Makeup Wars: My Favorite Cream Shadow.

After missing a few of the most recent Makeup Wars challenges, I am glad to be back and participating in this one. That's because we are talking about a favorite product again; this time our favorite cream eye shadows.

I sort of have a love/hate relationship with cream eye shadows. I have tried a lot of them from many different brands. Every so often, I get this weird reaction where my eyes get puffy when wearing them. After starting to get the same reaction from gel liners, in which they were all dark colors, I sort of have it figured out. I don't have an allergic reaction to the product itself, I have a reaction to certain pigments. I think. I still have to question this because I have never had a reaction to any of the cream shadows I have used from MAC.

Now, MAC has a few different cream based shadows: Paint Pot, Cream Colour Base, Pro Longwear Paint Pot, Metal-X Cream Shadow and Paints (which was my very first cream shadow ever). Out of all of those, my favorite, which I am officially declaring my favorite cream shadow is...

I really like the rich, creamy formula of the MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot. It is easy to work with and blend with other shades to get the eye look I want. The cream dries down to a beautiful pearly glow. It never fades, or creases and lasts beautifully on my eyes all day. To apply, I use the MAC 242 shader brush. I gently brush the color over my eye, and then blend them all out with an airbrush concealer brush.

The Pro Longwear Paint Pots that I have pictured are from the brand new MAC Breaking Beauties collection. They are so pretty and I have been using them all together for a soft, spring eye.

MAC Pro Longwear Paint Pot: Eclair, Fancy Frosting, Let's Skate!

I use Let's Skate! (the pale pink with shimmer) all over my eye, and then add Fancy Frosting (the frosted white) to the inner corners of my eye and finish my lid with Eclair (the light golden brown). They sell for $18.50 each.

I can't wait to see what the rest of my blogger friends have chosen as their favorite cream shadows. Click though all the logos below to see them all.

Save 20% Off Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

It's Bobbi Brown Cosmetics’ annual and much anticipated Friends & Family Event!  Now until April 18th, 2013, BobbiBrown.com will be offering 20% off all orders, as well as Free Standard Shipping on all orders $75 and above.  In addition, customers will be helping to support Bobbi’s favorite charity, Dress for Success Worldwide, as $10K from the sales made online during this time period will be donated to the organization.

Shopping for beauty for a great cause is always a great excuse to shop! Shop here to get the 20% off: http://www.bobbibrowncosmetics.com/cms/customer_service/promotions/ffapr13_offer.tmpl

Just in case you need any Bobbi Brown shopping suggestions, here are a few of my previous Bobbi Brown posts with some of my favorite products.

Spring 2013: Bobbi Brown Lilac Rose Collection

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Shadow Stick

Bobbi Brown BB Cream

Bobbi Brown Pot Rouge for Lips & Cheeks

Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eye Collection

Happy shopping!

Hong Kong de CHANEL Collection.

In January, CHANEL opened at Hysan Place, the new luxury temple located at the center of Hong Kong. It is in fact, the largest CHANEL boutique in Hong Kong. To celebrate the event, CHANEL created an exclusive Hong Kong de CHANEL Collection in which a universal gold shade unites the extremes of deep brown and brilliant white. It is definitely a vision of east meets west.

The collection includes a beautiful eyeshadow palette and two nail colours.

Pearl River Eyeshadow Palette - $80.00
The elegant rectangular case reveals an original combination of five shadows embossed with the iconic quilted motif of CHANEL. Like the shimmering light on water, the Pearl River palette offers a harmony of golden white, a vintage gold nuance and intense peach for a soft, radiant effect on eyelids. Looks can be natural or sophisticated, depending on how you choose to wear them. Either way, the look will be illuminating and eye opening.

Nail Colour - $30.00
Two contrasting nail colours echo the extremes of the eye palette. Elegant and modern Eastern Lights is a luminous, very opaque white enamel. Western Light is a deep and intense chocolate brown glowing with a pearly red heart.

Pearl River is a gorgeous palette that I am saving for summer. With the brown, gold and bronze shades it will be perfect with a golden glow, don't you think?
The Hong Kong de CHANEL Collection is available now, for a limited time, exclusively in boutiques and online at chanel.com.