05 Oct Makeup Review, Swatches: Revlon Fall 2012 The Shanghai Collection – Nail Art Stencils
Revlon‘s Global Artistic Director — and one of my favorite makeup artists — Gucci Westman pulled her inspiration from the crossroads where East meets West, and combined Asian grace with Western attitude while creating The Shanghai Collection for Revlon. I made many double-takes at my local drugstores while looking at Olivia Wilde, Emma Stone, etc., as Westman has transformed their looks on several ad campaigns.
I even picked up a pamphlet about Gucci Westman; I was so intrigued to know who was the MUA behind these new collections and advertisements. There was a picture of Gucci Westman on the pamphlet and then everything made sense to me. I also follow her on Twitter as she does sometimes share photo shoot snippets. I love her “eye” for color — this collection is simply beautiful! I can feel the mysteries of the Orient simply based on her color choices…
“This collection was inspired by the romantic films of China, where women adorn ultra-feminine wardrobes of vibrant high-collared cheongsam dresses with saturated colors,” explains Westman. “I traveled to China and was moved by the art, architecture and effortless beauty of the women. I loved the idea of easily incorporating the elegance and romance of Chinese beauty into a woman’s daily routine.”
Cherry Blossum
Red Lacquer
Pink Pearl
The collection has your favorite Revlon products including Super Lustrous Lipstick and Top Speed Fast Dry Nail Enamel in NEW shades for this collection. The Shanghai Collection also introduces Limited Edition Cherry Blossom Nail Stencils and a new Limited Edition Eyeshadow Palette in Midnight Express to help you stand out this season. Beauty has its eye on the East for Fall 2012.
The Shanghai Collection includes:
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick ($ 7.99) – 3 New shades (all sampled) in Cherry Blossom, Red Lacquer and Pink Pearl
Revlon Top Speed Nail Enamel ($5.99) – 4 New shades in Sterling (sampled), 24K (Sampled), Forbidden (sampled) and Orient Express
Limited Edition Revlon Nail Stencils ($4.99) – Cherry Blossom (pictured)
Limited Edition Eye Shadow Palette ($9.99) – Midnight Express (pictured)
So, what do you ladies think of this Asian-inspired makeup collection from Revlon? Let us know by commenting below, which will automatically be posted to our Community Forum (click here to check it out!) where you can find other beauty related discussions! Don’t forget to also submit a photo to our Photo Of The Day (click here!) feature, where a new photo will be picked daily. Your photo just might be selected, so get going!
– Nicole Gordon Levine
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Dana Rodriguez
Posted at 19:31h, 05 OctoberI really like it!The colors are beautiful 🙂
gina catino
Posted at 19:43h, 05 OctoberMy nails are so long that they curl. When I put 2 colors on you can’t see unless I show you. I love the asian theme I really love it. The stencils will be perfect I can put them on without buying little stencils cutting them and try to put it on. What a pain and takes for ever. I think 4 hours is long enough to do my nails. Are they in stores now? Thank you sooooo much.
Nicole (Author)
Posted at 20:43h, 05 OctoberThank you for your feedback. It is always wonderful to hear from our readers! Stores roll them out at different times in the month but they were due to be out as of last week.
Davia G
Posted at 05:14h, 14 OctoberWow is really all that I can say about this entire collection! I am a HUGE fan of the bold, intense and sultry are the tones in the 3 lip shades Cherry Blossom being my favorite!
I really do like the Pop of color in the eye collection..I love to experiment with eye shadow!
I love this collection..for many reasons..it reminds me of the quiet sensual power of the Geisha, the Fun Laughter of Kabuki Theater and the Overall Grace and Beauty of the Asian culture!
Nicole
Posted at 18:19h, 16 OctoberWell said Davia, thank you!I have been wearing Cherry Blossom for the past three days and love it’s pop of color indeed! Thank you again for your feedback. Nicole