

I paired both shades together for the ultimate YSL SS2013 Jade manicure look.



Loving this combo!
What's on your nails recently?
Thanks for looking!


I paired both shades together for the ultimate YSL SS2013 Jade manicure look.



Loving this combo!
What's on your nails recently?
Thanks for looking!


I paired both shades together for the ultimate YSL SS2013 Jade manicure look.



Loving this combo!
What's on your nails recently?
Thanks for looking!

Lancôme creates the most electrifying mix & match colours. Three products, a multitude of shades in harmonies of fuchsia, orange and pink, for infinite combinations... Anything is possible, simply follow your desire!
Thanks to the perfect affinity of their formulas, there’s simply no limit to the ways you can superimpose Rouge In Love and Gloss In Love. Associating their textures seems to create a magnifying glass effect which amplifies the expression of their pigments. Vernis In Love takes on the challenge of creating the most daring manicure imaginable.
Love your lips!
Apply Gloss In Love alone using the applicator tip to perfectly define the lip contour. Then kiss the Rouge In Love stick, placing it against the centre of your lips. Accentuate contrast effects by selecting a lighter shade for the central part of the lips: the lively pink of Flash n’ Fuchsia gloss collides beautifully with the fiery orange of Doux Farniente lipstick. Play around with the most daring of duos for a voluptuously plumped pout.
Petal Effect
Even the most delicate flowers assert their originality by pairing very pale tones with very dense pigments. Select two contrasting lipstick and gloss shades to recreate this surprising effect. Apply a light veil of a gloss such as Blink Pink then define the entire lip contour with the intense red of Under The Rose with a brush. Simply press your lips together to melt the two colours: a guaranteed petal effect!
Burning heart
Dress lips in softness with an initial layer of Rouge In Love before applying gloss to the centre, accentuating the cupid’s bow. Fall In Rose enhances lips’ intensity and goes beautifully with Under The Spotlight gloss. This heart of gloss at the centre of lips is sure to grab the spotlight!
Mouth-watering tone on tone
Choose two fairly close shades of Gloss In Love and Rouge In Love. For peachy-toned lips, first suffuse lips with shine using Peach Show gloss, then enhance the lip border by applying Rose’mantic lipstick with a brush. When you press lips together, the two textures blend to create an all-new orange shade that’s deep, lacquered and simply mouth-watering.
Two-tone kiss
With the current trend for mixed nail colour, why not apply the same principle to lips for an energised look? Just like a nail varnish base, apply an undercoat of Just Strass Gloss In Love to boost your lipstick’s colour. Apply a lighter, more luminous shade like Rose Flaâneuse lipstick to the lower lip and contrast with Be My Date! on the upper lip. The quintessence of colour block make-up...



Lancôme creates the most electrifying mix & match colours. Three products, a multitude of shades in harmonies of fuchsia, orange and pink, for infinite combinations... Anything is possible, simply follow your desire!
Thanks to the perfect affinity of their formulas, there’s simply no limit to the ways you can superimpose Rouge In Love and Gloss In Love. Associating their textures seems to create a magnifying glass effect which amplifies the expression of their pigments. Vernis In Love takes on the challenge of creating the most daring manicure imaginable.
Love your lips!
Apply Gloss In Love alone using the applicator tip to perfectly define the lip contour. Then kiss the Rouge In Love stick, placing it against the centre of your lips. Accentuate contrast effects by selecting a lighter shade for the central part of the lips: the lively pink of Flash n’ Fuchsia gloss collides beautifully with the fiery orange of Doux Farniente lipstick. Play around with the most daring of duos for a voluptuously plumped pout.
Petal Effect
Even the most delicate flowers assert their originality by pairing very pale tones with very dense pigments. Select two contrasting lipstick and gloss shades to recreate this surprising effect. Apply a light veil of a gloss such as Blink Pink then define the entire lip contour with the intense red of Under The Rose with a brush. Simply press your lips together to melt the two colours: a guaranteed petal effect!
Burning heart
Dress lips in softness with an initial layer of Rouge In Love before applying gloss to the centre, accentuating the cupid’s bow. Fall In Rose enhances lips’ intensity and goes beautifully with Under The Spotlight gloss. This heart of gloss at the centre of lips is sure to grab the spotlight!
Mouth-watering tone on tone
Choose two fairly close shades of Gloss In Love and Rouge In Love. For peachy-toned lips, first suffuse lips with shine using Peach Show gloss, then enhance the lip border by applying Rose’mantic lipstick with a brush. When you press lips together, the two textures blend to create an all-new orange shade that’s deep, lacquered and simply mouth-watering.
Two-tone kiss
With the current trend for mixed nail colour, why not apply the same principle to lips for an energised look? Just like a nail varnish base, apply an undercoat of Just Strass Gloss In Love to boost your lipstick’s colour. Apply a lighter, more luminous shade like Rose Flaâneuse lipstick to the lower lip and contrast with Be My Date! on the upper lip. The quintessence of colour block make-up...



This entry features 3 new Chanel shades from their latest collectiom, the Collection Avant-Premiere - centred around movies and stars...hence the names, and the very classic and glamorous shades. All the formula on these polishes are richly pigmented, I applied 2 coats in each of these pictures which show the full color intensity of the polishes.
Do note that these polishes are part of the permanent collection. Though there are news that Starlet is LE. Provocation is a re-release from last year's Fashion's Night Out collection the Twin Sets. (click here to see my full review and swatches)
These are the 3 I bought to complete the collection.
Cinema - tomato red, creamy. A very soft focus glamorous red.
Paparazzi - warm plummy rosy shade with gold sheen
Starlet - peachy pink with fine shimmer

Swatches here
all are 2 coats, no top coat.


I think Paparazzi is my fave, it is quite unique (to me).






comparison of Chanel reds in my collection

Pirate - most cool toned, almost jelly consistency
Cinema - creamy, soft red, not as intense as Dragon, looks neutral toned compared to Dragon and Coromandel
Coromandel - one coater (but I applied 2 coats here), brightest, with slight sheen
Dragon - looks slightly cool toned here, but more neutral in real life, brighter than Cinema
I must say that Cinema applies brighter than it actually looks in the bottle.


Hope this overview has been useful.
Next on my Chanel list are the Les Beiges collection! I want the brush and the powder! Then the summer polishes....
Sorry that I haven't been able to blog much lately except spamming nail polish swatches, a little out of sorts and can't seem to get down to 'serious' blogging about makeup products and new launches. I will be fully back soon!
Thanks for reading, happy Sunday!

This entry features 3 new Chanel shades from their latest collectiom, the Collection Avant-Premiere - centred around movies and stars...hence the names, and the very classic and glamorous shades. All the formula on these polishes are richly pigmented, I applied 2 coats in each of these pictures which show the full color intensity of the polishes.
Do note that these polishes are part of the permanent collection. Though there are news that Starlet is LE. Provocation is a re-release from last year's Fashion's Night Out collection the Twin Sets. (click here to see my full review and swatches)
These are the 3 I bought to complete the collection.
Cinema - tomato red, creamy. A very soft focus glamorous red.
Paparazzi - warm plummy rosy shade with gold sheen
Starlet - peachy pink with fine shimmer

Swatches here
all are 2 coats, no top coat.


I think Paparazzi is my fave, it is quite unique (to me).






comparison of Chanel reds in my collection

Pirate - most cool toned, almost jelly consistency
Cinema - creamy, soft red, not as intense as Dragon, looks neutral toned compared to Dragon and Coromandel
Coromandel - one coater (but I applied 2 coats here), brightest, with slight sheen
Dragon - looks slightly cool toned here, but more neutral in real life, brighter than Cinema
I must say that Cinema applies brighter than it actually looks in the bottle.


Hope this overview has been useful.
Next on my Chanel list are the Les Beiges collection! I want the brush and the powder! Then the summer polishes....
Sorry that I haven't been able to blog much lately except spamming nail polish swatches, a little out of sorts and can't seem to get down to 'serious' blogging about makeup products and new launches. I will be fully back soon!
Thanks for reading, happy Sunday!

Hi!
As you have read from my earlier entry, the only items I picked up from the Dior Cherie Bow spring collection are the nail polishes. I can't resist - the names and the cute pretty shades draw me in immediately when I first saw the collection. (collection information here)
Gris Trianon is described as a soft grey, Tutu is a delicate pink, and Rosy Bow is brighter pink with a hint of coral.
Honestly, all three shades are not unique, if you own enough OPIs and Essies, you would have some of these shades in your stash. Especially Gris Trianon (the Germany and Holland collection feature some grey-nude shades which are definitely in the same family, though not dupes). Tutu is a dead ringer for OPI Mod about You. Rosy Bow is a med-toned pink which if you are a pink lover, you would have some variants in your collection. But I sort of collect the pretty ones, and this trio is superbly pretty...so I must have them!
It is also interesting to note that Dior has know printed the names and numbers of the polishes on the front of the bottle instead of the bottom (just like Chanel does). I much prefer this way of labelling.
All swatches here are done with Nail Tek II base coat, and Seche Vite topcoat, and 2 coats of polish. I had a quick look at the Dior counter just to make sure that the polishes are not of the streaky kind - they look thick and creamy in the bottle, and I am glad to confirm that fact with my swatches here. All three are opaque in 2 coats - but do apply the two coats evenly, or else you might end up with some unevenness.
Gris Trianon - grey nude, neutral toned grey. I don't have something like this from Dior... and last year's nude releases are nowhere near. The nudes were truly skintone nudes, in various shades of beiges and tans. But this is a grey, yet not a black and white grey like Illamasqua DWS (that's my idea of the perfect shade of grey).


Tutu - baby pink!! Milky, white pastel pink. This applies smoothly, and makes my skin look tanner than it really is. If you have OPI Mod about You, you don't need this. Very opaque like a ballerina's leotard, I would imagine.


Rosy Bow - a bright warm-ish pink, totally reminds me of OPI's Pink Friday. Formula is great on this too, and I think this is a very flattering pink for light to medium skintones. I think I will start wearing this first.


A quick comparison of Gris Trianon - just by looking, you can tell which family of nude it falls into.
I found it to be very similar in the undertone to Chanel Frenzy & Deborah Lippmann Waking up in Vegas, so I am showing them side by side.

Not the same for sure. Frenzy is much lighter, and Waking up in Vegas is also slightly lighter but very similar.

I think I might even do a alternate manicure with all three shades this week.
What are you planning to get from Dior's Spring collection? Please share!
Hope these swatches have been helpful, and thanks for reading!

Hi!
As you have read from my earlier entry, the only items I picked up from the Dior Cherie Bow spring collection are the nail polishes. I can't resist - the names and the cute pretty shades draw me in immediately when I first saw the collection. (collection information here)
Gris Trianon is described as a soft grey, Tutu is a delicate pink, and Rosy Bow is brighter pink with a hint of coral.
Honestly, all three shades are not unique, if you own enough OPIs and Essies, you would have some of these shades in your stash. Especially Gris Trianon (the Germany and Holland collection feature some grey-nude shades which are definitely in the same family, though not dupes). Tutu is a dead ringer for OPI Mod about You. Rosy Bow is a med-toned pink which if you are a pink lover, you would have some variants in your collection. But I sort of collect the pretty ones, and this trio is superbly pretty...so I must have them!
It is also interesting to note that Dior has know printed the names and numbers of the polishes on the front of the bottle instead of the bottom (just like Chanel does). I much prefer this way of labelling.
All swatches here are done with Nail Tek II base coat, and Seche Vite topcoat, and 2 coats of polish. I had a quick look at the Dior counter just to make sure that the polishes are not of the streaky kind - they look thick and creamy in the bottle, and I am glad to confirm that fact with my swatches here. All three are opaque in 2 coats - but do apply the two coats evenly, or else you might end up with some unevenness.
Gris Trianon - grey nude, neutral toned grey. I don't have something like this from Dior... and last year's nude releases are nowhere near. The nudes were truly skintone nudes, in various shades of beiges and tans. But this is a grey, yet not a black and white grey like Illamasqua DWS (that's my idea of the perfect shade of grey).


Tutu - baby pink!! Milky, white pastel pink. This applies smoothly, and makes my skin look tanner than it really is. If you have OPI Mod about You, you don't need this. Very opaque like a ballerina's leotard, I would imagine.


Rosy Bow - a bright warm-ish pink, totally reminds me of OPI's Pink Friday. Formula is great on this too, and I think this is a very flattering pink for light to medium skintones. I think I will start wearing this first.


A quick comparison of Gris Trianon - just by looking, you can tell which family of nude it falls into.
I found it to be very similar in the undertone to Chanel Frenzy & Deborah Lippmann Waking up in Vegas, so I am showing them side by side.

Not the same for sure. Frenzy is much lighter, and Waking up in Vegas is also slightly lighter but very similar.

I think I might even do a alternate manicure with all three shades this week.
What are you planning to get from Dior's Spring collection? Please share!
Hope these swatches have been helpful, and thanks for reading!
You need Malice...as I have told many of my girlfriends.
It has the perfect consistency as far as Chanel polishes go. It can be a one coater if you are in a hurry, and the color is just perfectly on trend this season. A deep burgundy/red with the most subtle sparkling shimmery red bits.
I like that it is not as dark as Strong, and also more dimensional than Rouge Noir.
Together with Provocante, Malice is also my top picks for the dark vampy shades for nails this fall season.
It is also the only item I picked up from the Chanel Holiday 2012 collection.
If you want to see more from this collection, do check out the following links:
Front Row Beauty reviews the Chanel Harmonie de Soir Quad (click click)
The Beauty Look Book reviews and compares Malice to other similar vampy dark reds (click click), all the eye products (click click), and all the glossimers (click click)
Thanks for looking!
You need Malice...as I have told many of my girlfriends.
It has the perfect consistency as far as Chanel polishes go. It can be a one coater if you are in a hurry, and the color is just perfectly on trend this season. A deep burgundy/red with the most subtle sparkling shimmery red bits.
I like that it is not as dark as Strong, and also more dimensional than Rouge Noir.
Together with Provocante, Malice is also my top picks for the dark vampy shades for nails this fall season.
It is also the only item I picked up from the Chanel Holiday 2012 collection.
If you want to see more from this collection, do check out the following links:
Front Row Beauty reviews the Chanel Harmonie de Soir Quad (click click)
The Beauty Look Book reviews and compares Malice to other similar vampy dark reds (click click), all the eye products (click click), and all the glossimers (click click)
Thanks for looking!
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