Laura Geller Baked Vanilla Nudes – Initial Thoughts & Swatches

Towards the end of January I ordered the Laura Geller Baked Vanilla Nudes Box set from QVC.com. It just finally got here today, but that’s a rant for another day. So not pleased with QVC’s customer service. Anyway, I ordered this set because I liked the theme and how everything was coordinated.

This is the Baked Vanilla Nudes set. It comes in a cute tin, which is probably perfect for me to put cookies into.

The products included are:
Balance-n-Brighten Baked Color Correcting Foundation in Porcelain
Baked Cheek Dreams Blush and Highlighter Trio in Neapolitan
Doubled-Ended Blush & Highlighter Brush
Baked Eyeshadow/Eye Rimz Duo in Vanilla Toffee & Black Cherry
At Long Lash Mascara in Black
Italian Marble Lipstick in Berry Banana

Balance-n-Brighten Foundation in Porcelain
Ingredients: Mica, Talc, Dimethicone, Isopropyl Palmitate, Polysorbate 20, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Lauroyl Lysine, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Retynyl Palmitate, BHT, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Leaf Extract, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Iron Oxides (CI 77491, CI 77492, CI 77499), Chromium Oxide Greens (CI 77288), Manganese Violet (CI 77742) Net Wt. 0.32 oz./9 g
Made in Italy

Baked Cheek Dreams – Neapolitan – .32 oz
Ingredients: Mica, Talc, Titanium Dioxide (CI 77891), Dimethicone, Nylon-12, Iron Oxide (CI 77491), Polysorbate 20, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Iron Oxide (CI 77492), Isopropyl Palmitate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Phenoxyethanol, Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate/Stearate/Adipate, Iron Oxide (CI 77499), Sodium Dehydroacetate, Lauroyl Lysine, Polyacrylamide, Red 7 (CI 15850), Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ultramarines (CI 77007), BHT, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Isopropyl Myristate, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Retinyl Palmitate, Sorbitan Stearate, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch), Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Centella Asiatica Extract, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Synthetic Fluorphlogopite, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Silica Net Wt. 0.32 oz./9 g
Made in Italy

Double-ended highlighter – brush applicator
Made in China

Baked Eyeshadow/Eye Rimz Duo – Vanilla Toffee/Black Cherry – .06 oz
Ingredients: Mica, Talc, Calcium Aluminum Borosilicate, Iron Oxide (CI 77499), Titanium (CI 77891), Iron Oxide (CI 77491), Silica, Mineral Oil, Dimethicone, Polysorbate 20, Glyceryl Ethylhexanoate/Stearate/Adipate, Magnesium Aluminum Silicate, Polyacrylamide, Cetearyl Ethylhexanoate, Octyldodecyl Stearoyl Stearate, Isopropyl Myristate, C13-14 Isoparaffin, Sorbitan Stearate, Phenoxyethanol, Sodium Dehydroacetate, Zea Mays (Corn) Starch, Methylparaben, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Tocopheryl Acetate, Ethylhexyl Methoxycinnamate, Ethylparaben, Tin Oxide, Laureth-7, Iron Oxide (CI 77492), Propylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea, Butylparaben, BHT, Calcium Sodium Borosilicate, Lauroyl Lysine Net Wt. 0.06 oz./1.8 g
Made in Italy

At Long Lash Mascara – Black – .30 fl. oz.
Ingredients: Isododecane, Trimethylsiloxysilicate, Dimethicone, Disteardimonium Hectorite, Propylene Carbonate, Sorbitan Tristearate, Stearoyl Inulin, Phytosteryl Isostearate, Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Glycerides, Propylparaben, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Hydrogenated Palm Glycerides, Carboxymethyl Chitin, Panthenol May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Carmine, Chromium Oxide Greens, Chromium Hydroxide Green, Ultramarines, Ferric Ferrocyanide, Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide, Bismuth Oxychloride, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake Contains Carmine as a Color Additive Net Wt. 0.30 fl. oz./9 ml
Made in Italy

Italian Marble Lipstick – Berry Banana – .12 oz
Ingredients: Polybutene, Hydrogenated Polyisobutene, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Dipentaerythrityl Hexahydroxystearate/Hexastearate/Hexarosinate, Polyethylene, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Ozokerite, Microcrystalline Wax, Dicalcium Phosphate Dihydrate, Talc, Lecithin, Tocopherol, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate, Glyceryl Oleate, Citric Acid, Flavor May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Red 7, Yellow 5 Lake, Blue 1 Lake Net Wt. 0.12 oz./3.4 g
Made in Italy

Porcelain Foundation – for the fairest skintones
Neapolitan Blush – French Vanilla Highlighter, Soft Pink Blush, Toasted Mauve Blush
Vanilla Toffee Eye Shadow – shimmery caramel
Black Cherry Eye Rimz – black-cherry bronze
At Long Lash Waterproof Mascara – black
Berry Banana Lipstick – berry cream

Laura Geller has her baked collections created in Italy. Creamy liquids infused with multiple igments are poured onto terracotta tablets and baked for 24 hours. As the moisture bakes out, the batter solidifes into a lush, silky powder.

I’m not sure what I think of the foundation yet, but my initial impressions of all of these powders are that they are really silky smooth and very pigmented. Vanilla Toffee is one of those awesome eye shadow shades that looks like you’re wearing three eye shadows at once on your eye when you have it on, as it has touches of metallic vanilla, caramel and a sort of copper/bronze. The lipstick is a nice nude pink shade. I don’t think I like the mascara, it’s very wet in texture and hard to get a non-gloopy coat applied.

You can expect a review of these different items.

Products purchased by me. All opinions are my own.