgeous colours shine.

Let me know what you think. What would you do to make this work?

Guerlain Rue de Rivoli (plus Rue de Passy comparison)

I hope you will forgive me is this is going to be a mostly picture post. I picked up Rue de Rivoli on Saturday, I was really lucky as I got the last one at my local counter.

The palette contains a white iridescent highlighter shade, a peach champagne with iridescence, a stone shade with lilac undertone, a taupe brown, a lightly shimmery dark mink liner and the fuchsia accent colour. Only the stone and taupe are without shimmer. None of these eyeshadows are chalky, which was an issue I experienced with a couple of the Rue de Passy colours. They are nice to work with, though I find I have to work hard to get the stone colour to show up on my lid. I think this is due to my natural skin colour rather than a pigmentation issue.

With Flash

I have included a comparison to Rue de Passy especially for the lovely Get Lippie. I think Rue de Rivoli is beautiful to look at and the colours are very pretty, my favourites are the champagne and mink 'liner' colours. Without using the liner as an eyeshadow, the look you can achieve with this palette is quite light and very subtle, or at least it is on my pale but not porcelain skin. I haven't braved the fuchsia yet so maybe I'm missing a trick. I do think the colours will work nicely with other eyeshadows I own. However, out of the two palettes I would recommend Rue de Passy over Rue de Rivoli. I think the colours in Passy are easier to wear and it doesn't really require supplementary colours.

Left - Rue de Passy, Right - Rue de Rivoli

With Flash

Top - Rue de Passy, Bottom - Rue de Rivoli

With Flash. Top - Rue de Passy, Bottom - Rue de Rivoli

Bottom line? This is beautiful palette but not a must have. Especially at an eyewatering £52.50 per palette. After my experience with Rue de Passy, you can be prepared for me to change my mind of course!


Edit: I should say that I do really like this palette and I'm not disappointed with it at all. But in terms of recommending to others, I think unless you don't mind the cost, it's not an essential. These do tend to grow on me though and they really are a pleasure to use.