Guerlain is giving Christmas makeup the costume-jewellery treatment. Its 2026 collaboration with Swiss designer Kévin Germanier brings coloured rhinestones and a distinctly theatrical mood to the dressing table. These are objects for people who enjoy a little ceremony when opening their makeup. There is no need to pretend the case is incidental. At these prices, however, the contents deserve equal billing.
The two pieces worth comparing are Ombres G in 300 Mystery, £79, and Météorites Dreamlight, £70 for 20g, both listed on Guerlain’s UK website when checked on 25 October. One offers a deliberately blue eye wardrobe; the other takes blue and mauve into complexion powder. Their matching decoration should not obscure how differently you would use them.
How much blue do you actually want?
Mystery has a more considered colour arrangement than its party packaging might suggest. Guerlain describes a deep matte blue, a silver-toned shimmering blue, golden beige and a blue-pink shade with an almost holographic effect. The beige provides warmth without turning the whole palette into another bronze quartet. The darkest blue is the practical detail: the brand suggests wearing it along the lower lash line as liner.
That gives you a way to approach the colour without committing to a full blue lid. A narrow line could be the starting point; the brighter shades leave room to be less restrained. Those are styling possibilities, not observations from a wear test. Whether the matte blends cleanly or the shimmer stays where it is put still needs checking on skin.
Dreamlight asks a different question. Its radiance-focused blend includes pearlescent blue and mauve powder beads, housed in a round case decorated with blue, black, red and fuchsia rhinestones. Blue in the pot does not tell you how the combined powder will look across different skin tones. If you want a glow, the finish is the thing to assess; if you want an entirely matte powder, this is an odd place to start.
The £9 difference is less important than the job each product would do. Mystery makes sense to investigate if blue is a colour you genuinely want to wear, including on an ordinary January evening. Dreamlight deserves closer scrutiny if you already own an illuminating finishing powder. A beautiful replacement container is still a replacement purchase.
There is one smaller-print detail elsewhere in the collection: the £40 Rouge G Showtime is a case, not a complete lipstick. Guerlain also says its new-generation cases and refills are compatible only with each other. Check an existing lipstick before buying it a festive outfit.
The pleasure here is quite legitimate: makeup can be useful and decorative. The sensible test is to picture the colours in plain packaging. If you would still want the blue, the rhinestones are a bonus. If you would not, they are doing rather a lot of the selling.
Reported from Guerlain’s official materials and UK listings; TBQ has not tested these products. Prices and listings checked 25 October 2026 and may change.