Some amazing new cosmetics

Its not often that I’m completely blown away by a new cosmetic product to this degree, and, for a tinting-type product (i.e. foundations and BB creams) it is even rarer. But I am amazed and blown away by Dior’s Hydra Life BB Creme which I only found out about recently when visiting my regular Dior counter and hearing from one of my long-time makeup artists about it. It turns out that it is not sold everywhere. I had to go to Sephora to get it. None of the other makeup counters at several other stores I frequent carry it.

It only comes in three shades but 002 Golden Peach turns out to be exactly the right shade/tone for my skin which is usually 021 in other Dior foundations.

I have both Dior Snow and Diorskin Nude BB Creme but find that Hydra Life BB Creme is the exceptional product with excellent pigments, coverage, texture, and luminosity. In addition, it is a moisturizing-intensive product which is exactly what I need as my skin is very prone to losing moisture which then highly detracts from its appeareance (mostly due to lack of sleep which is unfortunately a recurring issue).

Today when I used it I used one of my highly-natural serums (Nourrit from Il Fiore) and then Dior Dreamskin as a base. I also really love Dreamskin which can really improve skin texture and tone when used as a layer below tinting products.

I also happen to be really enjoying Chanel’s 2015 Holiday collection, in particular its Rouge Noir colors. It features a new addition to Chanel’s excellent gel eyeshadows:

And also a great new eyeshadow quad:

The dark reddish color is very similar to one in a previous 5 Couleurs palette by Dior called House of Pinks. I find that the Chanel Illusion D’Ombre gels tend to work a little bit better than the Diorshow Fusion Mono gels which are similar but there are a couple colors in the Fusion Mono line I really love.

All in all Dior usually kicks ass when it comes to both tinting products and contouring products like bronzer/highlighters and blushes and Hydra Life BB Creme is no exception.

Finally, I almost forgot to mention one last member of the Chanel Holiday 2015 collection that is fabulous: Le Volume de Chanel eyeshadow in Rouge Noir.