Golden tones can sometimes be hard to make work on my pale
skin tone, so I am often dubious when trying a new shade on my eyelids. When
this beautiful Gilded Moonlight* pan landed on my desk from Laura Mercier, I was
equal parts impressed with the embossed powder and hesitant about how it would
look atop my lids. I decided to go for broke and dipped my Royal &
Langnickel dense shadow brush into the pan!
Gilded Moonlight is quite a yellow based gold, and I
decided to pair the shadow with my Max Factor Colour Elixir Giant Pen Stick in Hot
Chocolate as the golden shimmer in the dark nude shade tied in nicely with
the overall look. Gilded Moonlight is pigmented but not as buttery as something
like Urban Decay, and I can see myself wearing this at Christmas time
for that stereotypical festive look! Considering the size of my eyeshadow
collection I surprisingly lack gold shadows, with my Urban Decay Naked
palette being the only thing that springs to mind for that category, so I
am very happy to have Gilded Moonlight nestled in my drawer.
I used a light base as I only had a few errands to run, and
my favourite light base is the Dove Tinted Moisturiser topped with a
dusting of Maybelline Dream Matte Powder. It gives enough coverage to
even out my skin tone and make me feel comfortable, but feels like I’m not
wearing much at all which is perfect for a catch up with my local barista ;)
I finished off the look with a sweep of my new Sunday
Riley Powder Blush in Blushing, which is a very easy shade to throw
on and has made me pop a few more Sunday Riley shades onto my wish list (Honeymoon Night, come to Mama!) I think the next time I use this shadow I will anchor down the yellow tone with a slash of black liner and a chocolate brown in the crease, but I'd love to hear what YOU think I should pair this with next?
How often do you wear golden shades on your face?
What do you think of beautifully embossed pans like this
one?
*Marked items were provided for consideration. Honesty,
always.
