not so exceptional in french or english...

i was so excited to try exceptionnel de chanel intense volume and curl mascara. not to be completely shallow, but there is something so decadent and luxurious about the unmistakable, interlocking "c"s. the innovative 6-sided brush promises dramatic results--and it delivered, but that being said, i really didnt like it. my problem in a nutshell was the brush. it has these tiny little combs that are supposed to--or at least, i think they are supposed to--brush lashes to coat the formula all over. i just had a really hard time with it. it felt goopy and clumpy and it took too many coats to achieve the look i desired. to be honest, while putting mascara on my first eye, part of me wanted to wash it off and start over. so for $28, i will absolutely not be purchasing this.

i think i got it!

it's no secret i am obsessed with izzy stevens' lipgloss. i googled everything i could think of to figure out what the shade was. nothing. one of my favorite sites www.makeup411.com, which lists the products movie and tv stars use, only had the makeup katherine heigl wore on roswell. while this wasn't helpful, this site in general is awesome. you can check out what you're favorite movie and tv stars use to get those gorgeous looks--it's even organized by movie and tv listing. so i had to figure out the shade on my own. after hitting countless department stores and sephora, i think i found a pretty good facsimile: CHANEL ROUGE ALLURE in Tender. this is the prettiest shade of light pink--it's the grown-up, sophisticated incarnation of the bubble gum pink shade you wore when you were younger. it has a supersmooth consistency and the lightest specks of glitter. not only is it an absolutely gorgeous shade, the sleek CHANEL packaging will instantly make you feel like a glam diva.

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you can never have too many

i am obsessed with beauty products, but the worst of it probably has to do with my desire to acquire as many lipsticks and glosses as humanly possible. if you saw the makeup bag i lug around every day you would probably faint and then judge how many lipsticks and glosses i carry with me EVERY SINGLE DAY. regardless of brand, color or my particular face that day, they all go in the bag. and this includes a couple of lip palettes too. if there was a serious world lipstick and gloss shortage or unexpected lip emergency, I am your girl. so you can imagine how I nearly swooned when I saw the LÉVRES MULTIFACETTES DE CHANEL—or CHANEL lip palette, for the rest of us. seriously. it’s gorgeous. perfect little squares filled with tempting shades of sinfully luxurious color.

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