<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725</id><updated>2012-02-08T09:18:37.082+01:00</updated><category term='GIORGIO ARMANI'/><category term='L&apos;OREAL'/><category term='KONAD'/><category term='LIPSTICK'/><category term='NAILPOLISH'/><category term='DUPES'/><category term='KIKO'/><category term='LIPGLOSS'/><category term='BUMBLE AND BUMBLE'/><category term='BRUSHES'/><category term='OPI'/><category term='HAUL'/><category term='ILLAMASQUA'/><category term='CHINA GLAZE'/><category term='PERFUME'/><category term='SEPHORA'/><category term='FACE POWDER'/><category term='EYESHADOWS'/><category term='LOTD'/><category term='ESSIE'/><category term='MAC'/><category term='CHANEL'/><category term='CREATIVE NAIL DESIGN'/><category term='HAIRCARE'/><category term='ZOYA'/><category term='VIKTOR AND ROLF'/><category term='YSL'/><category term='MAKE-UP ATELIER'/><category term='NARS'/><category term='ORLY'/><category term='STILA'/><category term='PIGMENTS'/><category term='NOTD'/><category term='DIOR'/><category term='SWATCHES'/><title type='text'>Makeup, check!</title><subtitle type='html'>Amira's beauty blog.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-7134734081430283967</id><published>2012-01-20T11:59:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-20T12:01:31.815+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHANEL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPGLOSS'/><title type='text'>LOTD: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Santal (77)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fbFT4zb2QJc/TxlB1YfoXxI/AAAAAAAAAck/JaG5-VxWB8g/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Santal+77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="261" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fbFT4zb2QJc/TxlB1YfoXxI/AAAAAAAAAck/JaG5-VxWB8g/s400/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Santal+77.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in "Santal" (77)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I noticed i haven't swatched any nude/neutral lip color yet, so i figured i would swatch Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in the color "Santal" (77).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This one is a beautiful peachy coral nude. It looks darker in the tube than on the lips - at least on mine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wouldn't say Santal is sheerer - texture-wise - than Dragon but i find that the pigment allows my natural lip color to show through, does it make sense?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To read my opinion of the Chanel Rouge Allure Laque, you can refer to &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in.html"&gt;my previous post about Dragon&lt;/a&gt;. I find Santal to be kind of goopy though, probably due to the fact that it has been opened and used for a while now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rk3qN7tMr4/TxlB2G9bxvI/AAAAAAAAAco/dOKHwuo_m5Q/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+swatch+-+Santal+77.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="210" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Rk3qN7tMr4/TxlB2G9bxvI/AAAAAAAAAco/dOKHwuo_m5Q/s400/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+swatch+-+Santal+77.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Rouge Allure Laque swatch - Santal (77)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hello!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis aperçue que je n'avais pas encore swatché de rouges à lèvres "nude" ou neutre - et pourtant c'est ce que je porte le plus souvent. J'ai donc décidé de vous présenter le Rouge Allure Laque "Santal" (77) de Chanel, un très beau pêche/corail qui se porte facilement au quotidien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comparée à "Dragon" (75), je ne dirais pas que la texture de "Santal" (77) est plus transparente mais plutôt que le pigment laisse la couleur naturelle des lèvres apparaître de manière assez subtile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous voulez lire mon opinion sur la formule des Rouge Allure Laque, vous pouvez vous référer &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in.html"&gt;au post précédent sur Dragon&lt;/a&gt;. La seule différence étant que je trouve la texture de Santal un peu plus épaisse, mais ceci est très probablement dû au fait que mon Santal a été ouvert et utilisé bien avant Dragon. Je suppose donc que la texture évolue de cette manière après de nombreux contacts avec l'air...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-7134734081430283967?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/7134734081430283967/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in_20.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7134734081430283967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7134734081430283967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in_20.html' title='LOTD: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Santal (77)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fbFT4zb2QJc/TxlB1YfoXxI/AAAAAAAAAck/JaG5-VxWB8g/s72-c/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Santal+77.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-320195536886611258</id><published>2012-01-17T16:34:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-17T21:18:40.027+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHANEL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPGLOSS'/><title type='text'>LOTD: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Dragon (75)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrnNMlgpNsg/TxWOZX5yNGI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/uaTIEgtnQVI/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Dragon+75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="221" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrnNMlgpNsg/TxWOZX5yNGI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/uaTIEgtnQVI/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Dragon+75.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Rouge Allure Laque - Dragon (75)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another Lips Of The Day, finally! Sorry i haven't done any in a while but i had a scar that was stopping me from wearing anything on my lips. That was a hard time, i'm telling you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, here's Chanel Dragon, the most beautiful shade of true red i have ever seen. Love the color, love the vinyl finish, love the lightweight and comfortable texture, love that it's opaque enough that it covers my pigmented lips in one coat, love that it wears pretty much all day on my lips. LOVE LOVE LOVE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've heard Chanel is discontinuing the entire Rouge Allure Laque line and frankly, i don't understand why. I sincerely hope they will come up with something better - i don't know how that would be possible though as this formula is pretty much perfect as it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I sincerely advise you to grab one before it's gone for good!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3pqajDUsGw/TxXWnD8fyxI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Fk0cPCMgGyU/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+swatch+-+Dragon+75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="228" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N3pqajDUsGw/TxXWnD8fyxI/AAAAAAAAAcc/Fk0cPCMgGyU/s1600/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+swatch+-+Dragon+75.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Rouge Allure Laque swatch - Dragon (75)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;De retour avec un magnifique Rouge Allure Laque de Chanel!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Celui-ci s'appelle Dragon, le plus beau - vrai - rouge qu'il m'ait été donné de voir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les Rouge Allure Laque sont une sorte de rouge à lèvres liquide, une texture très intéressante qui offre du confort, un très beau fini vinyl, une tenue irréprochable (quasiment une journée entière sur mes lèvres), et une couleur opaque en une seule couche - même sur des lèvres très pigmentées. Bref, j'adore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai entendu dire que Chanel arrêtait cette ligne, je ne comprends vraiment pas pourquoi et j'espère sincèrement que c'est pour introduire un produit encore meilleur - même si je ne vois pas trop comment un tel produit pourrait être amélioré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les Rouge Allure Laque valent vraiment le coup! Si vous le pouvez, je vous conseille de vous en procurer un avant qu'ils ne disparaissent définitivement.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-320195536886611258?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/320195536886611258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/320195536886611258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/320195536886611258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/lotd-chanel-rouge-allure-laque-in.html' title='LOTD: Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Dragon (75)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YrnNMlgpNsg/TxWOZX5yNGI/AAAAAAAAAcQ/uaTIEgtnQVI/s72-c/Chanel+Rouge+Allure+Laque+-+Dragon+75.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8620542008376463818</id><published>2012-01-14T15:08:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:11:27.530+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ZOYA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Zoya Veruschka</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-06-ehsg6gCQ/TxGE0sgvNCI/AAAAAAAAAcA/Cd3JY0A2g0k/s1600/Zoya+Veruschka+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-06-ehsg6gCQ/TxGE0sgvNCI/AAAAAAAAAcA/Cd3JY0A2g0k/s1600/Zoya+Veruschka+swatch.jpg" width="245" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Zoya Veruschka swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's Zoya Veruschka, a beautiful dark green matte nailpolish that came out with the Zoya Matte Velvet Winter 2009 collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I like the fact that this has a velvet effect rather than the flat matte finish other brands got us used to.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The consistency is quite liquid. You will get very minimal brush strokes - none, if you have mastered the art of painting your nails. Veruschka takes approximately 20 minutes to dry. Given that it's a matte nailpolish and that you would wear it without any topcoat, you're more likely to experience chipping sooner than with a regular nailpolish - it lasts approximately 5 days on my nails whereas regular nailpolishes last twice as long.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hope you like it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici Zoya Veruschka, un très beau vert forêt mat, sorti avec la collection Zoya Matte Velvet (Hiver 2009).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Habituée aux vernis mats monotones qu'offrent les autres marques, j'apprécie beaucoup plus le fini velours caractéristique des vernis mats Zoya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plutôt liquide, ce vernis n'accentue pas pour autant les traces de pinceau, vous n'aurez d'ailleurs aucune trace si vous maîtrisez l'art de se vernir les ongles. Veruschka sèche en 20 minutes environ. Parce qu'il est mat et qu'on le porte donc sans topcoat, il commencera à s'écailler plus tôt qu'un vernis ordinaire. Il tient environ 5 jours sur mes ongles, soit deux fois moins longtemps que mes vernis brillants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8620542008376463818?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8620542008376463818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/notd-zoya-veruschka.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8620542008376463818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8620542008376463818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/notd-zoya-veruschka.html' title='NOTD: Zoya Veruschka'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-06-ehsg6gCQ/TxGE0sgvNCI/AAAAAAAAAcA/Cd3JY0A2g0k/s72-c/Zoya+Veruschka+swatch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8215472713912329470</id><published>2012-01-11T15:04:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:13:57.056+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PERFUME'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='VIKTOR AND ROLF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEPHORA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPGLOSS'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! MAC Iris Apfel lipsticks + Sephora France winter sale</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoxdcpPHHck/Tw2OTIaCIKI/AAAAAAAAAbg/Z_Uo8kSG7mw/s1600/MAC+Iris+Apfel+lipsticks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="183" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoxdcpPHHck/Tw2OTIaCIKI/AAAAAAAAAbg/Z_Uo8kSG7mw/s1600/MAC+Iris+Apfel+lipsticks.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;MAC Iris Apfel lipsticks.&lt;br /&gt;Pink Pigeon - Scarlet Ibis - Party Parrot.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yes, i know, another haul... i think it's going to be the last one for a while. I haven't been impressed by any of the upcoming Spring collections so far, so i should be able to refrain myself from buying more stuff.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Back to the MAC Iris Apfel lipsticks... i was really hesitant at first, i wasn't sure if these lipsticks would be worth purchasing but, after seeing swatches, i just felt the urge to get them. I'm happy i did as i have heard they sold out pretty quickly.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;That's why i asked a friend for a custom purchase and she was kind enough to do it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I haven't worn them yet, so i can't really comment on how long these would last on the lips. However, what i can say is that i was very surprised to notice how creamy and smooth these lipsticks felt as i was swatching them. I have never ever felt that with any MAC lipstick or any other matte lipstick for that matter.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The colors aren't what i would call neon, i mean, you definitely don't need sunglasses to look at them, but they are pretty bright and loud. These are definitely not meant for the faint of heart.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pink Pigeon is a bright matte hot pink.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Scarlet Ibis a deep bright orange red.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Party Parrot is a deep reddish fuchsia, it looks like a mix of Pink Pigeon and Scarlet Ibis, really.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8jWSKXE9r8/Tw2OURN-mwI/AAAAAAAAAbo/pccdxINIw1I/s1600/MAC+Iris+Apfel+lipsticks+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="282" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8jWSKXE9r8/Tw2OURN-mwI/AAAAAAAAAbo/pccdxINIw1I/s1600/MAC+Iris+Apfel+lipsticks+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;MAC Iris Apfel lipsticks.&lt;br /&gt;Pink Pigeon - Scarlet Ibis - Party Parrot.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Also, the Sephora winter sale started this morning, and of course, i had to go.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It wasn't that interesting but i managed to grab several items.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N7dA58Afyas/Tw2OWGlD8DI/AAAAAAAAAb4/3m08j3CoLvs/s1600/Sephora+haul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-N7dA58Afyas/Tw2OWGlD8DI/AAAAAAAAAb4/3m08j3CoLvs/s1600/Sephora+haul.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I got two YSL nailpolishes from the Holiday 2010 collection (!) in Gold (139) and White Gold (141). I find their texture to be a little bit too liquid but i love the chrome finish. I was disappointed that i didn't find Pink Gold (140) from the same collection, it looked like something i would have loved!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I also bought a YSL Golden Gloss in Golden Innocence (41) from the Spring 2011 collection, a beautiful deep fuchsia with gold, pink and purple shimmers! I love YSL Golden Gloss but i'm still undecided about their strong mango scent that i find to be overwhelming at times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tPpB91oENMQ/Tw2OVFzg84I/AAAAAAAAAbw/TR3ezFynS-c/s1600/Sephora+haul+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="172" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tPpB91oENMQ/Tw2OVFzg84I/AAAAAAAAAbw/TR3ezFynS-c/s1600/Sephora+haul+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Finally, i found a cute Viktor &amp;amp; Rolf Flowerbomb purse spray. Love the scent, the little pouch and the fact that it is refillable!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_QHXkrejL1s/Tw2OSlMO2HI/AAAAAAAAAbY/LWAaDedtik0/s1600/Sephora+haul2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_QHXkrejL1s/Tw2OSlMO2HI/AAAAAAAAAbY/LWAaDedtik0/s1600/Sephora+haul2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt; &lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;De retour avec de nouveaux achats - oui, encore - mais probablement les derniers avant un bon moment, d'autant plus que les prochaines collections Printemps/Ete ne m'intéressent pas plus que ça - pour l'instant :p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commençons par les nouveaux rouges à lèvres MAC sortis avec la collection Iris Apfel. Je n'étais pas sûre de les vouloir et puis, à force de voir des swatches, je n'ai vraiment pas pu résister et je suis bien contente puisque je constate qu'ils se sont vendus assez rapidement en boutique! Un grand merci à ma bichette Salander pour avoir fait mes courses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne peux pas vraiment vous parler de la tenue de ces rouges - ne les ayant pas encore portés - mais je peux vous dire que j'ai complètement été scotchée par leur texture crémeuse, chose absolument inhabituelle en ce qui concerne les rouges à lèvres mats MAC. J'ai vraiment hâte de les utiliser!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces couleurs ne sont pas "néon" à proprement parler mais elles restent très vives, ce que j'apprécie beaucoup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pink Pigeon est un très beau fuchsia vif.&lt;br /&gt;Scarlet Ibis est un rouge orangé d'une profondeur assez particulière, tout en restant vif.&lt;br /&gt;Party Parrot est fuchsia rougeâtre, comme un mélange des deux rouges précédents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et puis, ce matin, je suis allée faire un tour pour voir les soldes chez Sephora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rien de vraiment excitant mais j'ai trouvé quelques produits sympathiques.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D'abord 2 vernis YSL qui faisaient partie de la collection Noël 2010 (!) - Gold (139) et White Gold (141). Je les trouve un peu trop liquide mais je les apprécie pour leur fini chromé. J'aurais aimé trouvé Pink Gold (140) de la même collection, c'est celui que j'avais en tête depuis que cette collection est sortie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai aussi acheté un Golden Gloss "Golden Innocence" (41), toujours chez YSL. Celui-ci est un très beau fuchsia foncé avec des paillettes dorées, roses, et violettes! J'aime beaucoup leur texture qui ne colle pas. Par contre, j'ai un peu plus de mal avec leur odeur de mangue qui m'est parfois insupportable!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, j'ai déniché un joli vaporisateur de sac Flowerbomb de Viktor &amp; Rolf. J'aime l'odeur, la petite pochette et surtout le fait qu'il est rechargeable!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8215472713912329470?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8215472713912329470/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/its-haul-mac-iris-apfel-lipsticks.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8215472713912329470'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8215472713912329470'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/its-haul-mac-iris-apfel-lipsticks.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! MAC Iris Apfel lipsticks + Sephora France winter sale'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KoxdcpPHHck/Tw2OTIaCIKI/AAAAAAAAAbg/Z_Uo8kSG7mw/s72-c/MAC+Iris+Apfel+lipsticks.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1151211368155377012</id><published>2012-01-10T16:55:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:14:47.871+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHANEL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPGLOSS'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! Chanel Extrait De Gloss in 517 - Triomphal (Holiday 2011)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7zc_5gyLtds/TwxW2iV8BFI/AAAAAAAAAaE/R5czy8Bvoto/s1600/Chanel+517+Triomphal+-+Extrait+De+Gloss.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="242" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7zc_5gyLtds/TwxW2iV8BFI/AAAAAAAAAaE/R5czy8Bvoto/s1600/Chanel+517+Triomphal+-+Extrait+De+Gloss.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Extrait De Gloss - 517 Triomphal&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all, Happy New Year! I sincerely hope 2012 will bring you a lot of joy!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, i'm back with a tiny haul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a voucher code to use and decided to order a Chanel Extrait De Gloss in 517 "Triomphal". This gorgeous lipgloss came out with the Holiday 2011 collection called "Les Scintillances de Chanel".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, i'm very glad i did. Triomphal (517) is a beautiful dark ruby red with fuchsia and red shimmers. The shimmers aren't as obvious in real life though, i have magnified them so that you can have an accurate idea of the color.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I absolutely love the fact that this lipgloss has that kind of vinyl glossy finish that lasts an average of 5 hours on my lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The texture feels very comfortable on the lips, it isn't sticky nor drying. The color is also very opaque, which is a huge bonus for people who have pigmented lips like me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, i think this lipgloss is simply breathtaking!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm hoping to do a lip swatch very soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z82Qe2NW0GM/TwxtXby-dwI/AAAAAAAAAao/OmWUfggZTWg/s1600/Chanel+517+Triomphal+-+Extrait+De+Gloss+-+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z82Qe2NW0GM/TwxtXby-dwI/AAAAAAAAAao/OmWUfggZTWg/s1600/Chanel+517+Triomphal+-+Extrait+De+Gloss+-+swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Extrait De Gloss - 517 Triomphal - swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tout d'abord, bonne année à toutes et à tous! J'espère que 2012 vous apportera beaucoup de bonheur!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai profité d'une belle réduction chez Nocibé pour commander un produit Chanel - marque que je commence de plus en plus à apprécier - et j'ai jeté mon dévolu sur l'Extrait De Gloss "Triomphal" (517) qui fait partie de la collection de Noël 2011, nommée "Les Scintillances de Chanel".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne regrette absolument pas mon achat. "Triomphal" (517) est un somptueux rouge profond avec des paillettes fuchsias et rouges. Ces paillettes sont beaucoup plus fines que sur le swatch, elles sont ici agrandies afin de vous donner une idée un peu plus précise de la couleur du gloss. En réalité, elles apportent surtout beaucoup de luminosité au gloss.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce que j'apprécie vraiment - au-delà de la couleur très riche - c'est surtout le fini vinyle du gloss qui dure jusqu'à 5 heures sur mes lèvres. Je ferai sûrement un swatch sur mes lèvres très bientôt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La texture est également très confortable, le gloss ne colle pas et ne dessèche pas mes lèvres. La couleur est très opaque, une très bonne chose pour les personnes qui, comme moi, ont les lèvres très pigmentées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Triomphal" (517) est tout simplement stupéfiant!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1151211368155377012?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1151211368155377012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/its-haul-chanel-extrait-de-gloss-in-517.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1151211368155377012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1151211368155377012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2012/01/its-haul-chanel-extrait-de-gloss-in-517.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! Chanel Extrait De Gloss in 517 - Triomphal (Holiday 2011)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7zc_5gyLtds/TwxW2iV8BFI/AAAAAAAAAaE/R5czy8Bvoto/s72-c/Chanel+517+Triomphal+-+Extrait+De+Gloss.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-5534324037386458674</id><published>2011-12-30T15:13:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:15:49.053+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHANEL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FACE POWDER'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! Chanel Féérie (47) loose powder - Holiday 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GQlCu0iZA7g/Tv25R-gsETI/AAAAAAAAAZA/C0EBVXCth3k/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="227" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GQlCu0iZA7g/Tv25R-gsETI/AAAAAAAAAZA/C0EBVXCth3k/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Féérie (47) powder - poudre universelle&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seems like i'm really getting into Chanel lately, uh?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A few days ago, i decided to take a final look at this year's Holiday makeup collections before jumping into Spring collections previews and... - well, no, frankly i was really bored out of my mind and needed an excuse to shop. Anyway, this powder's name caught my attention&amp;nbsp;as i was reading Chanel's Holiday collection info.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Féérie" (which means "faerie") sounded quite promising and triggered something in me (don't even get me started on this one guys, i have a serious obsession with Tinker Bell).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;After some research, i knew i had to have it, and once again i found myself entering my credit card info, clueless as of how i got myself doing this.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The package arrived yesterday and i must say, i am not disappointed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This powder really is what would expect a fairy powder to be: a very finely milled pink base with hot pink and gold shimmer. It sparkles like craaazy, so much that i don't see myself using it all over the face - ever - but it sure is a great highlighter or decolletage powder. &amp;nbsp;I asked a Chanel makeup artist who told me Féérie is safe to be used on the eyes (should look amazing over a dark base) - i wouldn't use it in the tearduct or anywhere close to the lash line though, as i am too concerned about the tiny glitters falling into my eyes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I was worried the pink base would look ashy on my light olive skintone but it worked out just fine. If you have very strong yellow undertones, i would recommend to swatch it prior purchasing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I tried to swatch it the best i could, but the fine glitters were really hard to capture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What do you think? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B3gamG9WPQY/Tv3Bc37-XhI/AAAAAAAAAZc/zmr6LKKGcqM/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle+close-up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-B3gamG9WPQY/Tv3Bc37-XhI/AAAAAAAAAZc/zmr6LKKGcqM/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle+close-up.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iYctBaaelUQ/Tv3BoiH44oI/AAAAAAAAAZw/zh6ZRG52wAk/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iYctBaaelUQ/Tv3BoiH44oI/AAAAAAAAAZw/zh6ZRG52wAk/s1600/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle+swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Chanel Féérie powder - poudre universelle swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici Chanel Féérie... une magnifique poudre sur laquelle j'ai craqué il y a quelques jours en jetant un dernier coup d'oeil aux collections de Noël.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est d'abord le nom qui m'a fait craquer. Féérie... ça m'évoque tellement de choses, typiquement le genre de nom qui fait travailler mon imagination parce que, très sincèrement, je ne suis toujours pas sortie de mon obsession pour la fée Clochette depuis mon enfance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Après avoir lu quelques reviews et en avoir parlé avec une autre makeup addict, j'étais résolue à passer commande, d'autant plus que j'avais une belle réduction chez Nocibé et qu'ils offraient la livraison!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n'ai franchement pas été déçue une fois que j'ai reçu Féérie. En ouvrant le pot, j'ai retrouvé exactement ce que pourrait être la poudre magique de la fée Clochette :p&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chanel Féérie est une poudre vraiment très fine, rosée avec des paillettes fuchsia/roses et dorées. Les paillettes sont vraiment très brillantes, je n'imagine donc pas m'en servir sur tout le visage mais plutôt en touches lumière ou bien encore sur le décolleté! Aussi, une maquilleuse Chanel m'a dit qu'on pouvait s'en servir sur les yeux - le rendu doit être vraiment magnifique sur une base foncée. Mais, je ne conseille pas d'utiliser cette poudre dans le coin interne ou trop près des cils, de peur que trop de paillettes ne tombent dans les yeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'étais un peu inquiète que la base rose de cette poudre ait un rendu trop terne sur mon teint olive clair mais, heureusement, cette base est assez transparente et se fond très bien une fois posée. Par contre, si vous avez le teint vraiment jaune, je vous conseille de tester cette poudre avant de l'acheter!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-5534324037386458674?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/5534324037386458674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/its-haul-chanel-feerie-47-loose-powder.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5534324037386458674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5534324037386458674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/its-haul-chanel-feerie-47-loose-powder.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! Chanel Féérie (47) loose powder - Holiday 2011'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GQlCu0iZA7g/Tv25R-gsETI/AAAAAAAAAZA/C0EBVXCth3k/s72-c/Chanel+Fe%25CC%2581e%25CC%2581rie+powder+-+poudre+universelle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-4011008912752415771</id><published>2011-12-25T14:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:16:28.078+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHINA GLAZE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KONAD'/><title type='text'>NOTD: China Glaze 2030 - Konad M63 Black</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-9XHoLsNgU/TvcZs7L3mOI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/e1cP1JW7BEE/s1600/China+Glaze+2030+-+Konad+M63+Black.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-9XHoLsNgU/TvcZs7L3mOI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/e1cP1JW7BEE/s1600/China+Glaze+2030+-+Konad+M63+Black.jpg" width="232" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;China Glaze 2030&lt;br /&gt;Konad Black&lt;br /&gt;Konad M63&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I don't know if it's the holidays or what, but i felt like doing a Konadicure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm usually not &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; into nail art but this one is by far my favorite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know my love for gold... China Glaze 2030 nailpolish is one of the most gorgeous metallic true gold out there. It is a little difficult to work with though. To prevent brush strokes, i apply relatively thick coats without putting too much pressure on the brush. You will see brush strokes but they will fade once the nailpolish is dry (and it does dry very quickly, so that's a bonus).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always buy my Konad stuff at &lt;a href="http://www.ocnailart.com/"&gt;www.ocnailart.com&lt;/a&gt;, they have great prices and great customer service!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Je ne suis pas vraiment fan des motifs sur les ongles mais j'ai récemment eu envie de reproduire ma manucure Konad préférée - peut-être est-ce l'ambiance des fêtes de fin d'année qui m'y a poussée?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que vous êtes maintenant au courant de mon goût pour les choses dorées... et le vernis China Glaze 2030 est un très beau or métallique. A cause du fini métallique, il reste assez difficile à appliquer et, pour éviter les traces de pinceau, je vous conseille d'appliquer des couches relativement épaisses en exerçant très peu de pression sur le pinceau. Vous remarquerez quand même des traces, mais elles s'estompent pendant que le vernis sèche, et il sèche très vite!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'achète toujours mon matériel Konad chez &lt;a href="http://www.ocnailart.com/"&gt;www.ocnailart.com&lt;/a&gt;, les prix sont très intéressants et le service client est parfait!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-4011008912752415771?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/4011008912752415771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/notd-china-glaze-2030-konad-m63-black.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4011008912752415771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4011008912752415771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/notd-china-glaze-2030-konad-m63-black.html' title='NOTD: China Glaze 2030 - Konad M63 Black'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q-9XHoLsNgU/TvcZs7L3mOI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/e1cP1JW7BEE/s72-c/China+Glaze+2030+-+Konad+M63+Black.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1998319621799393653</id><published>2011-12-24T16:41:00.006+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:17:21.788+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GIORGIO ARMANI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul!Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill eyeshadows 17, 18, 19 -Madre Perla collection (Holiday 2011)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjGj1tMEapc/TvXnKb6KGwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/lcXnQ0aVpyE/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+eyeshadows+17+18+19+-+Madre+Perla+collection.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjGj1tMEapc/TvXnKb6KGwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/lcXnQ0aVpyE/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+eyeshadows+17+18+19+-+Madre+Perla+collection.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;From left to right (&lt;i&gt;de gauche à droite&lt;/i&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill eyeshadows 18, 17, 19&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;First of all, i wish you all a merry Christmas! :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I witnessed a little Christmas miracle this morning: daylight. Well, it was&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;a hint&lt;/i&gt; of daylight, but daylight nonetheless, so i took the occasion to swatch these Armani eyeshadows.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The minute i saw the promo pictures of the Madre Perla collection, i knew i had to get these eyeshadows. I mean... sparkly silver or gold... sign me in!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Unfortunately, the package took forever to arrive and the silver one (17) was all shattered and spilled all over the floor when i opened it. I managed to press it down again but i think i've lost about 20% of the product and it won't stick to the bottom of the jar so i have to pay attention every single time i open it. Sad cosmetics story, i know. Have you ever spilled such a precious product?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, the eyeshadows are absolutely gorgeous. As for the texture, you can refer to my previous &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html"&gt;Armani review&lt;/a&gt;, although i have to warn you that these three eyeshadows are sheerer than their predecessor. Note: I said sheerer, not sheer ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Number 17 is a sparkly silver, this one was the sheerest of all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Number 18 is a pale yellow gold, i would say it has medium coverage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- Number 19 is the exact mix of 17 and 19, it translates into a sparkly platinum/pewter, with a subtle hint of green.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hope you enjoy :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hiZll_xzGY/TvYsH3Pc08I/AAAAAAAAAYE/wAtc_kyTYTw/s1600/Armani%2BEyes%2BTo%2BKill%2Beyeshadows%2B17%2B18%2B19%2B-%2BMadre%2BPerla%2Bcollection%2Bswatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3hiZll_xzGY/TvYsH3Pc08I/AAAAAAAAAYE/wAtc_kyTYTw/s1600/Armani%2BEyes%2BTo%2BKill%2Beyeshadows%2B17%2B18%2B19%2B-%2BMadre%2BPerla%2Bcollection%2Bswatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;From left to right (&lt;i&gt;de gauche à droite&lt;/i&gt;):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill eyeshadows 17, 18, 19&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tout d'abord... Joyeux Noël à toutes et à tous! :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai profité du peu de lumière de jour ce matin pour essayer de photographier ces fards à paupières, pas sûre que les photos soient top mais j'ai fait ce que j'ai pu!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La collection Madre Perla a attiré mon attention à la seconde où j'ai vu les photos promo. Vous commencez à le savoir, je peux difficilement résister à tout ce qui est doré ou argenté et j'ai donc passé commande!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Malheureusement, j'ai dû attendre une éternité avant de recevoir mon paquet avec un fard - le numéro 17 - en miettes et qui s'est ensuite renversé partout lorsque je l'ai ouvert. Heureusement, j'ai réussi à en sauver 80% et à presser le fard, mais il n'adhère plus au pot et menace de se renverser à chaque fois que j'ouvre le pot. Triste aventure, n'est-ce pas. Ca vous est déjà arrivé ce genre de truc? C'est normal d'angoisser pour un produit qui se renverse comme ça ou bien c'est juste moi?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, ces trois fards restent somptueux. Concernant la texture, vous pouvez vous référez à &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html"&gt;mon post sur le numéro 14&lt;/a&gt;. Je vous préviens tout de même que les fards 17, 18 et 19 sont un moins opaques que le reste de la ligne. J'insiste sur "moins opaques", parce qu'ils ne sont pas transparents pour autant!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le numéro 17 est un fard argenté très scintillant et c'est le moins opaque de tous.&lt;br /&gt;- Le numéro 18 est un fard or jaune pâle, un peu plus opaque que le 17.&lt;br /&gt;- Le numéro 19 est plutôt platine/argenté avec un reflet vert assez subtile, c'est aussi le plus opaque de tous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1998319621799393653?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1998319621799393653/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1998319621799393653'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1998319621799393653'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html' title='It&apos;s a haul!&lt;br&gt;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill eyeshadows 17, 18, 19 -&lt;br&gt;Madre Perla collection (Holiday 2011)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GjGj1tMEapc/TvXnKb6KGwI/AAAAAAAAAXk/lcXnQ0aVpyE/s72-c/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+eyeshadows+17+18+19+-+Madre+Perla+collection.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-5673916948979551802</id><published>2011-12-10T11:15:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:16:50.183+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESSIE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Essie Over The Top</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z4BjLJPD210/TuMsSE8TpdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/KKLabnWo7UA/s1600/Essie+-+Over+The+Top%253AOver+The+Edge+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z4BjLJPD210/TuMsSE8TpdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/KKLabnWo7UA/s1600/Essie+-+Over+The+Top%253AOver+The+Edge+swatch.jpg" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Essie Over The Top / Over The Edge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's Essie "Over The Top" nailpolish, a beautiful dark gunmetal grey with silver shimmer. Perfect for Fall/Winter and quite classy.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This one has been renamed "Over The Edge" when Essie made their products available to buy outside of salons.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Over The Top" is quite runny and sheer, nothing unmanageable though. You will need at least 3 coats to make it opaque.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;Aujourd'hui je vous présente Essie "Over The Top", un très beau gris ardoise foncé avec des reflets argentés. Une couleur typique pour la saison, que je trouve assez sophistiquée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous trouverez plus facilement ce vernis sous son nouveau nom "Over The Edge", Essie ayant changé les noms de plusieurs vernis après avoir autorisé la vente de leurs produits en dehors des salons de manucure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je trouve "Over The Top" un peu trop liquide et transparent, il nécessite ainsi au moins 3 couches pour être assez opaque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-5673916948979551802?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/5673916948979551802/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/notd-essie-over-top.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5673916948979551802'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5673916948979551802'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/notd-essie-over-top.html' title='NOTD: Essie Over The Top'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z4BjLJPD210/TuMsSE8TpdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/KKLabnWo7UA/s72-c/Essie+-+Over+The+Top%253AOver+The+Edge+swatch.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8695794138519158021</id><published>2011-12-05T16:03:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:18:02.930+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='L&apos;OREAL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>L'oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Emerald Lame (L'Or L'Or L'Or collection)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbTIo0hWVkI/TtzXEAnjXxI/AAAAAAAAAV4/wDUzMI4CRL0/s1600/L%2527oreal+Infallible+22+-+Emerald+Lame.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbTIo0hWVkI/TtzXEAnjXxI/AAAAAAAAAV4/wDUzMI4CRL0/s1600/L%2527oreal+Infallible+22+-+Emerald+Lame.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;L'oreal Infallible eyeshadow in "Emerald Lame" (22)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi lovelies,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Several weeks ago, i discovered that L'oreal had released exclusive shades with the L'Or collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I found out Germany, Italy, New Zealand and Singapore (and possibly other countries) got a green eyeshadow called "Emerald Lame" (22).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Also, Italy and Greece got another exclusive red shade called "Golden Mahogany" (26).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I couldn't get my hands on that red shade but, thanks to my dear &lt;a href="http://www.the-swatchaholic.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jeanette&lt;/a&gt;, i was able to get Emerald Lame and swatch it for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This one is a gorgeous deep emerald green with gold sparkles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Emerald Lame has the same metallic finish and the same amazing pigmentation&amp;nbsp;as the other eyeshadows from the same collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-loreal-lor-lor-lor-collection.html" target="_blank"&gt;Click here to read my thoughts on the L'or collection&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So what do you think of that green eyeshadow?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7reOP1KI88g/TtzXBEfdVMI/AAAAAAAAAVw/ln3yIo3Z1uw/s1600/L%2527oreal+Infallible+22+-+Emerald+Lame+-+Swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7reOP1KI88g/TtzXBEfdVMI/AAAAAAAAAVw/ln3yIo3Z1uw/s1600/L%2527oreal+Infallible+22+-+Emerald+Lame+-+Swatch.jpg" width="230" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;L'oreal Infallible eyeshadow in "Emerald Lame" (22) swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hello!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous présente aujourd'hui un fard à paupières que nous n'aurons malheureusement pas la chance de voir en France. "Emerald Lame" (22) fait partie de la collection L'Or L'Or L'Or de L'oreal mais n'est sorti, à ma connaissance, qu'en Italie, Allemagne, Nouvelle Zélande et Singapour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L'Italie et la Grèce ont également reçu une autre teinte exclusive, nommée "Golden Mahogany" (26).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je comprends mieux pourquoi les numéros de la collection ne se suivaient pas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grâce à ma chère Jeanette (the-swatchaholic.com), j'ai eu l'occasion de me procurer "Emerald Lame".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bref, je me suis dit que j'allais vous le swatcher quand même, au cas où l'une d'entre vous aurait l'occasion de se le procurer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Emerald Lame" (22) est un très beau vert émeraude avec des paillettes dorées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il a la même texture métallique et la même (excellente) pigmentation que les autres fards de la même collection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si vous voulez (re)lire mon opinion sur les fards de la collection L'Or L'Or L'Or, rendez-vous ici... http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-loreal-lor-lor-lor-collection.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et, qui sait... peut-être qu'Emerald Lame sortira un jour en France! :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8695794138519158021?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8695794138519158021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/loreal-infallible-eyeshadow-in-emerald.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8695794138519158021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8695794138519158021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/loreal-infallible-eyeshadow-in-emerald.html' title='L&apos;oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Emerald Lame (L&apos;Or L&apos;Or L&apos;Or collection)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NbTIo0hWVkI/TtzXEAnjXxI/AAAAAAAAAV4/wDUzMI4CRL0/s72-c/L%2527oreal+Infallible+22+-+Emerald+Lame.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1529919571468731390</id><published>2011-12-04T19:54:00.014+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:18:46.238+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NARS'/><title type='text'>LOTD: Nars Funny Face lipstick</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yZ4SKPVmGYQ/Tt1QrrXKibI/AAAAAAAAAWI/DA8eWABEbfc/s1600/Nars+Funny+Face+lipstick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="222" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yZ4SKPVmGYQ/Tt1QrrXKibI/AAAAAAAAAWI/DA8eWABEbfc/s1600/Nars+Funny+Face+lipstick.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nars Funny Face lipstick&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi lovelies :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Back after a little hiatus, i apologize for that but sometimes real life keeps you busy. It's all good now, normal activity should resume from now on.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, today, i wore Nars Funny Face lipstick, a color that is definitely not for the faint of heart. This one is a very bright warm fuchsia / reddish pink.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Funny Face is semi-matte and lasts an average 5-6 hours on me, Starbucks included lol.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;It doesn't dry out my lips at all, but i hardly get dry/chapped lips. I would advise to exfoliate lips prior application though, especially if you have a lot of dead skin on your lips.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This Nars lipstick smells like crayon/wax. The scent is not overwhelming and doesn't linger at all anyway.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ever tried putting on a Funny Face? ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INDZp_3nrq0/Tt1QmaktuHI/AAAAAAAAAWA/e0jsK48c5HE/s1600/Nars+Funny+Face+lipstick+-+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="231" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-INDZp_3nrq0/Tt1QmaktuHI/AAAAAAAAAWA/e0jsK48c5HE/s1600/Nars+Funny+Face+lipstick+-+swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nars Funny Face lipstick swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hello!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je reviens de ma pause - involontaire -, désolée pour ça, mais, les choses sont à peu près rentrées dans l'ordre en ce qui me concerne, donc l'activité de ce blog reprend :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je veux vous présenter un rouge à lèvres Nars aujourd'hui.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il s'agit de la teinte "Funny Face", un rouge rosé très vif.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;De texture semi-matte, il n'assèche pas mes lèvres (mais j'ai rarement les lèvres sèches) et tient en moyenne 5 à 6 heures sur moi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aucune difficulté d'application à signaler, sinon que je vous conseille d'exfolier vos lèvres avant si jamais vous avez beaucoup de petites peaux mortes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il a cette odeur typique des rouges à lèvres Nars... similaire à de la cire. Cependant, je trouve que l'odeur n'est pas envahissante et ne persiste pas une fois le rouge à lèvres posé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère qu'il vous plaît :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1529919571468731390?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1529919571468731390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/lotd-nars-funny-face-lipstick.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1529919571468731390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1529919571468731390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/12/lotd-nars-funny-face-lipstick.html' title='LOTD: Nars Funny Face lipstick'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yZ4SKPVmGYQ/Tt1QrrXKibI/AAAAAAAAAWI/DA8eWABEbfc/s72-c/Nars+Funny+Face+lipstick.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-7460742908938592841</id><published>2011-11-10T13:00:00.018+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:19:19.300+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><title type='text'>LOTD: YSL Rouge Pur Couture - 8 Belle De Rose</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OVwdlym7ufQ/TrrYIvWkDZI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1sNnmRWH7jw/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+-+8+Belle+de+Rose.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="241" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OVwdlym7ufQ/TrrYIvWkDZI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1sNnmRWH7jw/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+-+8+Belle+de+Rose.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Yves Saint Laurent Rouge Pur Couture - 8 Belle De Rose&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;So, we're in November and it's supposed to be Fall... except that it feels like Spring here in France. We better get snow soon or else i'll throw a huge tantrum!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Let's say, since it's technically Fall, i decided to wear a color that seems quite trendy this season.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I chose YSL Rouge Pur Couture in "8 - Belle De Rose", a semi-matte luminous deep berry.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I bought this lipstick a while ago, after watching a Youtube video in which Lisa Eldridge used it. I must say i am very happy i got this lipstick, i absolutely love it.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;If you want to read my thoughts on the YSL Rouge Pur Couture line, &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-7-le-fuchsia.html" target="_blank"&gt;click here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you like it? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xg8TAbfzgEQ/TvyA7p0gWCI/AAAAAAAAAYo/KOoK4yeeMLY/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+-+8+Belle+De+Rose+-+Swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="236" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xg8TAbfzgEQ/TvyA7p0gWCI/AAAAAAAAAYo/KOoK4yeeMLY/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+-+8+Belle+De+Rose+-+Swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Rouge Pur Couture swatch - 8 Belle De Rose&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il paraît que nous sommes censés être en automne... mais nous traversons plutôt une sorte d'été indien (y a intérêt à ce que l'on ait de la neige bientôt!!!). J'ai quand même décidé de porter un rouge à lèvres dit "de saison".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Belle de Rose est un très beau prune foncé, semi-mat et assez lumineux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai eu envie de l'acheter, il y a quelques mois, après l'avoir vu dans une vidéo Youtube de Lisa Eldridge, et je ne suis vraiment pas déçue!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant la texture des Rouge Pur Couture, vous pouvez vous référer à mon précédent article ici:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-7-le-fuchsia.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/blog/3199319/makeup-check?claim=ejby6qhpabz"&gt;Follow my blog with Bloglovin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-7460742908938592841?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/7460742908938592841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-8-belle-de.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7460742908938592841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7460742908938592841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-8-belle-de.html' title='LOTD: YSL Rouge Pur Couture - 8 Belle De Rose'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OVwdlym7ufQ/TrrYIvWkDZI/AAAAAAAAAUA/1sNnmRWH7jw/s72-c/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+-+8+Belle+de+Rose.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-4907029219064368103</id><published>2011-11-09T13:45:00.017+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:20:26.211+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='L&apos;OREAL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KIKO'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PIGMENTS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! L'oreal L'or L'or L'or collection &amp; Kiko cosmetics</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AH1BYlD-R-o/TrpnIY0n3DI/AAAAAAAAATo/BeIuv80nfdU/s1600/L%2527oreal+infaillible+l%2527or+l%2527or+l%2527or.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="102" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AH1BYlD-R-o/TrpnIY0n3DI/AAAAAAAAATo/BeIuv80nfdU/s1600/L%2527oreal+infaillible+l%2527or+l%2527or+l%2527or.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;L'oreal Infallible eyeshadows, from left to right (&lt;i&gt;de gauche à droite&lt;/i&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;027 - &lt;b&gt;Goldmine&lt;/b&gt;, 021 - &lt;b&gt;Sahara Treasure&lt;/b&gt;, 024 - &lt;b&gt;Bronze Divine&lt;/b&gt; / &lt;b&gt;Bronze Goddess&lt;/b&gt;, 023 - &lt;b&gt;Black Star&lt;/b&gt; / &lt;b&gt;Black Onyx&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sooo yesterday, i went to the grocery store and right between the veggies and the chocolate, a few L'oreal eyeshadows just dropped into my cart. That was weird, really. Does this happen to you too?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;L'oreal came up with a gorgeous collection in October, called L'or L'or L'or (or Gold collection). I managed to grab both Sahara Treasure and Bronze Divine a while ago but i had the hardest time finding Goldmine and Black Star. I finally got the opportunity to purchase them yesterday so i thought i would share my thoughts with you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;These Infallible eyeshadows are very similar to the &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html" target="_blank"&gt;Armani Eyes To Kill Intense&lt;/a&gt;, in terms of texture and packaging. These eyeshadows are so smooth and compact that you will mistake them for cream products.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I can't really comment on their lasting power as i haven't used them yet, and this is a very subjective matter anyway. What i can say is that they lasted pretty long on my arm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pigmentation is absolutely amazing. Goldmine and Sahara Treasure are a little bit sheer though.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This collection consists of:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A pale yellow gold (&lt;b&gt;027 - Goldmine&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A smoked pinky taupe (&lt;b&gt;021 - Sahara Treasure&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A deep bronze (&lt;b&gt;024 - Bronze Divine / Bronze Goddess&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A dark anthracite with pale golden shimmer (&lt;b&gt;023 - Black Star / Black Onyx&lt;/b&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Please note that color names may vary, depending on your country.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;They are 3 times cheaper than their Armani equivalent, so they're definitely worth it (no pun intended)!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yOESKC1pGDU/TrpnHa3u77I/AAAAAAAAATg/7a76jLdo1MY/s1600/L%2527oreal+infaillible+l%2527or+l%2527or+l%2527or+-+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yOESKC1pGDU/TrpnHa3u77I/AAAAAAAAATg/7a76jLdo1MY/s1600/L%2527oreal+infaillible+l%2527or+l%2527or+l%2527or+-+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;L'oreal Infallible eyeshadows, from left to right (&lt;i&gt;de gauche à droite&lt;/i&gt;):&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;027 - &lt;b&gt;Goldmine&lt;/b&gt;, 021 - &lt;b&gt;Sahara Treasure&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;nbsp;024 - &lt;b&gt;Bronze Divine&lt;/b&gt; / &lt;b&gt;Bronze Goddess&lt;/b&gt;, 023 - &lt;b&gt;Black Star&lt;/b&gt; / &lt;b&gt;Black Onyx&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there, i went to the Kiko store to pick up one of their new pigments after reading an article a fellow French beauty blogger wrote, in which she compared this Kiko pigment to MAC Subtle pigment. &lt;a href="http://princessemoimeme.blogspot.com/2011/10/dupe-alert-mac-vs-kiko.html" target="_blank"&gt;Go ahead and take a look at her comparison!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This is Kiko #11 pigment, a gorgeous smoked brown-ish golden taupe.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQH_PkQNnig/Trpu5UMTsfI/AAAAAAAAATw/L8EsCLLtFME/s1600/Kiko+pigment+11+-+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="375" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cQH_PkQNnig/Trpu5UMTsfI/AAAAAAAAATw/L8EsCLLtFME/s1600/Kiko+pigment+11+-+swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Kiko pigment #11&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Donc, hier en faisant les courses, plusieurs fards à paupières L'oréal se sont glissés entre les légumes et le chocolat... ok, le seul légume et la pile de chocolat. Aucune idée de comment ces fards sont arrivés là... ça vous arrive aussi?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous avez probablement toutes et tous entendu parler de la collection L'or L'or L'or. J'ai acheté Sahara Treasure et Bronze Divine il y a plusieurs semaines mais il était impossible de trouver Goldmine et Black Star qui n'étaient tout simplement pas encore arrivés dans les rayons. Bizarre ce décalage.&lt;br /&gt;Enfin, je les ai, et j'aimerais partager des swatches avec vous, au cas où il resterait encore quelques indécises!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La texture et le packaging de ces fards L'oréal sont très proches des fameux Armani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant la tenue, je ne peux pas vraiment vous donner mon avis, ne les ayant pas encore utilisés, et puis de toute manière c'est une question tout à fait relative. Mais je peux vous dire qu'ils ont très bien tenu sur mon bras, après la séance de swatches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il n'y a vraiment rien à redire en ce qui concerne la pigmentation de ces fards. A noter toutefois que Goldmine et Sahara Treasure sont un peu moins opaques que les deux autres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette collection se compose de:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;027 "Goldmine"&lt;/b&gt; qui est un fard or jaune pâle.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;021 "Sahara Treasure"&lt;/b&gt;, un taupe fumé et un peu rosé.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;024 "Bronze Divine"&lt;/b&gt; qui est un bronze très foncé, un peu olive.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;023 "Black Star"&lt;/b&gt;, un gris très foncé avec des paillettes dorées très pâles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour un tiers du prix des fards Armani, ils le valent bien!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis ensuite allée faire un tour à la boutique Kiko pour acheter le pigment #11, que je voulais absolument après avoir lu l'article de Princesse Lash qui le compare au pigment MAC Subtle. L'article est à lire &lt;a href="http://princessemoimeme.blogspot.com/2011/10/dupe-alert-mac-vs-kiko.html"&gt;ici&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne suis vraiment pas déçue, ce pigment est un magnifique taupe doré, avec une base un peu brune.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-4907029219064368103?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/4907029219064368103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-loreal-lor-lor-lor-collection.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4907029219064368103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4907029219064368103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-loreal-lor-lor-lor-collection.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! L&apos;oreal L&apos;or L&apos;or L&apos;or collection &amp; Kiko cosmetics'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AH1BYlD-R-o/TrpnIY0n3DI/AAAAAAAAATo/BeIuv80nfdU/s72-c/L%2527oreal+infaillible+l%2527or+l%2527or+l%2527or.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1835489931617038362</id><published>2011-11-05T13:00:00.016+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:20:53.137+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHINA GLAZE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: China Glaze Wagon Trail</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x26J8Yi3V6E/TrQqSWjsmnI/AAAAAAAAASM/PEaBapWfRQ8/s1600/China+Glaze+-+Wagon+Trail+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="343" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x26J8Yi3V6E/TrQqSWjsmnI/AAAAAAAAASM/PEaBapWfRQ8/s1600/China+Glaze+-+Wagon+Trail+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;China Glaze Wagon Trail - 3 coats (&lt;i&gt;3 couches&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;Left (&lt;i&gt;à gauche&lt;/i&gt;) - Direct daylight (&lt;i&gt;lumière directe&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;Right (&lt;i&gt;à droite&lt;/i&gt;) - Shade (&lt;i&gt;à l'ombre&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's a swatch of Wagon Trail, a gorgeous black with gold shimmer. This nailpolish came out with the Rodeo Diva collection (Fall 2008).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I absolutely adore the color but i regret that the gold shimmer is only visible under direct light. In the shade, this looks more like a deep smoked brown - almost black.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As for the consistency, it is quite runny, you definitely need 3 coats for it to be completely opaque. China Glaze brushes are great, not too narrow, not too wide. Their nailpolishes dry quickly without topcoat. I still used Seche Vite topcoat to add shine and protect the color.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;What do you think? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici Wagon Trail de China Glaze... un vernis noir aux reflets dorés, sorti avec la collection Rodeo Diva (Automne 2008). Une très belle couleur mais j'aurais préféré que les reflets dorés soient aussi visibles à l'ombre, lumière sous laquelle le vernis n'apparaît que comme un simple marron très sombre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant la texture, Wagon Trail est très liquide et nécessite 3 couches pour être complètement opaque. J'aime bien les pinceaux China Glaze que je trouve ni trop étroits, ni trop larges. Leurs vernis ont aussi l'avantage de sécher très rapidement sans topcoat; j'ai quand même, comme toujours, utilisé le topcoat Seche Vite pour ajouter de la brillance et protéger la couleur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous? :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1835489931617038362?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1835489931617038362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/notd-china-glaze-wagon-trail.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1835489931617038362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1835489931617038362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/notd-china-glaze-wagon-trail.html' title='NOTD: China Glaze Wagon Trail'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x26J8Yi3V6E/TrQqSWjsmnI/AAAAAAAAASM/PEaBapWfRQ8/s72-c/China+Glaze+-+Wagon+Trail+swatches.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-4289921547975799045</id><published>2011-11-04T14:38:00.010+01:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:21:28.069+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GIORGIO ARMANI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadow (14)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2uFk7cBq5xk/TrPjho9fKCI/AAAAAAAAAR0/fldQTHPhMIc/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+Intense+14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2uFk7cBq5xk/TrPjho9fKCI/AAAAAAAAAR0/fldQTHPhMIc/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+Intense+14.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadow (14)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm back... with a cold!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There was absolutely no daylight during the past few days, that is why i didn't manage to post any swatch lately, sorry about that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, today, we'll be looking at the gorgeous&amp;nbsp;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadow (14), a.k.a. hotness in a jar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have a passion for gold. I mean real gold of course, but also anything golden. However, i often get disappointed with golden makeup pieces: most of them look too orange or too yellow. This eyeshadow is pure gold. It also has a black base that makes it look a little bit tarnished.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm sure you all have read about these Giorgio Armani eyeshadows everywhere. I can confirm that the texture is absolutely mind-blowing: it's a very creamy powder that delivers amazing pigmentation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This particular color (14) came out with the Holiday 2010 collection. I wasn't aware that it was a limited edition, which was sold-out pretty much everywhere until i asked Christine from &lt;a href="http://www.temptalia.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Temptalia&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;so, of course, i rushed to place an order on the French Sephora website when i saw that it was still available there!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I hope you will enjoy the swatch! Did you manage to grab one when it was released?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRdiP-kuXhA/TrPjg87-8FI/AAAAAAAAARs/ZM24mWbEpvE/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+Intense+14+-+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WRdiP-kuXhA/TrPjg87-8FI/AAAAAAAAARs/ZM24mWbEpvE/s1600/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+Intense+14+-+swatch.jpg" width="241" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadow (14)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Je suis de retour, malade, mais de retour quand même!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Désolée pour le manque de billets cette semaine mais, en plus d'avoir été malade, la météo ne nous a pas fait cadeau d'assez de lumière du jour pour que je puisse faire des swatches!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je souhaite partager un petit trésor avec vous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout le monde a entendu parler de ces fameux fards Giorgio Armani et, bien que très jolis, aucune couleur ne m'avait vraiment donnée envie de sauter le pas rapidement et d'en commander. Jusqu'à ce que je tombe sur le numéro 14, par hasard, en cherchant des références de fards à paupières de couleur or.&lt;br /&gt;Celui-ci est sorti avec la collection de Noël 2010. J'ignorais complètement qu'il s'agissait d'une édition limitée jusqu'à ce que je demande à Christine de Temptalia qui m'a aussi dit qu'il a été très rapidement introuvable outre-Atlantique. Mon sang n'a fait qu'un tour et, sans m'en rendre compte, je validais ma commande sur le site Sephora quand je me suis aperçue qu'il était encore disponible ici!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis vraiment ravie de mon achat, pour une fois, ce fard est véritablement de couleur or (avec une base noire qui lui donne un aspect patiné). J'aime beaucoup l'or (en lingots aussi!) et je suis souvent déçue par les produits de maquillage dorés, toujours trop oranges ou trop jaunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant la texture, rien à signaler: ce fard poudre est crémeux à souhait et vraiment très pigmenté. Il coûte cher (37 euros), c'est vrai, mais il vaut le détour!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que le swatch vous plaira. Est-ce que vous l'aviez acheté lors de sa sortie?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-4289921547975799045?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/4289921547975799045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html#comment-form' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4289921547975799045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/4289921547975799045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/11/its-haul-giorgio-armani-eyes-to-kill.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! Giorgio Armani Eyes To Kill Intense Eyeshadow (14)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2uFk7cBq5xk/TrPjho9fKCI/AAAAAAAAAR0/fldQTHPhMIc/s72-c/Armani+Eyes+To+Kill+Intense+14.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-6344301808971671671</id><published>2011-10-23T17:58:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:22:27.094+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='OPI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: OPI Russian Navy</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMj87utU8mY/TqQyzL5-vYI/AAAAAAAAARk/98Zy52G2Lpo/s1600/OPI+Russian+Navy+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMj87utU8mY/TqQyzL5-vYI/AAAAAAAAARk/98Zy52G2Lpo/s1600/OPI+Russian+Navy+swatches.jpg" width="238" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;OPI Russian Navy&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;While not particularly unique, this color has a strong symbolic meaning to me. The truth is i have been through a lot of things when i was a kid and i started biting my nails to release all the stress i had. This lasted from when i was 6 years old to 12 years old approximately. Then i stopped biting my nails for a couple of years, until puberty hit me and i guess biting my nails was a way to express how uncomfortable i was in my own skin at that time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When i was 19 years old, i felt i suffered enough. I decided to take matters into my own hands and take care of my appearance. Having beautiful nails was my number one priority.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This navy blue... its glossiness, its depth motivated me to stop biting my nails and i just couldn't wait for my nails to be long enough to apply this nailpolish. Every now and then, when i apply Russian Navy, i feel very confident in myself as it reminds of how much more comfortable i am in my own skin now. There's still a long road to go though, but i'm working on it!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So... here's OPI Russian Navy, a beautiful deep smoked navy blue with hints of purple. It's opaque in 2 coats and very glossy. I always add a coat of Seche Vite topcoat though, just to preserve the glossiness and to protect the nailpolish. I like the brush a lot, it's quite wide so that fits my nails perfectly. Those with narrow nails may not like it though :-(&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Enjoy :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Il est vrai que cette couleur n'a rien de particulièrement unique mais ce vernis a une très forte signification sentimentale pour moi. Il m'est arrivé beaucoup de choses graves quand j'étais enfant et, je pense que j'ai commencé à me ronger les ongles pour calmer tout le stress que je supportais. J'ai réussi à arrêter vers l'âge de 12 ans mais j'ai replongé pendant l'adolescence, comme une sorte de signe du mal-être que je traversais.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puis, à l'âge de 19 ans, j'ai décidé de me reprendre en main et d'en finir avec ces angoisses et ces complexes. Et, avoir de jolis ongles - un symbole de féminité pour moi - était devenu une priorité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce bleu royal et ses reflets violets... son intensité, sa brillance, m'ont motivée à arrêter de me ronger les ongles. Et, à chaque fois que je le porte, je me rends compte du chemin parcouru et prends confiance en moi. Même s'il reste encore beaucoup de choses à régler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OPI Russian Navy est donc un très beau bleu royal, très profond, très brillant - mais j'applique toujours une couche du topcoat Sèche Vite pour préserver la brillance du vernis et préserver sa tenue. Il nécessite 2 couches pour être opaque. Le pinceau des OPI est assez large, ce qui convient parfaitement à mes ongles, malheureusement, celles avec des ongles plus étroits peuvent être gênées :-(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que vous apprécierez au moins la couleur :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-6344301808971671671?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/6344301808971671671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/notd-opi-russian-navy.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/6344301808971671671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/6344301808971671671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/notd-opi-russian-navy.html' title='NOTD: OPI Russian Navy'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rMj87utU8mY/TqQyzL5-vYI/AAAAAAAAARk/98Zy52G2Lpo/s72-c/OPI+Russian+Navy+swatches.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-6331547978964329865</id><published>2011-10-21T15:31:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:22:56.898+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NARS'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! NARS Arabian Nights Trio Eyeshadow (Holiday 2011)</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JhftTFr4cfI/TqFsOijkXkI/AAAAAAAAARU/DDWmgQ2hY1M/s1600/Nars+Arabian+Nights.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JhftTFr4cfI/TqFsOijkXkI/AAAAAAAAARU/DDWmgQ2hY1M/s1600/Nars+Arabian+Nights.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nars Arabian Nights Trio Eyeshadow&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hi lovelies,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm back after a hectic week... i was so exhausted that, yesterday, i tried to pause a Youtube video with my TV remote control... yep. And then, because i was so tired, it made me laugh like a crazy woman for a few minutes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, back to the fun stuff!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I received an email from Narscosmetics.fr on Wednesday, stating that the Holiday collection was available to purchase. I was out and driving, so i had to breathe, calm down, arrive home, run to the laptop, click click and click, take out my credit card and place the order! Phew.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The package arrived today and i just couldn't wait to share it with you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This trio is absolutely beautiful, from the name to the texture of the eyeshadows.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I would say these are close to the Night Series eyeshadows - if you're familiar with them -, except that the glitters of Arabian Nights feel less grainy if that makes sense.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The trio consists of:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A dark plum with rusty glitters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- An incredible purple with light purple and pink glitters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- A black with silver glitters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;They all have excellent pigmentation and smooth texture. You will experience fallouts from the black eyeshadow though. Try using a synthetic brush and a creamy base, you'll be good to go!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here are the swatches. Once again, these were very hard to capture. The eyeshadows may seem chalky in the picture but that's only due to the Too Faced Glitter Glue base i have put underneath.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4cE43QDGbs/TqMLR9M6HBI/AAAAAAAAARc/m1Gy3OZ9Ks4/s1600/NARS+Arabian+Nights+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-p4cE43QDGbs/TqMLR9M6HBI/AAAAAAAAARc/m1Gy3OZ9Ks4/s1600/NARS+Arabian+Nights+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Nars Arabian Nights swatches&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;De retour après une semaine épuisante! Tellement épuisante que j'ai essayé, hier, de mettre une vidéo Youtube sur pause... avec la télécommande de la télévision... ouaip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bref, revenons à Nars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai reçu un email Mercredi qui signalait que la collection de Noël était disponible en ligne! J'étais à l'extérieur, au volant (oui, pas bien) et, après m'être calmée et précipitée sur l'ordinateur une fois rentrée, j'ai réussi à passer commande!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai donc reçu le colis aujourd'hui et je m'empresse de le partager avec vous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le trio Arabian Nights est vraiment magnifique, du nom jusqu'à la texture des fards à paupière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les fards du trio sont assez similaires aux Night Series, en un peu moins granuleux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il contient:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Un fard prune noirci avec des paillettes cuivrées.&lt;br /&gt;- Un fard violet très intense avec des paillettes roses et violettes.&lt;br /&gt;- Un fard noir avec des paillettes argentées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La pigmentation est excellente. Les textures sont douces mais attention au fard noir, les paillettes argentées sont assez volatiles! Si vous les appliquez avec un pinceau synthétique sur une base crème, vous aurez très peu de chutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sur mes swatches, la texture peut paraître très sèche mais c'est surtout parce que la base Too Faced Glitter Glue accroche un peu trop la matière.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-6331547978964329865?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/6331547978964329865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-haul-nars-arabian-nights-trio.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/6331547978964329865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/6331547978964329865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-haul-nars-arabian-nights-trio.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! NARS Arabian Nights Trio Eyeshadow (Holiday 2011)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JhftTFr4cfI/TqFsOijkXkI/AAAAAAAAARU/DDWmgQ2hY1M/s72-c/Nars+Arabian+Nights.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-689784248251537325</id><published>2011-10-13T16:01:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:23:12.321+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><title type='text'>LOTD: YSL Rouge Pur Couture - 7 Le Fuchsia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmxIvcj-D0E/Tpbv9ttXV6I/AAAAAAAAARE/szCU7PUOkH4/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+7+Le+Fuchsia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmxIvcj-D0E/Tpbv9ttXV6I/AAAAAAAAARE/szCU7PUOkH4/s1600/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+7+Le+Fuchsia.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Rouge Pur Couture - 7 Le Fuchsia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another daring lip color today!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Here's YSL Rouge Pur Couture in "7 - Le Fuchsia".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This one is a deep hot pink/fuchsia color. It is definitely bright, yet not as loud as one would imagine.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The color reminds me of a cross between Nars Funny Face and Nars Schiap lipsticks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As for the texture, it is somewhat long-lasting (around 6 hours through drinking and eating) and quite moisturizing. It is very lightweight on the lips though, it doesn't feel goopy at all.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilaPHoCHGkQ/TvyENpSqbII/AAAAAAAAAY0/oRvl1QWW0A0/s1600/Swatch+YSL+Pur+Couture+7+Le+Fuchsia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="243" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ilaPHoCHGkQ/TvyENpSqbII/AAAAAAAAAY0/oRvl1QWW0A0/s1600/Swatch+YSL+Pur+Couture+7+Le+Fuchsia.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Rouge Pur Couture swatch - 7 Le Fuchsia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un rouge à lèvres osé, encore une fois! Je commence à y prendre goût.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici donc le Rouge Pur Couture d'Yves Saint Laurent. La couleur est "Le Fuchsia" (n°7).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je dirais qu'il s'agit d'un fuchsia assez profond, il reste vif sans être criard.&lt;br /&gt;Il se rapproche d'un mélange entre les rouges à lèvres "Funny Face" et "Schiap" de Nars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En ce qui concerne la texture, ce Rouge Pur Couture tient environ 6 heures sur mes lèvres et est assez hydratant sans être pour autant pâteux. La sensation reste très légère sur les lèvres :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-689784248251537325?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/689784248251537325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-7-le-fuchsia.html#comment-form' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/689784248251537325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/689784248251537325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/lotd-ysl-rouge-pur-couture-7-le-fuchsia.html' title='LOTD: YSL Rouge Pur Couture - 7 Le Fuchsia'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DmxIvcj-D0E/Tpbv9ttXV6I/AAAAAAAAARE/szCU7PUOkH4/s72-c/YSL+Rouge+Pur+Couture+7+Le+Fuchsia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1804674331128973082</id><published>2011-10-12T14:28:00.006+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:23:41.541+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ORLY'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Orly Meet Me Under The Mistletoe</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYrtyPZyfI8/TpWDmYgRuCI/AAAAAAAAAQs/U87t0TXRr8A/s1600/Orly+-+Meet+Me+Under+The+Mistletoe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYrtyPZyfI8/TpWDmYgRuCI/AAAAAAAAAQs/U87t0TXRr8A/s1600/Orly+-+Meet+Me+Under+The+Mistletoe.jpg" width="242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Orly Meet Me Under The Mistletoe nailpolish - 3 coats&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Meet my favorite green nailpolish :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This color definitely has a Christmassy feel to it (i mean, besides the name, obviously)... that's the reason why it originally came out with the Holiday 2010 collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Orly Meet Me Under The Mistletoe is a forest green with gold and green sparkles. It is very shiny without topcoat (i used the Seche Vite topcoat here though).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;This will need at least 2 coats since the first one is quite sheer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The brush is rather thin. I love the bottle cap though: it is large and made of rubber, that way it won't slip out of your hands while applying the nailpolish.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hope you like it :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Orly Meet Me Under The Mistletoe est mon vernis vert préféré.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce vert forêt et ses paillettes dorées et vertes rappellent évidemment la période de Noël, il est d'ailleurs issu de la collection Orly de fin d'année 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant l'application, il nécessite au moins 2 couches, la première étant trop transparente. Le pinceau est assez fin, le bouchon du flacon est large, ergonomique et en caoutchouc, ce qui permet une très bonne prise en main et, donc, une application précise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce vernis est très brillant, même sans topcoat (j'ai quand même appliqué une couche du topcoat Seche Vite ici, ne serait-ce que pour protéger le vernis et prolonger sa tenue).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1804674331128973082?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1804674331128973082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/notd-orly-meet-me-under-mistletoe.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1804674331128973082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1804674331128973082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/notd-orly-meet-me-under-mistletoe.html' title='NOTD: Orly Meet Me Under The Mistletoe'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WYrtyPZyfI8/TpWDmYgRuCI/AAAAAAAAAQs/U87t0TXRr8A/s72-c/Orly+-+Meet+Me+Under+The+Mistletoe.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-386308219973340754</id><published>2011-10-11T18:59:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:25:26.016+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PERFUME'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BUMBLE AND BUMBLE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAIRCARE'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEPHORA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PIGMENTS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a (birthday) haul! MAC Fall Colour, Bumble &amp; Bumble, Jimmy Choo</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1ceAMVhUb0/TpReAeERPaI/AAAAAAAAAPU/iIv3WFiYYRs/s1600/Birthday+Cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1ceAMVhUb0/TpReAeERPaI/AAAAAAAAAPU/iIv3WFiYYRs/s1600/Birthday+Cake.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;My birthday cake! I refuse to count the calories.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hi lovelies!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Sorry for being M.I.A. lately, i have been trying to recover from my birthday party and the numerous Cosmopolitans that i "accidentally" drank...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Soooo, last Thursday was my birthday and... before partying, i went to Sephora and bought a whole bunch of stuff!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Let's start with makeup, shall we :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I stopped by the MAC counter (yes, we have a MAC counter in Sephora) to pick up a few items from the MAC Cindy Sherman (renamed "Fall Colour")&amp;nbsp;collection. Of course, i purchased Starless Night, Blue Storm and Emerald Dusk pigments.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_YKIUbJr5hE/TpReKeSUD3I/AAAAAAAAAQc/WGrdlMJx-fs/s1600/Swatches+MAC+pigments+Starless+Night-Blue+Storm-Emerald+Dusk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_YKIUbJr5hE/TpReKeSUD3I/AAAAAAAAAQc/WGrdlMJx-fs/s1600/Swatches+MAC+pigments+Starless+Night-Blue+Storm-Emerald+Dusk.jpg" width="382" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;From left to right (de gauche à droite) : MAC Starless Night, Blue Storm, Emerald Dusk pigments.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Starless Night is a darkened matte plum base with purple, gold and pink sparkles. It comes off a little dry and chalky - not as bad as the regular matte pigments though.&lt;br /&gt;- Blue Storm is a violet blue. It is a repromote from the Zoom Lash collection (2004).&lt;br /&gt;- Emerald Dusk is a gorgeous dark greyish green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I also got the Lip Erase in "Dim" that came out with the collection. This item is available all year-round at Pro stores. I always wanted to try it, so that was the occasion to pick it up with the Sephora discount they had going on last week. I would say... this is an okay product, i mean it doesn't really do anything different from concealing your lips with foundation, concealer or a beige lip pencil. However, i must say that i am very pleased with the texture: it is quite lightweight and doesn't dry up your lips like a lip pencil would do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0IdwKnsrVjo/TpReIRxBVMI/AAAAAAAAAQE/XhUDWJg1cc0/s1600/MAC-lip-erase-dim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="188" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0IdwKnsrVjo/TpReIRxBVMI/AAAAAAAAAQE/XhUDWJg1cc0/s1600/MAC-lip-erase-dim.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;MAC Lip Erase "Dim"&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While there, i picked up items from the permanent line as well. I got 6 eyeshadows refills, an empty palette, a face primer, a concealer and an eyebrow pencil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wf-UHpetrUI/TpReHvE83WI/AAAAAAAAAP8/2OGH4UJT7d8/s1600/MAC-eyeshadows-haul-mulch-patina-stars+n+rocket-greensmoke-shroom-Twinks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="261" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wf-UHpetrUI/TpReHvE83WI/AAAAAAAAAP8/2OGH4UJT7d8/s1600/MAC-eyeshadows-haul-mulch-patina-stars+n+rocket-greensmoke-shroom-Twinks.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Top Row (ligne du haut) : Mulch, Stars'n Rockets, Twinks, Shroom.&lt;br /&gt;Bottom Row (ligne du bas) : Patina and Greensmoke.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Fq2XMEYLMI/TpReI8IQrjI/AAAAAAAAAQM/vqOWVSQlcfg/s1600/MAC-Prep-Prime-SPF50-Studio-Finish-NW25-Eyebrow-Stud.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="217" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Fq2XMEYLMI/TpReI8IQrjI/AAAAAAAAAQM/vqOWVSQlcfg/s1600/MAC-Prep-Prime-SPF50-Studio-Finish-NW25-Eyebrow-Stud.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;From left to right (de gauche à droite) : Prep + Prime SPF50, Studio Finish concealer NW25, Eyebrows pencil in Stud.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Will do swatches and in-depth reviews of these items in the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And then... i went to the haircare section...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;... where i found Bumble &amp;amp; Bumble products! They're FINALLY sold at Sephora here and it makes me soooo happy. I used to use their products a lot but i eventually got tired of going all the way to the hairdresser just to buy them. Now, i can order them online or pick them up while shopping at Sephora for other beauty products!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I absolutely love the Crème de Coco range, it's basically my hair savior: it leaves my hair sooo smooth and does a good job at taming my frizzy hair. I'm not too fond of how it smells though, i find it to be sickening at times.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bumble &amp;amp; Bumble products are definitely expensive, but i think they're worth it. They also make travel size products, that way you'll be able to test their products without spending too much.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I think i'm going to try the Curl Conscious range next!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K1F1ihUuY8A/TpRvDTX8LzI/AAAAAAAAAQk/vKyvQg3DtiQ/s1600/Bumble-Bumble-Coco-range.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K1F1ihUuY8A/TpRvDTX8LzI/AAAAAAAAAQk/vKyvQg3DtiQ/s1600/Bumble-Bumble-Coco-range.jpg" width="305" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Bumble &amp;amp; Bumble Crème de Coco range (&lt;i&gt;la gamme Crème de Coco&lt;/i&gt;), Shampoo ingredients (&lt;i&gt;shampooing&lt;/i&gt;), Conditioner ingredients (&lt;i&gt;après-shampoing&lt;/i&gt;), Mask (&lt;i&gt;masque&lt;/i&gt;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Last but not least, my BFF bought me the new Jimmy Choo perfume! I like it A LOT. I don't have much to say about it as i'm not really good at describing scents but, this perfume is VERY similar to Viktor &amp;amp; Rolf Flowerbomb :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-evUSHanMQaI/TpReJpqwfTI/AAAAAAAAAQU/FTl0K-vHKao/s1600/Jimmy+Choo+perfume.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-evUSHanMQaI/TpReJpqwfTI/AAAAAAAAAQU/FTl0K-vHKao/s1600/Jimmy+Choo+perfume.jpg" width="362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Désolée pour ces quelques jours de silence mais j'essayais de récupérer de ma soirée d'anniversaire et des cocktails qui vont avec!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Donc, jeudi dernier, avant d'aller fêter mon anniversaire, je suis allée faire un tour au Sephora des Champs-Elysées, notamment pour aller voir la dernière collection MAC et m'acheter tout plein d'autres choses!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Commençons par le maquillage :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MAC sortait justement la collection Cindy Sherman (renommée Fall Colour) et, bien sûr, je me suis procurée les nouveaux pigments Starless Night, Blue Storm et Emerald Dusk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Starless Night a une base prune, matte, très foncée avec de fines paillettes dorées, violettes et roses. Ce pigment a une texture un peu sèche, mais plus facile que les pigments mats de la collection permanente.&lt;br /&gt;- Blue Storm est un bleu violacé. Ce pigment était déjà sorti dans la collection Zoom Lash (2004).&lt;br /&gt;- Emerald Dusk est un magnifique vert gris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai aussi profité des 20% de réduction pour prendre le Lip Erase, couleur "Dim", sorti avec la collection. On peut toutefois trouver ce produit tout l'année dans les boutiques Pro. Le Lip Erase sert à gommer la pigmentation naturelle des lèvres afin de mieux faire ressortir la couleur de certains rouges à lèvres. Très sincèrement, l'effet n'est pas différent que le fond de teint, l'anti-cernes ou le crayon lèvres beige. Néanmoins, la texture du Lip Erase est assez agréable: elle ne dessèche pas les lèvres et n'est pas trop épaisse, elle ne gêne donc pas la pose du rouge à lèvres.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En plus de ça, j'ai aussi acheté quelques produits de la collection permanente, que je swatcherai au fur et à mesure des revues que je ferai plus tard. J'ai donc pris 5 recharges de fards à paupières, une palette vide, une base pour le teint (en renouvellement), un anti-cernes et un crayon pour sourcils (en renouvellement).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et puis... je me suis aventurée du côté des soins capillaires...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une belle surprise m'attendait... les produits Bumble &amp;amp; Bumble sont enfin vendus au Sephora Champs-Elysées et en ligne! Certes, ils étaient déjà disponibles dans certains salons de coiffure et chez Colette à Paris mais... c'est tellement plus pratique à Sephora (surtout avec les réductions!). Du coup, je vais pouvoir recommencer à utiliser Bumble &amp;amp; Bumble!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'adore vraiment la gamme Crème de Coco qui me laisse les cheveux très doux et dompte très bien les frisottis. Je n'aime pas trop l'odeur, trop présente... elle est similaire à l'odeur des produits Timotei Avocat Karité pour celles qui connaissent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leurs produits sont assez chers (en moyenne 25-30 euros), c'est vrai, mais il en faut très peu à l'utilisation et ils valent la peine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je pense que je testerai la gamme Curl Conscious ensuite!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et enfin, ma meilleure amie m'a offert le nouveau parfum Jimmy Choo que j'aime beaucoup :-)&lt;br /&gt;Je ne suis pas très douée pour décrire les parfums, mais il est vraiment très proche du Flowerbom de Viktor &amp;amp; Rolf!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-386308219973340754?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/386308219973340754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-birthday-haul-mac-fall-colour.html#comment-form' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/386308219973340754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/386308219973340754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-birthday-haul-mac-fall-colour.html' title='It&apos;s a (birthday) haul! MAC Fall Colour, Bumble &amp; Bumble, Jimmy Choo'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1ceAMVhUb0/TpReAeERPaI/AAAAAAAAAPU/iIv3WFiYYRs/s72-c/Birthday+Cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-7442764234473289354</id><published>2011-10-05T15:24:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:25:49.357+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CHANEL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! CHANEL Illusion d'Ombre</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAIt-MTggfM/ToxQLR0r7TI/AAAAAAAAAPM/37qFsEYmV6M/s1600/Chanel+Illusion+D%2527ombre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="188" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAIt-MTggfM/ToxQLR0r7TI/AAAAAAAAAPM/37qFsEYmV6M/s1600/Chanel+Illusion+D%2527ombre.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;CHANEL Illusion d'Ombre, left to right (de gauche à droite) :&lt;br /&gt;83 Illusoire, 84 Epatant, 85 Mirifique.&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Those of you who know me must be laughing out loud right now because you know how much i despise(d) Chanel makeup - especially their eye makeup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I discussed the Illusion d'Ombre with two of my makeup boards buddies and they couldn't stop raving about them so&amp;nbsp;i decided to go check out these new cream eyeshadows to find out what all the fuss is about - ahhhh the things you have to do in the name of research, right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;When i swatched these in the store, i found the texture to be really intriguing: it's kind of a cross between MAC paintpots and a mousse. When you put your finger in the pot, you will feel like touching something hard topped off with a soft layer. It is really really weird.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The colors also won me over. The range is absolutely gorgeous.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;- Illusoire (means "illusory/illusive") is a gorgeous plum/purple with gold sparkles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;- Epatant (means "surprising/cracking") is a khaki with gold flecks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;- Mirifique (means "wonderful") is an amazing deep true black with silver sparkles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The sparkles make them quite luminous without looking too glittery. In fact, when you look at them from a distance, they seem almost wet, which is kind of a hot look to do during autumn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illusoire and Epatant are semi-opaque and definitely buildable. Mirifique is the most opaque.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I heard the Illusion d'Ombre are very long-lasting. However, some people have experienced the contrary. This is really something you have to find out on your own as it depends on various factors such as your skin type. Personally, everything holds pretty good on my lids, so i'm not worried about those.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My swatches didn't capture the sparkles that well, but i did my best as always.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Have you already purchased them? Do you want to?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaQcU0SOQ1I/ToxaGMI_ZhI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/CWi8XaUlPms/s1600/Chanel+Illusion+d%2527Ombre+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="177" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IaQcU0SOQ1I/ToxaGMI_ZhI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/CWi8XaUlPms/s1600/Chanel+Illusion+d%2527Ombre+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;CHANEL Illusion d'Ombre, left to right (de gauche à droite) :&lt;br /&gt;83 Illusoire, 84 Epatant, 85 Mirifique.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;J'ai cédé à la tentation d'aller voir de plus près les Illusion d'Ombre aujourd'hui. D'abord parce que tout le monde en parle en ce moment et puis, après en avoir discuté avec deux copines de forum beauté qui n'avaient que des choses positives à en dire, je me suis dit que ces ombres devaient vraiment avoir quelque chose de spécial.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et, en effet, la texture est très étrange: je dirais que les Illusion d'Ombre sont un juste milieu entre les paintpots MAC et une texture mousse. Elles ont en fait un coeur plutôt dur avec une enveloppe plus moelleuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais, ce sont surtout les couleurs qui ont fini de me convaincre. Vraiment, elles sont toutes réussies. Ces ombres sont très irisées, sans être grossièrement pailletées. De loin, elles donnent un effet mouillé, parfait pour des smokey originaux!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus précisément, Illusoire est un très beau prune violacé avec des particules dorées; Epatant est un kaki doré; Mirifique est un noir très profond et très opaque avec des particules argentées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illusoire et Epatant sont semi-opaques en un seul passage. Mirifique est très opaque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La tenue de ces ombres fait débat. Elles sont supposées être longue-tenue mais certaines n'ont pas constaté de tenue exceptionnelle. Vraiment, c'est une idée que vous devrez vous faire par vous-même puisque la tenue dépend, de toute manière, de plusieurs facteurs comme votre type de peau.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On ne voit pas trop les paillettes sur mes swatches, mais j'espère quand même que ça vous aidera à vous faire une idée des Illusion d'Ombre!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avez-vous déjà craqué pour ces ombres?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-7442764234473289354?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/7442764234473289354/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-haul-chanel-illusion-dombre.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7442764234473289354'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7442764234473289354'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/10/its-haul-chanel-illusion-dombre.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! CHANEL Illusion d&apos;Ombre'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SAIt-MTggfM/ToxQLR0r7TI/AAAAAAAAAPM/37qFsEYmV6M/s72-c/Chanel+Illusion+D%2527ombre.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8906272031228517230</id><published>2011-09-29T18:10:00.037+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:26:19.299+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEPHORA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Sephora 69 Midnight Crawl</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xZlmkHqcndc/TuS_YVpP9fI/AAAAAAAAAWs/wCD0_5ibwwI/s1600/Sephora+Midnight+Crawl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xZlmkHqcndc/TuS_YVpP9fI/AAAAAAAAAWs/wCD0_5ibwwI/s1600/Sephora+Midnight+Crawl.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sephora Midnight Crawl nailpolish&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here's Sephora Midnight Crawl nailpolish in all its glory.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is a multichrome that flashes purple, lilac, taupe and green. Totally Insane!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope i captured it well enough in my swatches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the consistency, it's really the same as &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/notd-sephora-68-diving-in-malaysia.html" target="_blank"&gt;Diving In Malaysia&lt;/a&gt;. So it's all good!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJwn96N7UxA/TuTBSLhMgRI/AAAAAAAAAXA/tWYUfFA_Rq0/s1600/Sephora%2BMidnight%2BCrawl%2Bswatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJwn96N7UxA/TuTBSLhMgRI/AAAAAAAAAXA/tWYUfFA_Rq0/s1600/Sephora%2BMidnight%2BCrawl%2Bswatches.jpg" width="159" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sephora Midnight Crawl swatches.&lt;br /&gt;Yep, that's one nailpolish!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Vous ne rêvez pas, c'est un seul et même vernis!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici le vernis "Midnight Crawl" de Sephora.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un merveilleux multichrome: violet, lilas, taupe et vert. J'espère que mes swatches en rendent bien compte!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quant à l'application, rien à signaler, comme pour &lt;a href="http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/notd-sephora-68-diving-in-malaysia.html"&gt;Diving in Malaysia&lt;/a&gt; que je vous ai présenté il y a quelques jours.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8906272031228517230?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8906272031228517230/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/notd-sephora-69-midnight-crawl.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8906272031228517230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8906272031228517230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/notd-sephora-69-midnight-crawl.html' title='NOTD: Sephora 69 Midnight Crawl'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xZlmkHqcndc/TuS_YVpP9fI/AAAAAAAAAWs/wCD0_5ibwwI/s72-c/Sephora+Midnight+Crawl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-2974149041031079324</id><published>2011-09-20T21:09:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:26:49.495+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ILLAMASQUA'/><title type='text'>LOTD: Illamasqua Box lipstick</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YuFU4P6QnCY/Tnje7RsCviI/AAAAAAAAAO0/DenIaA2MxyI/s1600/Illamasqua+Box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="148" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YuFU4P6QnCY/Tnje7RsCviI/AAAAAAAAAO0/DenIaA2MxyI/s1600/Illamasqua+Box.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Illamasqua Box&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;So... i was feeling a little daring today and i chose to wear the most perfect red i own.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Illamasqua Box lipstick is a matte scarlet red.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;It was the first time i ever wore a red lipstick during daytime. Thank you Illamasqua for helping me bring out my alter ego!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I cannot describe how great Illamasqua matte lipsticks are... they are unbelievable. They really feel like a veil, as if the lipstick were hugging your lips. This is something to experiment to actually understand. I have never ever felt that with a lipstick. It's so comfortable, you really don't feel like there is anything on your lips. And... to top everything off... they are incredibly long-lasting : they will stay put the whole day, lunch and dinner included!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I have no words. You really have to try these lipsticks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bare with me, this is my first lip swatch ever.&lt;br /&gt;Such close-up pictures really emphasize little imperfections, i hope you will enjoy the swatch anyway. :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQN6rVRKBx8/TuYhBLZGOLI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/YiYOF2JS8x0/s1600/Illamasqua+Box+Lipstick+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="247" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VQN6rVRKBx8/TuYhBLZGOLI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/YiYOF2JS8x0/s1600/Illamasqua+Box+Lipstick+swatch.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Illamasqua Box lipstick swatch&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Je voulais oser quelque chose de nouveau aujourd'hui et j'ai donc choisi le rouge parfait à mes yeux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illamasqua Box est un rouge à lèvres mat, un rouge écarlate profond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est la première fois que je portais un rouge rouge durant la journée et je remercie Illamasqua pour ça!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La texture de ce rouge est tellement confortable qu'elle m'a permis de prendre assez confiance en moi pour le porter. Si vous n'avez pas encore essayé les rouges mats d'Illamasqua, vous devriez sans tarder! Ils sont vraiment indescriptibles. Ils donnent cette sensation très agréable de voile de douceur, on n'a pas l'impression de porter quoi que ce soit sur les lèvres. Et, surtout, ils sont résistants: à la fin d'une journée, la couleur n'aura quasiment pas changé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est la première fois que je prends en photo mes lèvres et, je me rends compte que des photos prises d'aussi près révèlent des détails et des imperfections normalement invisibles à l'oeil nu. J'espère quand même que cela vous plaira!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-2974149041031079324?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/2974149041031079324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/lotd-illamasqua-box-lipstick.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2974149041031079324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2974149041031079324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/lotd-illamasqua-box-lipstick.html' title='LOTD: Illamasqua Box lipstick'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YuFU4P6QnCY/Tnje7RsCviI/AAAAAAAAAO0/DenIaA2MxyI/s72-c/Illamasqua+Box.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-3840996390167982079</id><published>2011-09-18T14:19:00.009+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:27:38.761+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAKE-UP ATELIER'/><title type='text'>Make-Up Atelier Amazones palette (T18)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EEDZLYMcMD4/TnXXVG3MxiI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ffH8SYW9rYs/s1600/Make-Up+Atelier+Amazones+Palette+-+T18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="161" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EEDZLYMcMD4/TnXXVG3MxiI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ffH8SYW9rYs/s1600/Make-Up+Atelier+Amazones+Palette+-+T18.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Make-Up Atelier is a French professional makeup brand, founded in the late 80s. They have their own makeup school in Paris.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Their products are sold worldwide, you can find out about locations here:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ateliermaquillage.com/distribuidor.php"&gt;http://www.ateliermaquillage.com/distribuidor.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Their 5 eyeshadows palettes are a pretty good deal. A pre-made palette costs 25 euros. Each eyeshadow weights 2g and can be purchased separately.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;The &lt;b&gt;T18 Amazones&lt;/b&gt; palette is, in my opinion, a must-have.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T181 is called "Anis"&lt;/b&gt; and is a light yellow gold.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T182, "Cactus"&lt;/b&gt; is an orangey gold with a green duochrome. A cross between MAC Gorgeous Gold eyeshadow and MAC Old Gold pigment.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T183, "Patina Gold"&lt;/b&gt; is an amazing khaki with gold sparkles. A mix between MAC Golden Olive and MAC Night Light pigments.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T184, "Liane"&lt;/b&gt; is a beautiful brown.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Finally, &lt;b&gt;T185, "Star Green"&lt;/b&gt; is a mind-blowing blue green eyeshadow.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I absolutely love the colors, and i find this palette offers multiple combinations. The texture is stunning... think MAC Starflash finish... only 10 times better. Yep, it's &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; good.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;They have a metallic finish, so the swatches were quite hard to photograph. As always, i tried to do my best though :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pm9ijqepBQA/TnXXVmxufkI/AAAAAAAAAOw/l0Np8_jrk_k/s1600/Make-Up+Atelier+Amazones+Palette+-+T18+-+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="185" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pm9ijqepBQA/TnXXVmxufkI/AAAAAAAAAOw/l0Np8_jrk_k/s1600/Make-Up+Atelier+Amazones+Palette+-+T18+-+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Make-Up Atelier T18 Amazones palette.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From left to right (&lt;i&gt;de gauche à droite&lt;/i&gt;) :&lt;br /&gt;T181, T182, T183, T184, T185&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Make-Up Atelier est une marque française de maquillage professionnel, créée dans les années 80. Leur école et leur boutique sont situées à Paris, dans le 11ème arrondissement.&lt;br /&gt;Il existe également d'autres points de vente à l'étranger, toutes les adresses se trouvent ici: http://www.ateliermaquillage.com/distribuidor.php&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le rapport qualité/prix des palettes est, à mon sens, imbattable. Chaque palette est vendue 25 euros - si mes souvenirs sont bons -, chaque fard à paupières fait 2g et peut être acheté séparément.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La palette &lt;b&gt;T18 Amazones&lt;/b&gt; est un incontournable de la gamme proposée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elle est composée des fards suivants:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T181 "Anis"&lt;/b&gt; est de couleur or jaune.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T182 "Cactus"&lt;/b&gt; est or orangé avec un duochrome vert. Quelque part entre le fard MAC Gorgeous Gold et le pigment MAC Old Gold.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T183 "Patina Gold"&lt;/b&gt; est un kaki avec des reflets dorés. Comme un mélange entre les pigments MAC Golden Olive et Night Light.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T184 "Liane"&lt;/b&gt; est de couleur marron.&lt;br /&gt;- &lt;b&gt;T185 "Star Green"&lt;/b&gt; est un incroyable fard bleu/vert foncé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je trouve les couleurs vraiment sublimes et j'aime le fait que cette palette offre de nombreuses possibilités. La texture des fards est excellente, un peu comme les Starflash chez MAC, en beaucoup mieux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En réalité, ces fards ont un fini quasi métallique, j'ai eu du mal à photographier les swatches, mais j'ai fait de mon mieux :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-3840996390167982079?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/3840996390167982079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/make-up-atelier-amazones-palette-t18.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/3840996390167982079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/3840996390167982079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/make-up-atelier-amazones-palette-t18.html' title='Make-Up Atelier Amazones palette (T18)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EEDZLYMcMD4/TnXXVG3MxiI/AAAAAAAAAOs/ffH8SYW9rYs/s72-c/Make-Up+Atelier+Amazones+Palette+-+T18.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8500498310304200586</id><published>2011-09-10T11:29:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:28:26.081+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ZOYA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CREATIVE NAIL DESIGN'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Zoya Julieanne + CND Crimson Sparkle</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCoZPUxSLmA/TmsqL9s5h6I/AAAAAAAAAOk/2JLxlZUjERI/s1600/Zoya+Julianne+-+CND+Crimson+Sparkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCoZPUxSLmA/TmsqL9s5h6I/AAAAAAAAAOk/2JLxlZUjERI/s1600/Zoya+Julianne+-+CND+Crimson+Sparkle.jpg" width="252" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Zoya Julieanne - 3 Coats&lt;br /&gt;CND Crimson Sparkle - 2 coats&lt;br /&gt;Seche Vite topcoat&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;A quick NOTD today :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;This is probably my favorite combo because the color kind of reminds me of the famous MAC Mineralize Eyeshadow in "Young Punk".&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I absolutely &lt;i&gt;love &lt;/i&gt;Zoya nailpolishes colors but i find the brush too thin for my large nails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoya Julieanne is a dark purple. It has pink shimmer with a golden duochrome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EI_MHQydL9c/Tmsrcd-pNvI/AAAAAAAAAOo/bVvcpSSGdYo/s1600/CND+Crimson+Sparkle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-EI_MHQydL9c/Tmsrcd-pNvI/AAAAAAAAAOo/bVvcpSSGdYo/s1600/CND+Crimson+Sparkle.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Creative Nail Design Effects nailpolishes are great, the sparkles spread easily and evenly. I love how Crimson Sparkle makes the shimmer in Zoya Julieanne warmer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Une manucure aujourd'hui :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aime beaucoup la combinaison de Zoya Julieanne et du CND Crimson Sparkle parce que la couleur me rappelle beaucoup mon fard préféré - le mineralize MAC Young Punk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zoya Julieanne est un violet profond avec des paillettes roses et dorées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'aime beaucoup les vernis Zoya mais je trouve le pinceau trop fin pour mes ongles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le vernis Creative Nail Design Crimson Sparkle est très bien, les paillettes s'appliquent facilement et de manière uniforme. J'aime beaucoup la manière dont il accentue et réchauffe les paillettes du vernis Zoya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vous aimez?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8500498310304200586?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8500498310304200586/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/notd-zoya-julieanne-cnd-crimson-sparkle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8500498310304200586'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8500498310304200586'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/notd-zoya-julieanne-cnd-crimson-sparkle.html' title='NOTD: Zoya Julieanne + CND Crimson Sparkle'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SCoZPUxSLmA/TmsqL9s5h6I/AAAAAAAAAOk/2JLxlZUjERI/s72-c/Zoya+Julianne+-+CND+Crimson+Sparkle.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-7550293198753961745</id><published>2011-09-09T16:58:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:29:02.068+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DIOR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! Dior Iridescent Leather quint (539)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FqkGDeWC0Y8/Tmoh6cy-euI/AAAAAAAAAOY/9ottsWL6r98/s1600/Iridescent+Leather+haul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="250" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FqkGDeWC0Y8/Tmoh6cy-euI/AAAAAAAAAOY/9ottsWL6r98/s1600/Iridescent+Leather+haul.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Last week, sick and bored out of my mind, i began browsing the French Dior online store and came across this (see picture above). Well, i almost had a heart attack.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Part of the 2008 fall collection, this quint is still, to this day, one of the most sought-after Dior items. Rightfully so. It is a gorgeous combination of golds, beiges and browns. The texture and pigmentation are absolutely perfect. Flawless.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Iridescent Leather is that one product every gal should have, so if you live in France or know someone who lives here, i &lt;i&gt;urge&lt;/i&gt; you to grab one!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I hope the swatches will convince you. These eyeshadows are so luminescent that it was quite hard to photograph. In real life, they look almost metallic.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;What do you think?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XXbG8w2_F0I/TmopDSRKDgI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EK7HUuHQjXM/s1600/Dior+Iridescent+Leather+quint.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="377" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XXbG8w2_F0I/TmopDSRKDgI/AAAAAAAAAOc/EK7HUuHQjXM/s1600/Dior+Iridescent+Leather+quint.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dior Iridescent Leather quint (539)&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SbZnS9auic/TmopJmuucGI/AAAAAAAAAOg/d0m0FVi51ug/s1600/Dior+Iridescent+Leather+quint+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="207" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--SbZnS9auic/TmopJmuucGI/AAAAAAAAAOg/d0m0FVi51ug/s1600/Dior+Iridescent+Leather+quint+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Dior Iridescent Leather quint (539) swatches.&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;C'est pour tuer l'ennui que je parcourais, la semaine dernière, le site de vente en ligne Dior. Voici ce sur quoi je suis tombée (photo plus haut) et la surprise fût telle que je n'étais pas loin d'une crise cardiaque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plus sérieusement, la palette Dior Iridescent Leather, bien qu'elle soit sortie en fin d'année 2008, reste un objet de collection très prisé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et, effectivement, cette palette vaut le détour : c'est une des plus belles combinaisons d'ors, de beiges et de bruns que je connaisse. La texture et la pigmentation des fards sont absolument parfaites.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous conseille vivement de vous procurer cette palette!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'espère que mes swatches seront convaincants, j'ai fait au mieux sachant que les fards sont très lumineux et donc difficile à photographier. Ces fards ont un aspect quasi métallique en réalité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'en pensez-vous?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-7550293198753961745?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/7550293198753961745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/its-haul-dior-iridescent-leather-quint.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7550293198753961745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/7550293198753961745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/its-haul-dior-iridescent-leather-quint.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! Dior Iridescent Leather quint (539)'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FqkGDeWC0Y8/Tmoh6cy-euI/AAAAAAAAAOY/9ottsWL6r98/s72-c/Iridescent+Leather+haul.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1302064928664752638</id><published>2011-09-06T11:58:00.019+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:29:45.018+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BRUSHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAC'/><title type='text'>MAC 226 Brush</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-50_Zj7yXEfI/TmXkstzlcbI/AAAAAAAAAOU/xQ0Sd3pLOZ4/s1600/MAC+226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="136" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-50_Zj7yXEfI/TmXkstzlcbI/AAAAAAAAAOU/xQ0Sd3pLOZ4/s1600/MAC+226.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I finally received the 226 brush in the mail yesterday!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I did own this brush when it first came out in 2009 with the Brunette Blonde Redhead collection, and i sold it because i didn't reach for it very each often.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;There has been much speculation about whether or not the 2011 version will be similar to the 2009 version. Sincerely, the 2011 version brush looks exactly the same as the 2009 version - at least from what i recall.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;What do you think? Does it look the same to you?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsGE73GDUns/TmXkqpRoSyI/AAAAAAAAAOI/XxJ6jN2JUNA/s1600/MAC+226+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsGE73GDUns/TmXkqpRoSyI/AAAAAAAAAOI/XxJ6jN2JUNA/s1600/MAC+226+closeup.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Since i don't own the 2009 version anymore, i figured i would compare the MAC 226 to other tapered blending brushes i have in my makeup collection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- MAC 226 brush is quite dense and stiff. This makes an excellent brush to pack on color in the crease, and its blending capacity is amazing.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- MAKE UP FOR EVER 14S brush is shorter, pointier, just as dense and stiff as the MAC 226. This brush gives you good control whenever you want to apply color in the crease or on the tear duct. However, i feel the 14S brush is better at applying color than blending.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- NARS 12 brush is very flexible because it has very few hair in it. This brush is meant to apply a very sheer wash of color in the crease. Because of how thin it is, this brush allows you a lot of precision in that area. I feel the NARS 12 brush is excellent for a neutral kind of look, when you want your crease to be very defined, yet subtle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- MAC 222 brush is obviously a lot bigger, it is somehow fluffy and stiff at the same time. This brush is great to pack on a lot of color in the crease. It is also great at blending without washing any color away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7wNEFwwOjA/TmXksHWnpiI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/qm3LI7bKDBE/s1600/MAC+226+comparison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="176" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-e7wNEFwwOjA/TmXksHWnpiI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/qm3LI7bKDBE/s1600/MAC+226+comparison.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;From top to bottom (&lt;i&gt;de haut en bas&lt;/i&gt;) :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;- MAKE UP FOR EVER 14S&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;- NARS 12&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;- MAC 226&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;-MAC 222&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmWzvagIvRg/TmXkrvWn8VI/AAAAAAAAAOM/-AXaTtQDmHc/s1600/MAC+226+comparison+closeup.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="272" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QmWzvagIvRg/TmXkrvWn8VI/AAAAAAAAAOM/-AXaTtQDmHc/s1600/MAC+226+comparison+closeup.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;J'ai enfin reçu mon pinceau MAC 226 hier!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je l'ai déjà eu en ma possession, lorsque MAC l'avait sorti pour la première fois en 2009 dans la collection "Brunette Blonde Redhead", mais je l'avais alors revendu parce que je ne m'en servais pas plus que ça à l'époque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis qu'il a été annoncé que ce pinceau serait de nouveau disponible avec la collection "Mac Make Me Over", sortie ce mois-ci, beaucoup de personnes se sont inquiétées de savoir si cette version 2011 serait différente de la version 2009.&lt;br /&gt;Je trouve que le pinceau est resté le même - d'après les souvenirs que j'ai de la version 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais, comme je n'ai plus la version 2009, je me suis dit qu'il serait intéressant de le comparer à d'autres pinceaux fuselés du même genre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le pinceau MAC 226 est assez dense et plutôt rigide. Parfait pour appliquer beaucoup de couleur dans le creux de la paupière, il estompe aussi les couleurs très facilement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le pinceau MAKE UP FOR EVER 14S est plus court et plus pointu, mais aussi dense et rigide que le MAC 226. Par sa petite taille, il permet d'appliquer les couleurs avec plus de précision dans le creux ou dans le coin interne de la paupière, mais je trouve qu'il n'est pas vraiment pratique pour estomper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le pinceau NARS 12 est plus fin, bien moins fourni en poils et beaucoup plus souple. Il est plutôt idéal pour appliquer un voile de couleur. Si vous voulez un makeup "nude", il est parfait pour définir de manière subtile le creux de la paupière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Le pinceau MAC 222 est évidemment plus large, à la fois souple (en pointe) et rigide (en base). Il est excellent pour appliquer beaucoup de couleur dans le creux de paupière. Il estompe aussi sans effacer ou déplacer la couleur.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1302064928664752638?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1302064928664752638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/mac-226-brush.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1302064928664752638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1302064928664752638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/mac-226-brush.html' title='MAC 226 Brush'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-50_Zj7yXEfI/TmXkstzlcbI/AAAAAAAAAOU/xQ0Sd3pLOZ4/s72-c/MAC+226.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-8497033088582139269</id><published>2011-09-02T17:33:00.010+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:30:46.679+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MAC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='STILA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DUPES'/><title type='text'>Dupe alert! MAC Smoke &amp; Diamonds eyeshadow</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmpyuH4RxAM/TmDU8puKX_I/AAAAAAAAAOA/FJUMnh83E8w/s1600/smoke-and-diamonds-compared-diamond-lil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="208" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmpyuH4RxAM/TmDU8puKX_I/AAAAAAAAAOA/FJUMnh83E8w/s1600/smoke-and-diamonds-compared-diamond-lil.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Left (&lt;i&gt;à gauche&lt;/i&gt;) : MAC Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds&lt;br /&gt;Right (&lt;i&gt;à droite&lt;/i&gt;) : STILA Diamond Lil&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I posted this comparison the first time i had my blog up ( 1... 2 years ago? I don't remember) so... apologies if you already read that.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nearly 2 years after Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds latest release, i still see this eyeshadow on many wishlists posted on various makeup boards. Indeed, Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds is a pretty unique color: a deep greyish taupe with gold flecks. The texture (Starflash) is absolutely amazing: soft, easily blendable and excellent pigmentation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Well, i say... search no more... - &lt;i&gt;or, at least, until it gets released again&lt;/i&gt; ;-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;MAC Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds and Stila Diamond Lil are very similar, with subtle differences.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;They're basically the same color, except that Diamond Lil is cooler while Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds has a warmer brown-ish base that shows up when swatched.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;On the other hand, the gold flecks of Diamond Lil stand out more than the ones in Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;However, when blended (or applied), you cannot really tell the difference between the two.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Diamond Lil's texture is also great, it's in fact creamier than Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds, and the color payoff is just as good!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Take a look at my swatches to convince yourself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The good news is STILA has returned to the European market. Their products can be purchased at places like HQHAIR, Beautybay and Lookfantastic!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JCpDzaI1Eeg/TmDU-FL6TCI/AAAAAAAAAOE/UeIB0ZHJkSw/s1600/swatch-smoke-and-diamonds-compared-diamond-lil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JCpDzaI1Eeg/TmDU-FL6TCI/AAAAAAAAAOE/UeIB0ZHJkSw/s1600/swatch-smoke-and-diamonds-compared-diamond-lil.jpg" width="356" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;In every picture: MAC on the left, STILA on the right.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sur chaque photo: MAC à gauche, STILA à droite.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Désolée si ce billet semblera répétitif pour certaines (et certains), il s'agit d'une comparaison que j'avais déjà effectué la première fois que j'ai créé ce blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vois encore beaucoup de personnes qui cherchent à acquérir le fameux MAC Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds, et j'espère que cette comparaison les aidera!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il est vrai que Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds est assez unique, et je comprends tout à fait l'engouement pour ce fard à paupières (je l'adore, vraiment). Ce taupe grisé, avec ses reflets dorés, est absolument magnifique. Et, la texture ne gâche rien: crémeux, ce fard a une pigmentation excellente et se travaille très facilement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mais, vous pouvez arrêter là les recherches! - &lt;i&gt;en tout cas jusqu'à ce que MAC le ressorte&lt;/i&gt; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;STILA Diamond Lil est très proche de Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds à la différence que ce dernier a une base marron que Diamond Lil n'a pas, le rendant ainsi plus froid que Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds. Néanmoins, les reflets dorés de Diamond Lil sont nettement plus visibles que ceux de Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorsque ces deux fards sont estompés (et donc appliqués), il est quasiment impossible de les différencier. Vraiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant la texture, la version de STILA n'a rien à envier à Smoke &amp;amp; Diamonds (texture Starflash). Diamond Lil est même plus crémeux, la pigmentation est aussi excellente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J'ai essayé de capturer les similitudes et les différences au mieux. J'espère que mes swatches finiront de vous convaincre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La bonne nouvelle est que, contrairement à la dernière fois, STILA est de nouveau disponible sur le marché européen (notamment sur HQHAIR, Beautybay et Lookfantastic).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-8497033088582139269?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/8497033088582139269/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/dupe-alert-mac-smoke-diamonds-eyeshadow.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8497033088582139269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/8497033088582139269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/09/dupe-alert-mac-smoke-diamonds-eyeshadow.html' title='Dupe alert! MAC Smoke &amp; Diamonds eyeshadow'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xmpyuH4RxAM/TmDU8puKX_I/AAAAAAAAAOA/FJUMnh83E8w/s72-c/smoke-and-diamonds-compared-diamond-lil.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-3706688942457157151</id><published>2011-08-31T14:33:00.014+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:31:45.548+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEPHORA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DUPES'/><title type='text'>NOTD : Sephora 68 Diving in Malaysia</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KmEvXjgbM8/Tl4ho9yd_5I/AAAAAAAAAN8/1lcpFxCrmck/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KmEvXjgbM8/Tl4ho9yd_5I/AAAAAAAAAN8/1lcpFxCrmck/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;"Diving in Malaysia" is a metallic smoked golden bronze with a green duochrome. According to several blogs, it might be a close dupe for the famous Chanel Peridot. I think "Diving in Malaysia" has a more subtle duochrome than Peridot and the base may also be not as deep as Peridot.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Don't quote me on that, though, as this comparison is based solely on the swatches of Peridot i have seen online. I have no interest in going to the store to see how Peridot looks like in real life... maybe my brain knew that i already had a dupe at home, so Peridot didn't appeal to me at all ; or, &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;maybe&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/i&gt;(read : most certainly)&amp;nbsp;... since almost every conversation was just about Peridot, it got me really fed up way before it was&amp;nbsp;released.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;The consistency of "Diving in Malaysia" is great. The brush is quite wide and short, it is also not too flexible, so it gives you enough control. You will get brush strokes - like most of metallic nailpolishes - if you don't take time to apply the nailpolish and if you rush to apply your topcoat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I tried to photograph it the best i could. Swatching a duochrome is a hard task, so i took several pictures to give you an idea of how it looks like.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, i am very pleased with this nailpolish that only costs 4 euros!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Did you get Chanel Peridot? Or do you want to get this dupe instead?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SULqFZDgfmc/Tl4hboLr3WI/AAAAAAAAANo/EgXqJxKo6kI/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swach+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="145" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SULqFZDgfmc/Tl4hboLr3WI/AAAAAAAAANo/EgXqJxKo6kI/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swach+2.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0KVmz80BjzA/Tl4hgfLzZdI/AAAAAAAAANs/BqvSIYVXW-I/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swach+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0KVmz80BjzA/Tl4hgfLzZdI/AAAAAAAAANs/BqvSIYVXW-I/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swach+3.jpg" width="171" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cm6zf0k5DqI/Tl4hlxOLuDI/AAAAAAAAAN4/YN9fLpRM7_8/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swatch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cm6zf0k5DqI/Tl4hlxOLuDI/AAAAAAAAAN4/YN9fLpRM7_8/s1600/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia+swatch.jpg" width="193" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;"Diving in Malaysia" est considéré comme le dupe du fameux Chanel Peridot dont tout le monde parle depuis quelques semaines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;Il s'agit, ici, d'un bronze doré fumé, métallique, avec des reflets verts. D'après les swatches de Peridot que j'ai vu sur les blogs, je pense que la version de Sephora a des reflets plus subtiles et une base plus claire, comparée au Chanel.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;C'est un avis &lt;i&gt;a priori&lt;/i&gt;, je n'ai pas vraiment l'intention ni l'envie d'aller voir Peridot en boutique. Tout ce buzz n'a pas eu plus d'effet que ça, me concernant, peut-être que je savais inconsciemment que j'avais déjà un vernis très ressemblant, ou &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;peut-être&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (certainement) que j'en ai eu plus que marre que la blogosphère n'ait parlé que de Peridot depuis plusieurs semaines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;La texture de "Diving in Malaysia" ne pose aucun problème. Le pinceau est assez large mais pas trop flexible, ce qui donne assez de contrôle pour appliquer le vernis convenablement. Le fini métallique accentue les traces du pinceau si vous appliquez le vernis trop rapidement, ou si vous utilisez votre topcoat trop tôt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;J'ai fait de mon mieux pour les swatches, ce n'est pas très facile de capturer le duochrome. J'espère que vous ne m'en tiendrez pas rigueur!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;Au final, je suis très satisfaite de ce vernis Sephora, surtout qu'il ne coûte que 4 euros!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;Avez-vous succombé à Peridot? Ou bien allez-vous essayer la version Sephora?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-3706688942457157151?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/3706688942457157151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/notd-sephora-68-diving-in-malaysia.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/3706688942457157151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/3706688942457157151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/notd-sephora-68-diving-in-malaysia.html' title='NOTD : Sephora 68 Diving in Malaysia'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7KmEvXjgbM8/Tl4ho9yd_5I/AAAAAAAAAN8/1lcpFxCrmck/s72-c/Sephora+68+Diving+in+Malaysia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-2230444199967793512</id><published>2011-08-25T18:35:00.008+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:32:34.908+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LIPSTICK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! YSL Rouge Pur Couture</title><content type='html'>&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZiG057M_qk/TlZ3B6ny_6I/AAAAAAAAANg/Wh7AGVoMwXI/s1600/ysl+pur+couture+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="176" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZiG057M_qk/TlZ3B6ny_6I/AAAAAAAAANg/Wh7AGVoMwXI/s1600/ysl+pur+couture+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Rouge Pur Couture from left to right (de gauche à droite) :&lt;br /&gt;7 Le Fuchsia, 8 Belle De Rose, 24 Blond Ingénu, 11 Rose Carnation, 1 Le Rouge&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A quick post to share another YSL haul with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rouge Pur Couture lipsticks are now among my favorites. Moisturizing, excellent pigmentation, vibrant colors, long lasting. Pure love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did swatches on my arm, for now, but will definitely do lip swatches in the future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you already tried them? :-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6kdOvRMstTo/TlZ5OmYteUI/AAAAAAAAANk/HK2ztANnDuc/s1600/YSL+pur+couture+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="231" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6kdOvRMstTo/TlZ5OmYteUI/AAAAAAAAANk/HK2ztANnDuc/s1600/YSL+pur+couture+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;YSL Rouge Pur Couture from left to right (de gauche à droite) :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;7 Le Fuchsia, 8 Belle De Rose, 24 Blond Ingénu, 11 Rose Carnation, 1 Le Rouge&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Un billet rapide pour partager avec vous mes derniers achats : les rouges à lèvres YSL Rouge Pur Couture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces rouges sont vraiment proches de la perfection, à mon sens. Ils sont hydratants, très pigmentés, tiennent très longtemps, et la gamme de couleurs est merveilleuse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour l'instant, je ne les ai swatchés que sur le bras, mais j'entends bien vous les montrer sur mes lèvres dans le futur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avez-vous déjà craqué pour ces rouges?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-2230444199967793512?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/2230444199967793512/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/its-haul-ysl-rouge-pur-couture.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2230444199967793512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2230444199967793512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/its-haul-ysl-rouge-pur-couture.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! YSL Rouge Pur Couture'/><author><name>Amira</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06751913328994169708</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UOCa6WXjHaI/TlY5wohZWxI/AAAAAAAAANE/JPzEMWb_h2g/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zZiG057M_qk/TlZ3B6ny_6I/AAAAAAAAANg/Wh7AGVoMwXI/s72-c/ysl+pur+couture+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-5803073248297612284</id><published>2011-08-22T20:25:00.030+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:33:41.029+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>Swatches &amp; Review: YSL Jardin de Minuit (Midnight Garden) Fall 2011 collection</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r7ZboURtD6s/TlKi5p--S9I/AAAAAAAAACQ/WhSHaS4SXsM/s1600/YSL+Moonlight+Blue+Wintergreen+nailpolish+swatches.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="261" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r7ZboURtD6s/TlKi5p--S9I/AAAAAAAAACQ/WhSHaS4SXsM/s1600/YSL+Moonlight+Blue+Wintergreen+nailpolish+swatches.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Left (à gauche) : YSL Moonlight Blue&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Right (à droite) : YSL Wintergreen.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are the swatches of the items i bought from the YSL Fall 2011 collection!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Nailpolishes:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Moonlight Blue is a dark royal blue with a hint of shimmer, making it very luminous, yet still very deep.&lt;br /&gt;- Wintergreen is a very beautiful petrol green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both nailpolishes have a good consistency - not too runny, not too thick. These will need 2 or 3 coats to make them opaque enough on the nails.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;5 eyeshadows palette:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Central color : seafoam green with seafoam blue sparkles.&lt;br /&gt;- Top left color : forest green with bright green sparkles.&lt;br /&gt;- Bottom left color : eggplant with reddish copper sparkles.&lt;br /&gt;- Top right color : pale pinky purple with blue sparkles.&lt;br /&gt;- Bottom right color : deep purple with pink and blue sparkles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 2 lightest shades are quite sheer, i guess they are meant to be used on top of a black base or on top of the other shades to transform them.&lt;br /&gt;The 3 darkest shades have very good pigmentation.&lt;br /&gt;I am impressed by the great texture of all the eyeshadows - the sparkles are very fine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This palette is absolutely amazing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All in all, i am still happy with what i purchased and i can see myself using this palette quite often.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tempted? ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MhxcL66r2RQ/TlKjGHdZ3rI/AAAAAAAAACU/cfYM9SIKYYA/s1600/YSL+Jardin+minuit+-+Midnight+Garden+palette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="365" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MhxcL66r2RQ/TlKjGHdZ3rI/AAAAAAAAACU/cfYM9SIKYYA/s1600/YSL+Jardin+minuit+-+Midnight+Garden+palette.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Jardin de Minuit (Midnight Garden) palette.&lt;br /&gt;Top row (ligne du haut) : eyeshadows on their own (fards seuls).&lt;br /&gt;Bottom row (ligne du bas) : eyeshadows on black base (fards sur base noire).&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hwc8WGZoQRc/TlKjQyBXpSI/AAAAAAAAACY/d2DpbeT0EZU/s1600/YSL+Jardin+minuit+-+Midnight+Garden+palette+-+blur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="295" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hwc8WGZoQRc/TlKjQyBXpSI/AAAAAAAAACY/d2DpbeT0EZU/s1600/YSL+Jardin+minuit+-+Midnight+Garden+palette+-+blur.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Out of focus picture to see the sparkles.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;Photo floue pour voir les paillettes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Voici donc les swatches de la collection YSL Automne 2011, comme promis!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Concernant les vernis:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Moonlight Blue est un bleu roi, à la fois très lumineux et profond.&lt;br /&gt;- Wintergreen est une sorte de vert pétrole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La texture est assez idéale, ni trop liquide, ni trop épaisse. Ces vernis nécessiteront quand même 2 ou 3 couches pour atteindre une bonne opacité sur l'ongle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;Concernant la palette:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Couleur centrale : vert d'eau avec des paillettes bleues.&lt;br /&gt;- Couleur du coin supérieur gauche : vert forêt foncé avec des paillettes vertes.&lt;br /&gt;- Couleur du coin inférieur gauche : aubergine avec des paillettes cuivrées.&lt;br /&gt;- Couleur du coin supérieur droit : lilac/rose pale avec des paillettes bleues.&lt;br /&gt;- Couleur du coin inférieur droit : violet sombre avec des paillettes roses et bleues.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les deux couleurs les plus claires sont assez transparentes et me semblent devoir être utilisés sur une base noire ou sur les autres couleurs de la palette afin de créer de nouveaux reflets.&lt;br /&gt;Les trois couleurs foncées ont une très bonne pigmentation et peuvent être utilisées seules.&lt;br /&gt;Globalement, la texture est assez impressionnante, notamment en ce qui concerne les paillettes qui sont très fines et qu'on ne sent quasiment pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne regrette pas du tout mes achats! Alors, cette collection, tentante?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-5803073248297612284?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/5803073248297612284/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/swatches-review-ysl-jardin-de-minuit.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5803073248297612284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/5803073248297612284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/swatches-review-ysl-jardin-de-minuit.html' title='Swatches &amp; Review: &lt;br&gt;YSL Jardin de Minuit (Midnight Garden) &lt;br&gt;Fall 2011 collection'/><author><name>Amira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LTwZRWIsCMQ/Tkz9GQpeyqI/AAAAAAAAABI/WUXxy6rN814/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r7ZboURtD6s/TlKi5p--S9I/AAAAAAAAACQ/WhSHaS4SXsM/s72-c/YSL+Moonlight+Blue+Wintergreen+nailpolish+swatches.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-1225439885239001568</id><published>2011-08-20T19:10:00.007+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:35:08.470+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EYESHADOWS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YSL'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HAUL'/><title type='text'>It's a haul! YSL Jardin de Minuit (Fall 2011 collection)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw8HxPSmYNE/Tk_pGIiuhuI/AAAAAAAAABs/fEqgfB86iNg/s1600/YSL+fall+2011+haul.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw8HxPSmYNE/Tk_pGIiuhuI/AAAAAAAAABs/fEqgfB86iNg/s1600/YSL+fall+2011+haul.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Went for a walk today - despite the heat wave - and passed a makeup store that had the YSL Fall 2011 collection out. I had to splurge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Swatches and review are coming up in the next couple of days!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Have you gotten anything from the collection yet? Do you intend to?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lKO6VAxSon4/TlD03QX88dI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gugv1wMhHvc/s1600/YSL+Jardin+De+Minuit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lKO6VAxSon4/TlD03QX88dI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gugv1wMhHvc/s1600/YSL+Jardin+De+Minuit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Jardin de Minuit (Midnight Garden) palette&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OB9pGxCbIqI/Tk_pV84PM-I/AAAAAAAAAB0/1TEj3RCDS2c/s1600/YSL+Moonlight+Blue.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OB9pGxCbIqI/Tk_pV84PM-I/AAAAAAAAAB0/1TEj3RCDS2c/s1600/YSL+Moonlight+Blue.jpg" width="317" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Moonlight Blue nailpolish&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-njzflUqi_fQ/Tk_pWdUqmrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/CoBhotahCaw/s1600/YSL+Wintergreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-njzflUqi_fQ/Tk_pWdUqmrI/AAAAAAAAAB4/CoBhotahCaw/s1600/YSL+Wintergreen.jpg" width="317" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;YSL Wintergreen nailpolish&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Je me promenais aujourd'hui, et, en passant devant un Marionnaud, j'ai remarqué qu'ils avaient déjà mis en vente la collection YSL Automne 2011. "Jardin de minuit" me semble être une collection très réussie et je n'ai pas pu résisté!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les swatches et la review suiveront dans les prochains jours ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avez-vous l'intention de craquer aussi?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-1225439885239001568?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/1225439885239001568/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/its-haul-ysl-jardin-de-minuit-fall-2011.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1225439885239001568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/1225439885239001568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/its-haul-ysl-jardin-de-minuit-fall-2011.html' title='It&apos;s a haul! YSL Jardin de Minuit (Fall 2011 collection)'/><author><name>Amira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LTwZRWIsCMQ/Tkz9GQpeyqI/AAAAAAAAABI/WUXxy6rN814/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Rw8HxPSmYNE/Tk_pGIiuhuI/AAAAAAAAABs/fEqgfB86iNg/s72-c/YSL+fall+2011+haul.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-880274126377471725.post-2544886294533792673</id><published>2011-08-17T16:40:00.022+02:00</published><updated>2012-01-15T11:35:42.396+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SWATCHES'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NOTD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='DIOR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAILPOLISH'/><title type='text'>NOTD: Dior Aloha</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mH-PhZvt940/Tk0NY-doIwI/AAAAAAAAABo/pzLnZa_Fw70/s1600/Dior-Aloha+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mH-PhZvt940/Tk0NY-doIwI/AAAAAAAAABo/pzLnZa_Fw70/s1600/Dior-Aloha+copy.jpg" width="180" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First things first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I'm back to blogging, yes!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I had to remove myself from the Internet and focus on personal issues. Now that everything is pretty much sorted out, i want to blog again. This time, for good, i have even gotten my very own domain name!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I want to thank the people who supported me and i hope you'll hang in there with me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Anyway, back to the fun stuff.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I have decided to start with a NOTD. It is super hot, here, in France so i wanted to put on something quite bright. I have recently bought the two Dior Summer 2011 collection nailpolishes (Aloha and Paradise) despite not being really interested. But, a friend enabled me (yes, Shamini, your &amp;nbsp;fault!) when she asked for a CP. So, there, i had to have them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Aloha is a bright orange. However, it is a lot less bright than what i expected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;It came out with the new Dior brush, which is tapered at the end. I liked the brush a lot, i find it really helps with the application. I applied Aloha in less than 2 minutes yesterday, as i was in a rush, and it worked out fine!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;The consistency is perfect, not runny nor too thick - &lt;i&gt;although it is a little on the thicker side.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Also, Aloha and Paradise are sold in sets, with a Dior topcoat. If you don't have any topcoat, then it is a good deal. However, i found the Dior topcoat to be not as shiny and long-lasting as my beloved Seche Vite.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So, here it is. Dior Aloha. What do you think? Did you buy it too?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="fullpost"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="pagediv"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Bonjour à toutes et à tous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je reprends donc mon blog avec beaucoup de plaisir. J'avais besoin de faire une longue pause et de régler certaines choses mais, maintenant, je veux et peux me consacrer à ce blog. J'ai pensé à celles qui m'avaient demandé de faire une version française. Voici une solution provisoire que je vous propose. Je pourrai vous offrir un site entièrement bilingue dans quelques mois, je l'espère.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En attendant, parlons de choses futiles.&lt;br /&gt;Je vous présente aujourd'hui le vernis Dior "Aloha" (de la collection Eté 2011). Je n'avais aucun intérêt pour les vernis de cette collection - &lt;i&gt;au départ&lt;/i&gt; - mais une amie qui vit à l'étranger m'a demandé de lui trouver "Paradise" (l'autre vernis de la collection) et, bien sûr, une fois au stand Dior, je me suis retrouvée avec deux vernis supplémentaires à la caisse (ça vous arrive aussi?).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Concernant "Aloha", il s'agit d'un vernis orange assez vif mais beaucoup moins vif que ce que j'avais imaginé en voyant les photos sur internet. La couleur, très estivale, me plaît tout de même et colle bien avec la vague de chaleur que nous traversons actuellement.&lt;br /&gt;Les vernis de la collection Dior Eté 2011 ont une nouvelle forme de pinceau avec un bout pointu qui facilite, je trouve, l'application puisque cette forme épouse mieux l'ovale de la naissance de l'ongle. Ce nouveau pinceau m'a permis de mettre ce vernis en 2 minutes hier. Idéal donc, quand on est pressé!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La texture est parfaite, ni trop liquide, ni trop épaisse. Ces vernis sont plutôt mats lorsqu'ils sèchent et c'est pourquoi ils sont vendus en "set" avec un topcoat chacun. C'est plutôt une bonne affaire si vous n'avez pas déjà de topcoat mais je reste fidèle à mon Seche Vite qui est bien plus brillant et qui tient mieux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici donc pour Dior "Aloha". Il vous plaît? Avez-vous succombé?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/880274126377471725-2544886294533792673?l=www.makeup-check.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/feeds/2544886294533792673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/test-test-test-show-this-is-hidden-text.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2544886294533792673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/880274126377471725/posts/default/2544886294533792673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.makeup-check.com/2011/08/test-test-test-show-this-is-hidden-text.html' title='NOTD: Dior Aloha'/><author><name>Amira</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LTwZRWIsCMQ/Tkz9GQpeyqI/AAAAAAAAABI/WUXxy6rN814/s220/macicon001.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mH-PhZvt940/Tk0NY-doIwI/AAAAAAAAABo/pzLnZa_Fw70/s72-c/Dior-Aloha+copy.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
