Beauty Products Used Up in November 2017

Beauty Products Used Up in November 2017

Zelens Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, November 28, 2017

How are you coming on with your Holiday shopping? Mine is all done, and I even did my wrapping over the weekend, which is the part I hate the most. Now to get out the tree and decorations.
Thanks to a bad anaphylactic reaction which landed me in hospital in late October, I haven't used up too many products in November - just very essential skincare; no retinols, far milder Vitamin C than the 30% I'm used to, no facial oil... you get the picture.

Scroll down for more on my November 2017 beauty empties.

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Le Volume de Chanel mascara review

Le Volume de Chanel mascara review

Reviews Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, June 09, 2014

I could probably be considered for the role of Grima Wormtongue from the Lord of the Rings, as that character and I share a lack of eyelashes, although I have more decent eyebrows. I envy all you ladies with long, luscious eyelashes. I was born with fuzz and grew up with fuzz. I will, in all likelihood, kick the bucket when the time comes, with fuzz, unless I lose even my fuzzy lashes someday - I have been reading about ladies who lost eyelashes during pregnancy. Eeeeeeek!
Having discovered Lancome Hypnose Doll Eyes - which remains my all-time favourite mascara - last year, I have not really wanted to spend a lot of money on another high-end mascara which may or may not work, so I have been trying out quite a few trial-sized tubes. I was delighted with the Chanel SA gave me a sample tube of Le Volume de Chanel mascara when I picked up a couple of lipsticks from her counter.

Here is the review of Chanel's Le Volume de Chanel mascara.

Chanel Rouge Double Intensite Rose Garnet lip colour swatch: My HG lipstick

Chanel Rouge Double Intensite Rose Garnet lip colour swatch: My HG lipstick

Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Sunday, February 23, 2014

Yes, all those tubes are the same lipstick. Around four similar boxes constituted the sum total of my lipstick collection until the latter part of 2012.
You have been reading my praise for my ultimate Holy Grail lipstick, the Chanel Rouge Double Intensite Ultra Wear Lip Colour in Rose Garnet, from the time this blog began. I've received messages asking me what makes it special and where it is available, so I thought it was time to devote a post to it.
This is the only shade and make of lipstick I owned for two years and I have gone through quite a few of these. Chanel discontinued this shade and relaunched the Rouge Double Intensite range in November 2013 (boo!) - but as you can see, I have five full tubes and a sixth tube in use at the moment and hopefully a seventh on the way, so I'm good for a while. See why I firmly advocate hoarding?

Here is my review and swatches of the Chanel Rouge Double Intensite Ultra Wear Lip Colour in Rose Garnet.

Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick 34 La Raffinee review, swatches, comparison

Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick 34 La Raffinee review, swatches, comparison

Swatches Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, February 10, 2014

The Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet lipsticks first came out in 2011 but I had been perfectly content with Chanel Rouge Double Intensite and wore - and owned - no other lipsticks until Chanel discontinued my shade in 2013. Ever since, I have been searching for a replacement dusty rose lipstick that lasts forever. Naturally, I stopped at the Chanel counter itself, where I proceeded to lecture a hapless SA on why my shade should never have been stopped.... Anyway, she had her revenge when she swore that the Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick in shade 34 - La Raffinee - was a perfect dusty rose and that it would last forever. Within minutes, she had effected the sale.

Here is my review and swatches of the Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Luminous Matte Lip Colour in shade 34 - La Raffinee.

Stain, scrub and salve: My top lip products

Stain, scrub and salve: My top lip products

Yes To Carrots Cosmetopia Digest   Monday, August 05, 2013

Five is too small a number, but this tag has been going around for a while and Shikha of Sorelle Grapevine, who tagged me, insists that I need to stick to five. So I'm sort of cheating with an also-rans section!
Here are my Holy Grail lip products:
1. Chanel Rouge Double Intensite in Rose Garnet
2. Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub
3. Smith's Rosebud Salve
4. Urban Decay 24/7 Glide On Lip Pencil in N@ked
5. Lancome La Laque Fever in Chromed Pink

War-time supplies: A make-up hoarder confesses

War-time supplies: A make-up hoarder confesses

YSL Cosmetopia Digest   Tuesday, March 12, 2013

War is coming. 
If you look at my make-up hoard, you may be forgiven for getting that impression.
I decided to go through the top-most shelf in my dressing-table cupboard and was shocked to find quite a few items I've repurchased time and again, despite already having enough of the product. So this is another rather shameful yet honest post about my weirdness and how I've hoarded stuff.
Here is Benefit Porefessional. My all-time favourite primer. I'm using one tube for special occasions (more on my daily primer later), and I had a vague idea that I had another full tube somewhere inside. Turns out I have two more.
I like Benefit Dr Feelgood, though it's not an everyday item for me. I haven't even scraped the top layer off the first tin, and I seem to have bought another.
Chanel Rouge Double Intensite in Rose Garnet turned up six times. I love this colour and it is my all-time favourite lippy. I keep a tube in my bag and one for travel, but what are the other four doing???

Four items answered to the name of Estee Lauder's Double Wear Stay-in-Place Lip Duo in Mega Mauve. I can't even remember buying this lippy more than two times.
I also have three YSL Touche Eclats. It is my all-time favourite concealer, and I'm only using the first one. And why do I have so many refills of Shiseido's Sheer Mattifying Compact and Sun Protection Compact? These are in addition to the ones in two compact cases - one in my daily make-up bag and one for travel.

So you think I only hoard high-end products? Here are four Revlon Colorstay Ultimate lippies - all in shade 75. And I don't even like the shade or the formula!
I cannot, for the life of me, tell you why I've gone and bought three of these L'Oreal Smoothing Serums. They're okay for pre-styling use, though I prefer John Frieda. Still, three full-size bottles?

I also found three anti-dandruff shampoos which I no longer use, thanks to Lush Snake Oil. By the way, these are all from the top-most shelf. I haven't dared to look at the other shelves, bags or drawers.
I have just taken a solemn oath, by all make-up ever known to humans, not to buy any more of these products until I'm on the last tube or case of each. Does anyone else hoard like this?