Edward Bess is a young (23) ex-model with chutzpah. A couple of years ago he launched his own line, with a wardrobe of 10 lipsticks and 5 glosses, for a cool $400. Initially, you couldn't buy the lipsticks separately, you had to buy the whole lot.
The line did then start selling the items individually, and branched out with eye shadows and mascaras, then finally bronzers, highlighters and brushes. Today I'm posting about the eyeshadows. I also have a couple of the lipsticks (Midnight Bloom and Night Orchid) but I find them a bit too scented for my liking, although they are nice colours.
I have 4 of the 6 eyeshadows from the line. All are neutrals. Colours pictured from left to right above are:
Intimate - Beige/brown, with subtle gold/pink green shimmer.
Dusk - taupe, but with khaki undertones and gold shimmer.
Mystery - neutral mid/dark brown, good for a daytime smoky eye, subtle shimmer.
Night - pigmented black, no blue undertones, subtle shimmer.
Without exception, all of these are universally flattering and easy to wear. I am generally in a rush in the morning, and I apply one eyeshadow from lash to just above my crease and then add liner. These are perfect for that kind of look. They are nicely pigmented (along the lines of the good NARS shades, like Habanera or Cheyenne) and give a glowy but not shimmery/frosty look to the lid - the texture is quite similar to the semi-matte shades of Rouge Bunny Rouge eyeshadows. At the moment, the Edward Bess line is only available at Bergdorf in the US, and through the website (linked below.) I have friends in the US who will buy things for me and ship over here in exchange for a reciprocal arrangement, but I think Bergdorf does ship internationally (bet it'd cost you though.) Each eyeshadow is $29 for 2g.
Incidentally, the man himself is very very pretty; there's a picture on the website under 'About Edward Bess' - I don't know if it's the name, but he's much more what I imagined Edward Cullen to look like; Mr Bess has the kind of perfectly symmetrical, angelic face.
Picture below is of Dusk, worn with Guerlain kohl in black.
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Interesting. I've never heard of him before. You're right, he is quite pretty. I really like the look of that shadow; it give a really nice subtle smokey look.
ReplyDeleteHi Naomi
ReplyDeleteHe is very pretty - I'd not heard of him before he launched the line; he seemed to come out of nowhere to launch a very high end line.
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ReplyDeleteI have a feeling he did a stint as a male model in London...that's how pretty he is! Anyway, thanks for sharing...love this stuff - I have two EB lip glosses that I absolutely love. BBB
ReplyDeleteHi BBB
ReplyDeleteHe has a very London look - I could see him doing well as a model here. The eyeshadows are beautiful, I would definitely visit the counter if I was in NY - I might scare the poor child though!
You wear his shadows so well. I love the simple look on you. Why don't I love it on me? The quality of his shadows is fabulous. I need to go play with them now.
ReplyDeleteHi Marcia
ReplyDeleteThank you :) I love these eyeshadows, and agree the quality is v good.
don't like it your eye looks dried up. you have beautiful eyes this is not the look for you!
ReplyDeleteHello Anonymous
ReplyDeleteDried up wasn't exactly the look I was going for :D Thanks for the comment about my eyes - I always think they're a bit of a dull colour. x