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The lineup includes:
– Enticing Lipstick (4 new shades)
– Enticing Lip Gloss (1 new shade)
– Enthralling Powder Eyeshadow duos (4 new variations)
– Enthralling Powder Eyeliner (1 new shade)
– Enthralling Gel Eyeliner (1 new shade)
– Enthralling Waterproof Mascara (new, 1 shade)
If you enjoy wearing blue eyeshadows, summer collections from Japanese brands are usually worth looking into.
I quite like the strong reds that go with the blues in this collection, particularly the shade of the bright lip gloss.Related posts on Chicca:
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(Nude Skincare Age Defence Moisturiser)– Age Defence Moisturiser (above)
The product has a light cream texture and should suit most skin types, except for very oily or very dry skin. Some of its moisturizing ingredients are sesame oil, shea butter, and sunflower oil. It contains antioxidants such as arginine and lingoberry seed oil.
It has the right consistency for my Type 4 skin (dehydrated oily skin), but, after the product sinks in, it leaves my skin a little tight. I am not sure if this tightness might appeal to those who want a temporary firming action from a moisturizer, but, for me, I would sometimes apply a small amount of my usual moisturizer (currently Olay Complete Care Night Enriched Cream) to ease the tightness.
– Moisture Balance
With a very light serum-like gel texture, this product is formulated for those with oily skin. Some of the main moisturizing ingredients are glycerine, jojoba seed oil, and algae extract.
One ingredient that makes this product potentially suitable for oily skin is kaolin, which has absorbent properties. (It is a typical main ingredient in deep-cleansing masks. This product has a very small amount of it.) However, if your oily skin is the kind that is dehydrated underneath, this product might not be right for you as kaolin may dry out the skin.
For me, this product is not moisturizing enough for my oily-dry skin, and I marginally prefer Age Defence Moisturizer to this.
As I mentioned in my previous Nude Skincare review, the air-tight opaque bottle with a pump dispenser is probably the best type of packaging for a moisturizer, as some of the beneficial ingredients can lose their efficacy when they are exposed to light and air.
– Nude Lips
This lip balm contains shea butter, beeswax, and coconut oil. It should ideally be a good lip moisturizer with these occlusive ingredients (and with vitamin E), but I find that the application is somewhat inefficient. The product is very solid, and I have to swirl my finger on the product for quite a while to get only a little bit of the product onto my finger. I think this lip balm, without changing its formula, can potentially work a lot better in a stick form.
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Last week, I came across Sheer Stella 2009, and, as a collector, I had to get it.
This year, the shade of the bottle is peachy-pink, with the rose motif in a frosted texture. I do like the contrast between the glossed and frosted finishes (which were also on the bottle of Sheer Stella 2005) and I prefer this bottle design to last year’s, but overall my favorite two are still the 2005 and 2007 ones.
You can see Sheer Stella 2004-2007 here.
Last year’s Sheer Stella is quite unique because of the freesia and raspberry notes it has. Sheer Stella 2009 has gone back to lemon and green apple as top notes, It is, not surprisingly, very similar to the first few editions. According to Now Smell This, the notes include lemon, green apple, rose and amber. Compared with Stella, Sheer Stella is generally more cooling and fresh than sensual. For me, it is a very lovely scent that is never too sweet or powdery, great for a warm summer day. (I hope we will have a decent summer in the UK this year…)
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To celebrate the opening of the Chanel beauty boutique in Aoyama, Tokyo, Chanel will release a limited-edition Tokyo-exclusive makeup collection. The collection will include a pressed powder, four shades of Glossimer Lèvres Scintillantes and four shades of Nail Colour. Pink, blue, gold, and silver are the chosen shades for the collection. Everything looks very fresh and lovely, and I can’t take my eyes off the blue-tinted lip gloss!
The boutique in Aoyama will be the largest Chanel beauty boutique in the world and will showcase Chanel’s makeup, skincare, and fragrance products.
If you can’t make it to Tokyo, you might want to know that a very limited quantity of the collection will be available in SOGO (Chung-Xiao branch) in Taipei from April 9th.
Sometimes, Chanel’s Asia-exclusive items are available in the Chanel Studio in Harvey Nichols, London, but I doubt it would be the case with this collection.
Updated on June 10th 2009:
Please check the two posts on further information on this collection here and here.
Updated on June 22, 2009:
Please check out this post for more information on the UK availability.
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Last month, a reader asked me whether I could talk about products from the slightly revamped Chanel skincare line. (It is mainly the cleansing and toning products that were revamped.) I happened to have got two 12ml trial samples at my local Chanel counter a few months ago, so I had a chance to try out the products. Today I will share my thoughts on them.
The new Chanel cleansing and toning lineup has three sub-ranges: Confort (for dehydrated and sensitive skin), Douceur (for normal-to-combination skin) and Pureté (for combination-to-oily skin). The two products I tried are both from the Confort range.
– Huile Confort Silky Cleansing Oil
This is a typical cleansing oil that is used on dry skin with dry hands to remove all the makeup at once. It makes sense to me that the cleansing oil is in the Confort range. Cleansing oils should suit all skin types but they can be particularly good for those with sensitive and reactive skin, since there is generally less massaging and tugging involved in the application as opposed to using a cleansing gel/milk.
The texture of the oil is relatively light, and it is quite easy to manoeuvre on the face. However, it doesn’t emulsify very well and leaves the face rather filmy and greasy. A face wash is a must in getting all the oily residue off the face. Overall it doesn’t work nearly as well as a few of the other products I have tried, including RMK’s Cleansing Oil, which is among my favorite cleansing oils.
– Lotion Confort Silky Soothing Toner
This alcohol-free toner has an emollient feel on the skin, but it does not feel filmy. It conditions the skin well and doesn’t irritate my skin. Some of the moisturizing ingredients are sodium PCA, alpha glucan oligosaccharide, hydrogenated castor oil and butylene glycol.
This toner should suit most skin types but I think some people with oilier skin types might find to be too emollient. Overall this product works a lot better for me than Huile Confort, but I still prefer Lancôme’s Tonique Douceur, which is less emollient and more calming. I am not considering picking up the full-size product at the moment, but it can be a reasonable backup for me if my preferred toners are discontinued.
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The items include:
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– Brilliance Eyes palette (1 new variation)
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