New Products

 Well if you have been following my blog you may have noticed I've been MIA. So since I have finished school for the time being I will review some products in the up coming weeks! YAAAY

The first is 2 products from ICE CREAM to fix my hair which I somehow dyed a horrible shade of orange when trying to add highlights. So now I am trying to go for a Marie Kate and Ashley Olsen look with the light blonde and dark roots. The products I am using will be hair colouring cream 9/1 and an oxidizing perfumed emulsion cream of 20%.

The next product helps the first. It is a Pro -Age conditioner with argan oil also from Ice Cream which you spray on the end of hair and leave in. This product will hopefully give some life to my bleached and damaged hair!

The last product is from Neostrata and is a Skin Renewal Peel Solution. Well this is simple I want tight bright skin and no more acne. I'm nineteen and my skin decided to go through puberty finally!

If anyone is from Canada you might realize I went H.A.M. at Shoppers Drugmart or as we say in Quebec Pharmaprix.

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FALL BLUES (Chanel Le Vernis)

Its official. The end of summer is here *sigh*. While the weather in Montreal is still relatively warm, its hard to ignore the change in foliage and the leaves on the ground. What else would one expect, it is in fact October 1st!?

Personally, I love this time of year. For me it means switching into the comfort of my staple fall clothes and boots as well as transitioning my makeup routine into deeper tones to compliment the season.

One aspect that I find necessary in my beauty routine is to trade in my hot summer nail polish tones for a more neutral fall look. While visiting Paris this past summer,  we went to Chanel in search of some new colors to use for a versatile day to day look. I usually steer towards dark colors like a deep red or burgundy, but I decided to switch it up and set my sights on a navy blue tone called "Blue Rebel".

To put it lightly, I LOVE this color. This time of year I find myself wearing more denim which perfectly compliments this matte tone. Chanel has a wide variety of blue tones that I definitely recommend you discover for yourself. The nail color is quite long lasting, however, to maintain my nails underneath I match it with Butter London Nail Foundation and Topcoat. I always rave about Butter London as they have amazing quality and variety when it comes to nail care as their ingredients don't wreck havoc on your nail beds. Always a plus!

So that is what I am wearing this season!

Nail Color recommendations for Fall? Let us know what you think!

Chanel Le Vernis "Blue Rebel":  $29.00
Butter London Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat: $22.50
Butter London Hardwear P.D Quick Top Coat: $22.50

 CL.xx

New York Fashion Week Spring 2013 Makeup Looks

Vera Wang

A smoky eye can come in many colors but the rose gold shades used backstage at Vera Wang had us transfixed. Clé de Peau makeup artist Lucia Pieroni achieved the pink-y gilded effect by sweeping a gold shadow over the lid, a brown in the crease and a bronze (damped with water to intensify the shade )

 

Rodarte

Modern medieval was the inspiration behind the heavy gelled hairstyle spotted here. An extreme side-part began just above the ear and tapered off to the crown, creating the illusion of hair that was closely shorn to the scalp. As for the makeup, simple proved to be most striking. NARS makeup artist James Kaliardos swirled a light pink blush on the cheeks and shined up lips with clear, glisten-y gloss.

 

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Shiseido makeup artist Dick Page said << To avoid a "color fight" he kept the skin simple—no blush or bright lip—and instead smudged dark cream liner around the eyes for a soft, smoky eye that hit the right tone.>>

Backstage Essentials: Shiseido Shimmering Cream Eye Color in Caviar

SKIN SO CLEAR! ( Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser)

To continue with my posts concerning clear skin, and how one might achieve it, I have chosen to review Cetaphil. Before you think that it won't work for you, hear me out. PLEASE!

My interest in biology has granted me an understanding of the skin layers and how many of the face washes and scrubs we use disrupt the skin and eventually lead to breakouts and loss of skin tightness.

So let me break it down for y'all. As you may have read on the back of bottles, or heard in commercials; your skins has a natural oil barrier and you need to remove dead skin cells. Well lets start with the "natural oil barrier". When you regularly wash you face in the morning and at night, you probably use a face wash or soap, both of which foam up unlike Cetaphil. Now when you have makeup on, you think that you need this foam to properly cleanse your skin. I'm sorry, but this theory is FALSE. The foam in fact removes more than your makeup. It removes all of your natural oils. This causes dryness, which in the long run makes your face produce too much oil. Also since your skin is bare, any dirt it comes in contact gets in the skin and causes your hideous breakouts. I have used Cetaphil on a night outs worth of makeup and although I did have to wash it twice, it took the makeup off completely.

For the second argument, the idea of "removing dead skin" is in fact correct. You do need to remove the dead skin so that it does not deepen wrinkles or store dirt. But what you also should know, is that you do not need to remove all of it. The way I think of it, is on a microscopic level. So imagine you are a mini 'you' on the surface of your skin. If you remove all the dead skin with an exfoliant, eventually you would get down to the surface of the "alive skin" and would start scratching it. Obviously that is NOT good. So you might think, how do I know when I've reached the new skin? Just think, do you really produce that much dead skin and need to exfoliate every day or second day? ( the answer is no if you're wondering) So yes, you do need to exfoliate, so I have to admit Cetaphil can't do it all. But only twice a week and do so in gently manner.

In conclusion, I do have to be clear, if you follow this regime you will not wake up the next day with clear skin because your skin has to readjust. But trust me, I have done this and it has cleared my skin up completely, TWICE!

PS. If this does not work for you, please see a dermatologist since this most likely means you are more prone to break outs genetically and no face wash will permanently do it for you.

  CETAPHIL retails for about 8 pounds.