…you see, the Mary Quant store is next to the Liz Earle flagship store just off the Kings Road and I was mooching around killing some time before a facial. I’d done Zara, drooled over the pastries in Pat. Val and there was really only Mary Quant left. I would make a rubbish defence lawyer.
The first thing I was drawn to was the display cabinet filled with (mostly) eyeshadows. They come packaged as pans, the palettes are sold separately for around £7 upwards. Sadly, even the largest palettes didn’t really hold a great deal so I decided to just buy the pan and work out what the heck I was going to do with the shadow later.
S-36 is a pretty, neutral taupe jam packed with multicoloured sparkle. The sparkle is smooth… simillar to what you’d find in a well-milled pigment rather than something like an UD eyeshadow.
My swatch doesn’t show the multi-coloured sparkle at all sadly. I believe this shade is limited edition (Spring 2011) and was priced at around £7-£9 (I’ve lost my receipt, sorry!).
The second item I gravitated towards was this nail polish that charmed my inner magpie for all things sparkly.
The image above shows two coats layered over a black creme. The glitter particles are holographic and the clear base is packed with a pink/red pearl which turns the black base a lovely aubergine/purple shade.
This is a small 5ml bottle and it set me back around the same amount as the eye shadow.
There’s only one store in the UK but you can order from them through a mail order system by giving them a call on 0207 881 9833 or emailing them at mq.shop@maryquant.co.uk
I love that nail varnish! So pretty.
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OMG you keep giving me lemmings for all this stuff! Do they do mail order?
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oops sorry just saw you said they did…
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Ooooh, somewhere else to go and poke about it! I love that polish and the packaging for both is adorable.
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Oh that nail polish is beautiful! I have some original mary Quant makeup my Mum gave me. I don’t wear it of course considering it’s age, I just look at the packaging
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I’ve never heard of this brand before, but the pattern on the eyeshadow is so pretty!
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I was fortunate to be around (teenager) when Quant was a legend.
You have no idea how groovy her stuff was then! I had loads of cosmetics. And Biba too which was maybe even edgier/better. Maybe.
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I got some Mary Quant bits the second time around (early 90s, I think?) and one of the reds was so lush I still have a tiny bit left somewhere as I couldn’t bear to throw it away.
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Oh my gosh, I think I remember Mary Quant from the 60′s when I was a tomboy kid but my sister was 12 yrs older and rockin’ the white frosty lipstick!
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oh I have to visit this store on my next london trip, wasn’t aware there was a mary quant store open again in London!
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oh didnt know mary quant did make up! The little flowers on the shadow pan is really cute
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MUST HAVE THAT EYESHADOW! *sobs*
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oooohhhh a fair bit of some teenage Saturday job money used to go on stuff like this in the 70s….Great Stuff!!!!!….powder compacts….nail varnishes…ooohhh!!!
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