Chanel Spring Summer Makeup 2019 Vision d’Asie: L’Art du Detail is beautiful bar one confusing detail

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I think by now you’d realise that I’m a bit of a Lucia Pica fan-girl. Lucia Pica has been the Creative Director of Chanel beauty since 2016 when she kicked off the Le Rouge collection for Fall 2016.

Since then, I anticipate each beauty collection released from Chanel, knowing each time, that I will face a little surprise. Often pleasant. Thus far, I have yet to be disappointed.

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For Spring-Summer 2019 Vision d’Asie: L’Art du Detail, Lucia Pica drew inspiration from light, colour and texture in Japan. Eyes are kept bright in the Les 9 Ombres eye palette (I don’t have it, and haven’t yet had the chance to see it but it’s similar in layout to this one from last year)

Lip are bright and lush in matte velvet textures. But it was one new item in the collection that had me going “What on earth is that? How do I use it? Will I even use it?!”

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Your say: Do you use applicators included in makeup palettes and compacts?

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This is something that’s been bugging me for a while. I notice that new makeup items often come with an applicator. This is true, whether it comes from the pharmacy, or if it is a department store or luxury brand.

I open a compact holding a powder blush, and out will fall a little, scratchy cheek brush.

Or I open an eyeshadow palette, and out drops sponge-tipped applicators or random, skinny dual-ended little brushes.

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More than once, I’d have to scramble around the floor picking up these little projectiles that fly out of my makeup compacts, much to my consternation.

So my question for you today is this – Do you use the applicators included with makeup? Are they good for anything?

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Is the reformulated Shiseido Perfect UV Protector Wetforce Multi Defense SPF50+ PA++++ any good?

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From the day I first tried the Shiseido Perfect UV Protector sunscreen, I have been a loyal user and advocate. I know I’ve convinced many of you to use it, and despite the cost, it is one I truly swear by for efficacy and UV protection. Today, my attention has wandered to a more affordable option that unfortunately isn’t available in Malaysia. So for all those in Malaysia who ask, my recommendation still lies with the Shiseido Perfect UV Protector.

It has undergone a few revisions since the first time I tried it, and in the middle of last year, I was alerted that the new version was now called the Shiseido Perfect UV Protector Wetforce Multi-Defense SPF50+ PA++++

shiseido perfect uv protector wetforce multi-defense sunscreen

If you look at the picture you may be wondering what’s so different about it? After all, the last iteration was the Shiseido Perfect UV Protector Wetforce and the packaging is exactly the same. But look closer. This time, there’s an additional tag – Multi Defense.

But what grabbed my attention wasn’t the fact that it had changed, but that I had more than a handful of people tell me that they had a negative experience with the new version, and they now hated it. That got me curious.

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I’m loving these 8 things and I think you will want to save your ‘ang pow’ money for them

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I have said that I do not want to be that blogger who pushes gift guides in your face. But I suppose I do, once a year, come the Lunar (Chinese) New Year.

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However, it’s not conventionally a gift guide per se, as we don’t usually practice gifting of this nature at this time of year. So, it’s not a guide on what you can buy for others. Instead, it’s a gift guide for yourself – an idea on what beauty related items you could save your “ang pow” (lucky red packet) money to treat yourself 😀

That’s really the best part about the Chinese New Year isn’t it? Sure, it can feel like a hassle sometimes, and we are always pressed to look our best during the festivities, but “ang pow” makes everything a wee bit better. Those of us receiving it anyway! LOL! 😀 I know many people who read this are now at the giving end, rather than the receiving end, but there are always little windfalls that come by now and again – so consider this your “gift guide” to yourself 😉

So here are 8 items I think are absolutely worth saving your “ang pow” money for, and why I say so 🙂

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