Tom Ford She Wolf Palette !

I waited so long to pick this palette up.  I lusted over it and lusted over it, and now I finally have it and I am so excited!!  It is probaly one of the most luxurious palettes I own.  It is so buttery smooth, and blendable on the eye.  It is perfect for a nice smokey eye, or you can combine it with another palette to make it more suitable for day time.  This is my first Tom Ford palette, but it is definitely not my last. 

Do you own any Tom Ford?  If so what's your favorite?

Love, 

City Styles

Chanel Holiday 2013 {ACCENT & ROUGE RUBIS}

All the holiday collections are coming out and I am so excited!!  I love this time of year.  I was most excited by the Chanel Holiday Collection!  I was lusting over the blush and nail polish the most.  I am still debating on whether to get the eye palette or not.  I have heard it is buttery smooth, so I might just have to check it out.  

Now as for the blush, Joues Contraste in 84 Accent !  I love it!!!  It goes on amazingly smooth, and isn't powdery or hard to work with.  I don't use a bronzer when wearing this.  And to be honest I don't mind the shimmer.  I am usually one to like a matte blush, but this one has gotten to me.  And the nail polish, 677 Rouge Rubis, is also amazing.  It is a great red and did not chip much.  I know that Chanel polishes are hit and miss.  Some apply great and don't chip and others, well let's just say they go back to the Chanel counter.  

Tarte Adventurous - Chanel Accent - Tarte Exposed - D&G Peach

Tarte Adventurous - Chanel Accent - Tarte Exposed - D&G Peach 

Accent heavily swatched - Accent blended out 

Essie Russian Roulette - Chanel Dragon - Chanel Rouge Rubis - Chanel Pirate - Essie Head Mistress

Essie - Chanel Dragon - Chanel Rouge Rubis - Chanel Pirate - Essie 

What have you picked up from the Chanel Holiday Collection??  And what other collections have caught your eye?

Love, 

City Styles

Favorite Eye Combo !

 

I have many eye combos that I love very much, but this is my FAV combo!  It gets worn the most, especially when I have no clue what I want to wear.  It makes my eyes pop and is just gorgeous!

I first prime my lids, like always, and then pop on my Laura Mercier Caviar Stick in Amethyst.  I use my finger to blend that in and then take my Burberry shadow in Mulberry and pop that on the outer half of my lid.  And that's it.  So easy!  And if I want to be a bit dramatic I take Chanel's Taupe Grise and put that in my crease.  I only do this if I am heading out for the night.  It is not so much a day time look! 

Burberry Mulberry

Chanel Taupe Grise

Laura Mercier Amethyst

Amethyst - Mulberry - Taupe Grise 

Amethyst - Mulberry - Taupe Grise

What are your favorite eye combos?

Love, 

City Styles

Laura Mercier Artist's Palette 2013

Praise the lord!  This palette is the most gorgeous, buttery smooth, palette you will get this holiday season!  I suggest you run to Sephora right now and pick up the Laura Mercier Artist's palette. 

So the other night I was browsing through Instagram, like I do every free moment I have, and Rachel posted a picture of this beauty.  So of course that meant I had to order one for myself.  Laura Mercier came out with an Artist's palette last year too, which I also bought and then returned because it was horribly pigmented.  But, this year it is absolutely pigmented, smooth, and blendable.  There is a great shade range and a great balance of matte to satin/shimmery shadows.  I have had this since Tuesday and have used it everyday and LOVED it!  My favorite shades by far are fresco and african violet.  Fresco is just the best crease color for us pale people and african violet is just beautiful and would look great on any skin color. 

Sparkling Dew - Guava - African Violet - Plum Smoke - Kir Royal - Violet Ink
Vanilla Nuts - Primrose - Fresco - Bamboo - Truffle - Espresso Bean 

Sparkling Dew - Guava - African Violet - Plum Smoke - Kir Royal - Violet Ink
Vanilla Nuts - Primrose - Fresco - Bamboo - Truffle - Espresso Bean

Sparkling Dew - Guava - African Violet - Plum Smoke - Kir Royal - Violet Ink
Vanilla Nuts - Primrose - Fresco - Bamboo - Truffle - Espresso Bean

Have you picked up this palette yet?? And what makeup are you most excited for this holiday season??

Love, 

City Styles

Bronzer-licious !

Anyone else have a sick obsession for bronzers?  I never feel like I have the shade some look to light, others too dark, or even to orange.  As we all know I am ghostly pale very close to pasty, and as it progresses to winter I get worse.  So every now and then I like to look a bit human and bronze myself up.  I sometimes go for the sunkissed look or sometimes I go for a more contoured look.  I have amassed these 7 bronzer to do the trick for me.  3 can be used to look sun kissed, 3 for contouring, and 1 can go either way. 

Love Clarins bronzers!  They always look so chic and cute.  This one is the lightest in my bunch.  I go to this on a normal day to day basis to just make myself look like I've seen the sun in the last year or so. I normally use a MAC 129 or Bobbi Brown Bronzer brush to apply this.  Now this is no longer available, but there is something very similar and would probably do the same trick.

Oh Dior!  As you can see I love a bronzer with some pink in it!  This is very similar to the Clarins one, but just a bit darker.  I use it in the same manner as the Clarins and with the same brushes.  This was more of a on the whim, I feel like I need something luxurious purchase.  I don't regret it, but does one need so many of the same, of course you do!  

One day I was watching Youtube, what day aren't you watching Youtube Gina, and Nicole Guerriero was talking about this bronzer and it looked like a perfect shade for me and it is!  I was always a bit scared the Chocolate Soleil would be a bit dark for me, but this one looked right on the money!  And it is right on the money.  Primed and Poreless is a great shade for us pale/fair skinned girls.  

Too Faced Chocolate Soleil bronzer! As I said before I always thought this would be a bit dark for me, but I was wrong.  I picked this up at Sephora in one of those really cute deluxe sample packages they keep at checkout.  I can use this, lightly, as an all over bronzer or as a contour shade.  I like to us a big fluffy brush like the Sephora #40 Pro Flawless Powder Brush.   

Clarins - Dior - Too Faced P&P - Too Faced Soleil

I picked Nars Laguna up a long time ago and hated it, and i mean HATED it.  That was also before I had proper brushes or was really into makeup.  So on a recommendation from Ellejay10.  She is a fellow pale girl and said she loved this.  So I had to give it another try.  And I must say I no longer hate.  This is great for contouring.  I normally use the Real Techniques Contour Brush with this.  

I have had this Bobbi Brown bronzer in my arsenal for a while now.  It was on of the first high end bronzers I bought and used for contouring.  This light tan color is so gorgeous to contour with, especially during the summer.  I find that it isn't too orange on my skin even though it looks a little orange in the pan.  As you can tell I love me a matte bronzer and I think this is my favorite out of all the ones I have.

Have I said I love Clarins bronzers?  To be honest I loved the packaging and design of this so much I had to get it.  This came out this summer with the Splendours Collection and I knew it would be a bit dark for a regular all over, sunkissed bronzer, but I was ok with that.  It is just so gorgeous, I could not resist.  

Too Faced Soleil - NARS - Bobbi Brown - Clarins

Are you a pasty white girl like myself?  If you let me know what some of your favorite bronzers are, and even if you aren't let me know!!

Love, 

City Styles