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This hot hot summer, you don’t want to be without the new Chanel Ultra Le Teint Foundation (30 shades swatched!)

July 2, 2019 Paris B 17 Comments

Truth to tell, when I first got wind of the Chanel Ultra Le Teint foundation, I effected a slight grimace. But I promised myself that I’d consider it with an open mind.

The Chanel Ultra Le Teint foundation is touted to be an Ultrawear All-Day Comfort Flawless Finish foundation. In layspeak, it means that it’s a longwearing foundation with full coverage. Nothing that ticks my foundation boxes, but I promised myself – keep an open mind.

So um… I must confess that it’s really really grown on me! 😛

The Chanel Ultra Le Teint Foundation is practically the polar opposite of my other favourite recent release, the Chanel Water Fresh Tint. They could not be more dissimilar! Yet, they both have their place and serve their functions very well.

While not a fan of matte lipstick, I’d roll out the Red Carpet for the Bobbi Brown Luxe Matte Lip Color

June 28, 2019 Paris B 9 Comments

As much as I decry matte lipstick, there’s one specific lip colour I wear, and enjoy wearing, that often grabs attention. It is, incredibly for me, a matte lip colour.

I’d been playing around with the Bobbi Brown Luxe Matte Lip Color for a while. I am a big fan of the Luxe Lip Colour, which has a beautiful creamy finish.

The Luxe Matte Lip Color was going to be everything I did not look for in a lipstick LOL! 😀

Hurrah! The Dior Addict Stellar Shine lipstick heralds a return of an old favourite

May 31, 2019 Paris B 10 Comments

Do you remember the old Dior Addict lipsticks? I adored them. Adored! I had nothing bad to say about them, and would wax lyrical at how wonderful they were, at every opportunity. Everyone I knew loved them!

Then, they were reformulated, and I went from euphoria to the other extreme – absolute disappointment. I hated the then-new Dior Addict lipsticks, and I wasn’t quite afraid to say so. Happily, many people agreed, expressing their disappointment with the new formula that did not live up to the exacting standards of the original Dior Addict lipstick formula.

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So, when I was faced with the latest reformulation of the Dior Addict lipstick range, I approached it with a little trepidation.

Will the Dior Addict Stellar Shine lipstick bring me back into the Dior fold? Might it make me fall in love all over again with their lipsticks? It was time to find out! 🙂

My favourite makeup collection is here! So is the Chanel Les Beiges 2019 collection Les Indispensables?

May 24, 2019 Paris B 10 Comments

I have to admit to feeling a little beauty fatigue. There are only so many new makeup or skincare releases I can handle, before it begins to overwhelm. And before they start looking the same.

Yet, there is always one collection I look forward to every year – Chanel Les Beiges makeup collection.

The Chanel Les Beiges collection is always like a breath of fresh air, with its predictability and basic, neutral hues. It is, in many ways, almost dull in its predictability.

But it is that predictability that I look forward to. When we are bombarded with bright colours and imagery in each different makeup collection, with polished, airbrushed and defined, almost cookie-cutter precision looks that accompany it; I feel the need to ground myself.

The Chanel Les Beiges collection, with its splash of neutral beige, and celebration of all that is natural and basic and neutral, is just that!

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