CHANEL Creme Gloss Lumiere!!

I read a couple of months ago on Makeup Bag about these wonderful new brush-on creme lip colors and now they're available at your favorite CHANEL makeup counters for purchase - YES!

CHANEL Creme Gloss Lumiere ($32 US) is a hybrid of gloss and lipstick with chic colour and intense shine for creamy full coverage that feels soft and lightweight on lips.

You can get them in six beautiful shades, and delicious too because they're all named after desserts - YUM!

• Petit Four (a soft nude)
• Madeleine (a rosy pink)
• Crème Brulée (a coral)
• Pink Truffle (a berry red)
• Plum Soufflé (a berry plum)
• Crème Caramel (a neutral brown)

I'm already halfway out the door to Nordie's right now - who's with me?

Beauty Review: Bobbi Brown Everything Mascara

The Everything Mascara ($20 US) is one of Bobbi Brown’s All-Time Favorites and is described as an everyday essential for lashes, with an all-in-one formula that lengthens, thickens, and defines without smearing, smudging or clumping.

Well, I got to try a sample of this mascara and it really didn’t deliver “everything” for me. I have really short and thin lashes so I had high hopes. Unfortunately, my hopes came crashing when I applied the third coat on my lashes and it still only looked like I applied one coat of my current favorite, L’Oreal Original Voluminous Mascara.

After a couple more days of testing out this Bobbi Brown best seller, I gave up. My lashes didn’t look very much longer and it definitely wasn’t giving me volume. I also noticed some flaking towards the end of the day so I said good-bye to the Everything Mascara.

Bobbi’s philosophy on beauty is all about enhancing the natural beauty. So for those of you who have longer and fuller lashes, I would try this formula out because what I did notice that it helps to define your natural lashes, separates them well, and enhances them overall.

Beauty Review: Rimmel Dare to Bare

I recently got a bunch of freebies from Rimmel and I was so excited to try them!

The first thing I tried this morning was the Rimmel Dare to Bare Face and Body Luminizer in Make Me Blush. When I opened the tube and tried to squeeze out a little bit, it came out super watery and not rich or creamy like I thought it was going to be. Especially since the Ulta website described it as a luminous "cream". Hmmm - very suspect.

I also noticed in the top corner of my tube that it said to "shake well". So I shook it up thinking that maybe it had been sitting too long since I did have it in my makeup bag for about a month before I tried to use it today. I opened it up again and tried to squeeze a little more out. Still watery. Now I was really skeptical to put it on my face, but I did it anyway.

I wanted to use it as a cheek highlighter, but since the consistency wasn't creamy like I thought, it didn't work too well. I tried not to rub it in but I couldn't really help it because it was so watery. What was left on my face was this iridescent sheen that was kind of nice but I wasn't really diggin' the consistency and lack of ease while trying to apply it.

I will never put this on my face again and, at best, I will use this on my arms or chest when I want a little sparkle in my life.

Ladies, I wouldn't waste my time with this Rimmel product if I were you, although I hear some of their other products are not too bad. I have some other Rimmel items that I'll be reviewing in the near future. Check back soon!

FOTD: MAC McQueen Lipglass

I was pretty lazy to put on makeup today so I just slapped on my basics - powder, eyebrows (a must when they are as thin as mine are!), eye liner, mascara, a little blusher and gloss. What resulted was my perfect day to day look that I can do all the time without feeling blah and boring.

On this particular day, I tried my new MAC McQueen Lipglass that I got the other day. It's a soft, baby pink with white pearl shimmer (gorgeous!). And as it would turn out, I love it so much because I feel like it gives me luscious lips! It's definitely going into my purse everyday so I can touch up with it whenever I need to sass it up during the day.


Here's what I'm wearing:

Shiseido Eyebrow Compact in BL3 (Light Brown) for $28.50 US

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Gel Eyeliner in Chocolate Shimmer Ink ($19 US)

Lorac Blush in Plum ($16 US)

MAC McQueen Collection Lipglass in WhiteMagic ($14 US)

And that's all folks, easy as 1-2-3.. okay, maybe 4 but it's still manageable for 10 minutes in the morning, right? =)

MAC Antiquitease Online NOW!

Makeup Bag just announced that MAC's new holiday collection is available now.

So if you can't wait until Thursday to get your hands on the new Antiquitease collection, now you don't have to. I know you've been itchin' to pull out that credit card for this collection for weeks and now you can buy them online before they hit stores. If you're really hardcore, opt for overnight shipping so that you can get these babies as early as tomorrow! WOO HOO!

Shop the entire collection HERE.

Get the Look: Stila Smoky Eyes

Stila Cosmetics gives us "3 Ways to the Perfect Smoky Eye" featuring three different eye shadow palettes that actually gives you an audio (!) tutorial on how create the perfect smoky eye in under a minute - amazing! It includes artistry tips and even advice on what brushes (Stila's, of course) to use to capture this look.

The smoky eye palettes ($40 US) come in three different colors schemes - Original, Bronzes, and Emeralds. This looks like a great find for those of you struggling with how to create your perfect smoky eye look for the fall season.

And now through Oct. 31st, you can take advantage of Stila's Friends and Family discount that I found on Beautiful Makeup Search for 20% off - what a deal! Just enter the discount code, VINCENTBFF, when you check out.