As promised in my two-year anniversary post, I am launching a new series. “From My Treasure Chest” will take you through some of my favorite items in my makeup collection. It will give me a chance to share with you my thoughts on some of my makeup items that I got before I started my blog.
(This series is mainly an extension from my posts on Clarins’ Palette Impression and Aube’s Astral Rouge. It is also partly inspired by Betsy’s Archive series at Autumn Masquerade and The Muse’s posts on past holiday collections at Musings of a Muse. Do check out their wonderful posts.)
I decided to start the series with possibly my favorite Dior limited-edition item, Dior Princess Ring.
Dior Princess Ring was part of Dior’s summer makeup collection in 2005. It was not the first seasonal limited-edition item I bought from Dior, but it was probably the one I bought with the least planning and hesitation. I hadn’t come across any information on the collection before I saw them at a Dior counter, and I immediately went for the pink one (#001), which included a plum lip color and a pink lip gloss. (The blue one (#002) featured two eyeshadows.)
I remember that statement jewelry was very popular in that year, which is possibly partly why Dior came up with this design. As the princess cut is my favorite cut, I particularly like the shape of the ring. The tiny crystals and the mirror in the middle nicely bounce the light off, making this ring a lovely item to play with under the light.
The satisfyingly heavy and substantial-looking ring also comes with a short chain so the ring can double as a bag charm (although the face of the ring always faces downward when the chain is attached to a bag).
After the Princess Ring (and a few previous items), Dior continued to release “wearable” makeup products, which I have collected quite a few of, but this one has remained my favorite. Every season, I look forward to the new limited-edition star item, but, at the same time, I like this ring so much that, in a way, I almost don’t want Dior to come up with something even more lovely…
(However, I should be seeing Dior’s Lady Dior in person in a couple of days, and I do have high hopes for something that is about twice as expensive as the Princess Ring…)
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I’m also a fan of Dior special collection. I think my favorite piece is the Confidential one which is a very heavy metal compact shape like an envelope that house a powder and a lipgloss, the powder is the envelope itself and the lipgloss is shape like a stamp. I like it because I find it very practical, although I never have a heart to use it. I just love the solid feeling of it. It’s also the first limited item I got from them. This will sound so cheesy but I think it also has a sentimental value. ;P
Hi Vichaya,
Yes…the Dior Confidential. I remember it well. I nearly bought it, but I didn’t. It does look very stylish and lovely.
I would definitely say that some makeup items I have carry some sentimental value. Very often, certain items remind me of special time and places when and where I wore them. These are the items that will probably always remain in my collection.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts again! :)
Hi PJ!
I bought the Lady Dior yesterday. It is quite expensive at $100CAD plus tax. It is BEAUTIFUL though. Not just the colours, but also the entire case itself. It is also quite heavy, so it would be impossible to actually use it as a purse accessory or keychain or anything like that, the chain would snap right off.
In response to this post, I actually never got a chance to buy any of the previously released limited edition Dior stuff when they were released. However, I am completely regretting it now and I’m going back to buy them all off of Ebay.
Hi Sheila,
I saw Lady Dior a few days ago. It is indeed very pretty, although it is slightly smaller than what I expected. (I would actually prefer it to be larger and chunkier.)
I haven’t decided whether I will buy it. It is quite expensive and I need to think about it more. Whether I end up buying it or not, I will definitely post my thoughts later on.
I hope you will be able to get the Dior limited-edition items that you want. Keep me posted! :)
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! :)
I have so many Dior special collections, but my favourite squirrelled away beauty piece is the Chanel Jeans Palette from about 4 years ago. I get it out every now and again just to look and sigh!! BBBX
Hi BritishBeautyBlogger,
Good to hear from you again. :)
I remember the Jeans palette. It is a very chic item and I am not surprised that you like it so much.
In the last couple of years, I have not been a fan of most of Chanel’s seasonal limited-edition items, but I will always look forward to their new creations.
Thank you for your comment! :)
Hi
Can you tell me when the dior special editions started and are there any out for Christmas 2012. My daughter started collecting them the year of the silver diamonte dice and I was wondering if there were any before this and what they were called as I would maybe like to get them for her
Hope you can help
Regards Karen
Hi Karen,
You can see an image of the limited-edition palette through this post:
http://www.atouchofblusher.com/2012/09/dior-holiday-2012-makeup-collection.html
I don’t really know when Dior’s Christmas star items started, but, as far as I know, there were a few before Dior Play (the silver dice) from 2005:
2004 – Dior Sparkling (silver ID tag)
2003 – Dior Sparkling (gold ID tag)
2002 – Street Chic Dior (cuff bracelet)
You can see the tags in this post:
http://www.atouchofblusher.com/2006/11/tu-adores-dior.html
Hope it helps, and thank you very much for your questions! :)