Les Beiges Healthy Glow Cheek colours<\/a>, which I love! But here’s where it gets a little odd – there is no colour to these sticks. <\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat they are, is a balm in stick form, that Chanel says you can use on your face, eyelids, lips, anywhere you want a subtle glow and shine. It isn’t a lip balm, but it feels like one. Like a lip balm, it does not dry down, and feels tacky on the skin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The texture is very emollient, and there is discernible shine when you apply it to skin. But I’m afraid this is the one product that I couldn’t understand when I first saw it, and still cannot understand now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are 2 versions – Transparent<\/strong>, which is, as the name implies, transparent; and Sculpting <\/strong>– which has fine shimmer and imparts more shine. <\/p>\n\n\n\nI will say this. If you like playing and experimenting with makeup and you like a high shine look on the highlights of your face, then you might find this an interesting product. If you are a makeup artist, I think you will find lots of uses for this product especially for editorial looks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the lay person or makeup enthusiast, who can just about manage to put on equal amounts of eyeliner, I do think that this is a little too advanced for us. I personally cannot think of an occasion when I would use these at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It does not dry down, so it looks tacky and makes skin look greasy. If you have oily skin at all, you come with an in-built glow stick, so avoid this \ud83d\ude1b If you have dry skin and the air is dry where you live, and you spend a lot of time indoors under candlelight, then perhaps you might appreciate this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rest of us may get the same use out of a stick of lipbalm or vaseline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For once, Lucia Pica has me stumped LOL! <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nThese are the swatches on my hand for the products I have featured here. You may notice that the Baume Essential Multi-Use Glow Stick shows up as a wet shine on my hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think this is the wet shine that Chanel is going for. Something different. Something backstage worthy. Unless this is a look you go for, ultimately, it is not user-friendly and more importantly, leaves you looking like a grease-ball in our heat and weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can achieve this sweaty shine all by myself, thanks Chanel! \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chanel Retractable Highlighter Brush<\/h2>\n\n\n\n I do have one thing from this collection that I’m happy about – the new Retractable Highlighter Brush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nChanel intends for this brush to be used with their Multi-Use Glow Sticks. Swirl the brush over the sticks, and brush over your skin, for a less intense glow (I still don’t like the sticks though!). To be honest, I don’t like using it for this purpose, because it will gunk up the brush head. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I prefer using this little brush for applying regular powder highlighter and blush! \ud83d\ude00 You can even use it to blend out foundation or with cream blush or highlighter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is a dinky little brush that is scarcely larger than a tube of lipstick. The construction is sturdy, and I believe the hair is white goat hair (it feels like natural goat hair). The hairs are quite long, and the brush head is quite flexible, so you have enough flex to blend out highlighter and blush, but also enough density to pick up colour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/figure>\n\n\n\nBecause it is fairly small, it allows for precise placement of product, which is handy when working with highlighters. But if you use this for blending or applying powder, it can easily get into the crevices of your facial contours too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body slides up to protect the brush so it makes it easy to cover without damaging the bristles, and it is so small, you can take it everywhere you go for quick touch-ups. I find it works very well with most products and for quick blending. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So if there’s one good thing that came out of the Multi-Use Glow Sticks, it is this dinky little brush! Such a handy little tool \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did anything in this Chanel collection stand out to you? How would you use those Glow Sticks?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n I do think the colours are pretty and I’m happy that we have left behind the pastel Spring colours of yore. I never looked forward to Spring makeup because it was always pale and insipid. But as I always say, Lucia Pica has been good for Chanel – I just can’t figure out when or why I’d want to use those Glow Sticks \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paris B<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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<\/p>\n
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