Monthly Archive for September, 2009

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Chic’s favorite articles of the week 7 -13.09.2009

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Hello Ladies! How is your Monday coming up? I hope this week will be great for all of us.

  • Find out if  Clarins Wonder Perfect Mascara Is almost Perfect by checking out Karen’s beauty blog
  • Marina from Ladies-Beauty took a sneak peak into Cosmopolitan articles so she can reveal to us the secrets of How To Stay Gorgeous at Your Age
  • If you want to know How To Get Young, Healthy Skin make sure to visit Bailey from Makeover Momma’s blog because she’s got ready for you an interesting Interview with sun damage and skin cancer specialist
  • If pink and black are your favorite colors, Giorgia from beautifulwithbrains has the perfect makeup look for you. Check out her photos and learn how to do a makeup look based on black and pink.

Chic Giveaway: One Essence Volume Power Boost Mascara (special edition) and 3 Essence Lash&Brown gel mascaras

Hello ladies and welcome to ChicProfile first Giveaway!

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About Essence:

I don’t know if you are familiar with Essence products because their stores can only be found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. I didn’t knew about their products until I took a trip in Germany about 2 years ago and visit their stand in a beauty shop. I remember that I’ve bought then a lots of products from Essence, from mascaras to lipglosses and eyeshadows. Their prices are very affordable to anyone and the quality is also good, so everytime I go to Germany I make sure to check their new products (I’m reading about the new stuff on their website) and always bring home with me enough makeup products to last me until the next trip. I love the Essence lipgloss  (  in strawberry), smells good (even tastes good) it’s shimmery with a light texture (non-sticky) and hydrating in the same time.

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The products:

Lash&Brown gel mascara is a 2 in 1 transparent mascara that cares for your eyebrows and eyelashes in the same time, giving them a perfect finish. If you have unruly eyebrows you can wave them goodbye because Lash&Brown gel mascara will style your eyebrows. The tube contains 9 ml of gel (more than other brands offers) enough to last you a  couple of months.

I have my own Essence transparent gel and I apply one coat on my eyelashes ( you can apply 2 coats if it’s needed) and after I apply 2 coats of my black mascara. Continue reading ‘Chic Giveaway: One Essence Volume Power Boost Mascara (special edition) and 3 Essence Lash&Brown gel mascaras’

Declare war to acne with Avon, Clinique, Vichy, Garnier, Boots and Maybelline products

We all have those days when we woke up in the morning we look in the mirror and we discover a fresh new pimple. These situations don’t happened to me very often, but when they do they kind of kill my day. For these kind of problems and even for others acne problems more severe I found a strategy. Out there are products designed to help us defeat the acne problems, we just need to look for the good ones.

The other day I was reading a post about How to Treat Post-Acne Scarring and I decided to develop this idea and talk to you about all the products that I have tried concerning this problems. Let me know in your comments if you have any other ideas about products that can help us fight the acne and their scars and even those red spots or pimples.

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If we just keep some rules in mind and follow them we can diminish the apparition of pimples and win the war against acne. So here are some steps that helped me in those situations and I hope to be helpful for you too.

  • Don’t sleep with your makeup on! It’s essential that your skin is perfectly clean during the night. You can use a makeup remover product that also has antibacterial action, morning and evening.

My recommendation: Try the Solutions Plus Pure Pore – Fection Self – Foaming Cleanser from Avon ( 150 ml) with bamboos and bisabolol extracts. It’s an oil-free product that will give you a tingly clean feeling. Cleanses deep down to remove dirt and make-up, leaving skin feeling refreshed and energised.

  • Clean the pores! For this you will need a mask specially created to reduce and prevent the apparition of pimples and dark spots.

My recommendation: Use twice a week, Clinique Oil-Control Cleansing Mask (19,50 $ for 100 ml), the new acne solution. This clay-based mask will help heal your blemishes, prevent breakouts and also will keep your skin shine-free. This is a good mask to use even for those ladies who don’t have acne problems but have an oily skin like mine, because its medicated formula gives your skin a deep clean, unclog  pores and rid skin of excess oil. Anyway it’s a mask designed for all skin types so it can’t have undesirable effects on your skin. All the process takes me about 7 minutes, while I apply the mask evenly on my face ( avoiding the eye area), then I wait 5 minutes and after I rinse off thoroughly with warm water. My skin feels smoother and clearer after this. I also like it because it has an oil-free formula and it won’t irritate my skin.

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Another great facial mask that I love and I’m currently using is Clinique Turnaround – 15 Minute Facial mask, and you can check out my review for more details. Continue reading ‘Declare war to acne with Avon, Clinique, Vichy, Garnier, Boots and Maybelline products’

Chic Preview – Urban Decay – Book of Shadows vol II – Holiday 2009

Ladies get ready for Urban Decay Book of Shadows vol II – Holiday 2009. After their success in 2008 with the first Book of Shadows, Urban Decay is launching another collection of their greatest hits.

I find the design very interesting and fashionable. We get to try new eyeshadows and discover the two secret doors.

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Sixteen seems to be the number of shades required for a seasoned beauty fanatic to feel like a kid in a candy store, so they filled our vanity with:

7 NEW Shades, that are available only in this kit:

  1. AC/DC (dark purple)
  2. Nylon (brown sparkle)
  3. Mushroom (gunmetal w/taupe shift)
  4. Sphynx (pink w/glitter)
  5. Jinx (bright blue)
  6. Homegrown (bright green)
  7. Misdemeanor (dark teal)

Our Favorite from 2008′s Book of Shadows:

  1. Perversion (matte black)

8 BEST-selling shadows:

  1. Sellout
  2. Gunmetal
  3. Ecstasy
  4. Midnight Cowboy Rides Again
  5. Twice Baked
  6. Half Baked
  7. Flipside
  8. YDK

A must-have travel size 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencils in best-sellers:

  1. Zero
  2. Bourbon

A travel size Eyeshadow Primer Potion in a new curvy bottle Continue reading ‘Chic Preview – Urban Decay – Book of Shadows vol II – Holiday 2009′

Beauty Show – Fall 2009 – Sexy Eyes (part 3)

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It’s a colorful Autumn, so you can satisfy all your fantasies in terms of eye makeup – from the thinnest eye contour or a more intense one with black eyeliner, tot the tinted eyelids or in “naughty” colors.

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Here are my recommendations, about some of them you can read more on Karen’s blog, because she already review some of them.

Estee Lauder Limited Edition Signature Eyeshadow Quad – Rose Amethyst – 35$

Lancome Declaring Indigo Ink Artliner – 24$

Chanel Venice Eye Gloss Luminous Cream Quadra Eye Shadow – 65$

Sephora Doe Eyed Felt Eye Liner

Mascara Bourjois Coup de Theatre 2 in 1 Violet – 21$

Corector Maybelline Affinitone Concealer

Rimmel Color Rush Special Effects Mono Eyeshadow – After Dark – 5.75$

Review -Too Faced – Smoky eye – Palette

Yesterday I stopped by Sephora and took a look to those new fall 2009 collections. I promised myself before entering the shop that it will only be a short visit, cause I knew that if stayed there more than 10 minutes I would empty my credit card.

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So, in my short visit to Sephora I stopped by Too Faced stand and took a look to the Natural Eye Palette that Karen from makeupandbeautyblog reviewed last moth. I liked the colors a lot, in the fall I use lots of light browns, bronze and dark browns colors, but I’ve decided to choose the Smoky Eye palette and try a different makeup style this autumn. This palette contains lots of vibrant colors and especially a beautiful dark green and blue. I admit that it has been years since I’ve used green and blue shades but as I said I want to make a change in my makeup style and also I was interested on the smoky eye color combination between green and blue.

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Continue reading ‘Review -Too Faced – Smoky eye – Palette’

Chic style – Bracelets

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Tip: For the most elegant outfits that contain jacket, opt for bulky plastic bracelets – a cheerful note for the  whole serious outfit. If your arms are  naked, do not hesitate to wear several thin bracelets.

The other days while I was in the Mall I visit some shops and see very nice cheerful bracelets. Some of them were big but elegant and classy in the same time, others were thin, very colored and cheerful.

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Eyebrows – how to fix the errors with Givenchy Eyebrow show pencil & Clarins Doublefix mascara lashes &brows

Did you ruined your eyebrows?

If you want to use a tweezers at home you can discover  unpleasant surprises, but experts have some advices for us. If we follow them we can restore all the damage.

I usually go to the salon because my eyebrows have a strange shape and I’m afraid not to use the tweezers in the wrong way.350  1 02003069 2541227.jpg Eyebrows   how to fix the errors with Givenchy Eyebrow show pencil  & Clarins Doublefix mascara lashes &brows

Error:  You took to much from your eyebrows and now you can see small empty spaces

Solution: Comb your eyebrows with the special brush. Use a eyebrow pencil, color the area and use a clean brush from a mascara to color it.

Error: After you bleached your eyebrows you notice that they have an orange color

Solution:  Use an eyebrow gel to color them; choose to be with two shades darker than your natural eyebrow’s color.

Error: Your skin got irritated

Solution: Apply a compress with ice for 1 minute, then use a green corrector to combat the redness. For the final touch apply a thin powder. Continue reading ‘Eyebrows – how to fix the errors with Givenchy Eyebrow show pencil & Clarins Doublefix mascara lashes &brows’

Dark nails

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Learn new tricks. Get inspired. Be beautiful !

I hope that you like this come-back as much as I do! I always loved dark nails. Black, dark brown or mysterious purple, you name your favorite, but all these dark nail polish colors gave me the feeling of a mysterious and strong women. They look great on short nails but if you choose some art nail design (with the condition that you won’t color all your nail) you can wear you nails a little bit longer.

The colors

Darker shades – purple, indigo, plum, red-black – are sober and sexy at the same time. Plus, they complement perfectly outfits in neutral colors (gray, beige, brown) so fashionable this fall.

Shape

There is no problem if you want to wear your nails a little bit longer and rounded at the top, but darker nail polishes look better on very short nails, naturally rounded at the top.

Resistance

Only specialists have such a precision to manage not to stain the cuticles when they apply the nail polish. So we would better use first a base coat, then the nail polish, and in the end a top coat that will make the nail polish resist better and have a nice shine.

Here are my nail polishes suggestions for this fall. Karen from MakeupAndBeautyBlog and Michelle from  AllLacqueredUp already reviewed some of them, so you are only a click away from seeing these beautiful swatches.

Review-Lancome La Base Pro (make up primer)

I wish that I could have (at least one time) a perfect makeup like our celebrities.  Do I have a chance?

This question was in my mind for a long time. I watched TV commercials, read magazines, see movies and I wanted to have that perfect doll face, without crazy pimples ( they appear when I least expected and from nowhere), red spots or any other unexpected surprises on my  face, when I woke up in the morning.  Finally, after I did a little research I found at my favorite beauty brand Lancome the product that was going to “give me a new face”.

Like I told you ladies before, I don’t use foundation everyday and I try to keep on my face as less makeup as possible, but this doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t have a perfect makeup in those few days when I need to look perfect. Occasions like weddings, gathering with old friends, jobs interviews  or some fancy dinners, all these ask for a  perfect makeup. My help was inspired by make-up artists techniques who revealed their secrets for a perfect complexion!

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The secret of a perfect complexion makeup lies in preparing the skin before applying any other makeup product. Here you can count on Lancome La Base Pro, a translucent make-up base. You must use it after you cleaned your skin and before applying your foundation. It was enough to apply only a thin layer to feel my skin incredibly soft and non greasy. Pores are enlarged, fine lines fade, signs of tiredness are diminished and all other skin imperfections are visibly reduced. This translucent make-up base with smoothing effect will boost make-up wear. Continue reading ‘Review-Lancome La Base Pro (make up primer)’





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