CHANEL Soleil Tan de CHANEL - Review

CHANEL Soleil Tan de CHANEL is one of my all time favorite bronzing products of all the time. This bronzer gives me a nice sun-kissed glow without the ugly, ashy powdery finish like some bronzers do.

It looks almost orange in the jar, but when applied to the skin, it gives a beautiful caramel toned highlight to the cheeks; it just makes me look perfectly fresh, like I have been out in the sun for the day.

The packaging is a shatterproof plastic jar which can be bit too large for traveling or to carry around as it takes to much space in a cosmetic bag.

The texture of this matte cream base is very lightweight and airy, almost like a mousse and goes on smooth and blends easily without streaks. Little goes long way, so  you need very little product, therefore the jar lasts forever.

Unfortunately,  it doesn't come with anything to apply it with, no sponge or no brush, so I use my kabuki brush, swirl in the container, buff the excess on the back of my hand, and apply it under my cheekbones and around the outside of my face for a light contour. Keep in mind that it builds up easily, so start very light since  it can get very intense quickly.

The only downside is that it's has a harder surface so most likely some bristles of your brush will get stuck in it, so it can be bit unhygienic.

 Cost in Ireland € 39.00 for 30 g.

All I can say is, this is a must have in every women’s handbag, so save up ladies and buy this bronzer ...you won't regret it!

Have you ever tried CHANEL Soleil Tan de CHANEL? Did you like it?  Please let me know in the comments!

xxx Marina

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Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation vs Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation Serum vs CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua

These two foundations have been compared to the famous CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua quite a bit, so I decided to try them myself. Bourjois and CHANEL are actually the same company, so the Bourjois products could be in reality a high-end product sold at a high street price tag. Let’s see then, here are my observations.



Wearing Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in Shade 52

Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation in a nutshell

·         fresh fruity scent

·         contains apricot, apple, melon and ginger extracts

·         glass bottle with a dispensing pump

·         no SPF

Coverage

·         medium buildable coverage and gives a natural semi-matte  but still radiant finish,  

Texture

·         Thick and creamy consistency

·         Doesn’t dry to quickly and leaves loads of time for blending

Shade Selection

·         Available in 6 Shades, with  more color choices  for paler than for darker complexions

Price

·         €14.95 for 30ml here in Ireland.

Wearing Bourjois Healthy Mix Foundation Serum in Shade 52

Bourjouis Healthy Mix  Foundation Serum in a nutshell

·         same fruity scent  as the Healthy Mix Foundation

·          contains lychee, pomegranate and goji berries extracts

·         Plastic bottle with a dispensing pump, travel friendly

·         No SPF

Coverage

·         light-to-medium coverage and has a more luminous, dewy finish.

·         Evens out skin tone and  brightens tired skin

·         semi-matte, dewy finish

Texture

·         Oil Free gel texture,slightly runny

·         blends easily

Shade Selection

·         Available in 8 Shades,  and again with  more color choices  for pale skin than for darker complexions

Price

·         €14.95 for 30ml here in Ireland.



Wearing CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua in Shade B20

CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua in a nutshell

·         Classic Floral powdery  Chanel scent

·         Travel friendly light packaging, but  doesn’t have the  luxurious feel  other Chanel products

·         Only a smallest amount needed to cover the whole face

·         No SPF

Coverage

·         sheer  light to medium coverage with a illuminating satin finish

·         perfect balance between matte and luminous radiance.

·         lasts on my skin for a about 8 hours

Texture

·         water based foundation

·         airy, whipped,cooling  texture

·         hydrating feel  on the skin

·         blends easily

·         oil-free and non-comedogenic

Shade Selection

·         Available in 10 Shades,   I found that the darker shades start to pull a little orange on the skin or they did on mine anyway. I generally prefer yellow undertone foundation since it counteracts the redness in pinker skin tones.

Price

·         €39.00 for 30ml here in Ireland.

Bourjois  Healthy Mix  Foundation in Shades 51 and 52/ Bourjois Healthy Mix  Foundation Serum in Shades 51 and 52/CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua in Shades B20 and B30

So the bottom line

In my mind the CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua  is superior to Healthy Mix Foundation  and Healthy Mix Foundation Serum  in the way that it gives such perfect base,  but doesn’t look like I’m wearing makeup.
If you want something that doesn’t mask your whole face and only evens out your skin tone as a tinted moisturizer would do, and you don’t mind the price tag, then this a foundation for you.

The Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum comes in the second place and provides slightly more coverage and gives still refined, fresh, and flawless look. I also have used this foundation on photo shoots when  I wanted to achieve that fresh faced, dewy, flawless skin on models or more  mature skin. I also found it to be a great foundation for those with oily to combination skin. I would not go so far and say that this is the same thing as the CHANEL Vitalumiere Aqua, but in its performance it is definitely similar.

If you need more coverage, I would definitely go for the Healthy Mix Foundation, as it provides medium coverage, covering redness, minor thread veins and dark spots, but it still feels light and natural on the skin.

But at the end of the day, I think all 3 of them are great foundations on its own, so if you are still in two minds, which one to get, then I would suggest you get some samples and try it out.

Have you tried any of these foundations?  What are your thoughts on it? Let me know in the comments!

xxx Marina

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Catrice’s Defining blush in 010 Toffee Fairy

Can you believe, I only get to try Catrice’s Defining blush now, and that only because I was looking for a good contouring blush without any orange hues. So, I came across the 010 Toffee Fairy and I bought it mainly to contour my cheeks, and it is doing a great job so far,  really giving my cheeks a good structure. For contouring work I use mostly a kabuki brush and blend the blush into my base.



Catrice Defining Blush in (010) Toffee Fairy



Toffee Fairy is lovely beige brown shade without any red or gold tones. It really give me  a fresh  healthy natural glow, without being to red or orange that some bronzer can do.  It does contain some silver shimmer,  but I don’t find it to obvious, it almost falls of the face once applied and it leaves my face with a satin finish.  The blush goes on quite sheer at first, but it’s defiantly buildable if you apply more, just be careful,  the shimmer would be more obvious as  if applied with a light hand. I mostly would then apply a brighter blush on the apples of my cheeks.

I also find that Toffee Fairy is great dupe for Benefit’s Dallas, maybe the Toffee Fairy is tad lighter and more on the shimmery side. It also looks very similar to MAC's blush in Harmony, which is another favorite of my for sculpting the cheekbones. Harmony is completely matte though. 



Catrice Defining Blush in (010) Toffee Fairy, Benefit Dallas, MAC Blush in Harmony



All in all, this is great blush for a natural bronzed look and if you are a lover of Benefit’s  Dallas or MAC's Harmony, you might want to check this beauty out and save yourself some money.

Cost in Ireland € 3, 99 for 5g.

Have you tried the Defining Blush by Catrice? What other shades do you recommend?

xxx Marina

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