…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.
OMG you keep giving me lemmings for all this stuff! Do they do mail order?
oops sorry just saw you said they did…
Ooooh, somewhere else to go and poke about it! I love that polish and the packaging for both is adorable.
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 😛
I’ve never heard of this brand before, but the pattern on the eyeshadow is so pretty! 🙂
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.
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.
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!
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!
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*
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!!!