Chanel Delight Nail Polish- Summer 2012

Delight  is one of three new polishes from Chanel as part of Summer 2012. It's definitely my favorite. It's super metallic which you know I love  and has great pigment.  I used one polish coat in the pics, no topcoat. There is a lot of shimmer but not gritty feeling. Nail is perfectly smooth.

It's a golden bronze shade but in the swatch images  looks more gold. It really is a blend of both leaning a bit more towards bronze . First pic is with flash, bottom one, without.

Available now for $26.00 and LE.

MAC Fall Trend Palettes - Sneak Peek

The folks over at The Makeup Show posted these  photos  of the new Fall Trend Palettes from MAC . These were used a lot during NYFW . They look to be Pro only, but I am not sure.    They will be available for sale at The Makeup Show exclusively.

Sally Hansen x Avril Lavigne Salon Effects

I ADORE the Salon Effects nail strips so any new collection grabs my attention. Sally Hansen has teamed up with Avril Lavigne for a whole new selection.   I just got these so haven't even gotten them on my nails yet ( I also have 2 other polishes being tested on them right now) .



Beat You To It, Amp It Up, Fur-Ocious Vocals

One that look to be favorites are the sparkly emerald green Beat You To It , cause  you can never go wrong with green sparkle , the leopard Rock N' Roar, cause you can also never go wrong with leopard, and Amp It Up which if you look closely is little guitars.

Rock N'Roar, You're A Star, Good Gene's, Red-Y To Rock

These are in stores now.  Do you see any favorites you simply must try ?

L'Oreal Sublime Sun Advanced Sunscreen

 We know L'Oreal knows suncare.  Unfortunately until now much of it has all been international. They make the great Ombrelle line in Canada and the  Amber Solaire under Garnier in Europe and Asia. It's long been a peeve of mine that we can't get Ambre Solaire here and SPFs with both Mexoryls.  Of course they also make La Roche Posay Anthelios which is amazing and available here , ditto for Skinceuticals .

L'Oreal has at last entered the US sunscreen mass market  with the Sublime Sun Advanced Sunscreen range. 

Subime Sun has a nice  , wide range of products , all are broad spectrum, chemical sunscreens, and have high SPFs. L'Oreal lists them as having a patented UV filter system along with  antioxidants in the form of grape seed extract and Vitamin E in most formulas .

Let's take a look at all the products:


The Liquid Silk Sunshield  SPF 50 + is  very similar to some higher end products out there like Skinceuticals Physical Fusion UV Defense which happens to be a huge favorite of mine.  The difference is this one is moisturizing where Skinceuticals is mattifying.   The Liquid Silk  goes on smoothly, and yes silky, and  is a milky , lightweight liquid . It has  a  lightly moisturizing feel so for the oily skinned this won't likely work. Those looking for a good facial SPF for normal to dry skins, then it's a solid choice and will work under makeup .

The Spray range includes a Crystal Clear Mist and  Hydra Lotion Spray. Despite one being a lotion and one not, these both dry fast and the mist actually seemed more tacky than the lotion, but neither feels very noticeable on skin. They have a light  typical sunscreen scent . Both come in SPF 30 and SPF 50+ .

Lastly there is the  SPF  Lotion . This is in a tube and comes in  SPFs 30 and 50+. It's lightweight like all the others and sinks right into skin . You feel some moisture but nothing heavy  and there is almost no scent making this great for every day use.

The full L'Oreal Sublime Sun range should be at your mass markets stores now. Retails are 9.99 to 10.99