Les Merveilleuses Ladurée, Introduction + Cheek Brush and Face Brush Review.♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*

Hello lovelies! Today I will be introducing Les Merveilleuses Ladurée since I just purchased my first LM Ladurée products & I am so in love with the beauty of this brand! (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

For those who don’t already know, Les Merveilleuses Ladurée is a collaboration between the legendary luxury bakery/macaron maker house in Paris, Ladurée and a cosmetic company called Albion in Japan to create this mesmerizing sweet Victorian style cosmetic line that combined quality and beauty together. Albion is also the creator of Anna Sui, Jill Stuart, and Paul & Joe. The debut was in Tokyo on January 29, 2012 and has been gaining more and more popularity since. There are a total of 15 branches in Japan and they just had their launch in Paris this month. 

The brand is inspired by the feminine & luxurious fashion and lifestyle in the upper class of France during the 18^th Century. From the dictionary, Merveilleuses means "marvelous women" or "fabulous divas" that were members of a fashionable aristocratic subculture in Paris during the French Directory.

I've been hearing about this brand since last year but never really looked at pictures of their products. Then, a couple of months ago I randomly bumped in to a few pictures of their products on instagram and…I went nuts!! I was like "ooommggg! these are so pretty!" and immediately became obsessed with almost everything that this brand has to offer. But, since this line is considered a luxury brand, everything is so expensive. Also, since I’m still a college student I had to think over and over about whether or not theses products are actually worth it… Then, a few days after looking at the pictures non-stop...I realized that since I cannot stop drooling over the pictures of their products, it’s time for me to get something from them. 
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Anyways, here's the first 2 products that I got!

Cheek Brush

Very light pinkish orange dip dye on the tip

 

Face Brush (for loose powder)

Lavender dye with white tip

Les Merveilleuses Ladurée

Lady Cameo

They’re probably the prettiest makeup brushes I’ve ever seen in my life!

& they are very very soft. They pick up the powder/pigment quite well too.

Also, if I’m not wrong, I read somewhere that the brushes are made from goat hair.

The Cheek Brush is 6,300 yen (US $64) and the Face Brush is 5,565 yen (US $57).

I know they’re almost as expensive as Tom Ford brushes but, I just couldn’t resist the temptation because of how beautiful these brushes are. The thing about LM Ladurée is that, whenever I see their products I always feel like a princess. It’s not only about the quality of the products (which by the way, I am satisfied with so far) or the price, I think that it’s also about self-satisfaction. Do I recommend everybody to get these? Probably not, because  there are loads of cheaper brushes out there that will work just as well but, if you’re a collector and/or love this brand, then yes! Go for it. (◕‿◕✿)

PS.

I will be doing an open box/review of the brand's signature product in my next post so, STAY TUNED!

Thank you for reading this post and I hope I’ll be seeing you again soon!

-NamiWanko ('・ω・´✿)