Take a luxury cosmetics brand like Guerlain, renown for making exceptional beauty products, add creative design touches courtesy of the house of Emilio Pucci, and what you get is a match made in makeup heaven! Taking inspiration from the Italian Riviera with its warm sunny days and raw rugged beauty, there are aquatic elements woven throughout this entire collection – from the beautiful ‘Winter Capri’ motif (taken from the Pucci archives) that is seen on the inner packaging, to the sultry deep violet hue of this Terracotta Khol Kajal in ‘Blu Acqua’.
Emilio Pucci spring/summer 2012
top of box
open box displaying the ‘Winter Capri’ print
Blu Acqua Khol Kajal with its beribboned outer cap
the beautiful gold lettering on the underside
Blu Acqua Khol Kajal
‘Blu Acqua’ is a beautiful deep indigo dense eye liner offered in traditional kajal style; the pencil itself is rather thick and approximately 3″ long extended from the tube, with a long tapered end and in a softly applying formula. Quite long-lasting, I was stunned that this went way beyond the 8 hour mark, especially when worn along the upper & lower lids; as I’ve been having “watery” eye days lately (thank you, allergies), I experienced some difficulty getting ‘Blu Acqua’ to apply more intensely on my waterline, although what did manage to show, lasted an impressive amount of time as well. The “eye-brighetening” colour is a true indigo with more violet than blue undertones, and while some subtle shimmer is seen in the photos, once applied, that translates into a simply gorgeous rich & sophisticated gleam. I absolutely love how creamy soft this pencil is, gliding effortlessly along the sensitive skin of my eyes without any tugging or pulling, with removal a simple process at the end of the day.
TIP: I was told that the traditional way to apply a kajal pencil, is to place the pointed tip against the outer edge of your waterline, squeeze your eye tightly against the pencil and run in across from one end of your eye to the other, effectively applying the product on both the waterline and tightline at the same time – it may sound a little scary, but done with care, this method actually works quite well!
in sunlight
indoors, natural lighting
with flash
Blu Acqua – worn on waterline & smudged along upper & lower lids
Blu Acqua Khol Kajal
Final thoughts: As this was my first traditionally shaped khol kajal, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect, but I should never have doubted that Guerlain wouldn’t create something as exceptional as this. ‘Blu Acqua’ with its mysteriously smokey cobalt hue, is an excellent alternative to traditional black eyeliner, as it still provides the drama that a dark pencil can, but without any of the stark harshness. Coupled with the fact that this applies so incredibly easily and smoothly allowing you the option to either wear it solid for impact or gently smudged for a softer look, and how it stays put for hours on end, plus its smaller and more portable size, I believe this kajal to be one of the more versatile investments of this entire collection, to be worn all year round. I picked mine up at The Bay where it retails for CAD $40.00, but as ‘Blu Acqua’ is part of Guerlain’s summer limited edition collection, it won’t be around for much longer … the fall collections are already looming on the horizon!
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