Chanel
Pin Up Look Inspired by Dita Von Teese.
Sep 6th
My poor MAC Dare You lipstick has been collecting dust in my vanity all throughout the warm summer months, so I decided to take her out to play for today’s look. I wasn’t exactly sure what I was going to do, but Jenn of Spiced Beauty suggested that I do a pin up look. I found this photo of Dita Von Teese that I thought would be perfect:
Source: Jim Spellman/WireImage via InStyle
Swatches (from left): UD Sin, UD Naked, MAC Sweet Chestnut, MAC Spiced Chocolate, MAC Dark Devotion, MAC Soft Brown
Get the Look
For the eyes, fill in your brows darker than you usually do (MAC Dark Devotion). Start with a matte base similar to your natural lid colour (UD Naked) all over the lid up to the brows. Take a shimmery cranberry (MAC Sweet Chestnut) into the crease and blend out. Smudge this colour on the lower lash line. Then using a pointed crease brush, deepen the crease with a matte black brown (MAC Dark Devotion). Again smudge on top of the cranberry on the lower lash line. Blend out the crease colours with a matte chocolate brown (MAC Spiced Chocolate). Blend above the crease colour with a medium brown (MAC Soft Brown) to soften. Highlight the inner lower lash line with a shimmery champagne (UD Sin).
Start lining the eyes by smudging the black brown on the top lash line and wing out, and trace on top with a black liquid liner (Revlon Colorstay Liquid Liner). Apply mascara to the top lashes (Marcelle Power Volume Mascara), and top off with big, big, BIG lashes (shu uemura Smoky Layers false lashes).
For the cheeks, apply a matte rose blush (Chanel Rose Temptation) to the hollows of the cheeks to contour.
For the lips, apply a dark red lipstick (MAC Dare You) to complete the look. I really should have used a lip liner for this lipstick in particular, since it tends to bleed. I had to fix the full face photos after the fact so the lips didn’t look so messy.
Read on for more pictures!
Swatch: Chanel Mademoiselle Rouge Coco Lipstick.
Sep 4th
Did I not mention that I got something else besides that gorgeous Chanel blush? Oops, I must have intentionally forgotten! 
Mademoiselle is probably the most popular colour in the fairly new Chanel Rouge Coco line of lipsticks ($38). For a long time I have been passing counters by instead of swatching Mademoiselle, knowing full well that my gullible, makeup loving self will want it. I was right — I do want it, and now have it. 
I totally understand the number of ladies who are ooh-ing and aah-ing over Mademoiselle. It is one of those colours that looks great on almost everyone. It’s an almost-matte slightly brown pink; a demure pink that is flattering on many skin tones.
So I’ll stop the rambling here and just show you the photos, ‘kay?
Chanel Mademoiselle Rouge Coco Lipstick Swatch
Chanel Mademoiselle Rouge Coco Lipstick Lip Swatch
For a full face, I wore Mademoiselle in my review of Chanel Rose Temptation Joues Contraste Blush.
The Reason Why I’m Banned from the Chanel Counter: Chanel Rose Temptation Joues Contraste Blush.
Sep 2nd
It has recently come to my attention that blush is the most frequently featured product here on Glitter Geek, which means that I probably have an unhealthy blush addiction. What can I say — I love a magical product that instantly brightens the face, and Chanel Joues Contraste in Rose Temptation ($47, LE from the Fall 2010 Collection) is just what the doctor ordered.
Ladies, I have been missing out! This baked powder blush is kind of amazing. First of all, my nose has never before sniffed a blush that smells like roses. Who here loves rosy scents? *raises hand* Who just totally inhaled took a whiff of this gorgeous blush? *raises hand* LOL.
Alright alright. Enough of that madness.
Chanel Joues Contraste blush just screams luxury to me. It blends incredibly, goes on smooth and leaves my cheeks perfectly kissed with colour. It layers easily for a much deeper, bolder colour too. The powder is baked with a small amount of tiny sparkles that is not at all noticeable once it’s on, so you could totally fool the boys into thinking this is your natural cheek colour. Surprisingly the brush isn’t bad either; it is soft and blends the blush nicely.
While it is not the most economical choice for a blush, Rose Temptation is a welcome new addition to my ever growing stash. I really want to see her work together with a smoky eye. I almost forgot to mention that it also comes in a velvet pouch, so I can erase my greasy finger prints from the shiny packaging!
Chanel Joues Contraste Blush in Rose Temptation Swatch
Can you spy the several tiny sparkles?
Wearing Chanel Joues Contraste Blush in Rose Temptation
Wearing Chanel Joues Contraste Blush in Rose Temptation
This photo is kinda awkward, but shows off the blush colour best.
So there you have it: the reason why I’m on a self-imposed ban from the Chanel counter. Still, it’s fun to indulge sometimes, you know?
Speaking of Indulging…
Have you indulged recently? Whether it is makeup, sweets (cake anyone?), or whatever your guilty pleasure is, I hope you have. You totally deserve it!
P.S. Oh yeah, I got a haircut. 
Make It Work! Chanel Glossimer in Maline Breathes New Life to Lipsticks.
Aug 2nd
My lipstick drawer is now overflowing with many unloved lipsticks for a number of reasons:
- They are a tad too cool for my warm skin tone,
- I have other lipsticks that I like more than these, and
- They get buried under new stuff and hence forgotten.
So sad but it’s true!
I can hear Tim Gunn calling out to me. ”Make it work!” he says. I think I found a solution to my problem; it goes by the name Maline, Chanel Glossimer in 141 Maline ($31) to be exact.
Maline is an very sheer golden gloss infused with the finest multi-coloured glitter on the planet. When worn alone it is pretty, but not something that would usually catch my attention. Where it excels though is when layered over lipstick. I call it a MLBB — My Lipstick But Better — lipgloss. It is not easy to capture on a photo, but this is the closest swatch that I could get:
Chanel Maline Glossimer
See the blue, silver and gold glitter? (Glitter Geek swoons.)
Chanel Maline Glossimer
Here is Revlon Colorburst in Carnation: a pink that leans a little too cool to work for me.
Revlon Carnation Colorburst (top) / Revlon Carnation Colorburst under Chanel Maline Glossimer (bottom)
Revlon Carnation Colorburst (top) / Revlon Carnation Colorburst under Chanel Maline Glossimer (bottom)
Pretty, yah? Can you imagine Maline over your favourite red lipstick? I think it would make an awesome sparkly party lips!
This Glossimer, and from what I’ve read all the others, are non-sticky and feel incredible on the lips. The glitter is so fine that it’s like you are wearing liquid gold on your lips. I don’t use the wand to apply it though because it is sheer, and your lipstick colour will easily transfer back into the tube. Now we don’t want that, do we?
What are your Chanel Makeup Essentials?
From my experience so far, their lip products are superior to all others that I have tried. Come on out and feed the fire — what are your favourite Chanel products?
Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Phoenix: the Gateway Lipstick to My Chanel Addiction.
Jul 31st
It’s finally here! My first Chanel. I am this close to breaking out into song: “Like a virgin… touched for the very first time! Like a vu-hu-hu-hurgin…” But you don’t want to hear that. I might have had a minor heart attack when I saw the total, but I am a very giddy makeup addict.
Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in 78 Phoenix ($39 — oh hi BF I hope you don’t ever see this price tag!) is a medium bright strawberry pink. If you don’t know anything about these (and of course you do know, but I will tell you anyway), Rouge Allure Laques are ultra pigmented liquid lipsticks. The lipsticks gives the appearance of a lipstick and a lipgloss in one.
I got to try it right after I brought it back to work from the Chanel counter. From my experience so far, it is amazingly smooth, non-drying and has no offensive fragrances. It applies as bright as it appears on the wand. The shine lasts for about 2 hours on me, and the colour fades slowly and evenly after 4-5 hours. Dare I say it? Phoenix is crack in liquid lipstick form.
This is easily my favourite lipstick, but it also costs a little bit more than two MAC lipsticks. However, I will say that it is totally worth my money!
Lip swatch of Chanel Rouge Allure Laque in Phoenix
Psst… full face photo to come later! Stay tuned!
