Blog sale

Blog sale! I decided to clean out some of the makeup that has mostly been sitting for various reasons. Most has barely ever been touched. If interested, please email me at r.liane.axelrod@gmail.com. Payment will be through PayPal, I will ship out once a week. First come, first serve!

All listed have only been used once or twice, except for the cheek stains, which were used more.

Anything in red and crossed out has already been purchased. =)

Tarts cheek stains blushing bride – $5

Tickled - $5 

Tipsy - $5

Dollface - $5

Model cheek and lips in rosy red - $5

Julip glow in peach bellini  - $5

Hourglass vol 6 eye palette - used once - $25

Tom Ford – in the pink  - $20

Clarins – the essentials – never used -  $20

Clarins Teint Compact Foundation in 107 –  $15

Givenchy Teint Couture foundation in 3 Elegant Sand – $15

Nars duo in Dogon - $10

Le métier de beaute duo in Traviata  $5

Dolce and Gabana Eyeliner in 14 - $10

Le Metier de beaute kaleidoscope:

Culte de Solaire – $30

Pale Shelter –  $30

Chauvet Pont d’Arc - $30

Le Metier De Beaute Indian Summer lip gloss set - brand new - $20

Cle de Peau eye shadow single in 112   - $10

Guerlain Terracotta Ligh in 02 Blondes - $20

Lorac Blackberry Truffle Seduction - $5

Chantecaille Gloss in Fig - $5

Tarte Lipsurgence in Fiery - $5

Fun with Chanel

So I was walking through the Trumball Mall today (it's a mall in Connecticut) because Lush was having a Halloween celebration and I passed Lord and Taylor who seemed to be doing exciting things. It turned out that Mario Penilillo, one of Chanel's premier makeup artists, was here to do personal beauty consultations and make-overs. Sounded like a lot of fun to me! Above I show the makeup consult sheet and the after pictures. He spent quite a bit of time assessing my skin and offering skincare products he thought I might like. After he wiped my face clean and chose products that he thought would look great on me. I loved everything he chose. Afterwards I bought the blush used and the eyeshadow pallet. They were just so pretty! I was hesitant to buy the foundation as I have more than I really need, so they were happy to give me a sample to play with. The blush is Joues Contraste Powder Blush in Star Dust (which I absolutely fell in love with, it is a sparkly pink that really lights up my face, definitely a winner!) and the pallet is the Regard Signe De Chanel Quadra Eyeshadow in Du Soir. The shades are very earthy and very perfect for fall! If you like this pallet then hurry and get it as it is limited edition. All in all they were super nice and I had a lot of fun at this event. Props to Chanel. 

Tarte: Cheek Stain and Maracuja Blush and Glow

As you can probably see from my decent sized Tarte blush collection: I love these guys! Tarte cheek stains are probably the most natural looking blushes I have ever tried. It gives that serious blushing from within look and they are incredibly buildable! I also threw in my Tarte Maracuja Blush and Glow which has a cheek tint and a luminizer.

Tarte describes their cheek stains as "a water-based gel cheek tint that gives you a natural flush - exactly like someone just pinched your cheeks." Tarte formulates their products naturally and this cheek tint is made without parabins, sulphates, synthetic fragrances, or petrochemicals. The stain comes in 9 different colors, of which I have 5. I would eventually like to have them all! There are different ways to apply this depending on the look you are going for, but I like to rub my index finger and middle finger over the top to pick up color and then tab this across my cheeks. I then blend it out with a brush after and then set with urban decay setting spray.

Numbers 2 through 6 are the cheek tints. I swatched them on my hand and took pictures with both indoor and outdoor lighting. I swatched them pretty heavily so that you can really see the colors, but you can apply it with a lighter hand to get a more natural look if you wanted.

2 - Tipsy - sheer coral pink

3 - Blushing Bride - sheer deep plum

4 - Dollface - sheer soft pink shimmer

5 - Tickled - sheer peachy red

6 - True Love - sheer watermelon (my favorite!)

Over the summer, I decided to also try out their new maracuja blush and glow. This product is described as "a duo for boosting the complexion with a rosy/luminous glow." This product comes in 3 different shades. The one swatched as number 1 is moonlight and is a light rosy pink color. Where the luminizer is not my favorite, I did really like the blush color. It is very similar to the cheek stain color in true love, but has more of a shimmer to it that wasn't really caught in the picture. 

All in all, these are by far my favorite blushes! I wear them without fail every day. Even if I am wearing no other makeup! It is just a really pretty finish and it last all day! This is definitely something I recommend that everyone tries. 

Both items can be bought from http://www.sephora.com, http://tartecosmetics.com, or wherever Tarte cosmetics are sold.