Chanel Evening Look using Products from Winter Nuit Infinie Collection

Hello glamour girlies!

You'll have to excuse my lack of posts this week. I've been busy cleaning out my entire room because I just realized that I'll be back in school in no time. I start work next week and I start school the week after. I can't believe Christmas vacation passed by so fast already! It's also been very cold here in Montreal these past few days. Like -30C cold. It should start to warm up pretty soon though.

So what's today's look all about? I got a few things from Chanel for Christmas. I really wasn't expecting all that. Now that I've tried most of the things, it's time to let you all know what I thought. I got some perfume stuff, which I'll do a review on later. Today's is going to focus on the makeup, specifically from the Nuit Infinie Christmas 2013 Collection.

If you're interested in how I got these curls, I used the Babyliss Miracurl. I did a review and tutorial here. I'm also going to be doing an update post on how I did the current curls I'm wearing, so keep checking for it.

The Review

From this collection, I got two items. I got the Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming. I also got the Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent, which I've spoken about before in a post. I have to say I was extremely impressed with the quality of all the eyeshadows. The only other Chanel eyeshadow I own is a quad in Smokey Eyes. I just found this out myself, but in every country other than the USA, the Chanel Quads come as round baked eyeshadows. In the US only, they come as non-baked, regular square eyeshadows. I hear the US version is much better quality, but I haven't been able to test this out myself yet. The next time I go to the US, I'm definitely going to pick up another quad in Smokey Eyes to test this out. So with that said, the Eyeshadow Palette in Charming is not baked. The pigmentation was amazing. A little bit of eyeshadow really did go a long way. It blended well. I was just all around really happy with it. It made application a breeze. You could see each colour for what it was, meaning they didn't just blend into each other and all look the same. The first shade (let's number them from 1-5 from left to right) is a light beige shade that worked extremely well as a highlight shade. The second shade, which is a light brown, worked well on the lid. I found it went on darker than it looked in the pan. The third colour, a golden medium brown, would also make a great lid colour. This was the only colour I didn't use in my look. The fourth colour is a very dark brown, and I used that as a crease colour. The last colour, a dark grey, was used to deepen the outer V and I used it to line top and bottom lash lines. I was very very impressed with how well these eyeshadows worked. I definitely recommend getting this palette, if you can still find it.

I also just want to mention that I thought it wouldn't be so pigmented, which is why I wore it pretty heavy. I packed a ton of shadow on my brush and when I applied it, I thought, WOW! PIGMENT! But then it was too late to go for a lighter look.

I've mentioned the Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent in a recent post. It looks quite brown in the pan, but it applies as a pinky brown. You can really see the pink so it's best worn as a blush and not as a bronzer (which I almost tried to do first haha). It's very neutral and light, not overly bright or anything like that. There's a slight shimmer to it in the pan, but when applied it isn't too noticeable. The colour can be built up if you like it darker. I was very surprised with this product. When I first got it, I really didn't think I would like it because I thought it looked too brown. But after I tried it I realized how wrong I was. I think this might end up being a go-to blush for neutral and natural looks. I love it. I really really recommend you trying this blush. I ended up really really liking it and I thought I wouldn't at first.

So that's my little review of the new products from the Chanel Winter Collection. I also did a recent nail post using a Chanel nail polish that wasn't part of this collection, but did launch around the same time as this one. It was part of the Nuit Magique collection and the nail polish is called Magic. How my mother didn't buy Cosmic, I'll never know. She knows my favourite colour is black and she buys the blue polish and not the black one with silver sparkles! And I'm still trying to hunt Cosmic down....

Chanel Evening Look using Products from Winter Nuit Infinie Collection

I started by priming my eyes with Too Faced Shadow Insurance. Then I applied shade 2 from the Chanel Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming onto my lid using a medium eyeshadow brush. Then I applied shade 4 into my crease and outer V with a blending brush. I applied shade 1 under my brow and in the inner corners using a blending brush. I also blended out some of that crease colour. Then I deepened the outer V with shade 5 using a pencil brush. I used that brush and my blending brush to blend the two colours together. Then, using the pencil brush, I lined my top and bottom lash lines with shade 5. I made the liner very smokey and smudged looking. Next, I lined both top and bottom waterlines with MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline and I applied Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara. The last step was to fill in my brows using Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium.

To prep my face, I primed it using Too Faced Primed and Poreless. Then, I concealed my under eye circles using MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20 and using a concealer brush. Then I applied my foundation, MUFE HD Foundation in 110, using a stippling brush. I covered any imperfections and redness that were still showing using MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 using my fingers. Then I set everything with MUFE HD Powder and a kabuki brush. I started by contouring my face first using Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless and a contouring brush. Then I applied Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent using a blush brush and making sure to blend outward and down into the contour colour. Then I highlighted my cheekbones and other areas with Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls in Translucent Pearl. I like to blend everything together using a kabuki brush at this point. The last step is to apply Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 87 Seashell.

Eyes
Too Faced Shadow Insurance
Chanel Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming (LE)
MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline
Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara
Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium

Face
Too Faced Primed and Poreless
MAC Pro Longwear Concealer in NW20
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Powder Palette in Translucent Pearl
Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent (LE)
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Lips
Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 87 Seashell (LE)

Products Used

Chanel Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming (LE)

Chanel Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming (LE) - 75$CAD

MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline - 19$CAD

Too Faced Better Than Sex Mascara - 30$CAD

Benefit Instant Brow Pencil in Medium - 25$CAD

Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Powder Palette in Translucent Pearl

Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Powder Palette in Translucent Pearl - 20$CAD

Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent (LE)

Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent (LE) - 50$CAD

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless

Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless - 38$CAD

Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 87 Seashell (LE) - 35$CAD

Swatches:
Chanel Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette in Charming (5 shades) (LE)
MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline
Physician's Formula Mineral Glow Pearls Powder Palette in Translucent Pearl
Chanel Joues Contraste Powder Blush in 84 Accent (LE)
Too Faced Bronzed and Poreless
Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 87 Seashell (LE)

So I hope you enjoyed the look! I used two products from Chanel's Nuit Infinie Winter 2013 Collection in my makeup look and used some other products to make it all come together. I actually really like how this look turned out and I have to say that I really did love both new Chanel products. The eyeshadows were pigmented and blendable and the blush was a beautiful pinky brown that looked natural and beautiful, I think it's great to use for natural and neutral type looks but I haven't tried it with other colours yet. I just like how it looks super natural when blended out. I used a Chanel lipgloss to go with this look, cuz why not, and Seashell is a pretty nude colour with slight pink and sparkles and a glossy look. The rest of the products I used are all pretty much my current favourites. I should do a post soon on that. So tell me what you thought of Chanel's Nuit Infinie collection. Did you find any products you like or did you pass? I have to say I'm really happy with both gifts.

Steph xo.

PS. Expect a hair post really soon! And I'm almost done that Hits and Misses 2013 post I've been talking about. I'm just full of ideas lately.

Top5 Makeup Products in the Lips Category

Hello everyone!!

Sorry I haven't been posting much lately, I've been taking it easy now that school has finally ended and I've been stressing out about getting my final marks. Well I got them and they're not bad at all, but I still haven't reached my goal. Now all I need is a summer job.

This is the last post of my 3 part series on my Top5 Makeup Products. The first post talked about the eyes, the second post about the face, and now the third and last post is about the lips.

I can't think of many subcategories of the lips, so this post won't even be half as long as the first two. I don't use lip liners, or primers, and I don't use stand alone plumpers. I'm very simple when it comes to the lips, I usually just use a gloss or lipstick. I should be using a liner, because I feel that my lips aren't clearly defined. But I've never used one before so I'm a bit weary of beginning that process and finding a color that works for many of my lipsticks. So let's get started, shall we?

Lip Primers

Don't have. Not sure if they even work. If my lips are very chapped, I put on some chapstick quite a while before I'm going to put lipstick on so my lips have time to hydrate and dechap. I've never used a lip scrub or anything related. Maybe I should look into this.

Lip Liners

I don't use lip liners, as mentioned above. Obviously when you're young you don't need it but now that I'm getting older I do. I mean, I'm not 16 anymore, am I? Plus I don't find the lines of my lips are defined.

Lipstick

#1 Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait

#2 Too Faced La Creme in Marshmallow Bunny

#3 Too Faced La Creme in Naked Dolly

#4 NARS Velvet Gloss Lip Pencil in New Order

#5 MAC Lipstick in Pretty Please

#6 NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Roman Holiday

#7 MAC Pro Longwear Lip Colour in Lasting Lust

Yes...finally a category where I can start showing you the products!! I put more than 5 since I don't have much to show you in this post. Chanel Rouge Coco Shine takes the cake for lipstick because it is such a moisturizing and hydrating lipstick. It feels so good on your lips. It goes on smooth, even on chapped lips and it will not get stuck in the chapped areas. That's how hydrating it is. I also love the Too Faced La Creme lipsticks. I find all their colours are really dark (too dark for me) except for these two. Marshmallow Bunny is such a nice pink colour and Naked Dolly is a nude colour with a bit of pink in there. The NARS Lip Pencils are also another product that I love. The Velvet Gloss one goes on really nice and the colour New Order is a red/pink colour that I was afraid of at first, but it's grown on me. Roman Holiday, the Velvet Matte pencil, is a matte pink colour. I find if you put too much in gets stuck on your lips. I like the texture of the glossy one more but I understand that the matte pencil will obviously have a different texture. My favorite MAC lipstick since I was a teenager is Pretty Please. It is a very light pink colour. I still like it but I've moved on to new lipsticks. The last one is the MAC Pro Longwear Lip Colour, which should be more of an honorable mention than on this list, mainly because of the very flimsy hardware. Every one of these lipsticks that me and my mom have ever owned has broken. We end up twisting it too tight to close and it ends up breaking off so you're leaking either lipstick or gloss everywhere. The colour is beautiful, it is that perfect intense red that every girl should own and it comes with a clear gloss. With both applied, you will look killer hot.


Lipgloss

#1 Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal

#2 NARS Sweet Dreams

#3 NARS Turkish Delight

#4 NARS Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet

#5 Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica

#6 MAC Lipglass in Oyster Girl

For a long time my all-time favorite, holy grail lipgloss was NARS Sweet Dreams. But then I discovered Too Faced Glamour Gloss in Barely Legal, and it stole that spot in my heart that I had for NARS Sweet Dreams. I love Turkish Delight, this is probably on everyone's list, and I like it because it is a nice colour, not because of its popularity. I also really like their Larger Than Life Lipgloss in International Velvet. The Larger Than Life lipgloss line feels more like a gloss and looks more like a gloss than their regular lipgloss line. So if you're looking for that glossy look, go with Larger Than Life. I also really like my Chanel lipgloss in 131 Mica. As a teenager, I loved the MAC Lipglass in Oyster Girl. I don't wear it much anymore, but it still has a place in my makeup collection.

Lip Palettes/Sets

I don't really have any lip palettes. I do have a few Stila sets that I like and I will mention them briefly because all of their season mini lipgloss sets are all limited edition colours.
The first one I bought is from Summer 2012 I believe. It had polkadots on the packaging. It had a light pink, medium pink and Kitten. I really like the light pink one. Kitten is part of their permanent collection, obviously, and while I do like this shade, it isn't my favorite. Another set I bought was in Fall 2012 and had all brown shades, again including Kitten. I bought it because I wanted to try out different colours, but those shades weren't really my thing. The last set I bought was their Winter 2013 (this past xmas) set. While the other two sets I mentioned only contained 3 mini lipglosses, this one contained 8 minis. All of the colours were limited edition except two, Black Cherry and Sugar Plum. These colours are a purple/plum colour. The colours in this set range from plum to red to peach to pink. There's something for everyone. I liked this set because it had a bigger variation in colour than their other seasonal ones. Too Faced has a Natural Lips palette out that contains 4 lipglosses. I personally haven't tried it, but that is one lip palette that I know of.

Summer 2012

Fall 2012

Lip Brushes

I only really use two lip brushes. One is a purse brush, meaning you can cover it so it doesn't get dirty and it's short. I got it at Sephora years ago in a brush set. The other lip brush that I use is the Sephora Pro Lip Brush #81.

Sephora Pro Lip Brush #81

So that is the end of the Top5 posts!! I hope you enjoyed reading about all my current favorite products. Whenever this list changes substantially, probably at least a year, I will do an updated version. I invite everyone to share as a comment what their favorite products are. I would have included the new Too Faced Loves Sephora palette for the Top5 Eyes post but it's too late. I got the palette after I posted it. So please let me know what you thought about the products I love. Let me know what your favorite lipsticks and lipglosses are and if you use lip liners and primers, I'd especially like to hear about that and know what you think about them.



Coming Up!
I'm working on a Skincare Post right now (as in, for tonight) because I've been revamping my own.

Empties & Extras: I've got about 6-7 empties so just waiting for a couple more, trying to have 10 so be patient! I want it done for June 1st.

Makeup Basics Page: just adding the finishing touches and it should be up and ready soon

More Reviews: I've been lacking in the review department so I'll get on that. If you want me to review something, just let me know.

Most Wanted: summer 2013 products, etc

Thanks for reading,

Steph xo.

Chanel Smoky Eyes Look using Les 4 Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes

Hello glamour girls!!

[Note: I wrote this up Friday night after I got back home from having a few drinks with friends so I took a nap and woke up on Saturday lol. It's my little brother's birthday on Tuesday so we went out last night and I didn't have time to finish this post or do another one. And tonight I fell asleep with my makeup on before I took pictures. And of course it smudged. But I can tell you that I really do like Stila's Jingle All the Way palette. You can see photos of it in this post. The blush is really nice, it's not too bold so it doesn't overpower or compete with the dark eyes. I used the two darkest colors, the blacks, with the white to highlight and it was really dark, so the colors are quite pigmented and come on quite strong. I will eventually do a post using this mini palette. I will do the 60's mod look TOMORROW, well actually, today, I promise! But for now, read my Chanel makeup post.]

I know I promised Fashion Friday, the 60's mod look for today. But I went to bed really late last night and woke up really early today for work and then after work I went out with my friends. So the alcohol has made me a little tired out. Here is the makeup that I wore out today and I will do the 60's mod look tomorrow, I promise!! It's a long weekend here in Quebec :)

Today I'm going to be doing a smokey eye look using Chanel's Les 4 Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes as well as Chanel's Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait or you can use their lipgloss, Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica. I got my first ever Chanel products (these 3) for my birthday last month and I was so excited to try it on. I always assumed that Chanel makeup would be expensive because it is a luxury brand and their clothes are crazy expensive. But they actually price their makeup pretty moderately, I'd say it's in the same price range as NARS. And I have quite a bit of NARS stuff.

Speaking of NARS, I used NARS pro-prime smudge proof eyeshadow base and pro-prime pore refining primer to prep for this look. I chose this because I have a lot of deluxe size primers and I wanted to test out the different ones that I have. So I'll be using different primers until I finish off the samples. Need to de-clutter my makeup space. I liked both NARS primers, I thought they were pretty good quality and did a good job prepping the skin. When it comes to Chanel's Les 4 Ombres, the 4 eyeshadows are baked and extremely sparkly. I find they could have gone on a bit darker and more pigmented, I felt that they were too light. Maybe next time I can try using a glitter primer instead of a regular primer. I did like the sparkles, it gives it more of a glam smokey look. I liked Chanel's lipstick and lipgloss, I'm very happy I got both. The Rouge Coco Shine line is very hydrating to your lips and it glides on like a lipgloss. It doesn't come off chunky on chapped lips at all, it goes on perfect. Because it feels more like a gloss, it doesn't have a strong color, but it is nice nonetheless. The lipgloss I bought is very sparkly and pink and I like it. Oh and did I mention that the eyeshadow quad comes with sponge applicators with the Chanel logo on it? How cute! And it also comes in a nice, sleek, black pouch. It also comes with "instructions" for the makeup newbie. I find the Chanel packaging is very classy looking, simple yet elegant. And of course, everything has the Chanel logo on.



Chanel Smokey Eyes using Les Quatres Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes

Eyes:

NARS Pro-Prime Smudge Proof Eyeshadow Base
Chanel Les Quatres Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes

• White and/or Silver: apply from the crease up to the brow. this will be the highlight color
• Sparkly Grey/Black: apply to lid
• Matte Black: apply to crease and outer V

Sephora + Pantone Universe Eyeliner in Charcoal Gray (from the Foiled Waterproof Eyeliner Set Fall 2012)
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black
Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara

Face:

NARS Pro-Prime Pore Refining Primer
MAC Select Cover-Up Concealer in NW20 (for undereyes)
MAC Studio Finish Concealer in NW20 (for blemishes)
MUFE HD Foundation in 110
MUFE HD Powder
Benefit High Beam
Benefit Bella Bamba
Too Faced Pink Leopard Brightening Bronzer
Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Lips:

Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait (pictured)
OR
Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica

Products Used:

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow in 93 Smoky Eyes - approx. 62$CAD

Chanel Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow in 93 Smoky Eyes

Sephora + Pantone Universe Eyeliner in Charcoal Grey (came in the set shown below)

Sephora + Pantone Universe Foiled Waterproof Eyeliner Set (original price was 30$CAD and it is now on sale for 15$CAD, not sure if it is still available)

Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black - 25$CAD

Too Faced Lashgasm Mascara - 28$CAD

Benefit High Beam - 32$CAD

Benefit Bella Bamba - 36$CAD

Benefit Bella Bamba

Too Faced Pink Leopard Brightening Bronzer

Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait - 35$CAD

Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica - 30$CAD

From left to right:
Chanel Les 4 Ombres in 93 Smoky Eyes: sparkly white, sparkly silver, sparkly black, matte black
Sephora + Pantone Universe eyeliner in Charcoal Grey
Too Faced Perfect Eyes in Perfect Black
Benefit High Beam
Benefit Bella Bamba
Too Faced Pink Leopard
Chanel Rouge Coco Shine in 74 Parfait
Chanel Levres Scintillantes Glossimer in 131 Mica

So let me know what you think about this look. Chanel is very classy so obviously the eyes aren't super dark, but lighter and sparkly. I really really love the lipstick, it's very moisturizing and nourishing. Feel free to leave a comment and tell me what you thought of this look. Do you like the Chanel eyeshadows or are they too light or too dark for you? Did you like the lipstick? Did you try anything from the Sephora + Pantone Universe collection? I can tell you right now that the quality is nothing like Sephora's regular collection (which sucks, but I still use because it's a cheap way to experiment with many different colors). The quality of Sephora + Pantone is amazing, it's like buying any other medium luxury brand. Let me know if you would be interested in seeing a review or tutorial using these eyeliners and the Foiled Eyeshadow set (the one with the bronze colored top that was released in Fall 2012). Again, I look forward to reading people's opinions and comments.

I will do that 60's mod look later today and I will post it, I promise!! I've just been really busy lately.

Take care everyone,

Steph xo.