Splurge or Save: The Guerlain Météorites Compact

Before I start off any Guerlain review post on ze blog, I always have to think long and hard about if I actually like the product and if it’s something I want to be recommending. It’s not because I’m questioning the quality and usability of the product but rather, it’s because Guerlain is just so darn pricey and sometimes I don’t know if it’s fully worth it for the price.

This powder, the Guerlain Météorites compact, is beautiful in every way. It comes in a hefty, solid silver compact with a shiny mirrored finish and four different shades of translucent powder. It is marketed as a travel version of my beloved Météorites pearls ($64USD/$83CAD) (review here) since the original is in such a bulky (yet beautiful) packaging. The four shades of powder, mint, peach, lavender and white blend together on the skin to color-correct, mattify, and delicately brighten the complexion. This is the light shade for fair to light skin tones but Guerlain has two other shade combinations for “natural to medium” skin tones and “dark to very dark” skintones!

So what makes this powder so different from any other colour correcting powder? Well, the powder contains a special Stardust Technology (yes, very scientific) that is this diamond powder encapsulated in microspheres to create a brilliant, color-corrective halo on the skin that draws in all this light to the face. The pearls in the powder harmoniously blend to create radiance tailored to your complexion. And that’s not all. The powder is incredibly soft and silky with a blurring formula to smooth the look of pores and imperfections.

Wow, sounds like one hell of a powder hey? But here’s the kicker. It’s $80CAD/$62USD. A powder. For $80. That might last you six months if you use it almost every day. I just can’t say it’s worth it. Although it’s an absolutely gorgeous powder, I don’t know if the price is justified. Maybe if it was $50, I would say go for it. I’d say to splurge a little. But $80?! That just seems like a lot. Maybe I’m cheap. But I think a powder like the Physicians Formula Correcting Powder for $14.99USD/$18.99CAD (review here) is almost as good and it’s $60 cheaper. Sure it’s not in as pretty of a compact nor does it smell like a heavenly combination of violets and vanilla, but hey, I can forgo those if it means saving that chunk of cash.

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