Chanel Fall 2011 Prelude DUPE?

Chanel Prelude was released in the Fall 2011 collection and it's my all time fav quad ever.

R knows that I rave on and on about it.  It's the only eyeshadow that I've actually made a significant dent in!

Thank fucking goodness it's a permanent!  Here's CafeMakeup's non-ghetto swatches of Prelude: click!

There are two shades within the quad that are mini orgasms.  Both are on the left side of the quad.

I've been trying to find the Chanel singles of both for the longest time but Chanel's a bitch, so... yeah.

Anyway, the point of this post is that I'm convinced UD Mushroom is a way more pigmented dupe for the upper left and Burberry Rosewood is a slightly more sandy dupe for the lower left.  (Click on the links to see my respective posts)

(L:  Chanel Prelude, R:  Burberry Rosewood)

 (L:  Chanel Prelude, R:  UD Mushroom)

SWATCHES ALL TOGETHER!

 (L-R:  UD Mushroom, Chanel Prelude, Chanel Prelude, Burberry Rosewood)

(L-R:  UD Mushroom, Chanel Prelude, Chanel Prelude, Burberry Rosewood)

I bought the Chanel Prelude at Nordstrom for $57 USD, UD Mushroom at Sephora for $22 CAD, and Burberry Rosewood at Holt Renfrew for $33 CAD.

Shit that's a lot of money.

♥ M

Burberry Beauty Sheer Eye Shadow - No. 9 Rosewood

Ok, sooo... since all of society (the makeup bloggers and youtubers, that is) has been jizzing about Burberry Beauty, R and I have been curious.

A month ago, I finally trekked over to Holt Renfrew (think Canadian Nordstrom, except more ghetto).

The mission was to put my fingerprints all over their S/S 2012 collection and swatch the fuck out of Pale Barley in particular.

Here's Christine from Temptalia's swatches of Pale Barley:  click!

Here's Sabrina from The Beauty Look Book's swatches of Pale Barley:  click!  (Rosewood is in there too.)

The Burberry sales associate pounced on me and I caved into getting a makeover from her... seriously, I have issues saying no to people - WTF was I thinking?!

Anyway, long story short she uses the entire S/S 2012 collection on my face and I look like a fucktard.  I was completely turned off by Pale Barley because of her shitass makeup application capabilities... somehow, she made the texture of everything chalky and nasty.

I did not even try to act nice about how I felt about my face... I basically bolted out of the makeup section... fucking hell I had to go upstairs to get through the rest of Holt Renfrew and get my ass out of there.  Thank goodness there was a Sephora just downstairs from the Holt Renfrew entrance to the rest of the mall.  I NEVER use Sephora's display shit for anything more than swatching, but hell, I was desperate... scrubbed the shit out of my face with some Philosophy Purity and tissues.

Anyway, now you have that dandy story in your repertoire of Burberry beauty impressions... haha.

A couple of weeks ago, R and I went on a dangerous makeup haul trip together... and we went to the Burberry counter at Holt Renfrew... and of course it's the incompetent sales associate that ruined my face.  She recognized me right away and strayed away, haha.  She briefly chatted R and I up and then went off to her own shit, while R and I swatched the shit out of everything.

Ok, so I stand corrected, Burberry eyeshadows are NOT chalky... the sales associate is just shit.

R and I both walked away with Rosewood.  It put me $33 CAD in the red, but it's a fucking beaute.

Plus, it's 0.088 oz of product... If I'm willing to pay $22 CAD for 0.05 oz of a UD eyeshadow, c'mon...

(Yeah, that's my justification for it, hah)

♥ M

Urban Decay - Mushroom (Reformulation)

I saw her holiness, Christine (Temptalia), swatch the new reformulation of this UD eyeshadow in Mushroom, and I was sold.

I raved through all of my fav bloggers and youtubers, and shortlisted my must-have list to Mushroom and X.

Yesterday, I saw that my local Sephora FINALLY chucked out the old eyeshadows and got the new ones.  Obviously, I swatched the fuck out of ALL of shades, haha.  (By the way, Sephora needs to fix its lighting... it's either straight up yellow or white.)

X ended up looking too pink on my skin tone... so I looked like a 3 year old playing with makeup.

But, I HAD TO HAVE Mushroom omgaaaaaaad.  Couldn't even wait to go down to the states and pay $18 USD instead of $22 CAD.  Yea, that bad.

Behold, ze unboxing striptease...

BAM.

This is ONE swatch.  Look at that pigmentation!

Verdict:  I fucking love it sooo sooo much.  It is actually a much more pigmented dupe of the top-left shade in the Chanel Fall 2011 Prelude quad.

(I'll be doing a Prelude dupe post soon!)

♥ M

Accessories Haul

I don't even know how this happened.

I blame consumerism.

 From Little Burgundy

Necklace - $12 CAD

Rings - $12 CAD

 H&M

Ring - $6.95 CAD

Necklace - $12.95 CAD

Bow earrings - $2 CAD (on sale)

 H&M

Belt - $18 CAD

 H&M

Chain purse - $19.95

♥ M

LUSH - Love Lettuce Fresh Face Mask

HOLY MOSES JOSES, a face mask that doesn't break the shit out of my face and make me look like an overly blushed Klingon!  To my hyper-sensitive oily/combination cyclic-acne-prone and something more sisters out there, we have hope.

BAM.

 BAM.

yea, that's my clawprint in there.

Ok, so I had long given up on face masks and decided to just suck it up with my Olay Exfoliating brush, until fellow Canadian nutjob, Estée, wouldn't shut up about her Lush face masks and how it's been amazeballs for her... thank goodness.
I picked this up when I went on a platonic date/hoarding shopping trip with R the other day.  Laid my deets (details, for you non-cool joes) on the sales associate (the ones at Lush are weird but super helpful--watch and learn, Sephora).  She recommended either this one or the oatmeal looking one... I've got a weak stomach for oatmeal, so I picked this one.  I think I paid $6 CAD for a small black tub of it.  My local store makes it fresh every Wednesday (you can't buy this online because it's made fresh), and each tub will give about 3-4 masks... even with my big face, I think I can probably generously get 4.

I scoop up a Timbit sized amount and generously smear it all over my face.  There's small bits of green plant looking material--I just spread it around.  It says to leave it on for something like 5 mins?  Iuno, I'm probably making shit up.  Anyway, it says not to let it dry out but I leave it on until it does, cuz I'm a rebel.  Then I just use my hands to wash it off very gently with warm water.  Afterwards, I use my Sephora precison pore cleanser pad to make sure all of it is gone.

Verdict:  THIS FUCKING ROCKS THE SHIT OUT OF MY FACE AND MORE.  I'm kinda outraged by how it made my face so hydrated and oil-balanced.  I think I texted R right away with something like:  "my face is fucking glowing."

- M

LUSH - Turkish Delight & Rose Queen

Get ready for some LUSHious business here

LUSH turkish delight

I like the fresher rose scent, and it feels nice going onto my both... very smoothie-like indeed.

It's supposed to be hydrating, which I don't find it particularly.

I'm not as scaly anymore, but that could just be because I've stopped cranking the heat as the weather's getting warmer.

It's ok... but not worth $32.95 for a 7 oz tub.

The good thing is it's paraben-free, unlike Flying Fox which has methylparaben... I was going to get that one at first because the scent is just pure sex.

LUSH rose queen

I love my rose scents, what can I say?  Decided to treat myself to a luxurious $5 bomb.

♥ M

Some other random shiz that M bought in March

Holy shit, I bought a lot of stuff in March -- So much for being broke!

THE BODY SHOP tea tree oil

It seems like it works the same way as my Burt's Bees, but the Burt's Bees is all natural.

The two's price points are the same, too.

So, I'm gonna call Burt's Bees the winner of the dupe challenge.

THE BODY SHOP nutriganics drops of youth

Still trying it out.  It seems aite?

MAYBELLINE 24 hr color tattoo eye shadow (35 tough as taupe)

AMAZING.  Very little is needed for pigment.

I would never wear makeup for 24 hours, but the shit stays on as long as I need it to, without primer!

It's a gorgeous matte mushroom taupey grey.

I got it at London Drugs when they had their 30% off all Maybelline products deal, so it was only $6.29 CAD!

JOSIE MARAN organic argan oil to go

I bought this because R raves about the thing.

My skin doesn't soak it up nearly as crazy as hers thought.

I use it for my hair tips, and it's awesome possum.

It's good for random dry patches too.

I wish I had this with me when I was in Calgary!

 BOURJOIS 10 hour sleep efflect foundation (71 abricote clair)

I can't wait to try this out tomorrow, because all of my in-store and home swatches have been incredible.

My beautyblender and it will be making love all over my face tomorrow!

It's oil-free!!!  The watery consistency could become my new HG over my Almay clear complexion!

I bought this in Shopper's Drug Mart for $26 CAD (holy mark up!).

Oh, an update from my last post about the Sephora VIB haul:

I returned the TARTE emphaseyes brightener, and got the MUFE aqua eyes eyeliner (champagne 23L).

The TARTE one was smooth on my hand, but on my waterline, it was so chalky and inconsistent.

This MUFE one is amazing, but less beige-ness and more pinkness.

I swatched it with my Bourjois above.

Aaaaannnd the biggest purchase of March:

It's APRIL already?!

- M