Review &Swatch: Guerlain Meteorites voyage exceptional pressed powder 01 mythic VS media Bright Up Pressed Powder 01 clear (dupe?)

Guerlain's Meteorites voyage powder is probably one of the most popular products in the world. It looks amazing on the skin. The price is amazingly expensive as well. I always hope I could find a dupe for that. It seems the dream comes true when one day I browsed a shopping site...


I bought Media Bright Up pressed powder (left side of the bottom photo)which cost a fraction of Guerlain's Meteorites from Adambeauty and found it works amazingly good as well.

I put Media's powder in The Body Shop's pressed powder case while Guerlains' Meteorites fits into Clinique's Almost powder makeup case. 

So, do not throw away the case immediately! They can be very good houses for your next pressed powder refill. 

Look at the swatches of both powders on my fingers. Media is more opaque while Guerlain is on the sheer side. 

When I blend them into my skin. 

To sum up, Media can be a good dupe for Guerlain meteorites if I apply it with a light hand. 

Review: Guerlain Parure Gold Powder Foundation

Guerlain has a makeup base with concentrated pure gold. It says gold is one of the best

 anti-ageing ingredients. It may be true, but I do not care if makeup products are multi-functional or not. What really matters to me is the finish. 

This powder compact is ultra luxury. The black color gives it a classy look. The compact contains only 9g of powder, which is very expensive--especially the price tag is above $80 CAD.

The powder is ultra creamy, therefore I can apply it easily with my fingers without being cakey or uneven. 

The above is the swatch of this powder. The finish is luminous and glowy like cream foundation. 

It feels very comfortable on the skin and it does not accentuate dry patches on the skin at all. 

The coverage is medium and buildable. However it seems not to stay long on the

 skin. After 6 hours of wearing this powder I feel it spread a little bit. 

Overall, this is the best powder foundation for normal to dry skin in the winter time. The finish is great but the staying power does not impress me. 

Review: Gurlain Parure Pearly White compact foundation spf 20 pa++

Guerlain Parure Pearly White compact is not a new product. It has many different generations and I am not sure which generation I got. What I can be sure is that it's not the latest one. It's an Asia exclusive product and I bought it from Strawberrynet.

Housed in an elegant silver compact, this powder is slightly scented. There are 3 different types of compact. Guerlain claims that the silver compact has the brightening effect; while gold and black ones are more hydrating.

As you can see from the above picture, the compact has two parts. The upper one is the foundation while the bottom one is for highlighting. This design reminds me of RMK's compact foundation. The highlighting part of RMK's compact foundation is more shimmery while Gurlains' has a satin finish.

See how finely milled the powder is.

The above is the swatch of the powder and the highlighter. The left one is the highlighting powder, which reminds me of Shiseido luminizing satin face color inWT905.


I feel the powder is a little bit dry on my face. If I do not put enough moisturizer prior to applying for the foundation it can be a little bit cakey. But the cakiness is not obvious, only if you look at the face very closely can you notice that.

The coverage is above medium. It has the potential to be full coverage if you moisturize well your skin.


The shade 32 ambre cristal white is a light color with yellow under tone, which is best for nc 20 Asian people.


What I like about this compact is I can have both highlighter and foundation in a small portable compact. The great coverage with the spf are big plus to me since I do not apply any cream or liquid foundation before powder foundation. With the body shops' s mineral kabuki brush, it speeds up my makeup time. The sponge included in the compact does not work as well as brushes.

I think people with oily to combination would enjoy this powder foundation. However, people with normal to dry skin can wear it in the summer time--as long as you moisturize your skin well.

GUERLAIN Lingerie De Peau Foundation & Concealer vs Cover Girl Aquasmooth Compact foundation

(photo courtesy: thebay.com)(photo courtesy:covergirl.com)

Guerlains' compact comes with a cream to powder foundation and a concealer while Cover Girl compact is stored alone in a blue bulky case.

Sunscreen 
Gurlain contains spf 20 while Cover Girl has spf 15 in it.

Shade
I bought Guerlain's compact in shade beige clair (which is the lightest shade available here). It is not a very light shade since it's darker than my Cover girl compact in classic ivory. Beige clair has a pink undertone to it, which is not a very good match for my yellow undertoned skin.

Covergirl in classic ivory is a really good match for my nc 20 skin.

Texture
Both of them are very creamy and moisturizing on the skin.

Application
Both of them are easy to apply and there's no method required to blend them evenly on  my skin.  I apply them with my finger and they both look beautiful on the skin. A little goes a long way! However I have to apply more layers of Guerlain compact foundation than Cover girl aquasmooth compact to achieve the same coverage

Coverage 
Both of them are above medium coverage. They have the potential to be full coverage. However I do find covergirl offers better coverage than Gurlain.

Staying power
I do feel Cover Girl has a better staying power. After 4 hours Cover girl is still  the same like I just applied; Gurlain transfers a little bit and spreads.

Finish
Both of them gives the most beautiful finish! I do not set them with any powder on top. They all give me flawless skin with beautiful youth glow look.

OVERALL, I feel Cover Girl Aquasmooth Compact is definitely better than Guerlain. Covergirl is a lot cheaper and offers better coverage with longer staying power. Cover Girl  also gives more products than Gurlain. Though Gurlain includes a concealer with this compact, I do not feel the concealer works better than my other concealers.

Review: Guerlain Parure Compact Foundation with Crystal Pearls SPF 20

(photo credit to nordstrom.com)

As you can see from the picture above, the powder refill is stored in a very elegant gold case.

This powder foundation is probably one of the best powder foundation I have ever used.

Like its name 'foundation with crystal pearls', the pressed powder foundation is with subtle light-reflecting particles. The powder is very fine--as finely milled as chanel's powder; the particles are very subtle that you cannot see it on the pan with a certain distance.

Because the powder is very finely milled, it does not sink into the fine line on my undereye area. It covers up my dark circles and light acne scars, hides my menstrual acnes, and of course, it evens out my skin tone beautifully.

When you touch the pan, you can feel how silky and fine the powder is.

After hours of applying this powder foundation, there's a glow showing on my face. I believe it's the help of the 'crystal pearls'.

What is good about this powder foundation, is that I can buy a refill here in Canada. There are very few brands have refill available. So I really appreciate it.

However, there are some cons with this powder.

It's very expensive. It's not as expensive as Chanel or Dior. But the refill is the price of Diorskin flawless pact, and 1.5 times more expensive than shiseido &clinique powder foundations.

The contents are so small, it has only 9 gram!! Comparing to other brands with 10 grams at least in the pan, and Chanel 's powder foundation comes in 13 grams, this is a incredibly expensive powder foundation.

There's a very suble scent that I do not enjoy. Though it's suble, it's there.

I must say, Gurlain's products are great. But they all contain the scents I dislike. I do not understand why French brands like to parfume their products so much......

Also, the shade selections are very limit. It has only neutral and pink undertoned available, but not yellow or olive undertoned. There's shade #32 available in Asia for yellow undertoned fair light skin. I wish they bring it here someday.

All in all, the powder foundation works everything as it claims and it has spf 20, pa++, which is also a big plus. However the price is high, and the powder has only 9 g available, which makes it more expensive. I will keep buying it by redeeming my hbc reward points because it gives me the most beautiful skin.