Lancôme Paris Travel Chic Evening Makeup Pouch- Golden Edition Review

Lancôme Paris Travel Chic Evening Makeup Pouch- Golden Edition is limited edition make up on-the-go set that you will surely fall in love with. The classy, expensive packaging swept me off my feet instantly and I just fell in love with it! What’s more, this was a gift from dear hubby on his way back home- thank you so much for this J

Name: Lancôme Paris Travel Chic Evening Makeup Pouch- Golden Edition

Price: € 64.30

Availability: Hubby picked it up from the Hellenic Duty Free on his way back home J

Here’s a closer look at the beauty- no wonder I fell in love with the thing instantly! 

A lovely dull golden pouch with the little beauties tucked inside neatly!

You have 6 eye shadows, one lip gloss, one lipstick, one blush, compact, mascara along with a small, but really of a good quality blusher brush, a cute lip brush and a sponge applicator for the eye shadows. You have a large, high quality mirror on the other side- that will aid application of the products on the go.

My take on the product

In a word, this product is compact and extremely useful. I always carry it with me while I am traveling! The eyeshadows are just amazing and pigmentation is superb. 

What makes it unique is that the eyeshadows are versatile- you can use them to pop-up your eye or you can create the sultry, smoky eyes without any hassle. 

As you can see from the swatches, the shadows are superbly pigmented and the texture is soft and smooth with nil fall out. 

There is absolutely no fall out. When applied on top of a primer- (I use the MAC eye primer), it stays put for 10 hours- and that is the maximum that I have kept it on. In the summers I have noticed it starts to fade off after 7-8 hours, which is still ok for me.

You can see for yourself, the colors are too good- you have everything from a highlighter to shimmery black- that will help you create the smoky eye in minutes. The glitter in the black eye shadow shows up really well, but is smooth and does not travel, so you will not end looking like Christmas tree with glitter all over your face!

Lip Gloss and LipStick

The lip gloss is of a good quality and stays for almost 3 hours on me, without food, however, it does not show very well on my pigmented upper lip. (For ref, I am NC40). I prefer using the gloss on top of a lipstick.

The lipstick is more useable for me and the color payoff is good. The lipstick stays for almost 5 hours on me, which is pretty good and also leaves a tint behind. The quality is smooth and buttery and glides smoothly on lips.

Just a word of caution, it accentuates dry and flaky lips, so you have to exfoliate well before applying. The lip brush is cute and pretty functional, though I would prefer to carry my normal lip brushes.   

This is how the gloss and the lipstick look in natural daylight.

Blush

Super pigmented, the blush is peachy coral shade- great for day wear. It’s pigmented and a dream to blend and with a primer on, it lasts almost the entire day! No glitter, it is an absolute matte finish However, my camera does not do justice to the beauty of the shade- I had real trouble clicking this pic!

Here’s it on my hand- unblended

Compact

Another insanely pigment product, I love its texture. Sadly, there is only one shade that comes with the travel chic pouch. It is lighter for my NC 40 skin tone, so I have not used it much, except for once or twice. But, interestingly, I did not look white and caked up! There is also a small sponge like applicator- yes, it is handy! However, it blends well and photographs well too J

Mascara

It’s really thoughtful on part of Lancôme to include mascara. 

The mascara brush is of a high quality and it happens to be a long staying product. It is good to thicken up the lashes, though I have not noticed much lengthening.

You will need a proper eye makeup remover to remove the mascara. I have tried removing it with baby oil, and works out just fine!

The Brushes

The set comes with 3 cute little brushes, a blusher brush, one lip brush and a sponge eyeshadow applicator.

I find the blusher brush OK to use, the bristles are super soft and of a high quality, only it’s small. I have washed the brush as well; there is almost nil fall shedding. The lip brush is extremely handy and picks up the right amount of color. The eye shadow sponge is something I don't like, with this price tag, they could have easily given eyeshadow brushes!

Overall Verdict

In short, it is a great product to have. I am just in love with it. Convenient for the beauties always on the go!

Yays

·         lovely collection of eye shadow colors

·         super pigmentation

·         long staying

·         useable lip colors

·         sober blush color

Nays

·         Availability is a problem, though the Duty Frees have it

·         Expensive

Brownie Points

You can remove the makeup trays and the mirror inside and use the pouch as a clutch- it will jazz up your evening party attire instantly and turn many envious heads (or eyes) for sure J

Yayyy…..way to go Lancôme J

Overall

Yes, a great product from the French luxury cosmetic brand, which will take care of your makeup needs while on the move.