I hope everyone has been enjoying the weekend. We’re still experiencing really warm weather in Southern California but it’s finally started to cool down a little bit. Fall and holiday items are trickling in stores but it doesn’t feel like fall yet. A few new items I’ve spotted that are on my current beauty radar:
Chanel has re-released some cult classics in the new Collection Les Rouges Culte (1). There are three Le Vernis shades in Rouge Flamboyant, Laque Rouge, and Rouge No. 19 along with three featured shades of Rouge Coco Shine in Boheme, Dialogue and Suspense. In my mind Chanel can do no wrong when it comes to reds so I ordered the nail polishes and will swatch them as soon as they arrive.
I’m always on the hunt for cool stationery. I find hand-written notes can be fun and they add that personal touch which I feel is slowly disappearing in this digital age of e-mails and texts. Connor has this cute Emoji Stationery Set (2) which I have on my wish list. I have their desk calendar and love their exquisite designs and the card stock they use is very good quality.
Marc Jacobs Beauty has some new items for fall and holiday. There are 9 new shades of Enamored Hi-Shine Nail Lacquer (3) for fall (hover over the shades on Sephora to see which colors are labeled as “new”). I have my eyes on Blanche (white cream), Cobra (black grape) and Louise (ballet pink beige). There are some new items for holiday which includes a new Collector’s Edition Midnight in Paris shade that comes in a keepsake box.
Also for fall, there are several new palettes of the Marc Jacobs Style Eye-Con No.7 – Plush Shadow (4). I just ordered Enigma which has a mix of black, grey, taupe and pink. I’ll be swatching in the next couple weeks and report back.
L’Occitane recently released the Bonne Mère Collection (5). There are a number of shower gels and soaps in this line that is very gentle. Each comforting formula is hypoallergenic and PH neutral, made without parabens or phenoxyethanol. I’ve been testing a couple of the shower gels in Rosemary and Olive over the past couple of months and they are amazing. Rosemary is such a unique one with a refreshing one that has a beautiful scent (it’s not like actual rosemary like I expected).
Laura Mercier Peach Hope Lip Glacé (6) is a shimmering coral peach with gold flecks. 100% of the profits go to the Laura Mercier Ovarian Cancer Fund.
The Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush Palette (7) will launch next month (you can add your e-mail to the wait list at Sephora). It’s a definite must-have on my list, I hope to have swatches of this beauty this week as well. First impressions are that it took my breath away as soon as I opened it.
Diptyque Benjoin (8) is an online exclusive that is described as somewhere in between vanilla and caramel. It sounds like it could be either incredibly amazing or overly sweet. I have this on the way to my house and will report back as soon as I am able to burn it. This one is available for a limited time.
What’s on your beauty radar this week?
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I enjoy stationery, too; I have a drawer full of it. I never use it because it's too pretty to use! So it sits, stationary.
Lol. Love that play on words ?
I get like that too with some of my stationary 🙂
I just picked up the new Burberry eyeshadow palette in Nude Blush. I saw pictures of it online and fell in love with it. Nordstrom has it backordered so I called the Burberry store and they had it in stock so I picked it up from them. It is so pretty. I also picked up one of the new Dolce & Gabanna crème shadows in Nude. It works great as an under eye concealer as well as a shadow. On my radar is the Hourglass blush palette, ByTerry Denisliss concealer and I am still waiting for the Chanel loose powder foundation. Do you have any idea when that is supposed to be released in the US Sabrina?
I have Nude Blush on the way to me, can't wait to see it in person. If you haven't seen the new Dior quints, check out Cuir Cannage, it has some plummy tones in it.
I have no idea on the Chanel powder, I don't know if we will even get it in the US. I'm still waiting on the Rouge Allure glosses to arrive and someone in NYC emailed me with sightings of holiday testers.
I keep checking specktra for info on the powder, but nobody seems to have heard anything yet.
http://www.specktra.net/t/188824/chanel-vitalumiere-loose-powder-foundation/30
Excited to read your reviews on the Chanel polish and the Diptyque candle. I would love to know if this new one has more vanilla then the other Diptyque vanilla one – the new one is in the woodsy category where the vanilla on is under spicy. Thanks Sabrina!
Sabrina, Have you seen the new Gucci makeup? Can't wait to hear what you think of it. I never buy anything unless you think it's amazing, lol 🙂
Hi! I was just looking at it the other day online, it looks promising but I haven't purchased anything yet. I looked at Neimans and so many of the items are on backorder until the end of October. I might order some items from Gucci.com but still debating 🙂 Will definitely share my thoughts if I do!
The stationery is so cute!
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The new Chanel nail polish colours look divine! x
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I can't wait to see how the old and new Chanel reds compare! Thanks Sabrina for all your hard work!
I can't wait to see them either 🙂 I don't have the originals to compare, some others have done some comparisons.
http://chahevu.blogspot.com/2014/09/na-halten-wir.html
http://forum.purseblog.com/nail-care/chanel-on-your-nails-4-a-869192-34.html#post27406970
Hope this helps 🙂 If I find more I will keep posting.
I really want to try those Marc Jacobs lacquers!!
Lots of love, xx
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Many interesting things. The Chanel nail polishes seem to be very beautiful, even if I don't like to spend so much in nail polishes. L'Occitane Bonne Mère seem very good, I like L'Occitane products, also for the packagings.
I cannot explain how excited I am about the Ambient Blush palette! I loved getting the opportunity to test a few of the setting powders with the recent palette and this is a great opportunity to try the blushes! xo
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it's stationEry.
The new chanel nail polishes look gorgeous! Love the packaging. X
I just use simple eyelash curler from the drugstore but I've been wanting to invest on a good one for ages because I don't think my cheap one does a good job. Torn between Shu Uemura and Shiseido. X
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Ooh chic stationery. It's a weakness that rivals my lust for the perfect red lipstick!
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I'm probably most excited for the launch of the Hourglass blush palette. I've heard people rave about their ambient light blushes but haven't been able to try them myself just yet. This will be a great way to try several at once!
Pity they're not selling the Chanel collection in Europe 🙁