Chantecaille Lip Chic

I have mentioned my great love of Chantecaille before and also indicated the prices of some items keep me from purchasing more. Chantecaille is an upscale line and while I can't speak for the skincare, the color portion lives up to the reputation.

Lip Chic is somewhere between a lipstick and gloss. The formula delivers shiny translucent color that is super fresh looking.

My problem with formulations like these are that generally they don't have enough color payoff and what they do have pulls a disappearing act. Not so with Lip Chic which wears beautifully and feels smooth on your lips.

Lip Chic is $30 and I have a relationship with Zinnia as a shade. Zinnia is a bright pink slightly coral shade that never goes orange on me.

If you just can't bear to part with the $30 bucks then the runner up for this category is MAC's Slimshine for $14.50. Slimshine has a great variety of colors but doesn't have quite as much staying power.

You can find Chantecaille at Neiman Marcus.

Chantecaille Protected Paradise Eye Palette

Here is Chantecaille's Protected Paradise Eye Palette for $90. I happen to love Chantecaille as a line but the cost of many products stops me in my tracks a lot of the time. The price tag on this compact is a good example.

Protected Paradise features 3 of my favorite eyeshadows in the line with a sheer green overlay that gives the sea it's color. The large fish is a rose gold that beats the pants off of all my other rosy gold shades. The small fish is a bright but deep aqua that is summery without looking garish. The base shade is called Mica and is a medium gray shimmer that is perfection. The eyeshadow color of the fish is not a surface dusting so you get a good amount of the gold and aqua.

Chantecaille is a luxury line and has both the price tags and the quality to prove it. The good news is if you fall hard for a shade in this compact they are all sold separately.

5% of the profits are donated to the Pew Institute for Ocean Science to support Marine Conservation and fish sustainability.

I find Chantecaille at Neiman Marucs and Barneys and was finally snagged by this gorgeous compact. I think it was the two brushes housed underneath the marine scene you see that finally did it!