Chanel Le Rouge Collection N°1 Fall 2016: Review & Swatches

Chanel's Fall 2016 beauty collection - Le Rouge Collection N°1 - is all about the colour red. "Red is intense. It is vulnerable, sexual and eternal", says Lucia Pica, Chanel's Global Creative Makeup and Colour Designer. "When you think of the colour red, you usually think of love and desire, innocence & experience, life and death". ...

REVIEW: L’Oreal Paris Extraordinary Clay Hair Care

L’Oréal Paris recently came out with a new hair care range that combines 3 refined mineral clays. The re-balancing range that claims to reveal perfectly balanced hair is called Extraordinary Clay and includes a breakthrough ingredient that "breaks the cycle of oily roots and dry ends". Clay's ability to cleanse, purify and energize is unrivalled. It combats excessive oil production ...

NYX Beauty School Dropout Palette Graduate Edition

With "back to school" just around the corner I was inspired to try out a palette that I've had in my collection for a while but hadn't yet reached for. NYX's Beauty School Dropout - Graduate Edition ($35 USD/$38 CAD) is a budget-friendly assortment eye shadows, blush, illuminating and contour powders housed in a sturdy, book ...

Biotherm Life Plankton Essence Fundamental Skin Treatment

The mineral-rich thermal springs of the French Pyrenees mountains have been called the “fountain of youth” for thousands of years. The healing waters, filled with pure thermal planktons (micro-organisms with skin superpowers!!) were said to heal and invigorate anyone who bathed in them. After years of research and development, Biotherm biologists were able to isolate thermal plankton (the key to these ...

L’Oreal Paris Launches First Ever Oil-Infused Nail Polish (Le Vernis a L’Huile)

This Summer, L'Oreal Paris introduced its first oil-infused nail colour called Le Vernis a L'Huile by Colour Riche. The new range (which is kind of a big deal!) took 10 years to create and boasts a patented "oil-in-colour technology", a new brush design and get this.... a fragrance!! While the new polish has graced store ...