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

Le Metier de Beaute Lip and Cheek Tints in Mystique and Tenne

Hey all! I am back and ready to share some of my splurges from the past few weeks. I am afraid that I threw out all the boxes from my recent purchases and so sadly those are not going to be included in the next few posts.

I thought I would start off by showing you two more lip and cheek tints from Le Metier de Beaute. As you can see I was not lying when I said I planned on purchasing more when I purchased the tint in Coral Nymph. These two are Mystique, which is a cool pink with a slight shimmer to it that is described as "bubblegum pink" and Tenne, which is a a nude tan shade.

These products are described as "Le Metier de Beaute Creme Fresh Tint for Lip and Cheek hydrates as it delivers a fresh flush of color to your skin. The smooth formula glides on effortlessly, offering brilliant blendability for a seamless application and flawless, natural-looking finish. Formulated with vitamin E and lecithin, it nourishes and replenishes moisture to promote a healthy look and long-lasting, comfortable feel."

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The uppermost swatch is Tenne with Mystique underneath and Coral Nymph at the bottom to show how all three colors compare to each other.

My review from coral nymph is essentially the same (they are great tints that have a very creamy texture that blend into the skin easily and are very hard to overdo). The only thing I am going to change in my review is that these can be used as lip tints. I had originally stated that I had trouble using them on the lips and I found that if applied with a lip brush instead of your finger, they look quite nice. They are a bit drying, but other than that they are full coverage and look rather good. 

I think I would eventually like to get Ginger Lilly and Poppy to round out my collection. I simply love these and I think they are perfect for the summer months as they are quite long lasting even through a little sweat.

These products can be purchased at Saks, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, or anywhere else Le Metier de Beaute products are sold. I purchased mine from a vault pairing on the Le Metier website.

Le Metier de Beaute Creme Fresh Cheek and Lip Tint in Coral Nympth

Hey everyone. I apologize for being MIA these past few weeks, but I have been really busy and I hope that I will be able to pick up on the posts again. I figured I would start where I left off on the week dedicated to Le Metier de Beaute. This is the Creme Fresh Cheek and Lip Tint in Coral Nymph. I usually prefer my blushes to be powder, but this blush is absolutely stunning.

"Crème Fresh Tints for Lip and Cheek create a sheer wash of color to brighten cheeks and lips for a radiant glow. Blended over make-up or on fresh clean cheeks, Crème Fresh Tints can be worn alone or together for a completely customized look. Dab on lips for a fresh stain; add Clearly Brilliant over the tint for a brilliant shine."

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The top swatch is a heavy swatch and the one underneath is a little more blended in to look how it would appear on your cheeks. It is a gorgeous pinky coral color that is right on par for this season. I think this tint looks incredibly natural and is also very buildable if you are looking for more color on your cheeks. I like how natural it looks. The color is also incredibly beautiful and this seriously lasts all day. The first time I wore it my boyfriend commented that "I'm not sure what you did different with your makeup, but I really like it." That was proof enough for me.

This tint is incredibly creamy, but creamier than any other cheek stain I have ever used. Definitely be careful when you stick your finger in this as it is really easy to grab too much product. The only negative about this product is that it cannot be used on the lips as they say it can. It is way to creamy to use on ones lips. It rolled up into balls on my lips and was quite gross and had to be immediately taken off.  But considering most of these duel cheek and lip tint products often cannot be applied to the lips because of it being too dry, I can't say I'm surprised.

This tint comes in five different colors, so I am sure you can find one that suites your complexion!

This product can be purchased at Saks, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdrof Goodman, or any of these retailers online.

Le Metier de Beaute Precision Liquid Eyeliner in Blue and Dualistic Eye Pencil in Champagne and Tamarak

To start off my week of Le Metier to thank the company for their outstanding customer service, I thought I would show all of the eyeliners I have from them. I own two of their Dualistic Eye Pencils and one of their Precision Liquid Eyeliners. All three are outstanding and have gotten a lot of use. 

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The upper two swatches are both the eye pencils. The top most is champagne and is a gorgeous taupe. The second down is Tamarak and is a bronzy brown. Both are amazing eyeliners. They are perfectly smudge able and as such can be worn as eyeshadows as well as eyeliners. I very typically use champagne as a base color. Once set they last all day.

"Whether it's defined line or a subtle smudged sultry look, this velvety-soft formula delivers rich pigmented color and allows easy application for versatile, sophisticated looks."

The final swatch is of the Precision Liquid Eyeliner. I couldn't decide between aqua or blue and ultimately might end up with both, but the one I currently own is the blue. It is such a pretty sky blue and I absolutely love the applicator. It is a felt tipped pen that makes using liquid liner a breeze to use. It also lasts all day and I mean like it doesn't come off. I have to use makeup remover at the end of the day to get it off. This is one amazing pen.

"This long-wearing, smudge-proof formula contains a unique soft quill-tipped applicator for maximum control and definition. Fat base allows for stability, maximum control, and definition while lining eyes."

The precision pen in blue might be hard to find, but I know Bergdorf Goodman still carries it in aqua. As for the dualistic eye pencil, that can be purchased anywhere Le Metier is sold (Bergdorf, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Saks, etc.). 

Le Metier de Beaute

I wanted to give a very special shout out to those who work at Le Metier de Beaute.com. I was incredibly impressed with their customer care. Let me explain: Last week I bought a few Le Metier skin care products from their website and ended up spending a lot of money. Well, this week Le Metier ran a one day special stating that anyone who purchased anything from their website on that day would get an orange nail polish. I commented on their facebook (which I am a "fan" of) stating that it would have been nice had this gone on last week when I had spent the aforementioned money. Today I come home to a package from Le Metier with the nail polish and this hand written note. Outstanding! I cannot give this company enough praise and with this one simple act they have made me a loyal customer for life. I feel like I haven't shared with you all the wonderful products that I have purchased from Le Metier (mostly because they aren't from the new lines and I have been wanting to get out newer products), but to say thank you to this amazing company, next week will be devoted to reviews of Le Metier products!!!

EDIT: I didn't even realize, but this is from the CEO of the company. That just makes this even cooler! =)

Le Metier de Beaute Fashion Eye Palette for Spring 2014

This palette was a limited edition palette for Spring 2013. From what I understand only 75 of these were delivered to each Le Metier location and they mostly sold out on pre-sales. These are no longer available (except maybe a few on ebay), so this review is more so that you can appreciate the Le Metier brand (and so I can gloat a little). As such, I have decided not to swatch all of the colors (the pans are so small I didn't want to use a drop of it not on my eye anyway).

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First, I'm going to give a review of the palette itself, which is a negative review. The palette doesn't quite have that heft that I expect from a Le Metier product. I love the design and weight of their kaleidoscopes, this left me less than impressed. It also arrived pretty scratched up, again not impressed. Lastly the pans of eyeshadows aren't really glued down well and they are wobbly in the palette. For the price of this palette, it really isn't an exceptional quality palette.

With that said, the eyeshadows are amazing. They are all the high quality shadows you find in the Le Metier singles and kaleidoscopes. Some companies skimp on quality when they come out with these massive palettes thinking that the savings the consumer finds in the great expanse of colors in the palette is worth the less quality in the eyeshadows. This is not the case in this palette. They are all very good quality shadows and the vast array of colors more than makes up for the crappy palette. I have used this palette every day since receiving it and I am totally in love with it. 

There were also cards associated with this palette that gave ideas on what colors to use together. I'm not going to post images as I never saw these in person and only found them on other people's blogs. I will give you a link to where you can find these if interested: Best Things in Beauty. I have tried all of these looks and a few of my own and find I like mine better.

I purchased this palette at Berdgdorf Goodman, but these have been sold out for awhile.