Chanel Summer Lip Swatches

Lets start the week with some Chanel. Not many better ways right ?

I have swatches of most of the new lipsticks from the new Summer 2008 collection.

They are quite nice, and come in all the formulations, my favorite being the Aqualumiere. It's been awhile since I took one of those out of the makeup closet, and when I started using the new one, Zanzibar, I thought, why haven't I been using these more? I used to use almost only Chanel lipsticks once upon a time.

Lets face it Chanel is the ne plus ultra of lipsticks . They glide on, moisturize (in the Aqualumiere at least and nicely too,) last super long, and give you that little click to shut them with that double C logo.

The new colors pictured are from left to right: Naive( Rouge Allure), Zanzibar( Aqualumiere, and all I've worn that last few days), Mauritius (Aqualumiere), and Curious ( Rouge Allure).

Rose Flamingo and Leopard are not shown but also new.

Nordstrom has these now, look for them soon at your other counters.

Found at Target

Today at Target I stumbled upon 2 high end brands lurking on the sale shelf. They had 2 Philosophy Lemon Custard 3 in 1s for 8.00 each and 3 boxes of a Kiehls Microdermabrasion cream at 21.00.

What were these doing at Target??? I thought it really odd but happily grabbed a Lemon Custard which smells oh so good. I always love checking the sale shelves at Target for deals, you might want to hit yours to see if any of these have shown up.

If you find any good "gets" let me know.

DKNY Charmingly Delicious

For summer DKNY fragrances have released what are being called Charmingly Delicious versions of Be Delicious and Red Delicious. It's been awhile since I smelled the orginals, so I can't compare too well, but I can tell you that these are fairly light and fresh.

Red Delicious Charmingly has berry notes and a touch of vanilla that I can smell. It's a bit more zippy than Be Delicous Charmingly.

Be Delicious is more green apple juice with what the company calls dewy watery notes.

I always liked Red Delicious more, and in these new versions, I still do. Both have their places and if you like one of the originals, you will like these as well.

The bottles are cute vintage looking( and flask like) and come with fun cell phone charms.

The Charmingly Delicious Collection will be out in April , and are LE.

Each bottle is 4.2 oz and $ 55.00

Makeup For Ever Mat Velvet +

Wore Makeup For Ever's Mat Velvet + foundation yesterday and today. Always looking at new Matte makeups, and needed to try this.

I was expecting serious matte but got a more muted, dewy matte. I don't do matte for dewy. This is a decent enough foundation but if you have oily areas it's not going to work. I got more shine with this than my non matte ones, on my T -Zone, and the warm air and humidity kicked up today.

The other dryer parts of may face were fine and it did last all day. It did not have the powdery finish described .
I felt the coverage could have been better on the T zone again, and more blendable. I can't say I'll keep it in the rotation. Perhaps the normal skinned ladies will have better luck.

I miss many of the old mattes that are discontinued but there are more to try. ( One of my favs is Bourjois Mat Lovely. A real matte,and still available).

So off to the next Matte makeup test- Chanel Mat Lumiere which from a quick sampling, I already love. I'll have more on that next week, after a full wearing.

Mat Velvet + is exclusive to Sephora and is $34.00