Les Beiges de Chanel - Healthy Glow Sheer Powder

I’m not sure if I’d been living under a rock, but this powder only came to my attention a year ago! Naturally, since this was Chanel and limited edition to boot, it was sold out practically everywhere, at least in my shade. Luckily, however, Chanel decided to bring this back last September and I was finally able to get my hands on it.

Let’s start with the obvious. As all Chanel products, the packaging of this powder is LUXE. I love the beige lid, making it stand out from the normal collection packaging. It has the normal mirror inside and a little brush that would facilitate powdering when out and about – although I haven’t actually tried using the brush that this comes with, I suppose it would work in a pinch.

The shade I’m currently using is 30 and although it can look quite dark in the pan, it applies sheerer, as can be seen on the swatch - you can barely make it out on my hand! That said though, if you wanted to have a light makeup day, this powder could be applied over moisturiser for a sheer wash of colour just to give you a bit of a glow (as the name suggests!). Although this powder is quite finely milled, it can look quite powdery if you’re not careful, so please, use a light hand.

Having had this for over a year now, I can say that this powder works in all seasons. In the summer, the shade I got works wonderfully as a powder and in the winter when I’m quite a bit paler, it works as a great contour.

All in all, another great offering from Chanel and one I will definitely repurchase!

S

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Review - Bioderma Crealine

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you must have heard about Bioderma by now. It is a much hyped product and all the makeup artists swear by it, etc, etc.

I bought this when I was last in Paris and to be honest, I was underwhelmed.. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good product – just not a great one like everyone keeps rhapsodising about.

I found that it doesn't remove waterproof mascara all that easily and a bit of tugging action happens. It might just be the way I remove my eye makeup using it, but I find that the Chanel eye makeup remover does a better job (review coming soon), although it's a bit oilier and might not suit sensitive eyes. 

 One thing that I love using the Bioderma for is removing the bulk of my everyday makeup. I use a couple of cotton pads soaked with the Chanel eye makeup remover over my eyes and then I swipe one of those big oval shaped cotton pads drenched in Bioderma all over my face and eyes and repeat. I admit I do use the Bioderma over my eyes after the Chanel eye makeup remover because the Chanel one leaves my eyes feeling quite oily and filmy, if you know what I mean. I then follow this with my everyday cleansing routine although I have also been known to only splash my face with water after the Bioderma if it wasn’t a makeup heavy day.

For those in Australia, Bioderma is now available at Priceline but at an extortionate price. If you don’t want to shell out that much, the cleaninsing water by Avene is just as good as the Bioderma in my opinion and is worth a try.

Please let me know if you’d like me to do an evening skincare routine post.

S

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Haul No. 1

For the first post on this blog, I thought I’d start with a series that I would like to keep up. Haul posts are some of the more popular posts around and some of my favourites.  It’s a great way of discovering new products – new to us, and new on the market.