Currently on My Beauty Radar: Lancôme Erika F Eyeshadow.

April 4, 2011 | 30 Responses

I’m sure we’ve all had these moments. You know, the ones where you first lay your eyes on a product and then this: “Oh god, please let it not be limited edition or god forbid, sold out!”

(via Blogdorf Goodman)

Meet Lancôme Erika F Eyeshadow, a product with a huge cult following especially in the US, where it isn’t available. It is green, gold, grey, taupe all woven together to make a beautiful eyeshadow.

This is my life right now. I’m a little afraid to ask the Lancôme counter if this is sold here in Canada. I’m a little afraid of how I’ll feel if they say the N word. What will I do then? Do I start asking for a custom purchase from my international blog friends? Do I start looking on eBay? Should I travel to Europe just to find this beautiful creature of an eyeshadow? What. Will. I. Do?

Oh, if you’re curious about how she looks on a real person (at least I think she’s real ), check out Jen W’s Chanel Fall Runway Inspired FOTD on her blog. How many ways can you say gorgeous?

What’s On Your Beauty Radar?

What has caused your beauty-loving heart to beat a million times a minute recently? Anything I need?

So Underrated: Lancôme Color Design Blush.

June 27, 2010 | 10 Responses

I am the newest member of the cream blush — specifically of Lancôme Color Design Blush — bandwagon. I have this in Prêt a Plum, and I am dying to get my hands on more colours from this line.

It was actually an unforeseen gem from some blushes I received from a fellow blogger (you know who you are!). Before I tried it, I had no intentions of ever buying cream blushes fearing that they will:

be sticky,
be difficult to blend, and
melt off my face.

Luckily for me, Lancôme Color Design Blush is none of the above.

Swatches of Prêt a Plum

Lancôme really hit the nail on the head on the cream blush texture. The blush is a deliciously smooth cream-to-powder formula that is idiot-proof. It has a very slight dewy finish, so it looks like your skin, only blushing. It has great staying power when worn on its own, but my favourite way to wear it is layered under a complementing powder blush. Even on my oily skin, the colour on my cheeks lasts all day. Can you imagine? A blush that lasts through the greasies and sweat, and does not rub off on my iPhone? Pretty impressive, no?

I decided to Google reviews of this product and it only returned a handful of results. I’m really surprised that this doesn’t get more love from beauty blogs, because it is the best cheek product I have come across. I have no complaints about this blush. Oh, actually I do have one: I don’t own all the colours. Love this. Rating: A+.

A message from Scherbatsky

I guess Scherbatsky wants to make her presence known on the blogosphere since she just jumped on my keyboard and typed this message for you:

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Anyone care to translate?

Taste the Rainbow.

January 13, 2010 | 22 Responses

I’m feeling particularly kooky today, so here are some liner swatches in rainbow form.

It’s been pretty dreary in Toronto. I wouldn’t mind seeing one of these sometime. (Click to enlarge, because duh, you can’t read that small font! Or can you?)

R = Annabelle Lip Liner in Cherry
O = Marcelle Lipstick in Pearl Flame (‘kay, totally not a liner, I cheated!)
Y = Sephora Flashy Liner in Flashy Copper
G = Rimmel Kajal Soft Pencil in Jungle Green
B = GOSH Extreme Art Liner in 10 Deep Sea
I = Lancome Ink Artliner in Indigo Charm
V = MAC Liquidlast Liner in Electolady

How has your week been? I did a major booboo at work today, totally amateurish. If I wasn’t so lucky I probably would have been fired, or scolded really horribly. Yikes! But all is well now.