Holiday 2013: Collection Nuit Infinie de CHANEL.

The CHANEL holiday collection is the ultimate in luxury. It is not just rich and bold, it is refined in every way possible. I look forward to this collection every year and find myself amazed at how beautiful each one is. This year is no exception. Just look how beautiful it is.

Setting a captivating tone for Holiday, a new makeup collection expresses the magic and mystery of an endless night. The refinement of beige is emboldened by a sweep of bronze on the eyes. Deep ruby red lingers alluringly on lips, for a seductive invitation to the season. Experience the pleasure of intense colour and glamour that is revealed from within.

The collection focuses around the eyes, particularly the stunning limited edition Ombres Matelassees Eyeshadow Palette, a beautiful metallic bronze liner and a sparkling mascara top coat, which together create a look that is not only perfect for the holidays, but for the entire winter season. The eyeshadow palette contains five shades, from a soft beige to a rich purple in both matte and pearlized formulas, that can be layered to create a variety of looks. I am reserving this collection for my best holiday looks.

The complete Collection Nuit Infinie de CHANEL:

OMBRES MATELASSÉES Eyeshadow Palette - $80.00
This limited-edition eyeshadow unveils a shade spectrum for the season’s most striking eye looks. From soft beige to rich purple, matte and pearlized shadows create glamorous effects alone or offer endless opportunities for custom blending. The emblematic quilted motif of CHANEL embosses the silky shadows for an added touch of elegance.

• Charming - Soft Beige, Metallic Beige, Bronze Khaki, Bronze Brown, Dark Matte Purple

MASCARA GEL IRISÉ Sparkling Mascara Top Coat - $30.00
This top coat was designed to be worn either alone or over a black mascara. It is a beautiful shimmering bronze-platinum shade that catches the light as it enhance lashes. I like it over mascara for an extra special holiday look. 

• Bronze Platine - Platinum Bronze

JOUES CONTRASTE Powder Blush - $43.00
Cheeks are flushed with a muted pink blush shade with hints of shimmer. This is perfect for either day or night and I've been wearing it since I received it. I think it is flattering for all skin tones.

• Accent - Luminous Pink Beige

POUDRE UNIVERSELLE LIBRE Natural Finish Loose Powder - $52.00
This glowing peach beige powder offers the perfect finishing touch that lights up the skin for a subtle glow. Not only do I like to dust this all over my face as a final touch, I dip it in a large shadow brush and dust it over my eyes after my shadow is finished to further blend out and give my shadow an airbrushed glowy look.

• Moon Light - Luminous Peach Beige

ILLUSION D’OMBRE Long Wear Luminous Eyeshadow - $36.00
Two metallic tone, platinum bronze and silver purple, dress the lids with decadence. I am loving the platinum bronze and pair it with a vanilla matte shadow for a simple, yet understated elegant and easy eye look.

• Initiation - Platinum Bronze
• Fatal - Silver Purple

LIGNE GRAPHIQUE DE CHANEL Liquid Eyeliner Intensity-Definition - $34.00
For a bold eye look, this liquid metallic bronze shade enhances the eyes. I like to use it over a deep brown pencil to add just a hint of bronze as a finishing touch to a holiday smokey eye.

• Bronze - Bronze Khaki

ROUGE ALLURE Luminous Intense Lip Colour - $34.00
From a delicate beige to a dramatic brown, lips reveal their powers of seduction.

• Radieuse - Blue Pink
• Indécise - Shimmering Pink Beige
• Farouche - Shimmering Chocolate Brown

ROUGE ALLURE VELVET Luminous Matte Lip Colour - $34.00
Bold but versatile these two red shades, both ideal for the season, they dress lips with allure. Nothing says the holidays more than a bold, matte red lip and these both do that in the most elegant way possible.

• La Précieuse - Vivid Red
• La Désirée - Burgundy Red

LE VERNIS Nail Colour - $27.00
Fingertips are ready for revelry in two gorgeous creamy holiday shades. Rouge Rubis will be on my nails througout the holiday season.

• Rouge Rubis - Vivid Red
• Accessoire - Deep Red Brown

The Collection Nuit Infinie de CHANEL is available at CHANEL counters and online at chanel.com now.

Great Gifts: Too Faced All I Want For Christmas.

For their holiday collection, Too Faced partnered with award-winning designer, and one of my reality TV faves, Mary McDonald. Mary is from Bravo TV’s “Million Dollar Decorators” and she decorates with a style that fuses old world elegance with modern sensibility. With Too Faced's glamour and Mary's style, the “Joy to the Girls” holiday collection was created.

One of my favorites from the collection is this set called All I Want For Christmas. This is a makeup set of Too Faced makeup to create your very own holiday look or everyday look. I think it is perfect for traveling as it has everything you need for an easy makeup look. It's also easy to give because the shades are universal and it's got the lips, face and eyes covered. Plus it comes housed in a stylish teal and gold chevron cosmetics bag.

This set contains:

• Exclusive Blush/Eye Shadow Trio Compact with a matte vanilla and copper brown shadow with light peach blush
• La Crème Lip Cream in Believe, a rosey pink
• Perfect Eyes Eye Liner in Perfect Black
• Lash Injection Mascara
• Shadow Insurance
  

Too Faced All I Want For Christmas sells for $45 and is available now at toofaced.com and Sephora.

M∙A∙C Holiday Collection 2013: Divine Night.

I am so excited to finally start talking about all of the beautiful holiday collections that have launched over the last month or so. I have been holding out on you -- I know. I feel October is just too early to start talking about the holidays, but now that the end of the month is here, I just could not contain myself any longer.

The first holiday collection I am going to present is none other than this stunner for MAC called Divine Night. You know I live for the MAC holiday collections and can't wait for them each year. This one does not disappoint.

Enjoy yourself – past midnight, the darkness keeps the secrets. Gorgeous colours in rich finishes captivate at every angle, inspiring an evening of lavish living, on the scene and to be seen. Blush and Skinfinish rise to the occasion, pairing rich, contrasting shades with the graphic impact of a limited-edition powder design. Sultry eyes are done with Mineralize Eye Shadow, Fluidlines and Kohl Power Eye Pencil in glittering shades of pearl, from red to green to gold. The ingenious double-lush brush of False Lashes strokes each lash with dramatic volume, sharpening eyes with ultimate definition. Experience finishing touches that are fit to fire up everyone’s envy: lustrous lip shades in nude, satin taupe, red and plum and glossy nails in velvet gold, darkest silver suede and blackened burgundy.

Of course, the first thing I noticed was the boxes. The black is a bit deeper than the regular packaging and the lettering is a shiny gold. The cases are also blacker than normal with shiny gold accents. It really is stunning. I love the contrast of finishes.

Overall, the collection is very frosty. If you have pores of fine lines, proceed with caution. I am a fan of the mineralize finish products though, so with a lot of blending, I found that the frostiness can be toned down. I don't mind the frosty look on my eyes. The only product that I have that I found to be overly frosted on me was the Mineralize Skinfinish in Scene to Be Seen, but that is because I do have some fine lines. Alternately, I really, really like Centre of Attention and have been using this over my bronzer and center of my face almost every day since receiving it. Of course, you can't go wrong with any of the Kohl Power Eye Pencils or Fluidline. I still use Deliciously Rich from the Indulge Collection, so if you didn't pick that one up earlier this fall, here is another chance. For lips, I adore Flair for Finery; this nude pink is another perfect nude pink for me.

The M∙A∙C Holiday Divine Night collection:

MINERALIZE EYE SHADOW - $23.00
Captivating - outside: bright white gold base, inside: deep gold (frost)
Exquisite Ego - outside: bronze base, inside: soft white champagne (frost)
Gilded Night - outside: bright gold with silver pearl base, inside: black with pearl (frost)
Past Midnight - outside: blackish purple with violet pearl base, inside: soft white pink frost (frost)
Until Dawn - outside: soft gold base, inside: purple taupe (frost)
Tonight’s Temptation - outside: black with pearl base, inside: royal blue (frost)

FLUIDLINE - $17.50
Stares & Speculation - dirty olive with gold pearl
Deliciously Rich - shimmering dirty taupe
Macroviolet deep - smoked violet with red pearl

FALSE LASHES - $21.00
False Black - black

KOHL POWER EYE PENCIL - $17.50
Orpheus - intense black with gold pearl
Raven - intense black with red pearl
Mystery - intense black with green pearl
Feline - intense black with black pearl

MINERALIZE BLUSH - $27.50
Talk of the Town - warm brown base with yellow bronze (satin)
Lured to Love - coral pink base with pink frost (satin)
Lavish Living - violet with silver pearl base with gold pearl (satin)

MINERALIZE SKINFINISH - $33.00
Centre of Attention - outside: pastel peachy pink with fine pink shimmer, inside: 24 carat gold shimmer
Perfectly Poised - outside: bronzy coral with golden tones, inside: creamy beige with pinkish purple sheen
Scene to Be Seen - outside: mauve with pink sheen, inside: brick rose with gold reflects

LIPSTICK - $16.50
You’ve Got It - pink undertone with gold frost (frost)
Flair for Finery - cool pink nude (lustre)
Exclusive Event - taupe brown (satin)
Private Party - dirty plum mauve (satin)
Prepare for Pleasure - clean magenta red (cremesheen)

CREMESHEEN GLASS - $22.00
You’ve Got It - nude taupe with green pearl
Flair for Finery - cool nude
Private Party - plum mauve with pearl
Prepare for Pleasure - bluish red

NAIL LACQUER - $17.50
Fierce Entrance - rich gold bronze (velvet)
Military - black matte with silver suede pearl (frost)
Gadabout Girl - blackened plum (cream)

MAC Cremesheen Glass Private Party

MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil Orpheus and Mystery

MAC Lipstick You've Got It, Exclusive Event, Flair for Finery

MAC Mineralize Blush Lured to Love

MAC Fluidline Eye-Liner Gel Macroviolet
MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Scene to Be Seen and Centre of Attention

MAC Mineralize Eye Shadow Until Dawn, Tonight's Temptation, Captivating