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MAKEUP| A WEEK-END WITH CHANEL
For today's blogpost I really wanted to talk about one of my favourite luxury beauty brand, I do have already done some post about some all of those products. Because this week-end I wasn't at home, I've to took a makeup bag of course and I thought I would entirely go for an entire one brand weekend makeup.
I've this particular relationship with Chanel actually it's my biggest favourite beauty brand and for me that wasn't really hard to have a product for each categories. I don't know where came this love for Chanel probably because of the history behind the brand but for me in my opinion I can see myself way more than with Lancôme, YSL or Dior ( even if I really enjoyed all of those brands but I always know than I couldn't be disappointed with Chanel.)
Let's start with skincare, as you may know skincare is really important to have an healthy skin but also a great makeup and for not applying a big amount of foundation to covered up you bad skin. Hydration is the KEY of a great skin but also a great makeup. First I apply the HYDRABEAUTY LIPBALM, it's a nice way to hydrate and prep your lips for the last step of your makeup, this one have a really thin texture it's the entire opposite of the NUXE RÊVE DE MIEL LIP BALM, in my opinion this one is really day appropriate lipbalm the stick version is one of my favourite to have with me in my daily life, because it's way more sanitary to use outside of your house. Next I love to apply hand cream before any type of makeup, I do have already share my thought on the BODY EXCELLENCE HAND-CREAM, in a blogpost about manicure. Why do i have apply a hand-cream before my regular skincare routine ? I found actually than its helps your hand to not absorb your skincare when you're warmed up your products before the application, the cream make a barrière between your skin and the products. I'm also really picky when it's about dry hand I really hate that, so every-morning I applied an hand-cream.
Move on to the real skincare, as you can see I try to be more simple as I can and also because I don't really need to apply a thousand of products to be and feel hydrated. Recently I've re-discovered the HYDRAMAX + ACTIVE SÉRUM which is now recalled the HYDRABEAUTY SERUM it's kind of a jelly texture but also really watery. You have to warmed up a little bit between your hands to have this kind of watery texture. It's one of my favourite hydrating serum. Because I've more a normal towards dry skin with dehydration this serum works really well for me. It's defenetly a product for dehydrated skin type. Then I use my trusty combo the LE JOUR DE CHANEL and LA NUIT DE CHANEL obviously I used le jour for a day moisturiser and la nuit as a night cream. LE JOUR have a really watery texture it's defenetly a product that you have to use before your regular hydrating cream if you have dry towards very dry skin-type. This products is meant to be: Refining your pores even out the complexion, having a more luminous and smoother skin, this product is meant to reactive your skin for your day. As for LA NUIT Is here to restore skin's optimal rhythms, it will soothes and repair skin during the night and this one is supple and plump the morning after the texture of this products is more thick than with the day one he's way more on the creamier side.
HYDRABEAUTY LIP BALM €36 | USD $50 | CAD $69.95 | AUD $69.20 | HKD $417.71
BODY EXCELLENCE HAND-CREAM €54 | USD $48 | CAD $67.14 | AUD $66.43 | HKD $401.00
HYDRABEAUTY SERUM SERUM €95 | USD $135 | CAD $188.83 | AUD $152.24 | HKD $918.87
LE JOUR €83 | USD $85 | CAD $118.89 | AUD $117.64 | HKD $710.11
LA NUIT €83 | USD $85 | CAD $118.89 | AUD $117.64 | HKD $710.11
HYDRABEAUTY LIP BALM €36 | USD $50 | CAD $69.95 | AUD $69.20 | HKD $417.71
BODY EXCELLENCE HAND-CREAM €54 | USD $48 | CAD $67.14 | AUD $66.43 | HKD $401.00
HYDRABEAUTY SERUM SERUM €95 | USD $135 | CAD $188.83 | AUD $152.24 | HKD $918.87
LE JOUR €83 | USD $85 | CAD $118.89 | AUD $117.64 | HKD $710.11
LA NUIT €83 | USD $85 | CAD $118.89 | AUD $117.64 | HKD $710.11
Now let's move on to the face, CHANEL is one of my favorite brand in terms of face products, particularly for foundation, they have a really great variety of formulation and even if their is not a crazy amount of shades, they have all great undertone and a great shade range in my opinion. Firstly start with one of my favorite primer since i'm 18 LE BLANC DE CHANEL this one helps to reduce the appearance of the pores, mattify the complexion, even out the skin texture, and also it's moisturising enough to fell comfortable. It's definitely an all in one product primer, for the little story it's actually my third bottle of this products it's one of my fave even in my pro kit, I do remember back in the day than this one didn't came with a pump and that was kinda not really travel and easy makeup application friendly but now they put a pump since a little bit of time and it's actually way more easier to use and to travel with. Then it's time to completely even out your complexion, recently I've rediscovered the LES BEIGES HEALTHY GLOW foundation. I've made a review a little bit more than a year ago when it was released I received it as a PR packaging and I was really exited to try that on I will link the review just HERE, he's still one of my favourite foundation even if I forget him into my collection for around 4-5 months, but now he's back in my life, for me this foundation is between the VITALUMIÈRE AQUA and THE PERFECTION LUMIÈRE VELVET it gives more coverage than the VITALUMIÈRE AQUA but he have the same kind of natural glow to it. I really enjoy the fact than this foundation have an SPF inside of it, it made it totally wearable during the spring and summer when the warmer sun is back. concealer never killed anyone but killed your blue dark-circle right ? The PERFECTING CONCEALER is a great one, he can't entirely replace my trusty SHISEIDO concealer firstly because the shade range isn't that good their is 3 shades in total and the lightest the shade 10 is not that fair in my opinion on me he works as a colour correcting products for my blue under eye-bags or just if I a pimple to covered up, but the longevity is really impressing and the texture is really smooth and easy to blend. I would recommend this one as a regular concealer if you are an NC20-25 ( from MAC) the colour 10 would probably match you perfectly. Because I was on a weekend I didn't bring my TRANSLUCENT LOOSE POWDER but I've the compact version of it, as you may know this powder is one of my biggest favourite loose powder it's a thinner side powder, it's mattifying, but he didn't take off the natural glow of your skin and the TRANSLUCENT COMPACT POWDER is defenetly the compact version of the loose one I can't deny it ! I can set my under eye area with it and just a little bit my t-zone for just setting my foundation and be sure than this one he's gonna stay beautiful all day. BRONZER TIME !! I've discovered this one not a long time ago, I really love my SOLEIL TAN BRONZING MAKEUP BASE which i also made a review about it HERE but this one isn't the most travel friend packaging not because of the texture of the product but his packaging it's kinda bolkier, the LES BEIGES POWDER was on my Wishlist since maybe a little bit more than a year and finally I put my hand on it, i got mine in the shade 20 , this powder is firstly a bronzer but this one can be I used as a finishing powder, or just as a touch up powder through out the day. I can use the shade 20 as a subtle contour, it's defenetly more on the natural side but I love it for this reason, it didn't look like you have contour but you can defenetly tell in the miroir just right after that your are contoured. You know what I mean ?? For this purpose i used the contour brush from real techniques, and when I want to just refresh a little bit my skin I used this one with the brush that the product can with ( it's actually a really really nice brush ! ) I'm defenetly thinking of getting the shade 30 as a bronzer for summer because the shade looks amazing and really into the neutral side which is perfect for me. And then a little bit of blush with the JOUES CONTRASTE on the apple of my cheeks and also to make my natural freckles a little bit more present on the face I used the shade ROSE PETAL which is a nudy rosy type of shade perfect for my fair and yellow complexion.
LE BLANC DE CHANEL €54.06 | USD $55.00 |CAD $76.12 |AUD $76.12 |HKD $459.48
LES BEIGES FOUNDATION €58.98 | USD $60.00 |CAD $84.17 |AUD $83.04 |HKD $459.48
PERFECTING CONCEALER €41.18 | USD $42.00 |CAD $58.92 |AUD $58.13 |HKD $350.88
COMPACT POWDER €44.23 | USD $45.00 |CAD $63.13 |AUD $62.28 |HKD $375.94
LES BEIGES POWDER €57.01| USD $58.00 |CAD $81.36 |AUD $80.27 |HKD $484.55
Moving on to the final part of your look, I first start to use my LE CRAYON SOURCIL to defined my brows, to be honest this product is great but you have a lot of products on the market as good as this one but less cheaper I can defenetly live without it but if I had to choose between the ESTÈE LAUDER BROW NOW and this I would definitely choose the CHANEL product because he's less creamier and the power lasting of this brow pencil is better than the BROW NOW in my opinion. I choose to not apply any kind of eye-shadow this weekend, I wasn't into the mood of it, i just have applied a little of my LES BEIGES POWDER for just having a little more definition on the eyes, I do have use the LE STYLO WATERPROOF in 20 ESPRESSO Which is a beautiful dark brown shade at the base of my lashes to just defined this part of my eyes and I do extend the liner at the end of the eyes to just continue the natural almond shape of my eyes. Then I curled my Lashes and I've applied the DIMENSION MASCARA I'm not entirely sure yet if I like it better than the LE VOLUME MASCARA but I will tell you in a future post/ comparison post about it because I'm quite confused they have complete different brushes but they have kind of a same effect. For the lips when I want a really more natural type of look I just go for the LES BEIGES LIPBALM for me it's more a kind of a sheer lipstick than a LIPBALM because I think is not a good for moisturising, actually into LIPBALM you have this sort of wax that will help to keep the shape better in the tube and you can defenetly see than this one have a lot of wax into it I've mine since a little more than a year and the bullet didn't have moved actually one of the particularity of this type of wax it's than it can be drying, so that's the reason I didn't fell this product is a LIPBALM in my opinion but it gives this little nice PEACHY SHEEN to my lips that I really enjoyed when I want something but nothing! And LAST BUT NOT LEAT ! One of my favourite lipstick after THE ROUGE COCO SHINE in 54 BOY it's the ROUGE COCO IN 402 ADRIENNE it's one of my trusty perfect nude that can work with everything, is less subtle than the BOY but it's a beautiful lipstick that I love to wear everyday, if you want a more natural tap of look you can tape on the edges of your lips It will blend perfectly the lipstick into your lips.
LE CRAYON SOURCIL €28.51 | USD $29.00 |CAD $40.68 |AUD $40.14 |HKD $242.27
LE STYLO WATERPROOF €31.45 | USD $32.00 |CAD $46.29 |AUD $45.67 |HKD $275.69
DIMENSION MASCARA €31.45 | USD $32.00 |CAD $44.89 |AUD $44.29 |HKD $267.34
LES BEIGES LIPBALM €36.37 | USD $37.00 |CAD $51.90 |AUD $51.21 |HKD $309.11
ROUGE COCO SHINE €36.37 | USD $37.00 |CAD $51.90 |AUD $51.21 |HKD $309.11
ROUGE COCO €36.37 | USD $37.00 |CAD $51.90 |AUD $51.21 |HKD $309.11
THE ENTIRE PRICING IS REFERRING FROM NORDSTROM EUROPE, USA, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AND HONG-KONG.
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Review | NAKED BASICS OR NAKED 2 BASICS ?
'Ello, ello! it's becoming increasingly necessary to do this type of side-by-side comparison post as the "naked" palette eyeshadow phenomenon keeps growing. There are so many subtle variations to each palette! How to we know what will work best on us? How do we know we won't have dupes?
In the same vein as the full-sized Naked 2, Naked 2 Basics is a cooler, taupe-based palette compared to the Naked Basics. Both palettes are the same size and contain 5 matte shades and 1 highlight shade in a satin finish.
You can see in this side-by-side that Naked 2 Basics also falls within the more medium-toned range compared to Basics which has an almost-white highlight and an almost-black darkest shade. As a small recap, Naked 2 Basics is a taupe-based matte palette with 6 cooler taupe and rosy-brown shades. Because the steps of intensity between each shade are more subtle, this would be a great for someone who loves a consistent neutral look day to day.The original Naked Basics actually runs on the cooler side as well but has more yellow-tones and comes with a much more vibrant satin color, Venus, while the rest of the palette is matte. There is a bit more variation here than Naked 2 because Venus is so light and Crave is so dark.
Here you can really see the subtleties between each color in Naked 2 Basics. Naked 2 the shadow (and Frisk from Naked 2 Basics which is similar) can be used as a nice blending shade, W.O.S can be used as a transition shade for your crease is you are on the fair side like me. The saving grace of Naked Basics is that Venus, Naked 2, Faint, and Crave (1, 4, 5, and 6) can create a beautiful and complete eyeshadow look. I could use the comparable shades from Naked 2 Basics but it would be a much softer version.
Overall, I would recommend Naked 2 Basics for girls with cooler skintones usually that are on the paler side but it can work on the warmer skintone or neutral there is no doubt about it because i really love those cool tone shadows on me. It could definitely also work for girls who just love taupes and enjoy an easy-to-get-right, natural look everyday.
The original Naked Basics will work for a wider variety of skintones although it does have a couple of lighter shades that would work best on skintones darker than mine.
It's still one of my favorite workhorse palettes though and a great travel companion since it can range from subtle to dramatic smoky looks without taking up much space, i don't have naked 2 basics since a long time but i will definitely try to travel with it to see if this one can work as a travel palette as the Naked Basics.
SKILL ADVICE: you can use Faint, naked 2, crave, frisk, cover, primal an shadows for your eyebrows if you don't have any brow products or just if you're on the go or during your holidays without all your products with you.
Those palettes retails for €29,50 | US $29 | CAD$ 36
and they're available at Sephora or Ulta.
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Clari Martel.
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MAKEUP| CURRENT FAVORITES
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Since a little bit of time now i used only this products, you know my love for natural make-up and you know if you follow me since the beginning of this blog than a bold make-up isn't really my cup of tea tho.
Depuis quelques temps maintenant je n'utilise plus que ces produits, vous connaissez mon amour pour le maquillage naturel, et vous savez si vous me suivez depuis le début de mon blog que le maquillage chargé ce n'est pas vraiment ma tasse de thé.
The By Terry Terrybly densiliss foundation and concealer in the shade 2 creamy ivory and 2 vanilla are products than i used since a little bit of time and because of Estée Lalonde (Aka the old EssieButton). She said into one of her video than she's incredibly in love with this combo for her face make-up and i'm too, because of the dry skin than i have now i need to used this kind of formula on my face, i need hydration, nourishment and not a lot of coverage because i love when my freckles are showing threw. It's really a creamy texture which is perfect for dry skin. But i wanna said than the formula is really nice for a combo skin as well if you used a nice powder to set your foundation.
Le fond de teint et anti-cernes Terrybly Densiliss dans la teinte 2 cream ivory et 2 vanilla sont des produits que j'utilise depuis pas mal de temps maintenant et grâce à Estée Lalonde ( Aka EssieButton). Elle a dit dans une de ses videos qu'elle aime vraiment ce combo de produit pour son teint et moi aussi, premièrement parce que j'ai une peau sèche maintenant et ce genre de formule sont idéales pour mon visage. J'ai besoin d'hydration, de nutrition et de ne pas beaucoup de couvrance parce que j'aime quand mes tasses de rousseurs ressortent. C'est vraiment une texture crème parfaite pour les peaux sèches. Mais vous pouvez totalement utilisé ce fond de teint sur une peau mixte ou un peu grasse si vous utilisez une poudre pour fixer votre teint.
The 268 quad from Chanel, is from the new collection le rouge collection 1, it's a matte quad with a lot of browny and red undertones and it's a thing than i really enjoy, it's the only one that Chanel have into the range of quad shadows, so i don't think it's going to be a limited edition. You can find that one in exclusivity on the Chanel.com website. The texture is creamy, buttery, the shadows blends perfectly in the eye-lid, and they're nicely pigmented.
Le quatuor 268 de Chanel, et un produit qui provient de la nouvelle collection Le rouge collection 1, c'est un quad avec que des couleurs mattes avec des sous-tons bruns et rouge et j'avoue que j'aime beaucoup le fait que justement c'est le seul quad mat que propose la marque et c'est pour ça que je pense que ce ne sera pas un quad a edition limité. La texture est vraiment crémeuse, les fards-à-paupières se fondent très bien à la paupière et ils sont vraiment bien pigmentés ce qui est vraiment rare pour les marques de luxes.
Last but not list, it's the Kevin Aucoin Sculpting powder in shade Light. normally i used that one as a regular kind of contour powder, but i discover recently than this products can be used as a natural blush. i'm in love with this colors of blushes, i'm not really a blush person in general, pink blush are not really my thing tho. But this browny, taupe with a little bit of peach undertone can totally work on my faire skin-tone and can be used a an everyday natural blush.
Et enfin pour finir, la poudre contour de Kevin Aucoin dans la teinte light et normalement un produits que j'utilise comme une poudre de contour régulière et j'ai découvert récemment que ce produits pouvait être utilisé comme un blush normal. Et je suis clairement en adoration avec ce genre de couleurs de blushes . Je suis pas vraiment un personne à blush en général, les blushes roses sont pas vraiment une chose que j'apprécie. Mais ces sous-tons bruns, taupe avec un peu de sous-tons pèches qui peuvent totalement marché avec une peau claire pour un blush de tous les jours naturel.
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Clarissa Martel.
Founder of
Business enquiries: contact@heyclari.com
BOOK REVIEW | Face Paint. The story of Makeup by Lisa Eldridge.
I don’t really fancy the term “makeup guru” especially when used on YouTube but if I do, I would give that to my favourite YouTuber and celebrity makeup artist Lisa Eldridge anytime. I’ve been following her videos for years and when she released her first book, Face Paint, I made sure to pick one up as soon as possible. She's the most inspire women in the beauty world in my opinion, and she's one of the inspiration that made me become a make-up artist but also a beauty blogger.
When Lisa Eldridge did her series on vintage makeup and interviewed Madeleine Marsh on her collection vintage makeup, it made me fall in love with her even more. And to think that her first book is on the history of makeup … well, that’s just a no-brainer; I had to get my hands on it !
It’s interesting that for a makeup artist, her first book wouldn’t be on makeup tutorials, tips and tricks, but on the history of makeup. I’m certainly not complaining; give me the history of beauty any time! I can always watch makeup tutorials on YouTube; heck I’m sure a lot of us learn better visually anyway.
The cover of the book is incredibly eye-catching and it matches the title of the book perfectly with all those carefully applied flecks of makeup. In Face Paint, Lisa Eldridge traces the beginning of makeup in ancient and classical times, through the Victorian age and golden era of Hollywood and up to today. It explores the practical and idiosyncratic reasons behind makeup’s uses and the actual materials used over generations.
To be honest, it’s hard for me not to compare Face Paint with Madeleine Marsh’s Compacts and Cosmetics because their topics of research were quite similar and I had only read the latter not too long ago. Nevertheless, Face Paint was very well-researched and written. It’s not just a book filled with pretty pictures. In many ways, Lisa made the book very “Lisa” by also including makeup muses that were inspirational to her. I particularly enjoyed how she incorporated how different cultures use makeup into the book.
The book delved into the history of beauty pioneers in the olden days and the modern world, how certain colours dominated the cosmetics culture, how certain beauty product evolved from the war times to modern day and much more. Each chapter reveals interesting industry stories that I’m just only learning for the first time.
Lisa also showcased some of her beloved vintage makeup that she’s collected over the years and they’re still a delight to behold. It almost made me wish I didn’t chuck all those makeup I held on to years ago because who knows, 20-30 years down the road, what I had would be considered vintage. 😛
All in all, Face Paint is a highly enjoyable read on top of being a very pretty coffee table book. If you’re interested in the history of makeup and how it evolved from ancient times to what it is today, I can’t recommend this book enough.
Face Paint retails at US$29.95. And you can find this one on Amazon. A french version is now available and a german version too.
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Clarissa Martel.
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Ai-je le droit de me plaindre d'être mince?
Souvent en été on parle du " perdez les derniers kilos pour votre bikini favoris " ou alors " tonifiez vous et musclez-vous pour les vacances " on ne voit que des articles pour rentrer dans nos bikinis favoris, toujours pour perdre encore et encore mais si je vous dis que moi je ne veux pas perdre mais plutôt prendre, vous le prendriez comment ? c'est vrai après tout c'est pas très courant de se plaindre de la minceur dans notre société, pourquoi ? " Parce que vous les minces vous ne devez pas vous plaindre vous êtes bien foutues, vous n'avez pas de bourrelets disgracieux ni de problème pour porter une robe moulante" ah oui je suis d'accord sur le principe, mais on peut se plaindre peut-être du regard étrange des femmes qui n'assument pas leurs rondeurs et qui nous regardes comme si nous étions le diable en personne parce que nous pouvons manger ce que nous voulons (d'ailleurs pour informations nous pouvons peut-être manger plus de sucres sans prendre de poids mais ça n'en reste pas moins la même issue vers le diabète!)
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