I was in Knightsbridge recently and finally had a chance to have a look at the Kjaer Weis line. The only place I've found it so far is the SpaceNK concession in Harvey Nichols - it's not even stocked in the Hans Crescent branch.
The display unit is tiny and easy to miss - it's next to the Lime Crime lipsticks on a side counter. For an expensive brand it isn't very well presented in the shop in my opinion (the products sold in the admittedly lovely pots are £30+ each).
The pots themselves are beautiful - they feel weighty but not overly heavy and the combination of the silver and the white enamel is understated and lovely. As I wrote above, these are expensive at £32 to £38 for an individual item, but refills are available at £13 to £18.
Eyeshadows
These are small pressed powder eyeshadows - smaller than MAC, about the same size as Becca eyeshadows. Nicely pigmented, but then at this price they'd better be. The colours are:
- Cloud Nine - creamy pale vanilla
- Wisdom - pale to mid taupe, very very subtle scattered sparkles in it
- Earthy Calm - chocolate brown
- Onyx - charcoal
The texture of the cream blushes is very good; these do seem to melt into the skin. I'd say these are the standout product in the line, although I'd like a little more variety of colours; a warm red would be a good addition for a start. The wide, flat surface makes it easy to pick up product.
- Suntouched - warm peach
- Desired glow - neutral caramel tan (I could just about wear this, but a paler cooler skintone would probably struggle with it.)
- Blossoming - rosy pink
These are quite sheer, but not overly glossy.
- Blissful - pale baby pink (too pale for me)
- Dream State - beige peach (also too light for me)
- Sensuous Plum - muted plum, sheer so quite wearable, not too grey/purple
- Passionate - sheer warm red
image is from www.spacenk.co.uk.
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Thanks for the overview of the colours, I had meant to buy some refills and magnetic palette as you know. Then I saw SpaceNK's shipping charges (£5) and baulked! I hadn't realised the line wasn't in all the SpaceNK shops either. Did you see the refills on the stand? I wondered if they were an online only item.
ReplyDeleteI am tempted by the colours but at the same time I know there are other similar colours from other brands I love (RBR, EB etc.) that aren't as expensive and that I already know are great quality. It's hard though, as the cream blushers sound very tempting. They seem to be my current weakness too!
ouch this would hurt my wallet. I have seen them at SpaceNK but still havent found the will to splurge.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad this line has refills. I read in W that Kjaer Weis had wanted to use organic packaging, but it was ugly and cheap, so she decided to go with collectible packaging instead.
ReplyDeleteI haven't yet seen these but I don't think I'll purchase anyway as these are too expensive. I'll happily spend £22 on a RBR e/s but £32 seems too much.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the overview.
I really like the eyeshadows I have and intend to pick up the other two. The lip tint I have is a bit pale for me but I like the sound of Sensuous plum. I do worry about how long this line will stay around, I haven't been able to find reviews other than my own and I'm sure the price and lack of promotion is the cause, its a shame as I really like the concept and find the quality is really good but like you say SpaceNK do have a habit of dropping things. Thanks for those colour descriptions btw :)
ReplyDeleteNice to have you back! That packaging looks fairly stylish....but I won't even consider anything that is SpaceNK only for all the above reasons (and a few more).
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