Dior Bird of Paradise Collection- Summer 2013

Ready to soar through Latin America?

 

Christian Dior's passion for the luxuriant, tropical nature and animals of Latin America and Brazil inspired Dior's Summer 2013 collection.  The Bird of Paradise collection embraces the lush vibrancy of nature and brings us eyeshadow palettes featuring shimmering shades in aquatic blues, verdant greens and hints of buttery yellow for truly exotic eyes.  The collection also has two new Dior Addict lipsticks inspired by the warmth of the tropics.

Check out the promo and product pics below-

 

This gorgeous collection features the following products:

Diorskin Nude Tan BB Creme 

Dior infused its original BB Creme with a natural bronzing agent and hydrating ingredients like jisten, mauve and hibiscus, as well as green, red and white tea extracts that work to illuminate the skin.  What I like about this product is that compared to the original Diorskin BB Creme, this version has SPF 15.
Bronzing power coupled with UV protection, yes please!

The BB creme retails for $44 and is available in 2 shades:

01: golden, yellow undertone

02: bronzy, pink undertone

Diorskin Nude Tan BB creme

BB creme swatch 02

BB creme swatch 01

Diorskin Nude Tan Paradise Duo

This is a limited edition product that combines bronzer and blush.  Temptalia has an excellent review on these if you'd like to learn more.  From my research, it seems as they're fairly similar looking once applied so you may not need to purchase both.

The duo retails for $56 and is available in 2 shades:

Pink Glow
Coral Glow

Diorskin Nude Tan- Pink Glow

Diorskin Nude Tan- Coral Glow

5 Couleurs Eyeshadow

These products are limited edition and feature satin finish eyeshadows embossed in Dior's signature logo and pattern.

Each palette retails for $60 and is available in 2 versions:
 
Peacock- green, dark blue-green, light chartreuse, turquoise blue and buttery yellow/champagne
Blue Lagoon- light, medium and dark blue with shimmer finish

Dior 5 Couleurs Peacock

Dior 5 Couleurs Blue Lagoon

Dior Vernis Nail Lacquer Duo

These are mini nail polish duos that feature a cream finish nail polishes and a metallic finish one as well.

Each duo retails for $29 and is available in the following shades:

Samba: Features a metallic finish blue-green nail polish similiar to Chanel Azure and a cream finish in a muted, milky green base.
Bahia:  Features two cream nail polishes in petrol blue and hibiscus pink.

Dior Vernis Bahia

Dior Vernis Samba

 

Jelly Lip Pens

Dior describes them as "Jelly Balms," with the color and sheen of lip gloss and the moisturizing benefits of a lip balm.  They're jumbo lip pencils and they look similar to the ones by Tarte, Clinique and Revlon.

Each jelly lip pen retails for $26 and comes in 3 shades:

Copacabana: Shimmery brown-pink
Carioca: Peachy, orange with a slight gold sheen
Gaia: Rose-pink

Jelly Lip Pen Copacabana

Jelly Lip Pen Carioca

Jelly Lip Pen Gaia

Dior Addict Lip Maximiser

According to Dior, this peachy, apricot lip gloss boosts volume instantly and restructures in the long term due to a blend of hyaluronic and marine-based fillers that smooth, moisturize and plump lips.  For those sensitive to fragrance, it does have a mint-vanilla scent.

It retails for $31.

Dior Addict Lip Maximiser

Diorshow Liner

This is a long-lasting, waterproof liner that comes in a retractable pen form.

It currently retails for $29 and is only available in Aqua green.

Diorshow Liner Aqua Green

 

Dior Addict Lipsticks

Dior adds two new shades to it's pre-existing line of Addict lipsticks.  If you're new to Dior Addict lipsticks, they are high shine, semi-transparent, moisturizing lipsticks that are extremely comfortable to wear.

The two new shades retail for $31 each and come in the following colors:

Exotique: Warm coral pink
Passionnee:  Bright blue based pink

Dior Addict Exotique

Dior Addict Passionnee

This is a fairly large rollout by Dior and the color palette is perfect for a glowy summer look.

The entire collection is available online at Sephora, Nordstroms, Bloomingdales and Dior.

Will you be getting any of these products?  Are there any "must-buys" on your wishlist?

I'm still debating on whether I want to invest in these as I already have similar shades--and I need to stop buying makeup every week :)

Have a wonderful week,
B