bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow.

My love for the bareMinerals READY products continues. Despite having a little reaction to the bareMinerals READY Foundation, I am still in love with it, and I couldn't wait to try more from the READY line up. So next on my list to try were the bareMinerals READY Eyeshadows.

bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow is super pigmented, super smooth with an almost creamy feels, and is super long-wearing. The powder texture feels so soft and silky and feels like a cream as it is applied. They blend with ease and look gorgeous all day. The formula is infused with bareMinerals' proprietary SeaNutritive Mineral™ Complex and some powerful antioxidants, cold-pressed borage oil, along with caffeine and cucumber; so anti-aging benefits are built right in. I've always had this thinking that if I am going to wear makeup, I rather wear makeup that is good for me, which this eyeshadow is.

The READY Eyeshadows comes in Quads and Duos, aptly named bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow 4.0 and bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow 2.0.

The Afterparty is a quad with Cheers, Mingle, Rowdy and Lights Down, which are moonstone, gleaming pewter, heathered plum and shimmering ink shades. The dark smoky eye is simple with this palette.

The Afterparty

The Vision is a duo with Illusion and Mirage which is a sea mist and deep lagoon shade. The combination is unexpectedly gorgeous.

The Vision

The Top Shelf is a duo with Mixologist and Cognac, a champagne sheen and gilded bronze. This combination is perfect for an everyday bronzed look.

The Top Shelf

bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow 4.0 sells for $30.00 and bareMinerals READY Eyeshadow 2.0 sells for $20.00. Shop at Bare Escentuals boutiques, Sephora or online at bareEscentuals.com.

CHANEL Le Volume de Chanel Mascara.

The new Le Volume de Chanel Mascara is not only luxurious, it is simply wondrous.

The mascara is very thick and very black. The formula plumps the lashes super full and thick so lashes seem to almost multiply as it is applied. Lashes are lengthened as they take on a new life with the carbon black color.

The brush is like the best mix of a traditional feeling brush and the newer rubber tipped brushes. The bristles are shorter than normal mixed with some longer bristles, yet overall fuller than normal mascara brushes. It almost feels flocked. What it does do is make sure that each lash is coated with the wondrous formula.

Le Volume de Chanel Mascara is available at all Chanel counters and specialty stores now. It retails for $30.00.

Holiday 2012: CHANEL Les Expressions de Chanel.

Chanel has a beautiful new mascara and to go with it, three new expressions. There are three expressions (looks) and feature new quads, long wearing shadows and eye liners. This is Chanel Les Expressions de Chanel.

Coral Expression
A palette of radiant shades from natural pink to peach.

Plum Expression
A range of plum hues with hints of metallic silver.

Brown Expression
Earthy tones with glints of gold.

Le Volume de Chanel Mascara - $30.00

• Noir Black

Les 4 Ombres Eyeshadow Quad - $58.00

• Spices - one of my very favorite Chanel quads ever
• Intuition - Light pink, gold, chocolate brown, brown-grey
• Variation - Light rose, silver-grey, deep purple, light shimmering plum

Illusion d’Ombre Long-Wear Luminous Eyeshadow - $36.00

• Illusoire
• Abstraction - Peach rose
• Vision - Gold

Ligne Graphique de Chanel Liquid Eyeliner - $34.00

• Noir - Black
• Purple - Purple
• Platine - Silver-grey

Le Volume de Chanel Mascara is a very black mascara that brings bold to the lashes. The innovative formula expands and plumps lashes to their fullest, while carbon black pigments deliver the deepest black shade to open eyes. A new Chanel exclusive ‘Snowflakes’ brush articulates each lash; long bristles evenly coat lashes while small soft bristles separate and build volume.

Chanel Les Expressions de Chanel is available beginning today at Chanel department and specialty stores, as well as Chanel.com.