Chanel Glossmier in Pleasing

Pleasing was part of the Chanel holiday 2010 collection.  It is the only item of the collection I picked up since I have increasingly been falling out of love with Chanel powder products. 

Glossimers are great glosses.  Sheer to medium pigment and not too sticky.  I love them alone and over lipsticks.

Pleasing is beautiful, a sparkly brown pink color.  Its a nice neutral that can be worn over most colors. I like it particularly over Chantecaille sari rose lip chic. 

I am normally not a fan of sparkle in my makeup, but glossimers make sparkle sophisticated.

Overall, I would recommend picking this up if you can still find it.

Birchbox

Just popping in to let you guys know that I signed up for Birchbox today.  Birchbox is basically a monthly subscription that sends deluxe sized samples of mid to high end products.  Many times these samples are the same size as the 100 pt prizes from sephora and the whole box is only $10 a month or $110 per year. 

If you are interested in more information you can visit there website here.  I will review my first one when I receive it and let you guys know if I think it is worth the investment.

*I am not affiliated with birchbox.

Travel Sized Beauty

I am getting ready to travel back to my parents house (again, I know) this weekend to say goodbye to my dear friend who is moving to Ireland.  I was thinking about everything that will be checked versus everything I will carry on, and I got to thinking.  I will never be able to get away with not checking a bag. 

First of all, I am on a lot of prescription products for my acne and psoriasis, but those aren't the problem.  Dermatologists are usually more than happy to give you sample sizes of those for travel purposes.  My issue is my other skincare and makeup items. 

Absolutely none of my Chantecaille products come in sizes that are travel friendly, and we all know how much Chantecaille I use.  Maybe (in my dreams I know) Chantecaille will see this post and make a travel sized vital essence!! I can always stick some future skin in a sample pot, so that isn't the issue.

Apart from use in actual travel, travel sized items are a really nice way to try a product that you are unfamiliar with.  They are also perfect for keeping in your handbag as us beauty junkies tend to attempt to stuff our purses with way to many cosmetic items.  I love mini sized lip glosses and such for just this purpose.  I know Chantecaille did a small sized powder in a collection a couple winters ago, but I wasn't into the brand at that time and missed out on it. 

Are their any companies you wish made small sizes or any products you wish came in travel sized?



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Chantecaille Winter Bloom Blush

Yes, I know, more Chantecaille.  Well, if you don't like it then you should probably leave now.

I think I have covered quite a bit of their line thus far, but here, I present to you, the blush in Winter Bloom.  I swapped for this initially, but now that I have the Promenade in Prague palette (I am collecting the palettes, kind of, in case I haven't mentioned that yet) I swapped this one away because it is in that palette. 

Winter Bloom is a really nice peach color that makes my cheeks just glow.  I was amazed when I first wore it because I couldn't perceive any shimmer in the pan at all. 

I would say this is decently pigmented but not so much that pale girls can't wear it.  You can definitely adjust for more or less color.  I actually prefer for my makeup colors to be able to be built up instead of needing to be toned down.  I just find this kind of scheme easier for my hurried lifestyle.

This is a swatch in natural light. I don't think I really captured the glowiness, but it's pretty darn color acurate.

Overall, I would recommend this to any and all fans of peach blush.  If you want it in the little case, it retails for $28.  If you prefer to put it in a palette, you can get just the pan for $21.

Chantecaille Quartz

My love for Chantecaille is no secret.  I have recently fallen in love with the eyeshadows and have started collecting the palettes. They are amazing, creamy, decently pigmented, and smooth.  I love how the shimmery shadows have tasteful shimmer, like quartz here. 

 Quartz is a kind of taupey color with pinkey red shimmer. 

 Its a really nice my lids but better (MLBB) color. Lasting power is pretty good, even without a primer. 

If you haven't already, I would highly recommend checking out Chantecaille eye shadows. They are available on Chantecailles own website, Nordstrom, Saks, and Neimans.  Free pans, as pictured above, retail for $21 and with a container retail for $28. 

Benefit Porefessional

I must say, I am somewhat of a primer-phobe.  I think it stems from the fact that I am very acne prone and don't like to use too much on my skin for fear of breaking it out.  This means that for the first several months I only used Porefessional as a touch up product.
Porefessional is a mattifier that helps to disguise the appearance of pores.  It definitely has a siliconey feeling, much like Smashbox's primer.  It is lightly colored beige, but I don't think it really translates on to the skin.  It has a slight scent which I find to be pleasant, but scent sensitive people be forewarned.

It comes is squeeze tube packaging which is nice and sanitary for the germaphobes of the world.  You get a decent amount of product. I would say it should last at least several months with daily use.

 Here is a blob on my hand, to show color and texture.

Porefessional can be used two ways.  One is as a mattifying touch up.  This is how I originally used it. I would pat a small amount over any shiney areas, and, I must say, the result was amazing. It really did disguise pores and mattify.  The effect lasts several hours as well.  I did finally break down and try it as a primer. It cooperates really well with my Chantecaille Future Skin founation and keeps me from getting shiney.  This lasts a little bit longer than using it as a touch up does.

Overall, I would highly recommend anyone who suffers from shine or large pores give this product a try.

Here you can see it blended out on my hand.



Disclaimer: I received this product for reviewing purposes from the company. This in no way influenced my opinion on the product.

This product can be purchased here.  Note: this is an affiliate link. 

Happy New Year!

Happy 2011 to everyone! The first thing I did in 2011 was watch Ghostbusters.  It was on Comedy Central when I woke up. So, I say I started it off right.

I updated my blog sale today. Links to that can be found to the right. Head over and check it out!

What was the first thing you did in 2011?