Bronzer is your friend not your enemy!

I love my Bronzer, I really do, it is without doubt at the most top of my list of products I cannot leave the house without. I am quite the pale poppet and so bronzer makes me look human and healthy with a nice "glow". My now HG product which has made every other pale in comparision ha! How funny am I? 
The product is NARS-Laguna Bronzer ah-maz-ing! What I adore about this bronzer is the amazing shade which when applied lightly depending on your skin tone applies warmth to the skin and has the softest gold flecks through it.
What does frustrate me is when I see lovely, pretty girls who apply it wrong. Bronzer is supposed to accentuate your features subtly and is suitable for even the most pale skins and not just those who are super duper fake tanned.
Example one:

Khloe Kardashian

Ahhh Khloe, so often you are the one sister to commit the most makeup mistakes and this is one. Where girls apply too much of the bronzer to the apples of their cheeks. 

When you apply bronzer: apply it just below your cheek bones to give your face contours which make your cheek bones pop! When you apply it suck in your cheeks and apply it just below your cheek bones (it's easier this way). This is the look you want to go for as shown by miss Black Lively see below.

  Hubba hubba, gosh she is just divine! When you look at this picture she is all about subtly and also blending, so it looks like she just woke up looking like this, well she probably looked almost this good, damn her. 


Another tip: When I apply it I gently use a bronzer brush to apply only a little of product and I tap it onto my hand before I apply it onto my cheeks we can always apply a bit more and build but getting too much product on your cheeks and gosh its a pain to take away. 


Less is more girls....

NARS is available through MECCA Cosmetica which is where I usually purchase! 


So tell me, which Bronzer do you love? I love finding new goodies. 


miss chew


xx

My First Competition ENDS TONIGHT!!!!

Hey guys,
This is just a REMINDER that my...

First Competition!!

ENDS TONIGHT!!!

Before we get to that I want to tell you about the wonderful product I have currently been trialing which you will be able to win.

The brand is called Chic Australia and was the work behind Lois Yaghoubour who has her own salon as well as being a makeup artist.

When you talk about this product it's not so much what it does but what it doesn't do. Below is one of the 2 colours I have called Waratahstar which is a bronze colour with a copper shade with subtle shimmer.

But first, the initially selling point for me was that it is baked on a terracotta tile which means that unlike other bronzers or blush say, when you drop it, it won't break! Massive bonus! How many bloody bronzers I have broken and wasted money on because I am too clumsy for words! It also means it really lasts as well.

Next is the beautiful arrange of colours, all subtly different from each other. When you look at the compact you can see a faint shimmer and almost slightly different colours which reflect from the light.

I chose 2 different shades. One is more of a bronzer and the other has a peachy tinge.

This product is designed to have 7 different uses, each as amazing as each other, which I will detail now:

1. Bronzer
2. Blush
3. Contouring
4. Eye shadow
5. Lip Colour
6. Eye liner
7. Highlighter

What I use it most for is as a contouring powder to really emphasize my cheekbones. It was explained to me that when you are applying the makeup either to contour or as blush/ bronzer you really need to work the product into your skin warming the product which will make it last all day.

To use it as a eyeliner you wet a brush before working into the compact and applying it to the eyes to give yourself bolder colour.

As a highlighter I like to use it on the top of my cheekbones and also on my eyebrow bone. 

For me I find this product just so incredibly handy, I can pop it in my handbag and I can do touch ups of so many parts of my makeup through out the day.

The RRP for the compact is $49.95 and considering all the uses its a bargain. 

You can buy online at www.chicaustralia.com.au or in selected salons.

So I am lucky enough to be able to give one of these lovely compacts away.

To go in the running you need to

• "Like" my miss chew facebook page and suggest to 10 friends, which you can view here.
• Once suggested just comment on my facebook wall.  
• Answer my question in the comments below in my blog "Which feature are you most looking forward to trying with your new Chic Australia Makeup?" with your email address and that's it!
• Note: Only one entry per person but feel free to suggest to as many friends as you would like.

Competition closes on 11:59pm Monday 15th November 2010.

Winner will be notified by email (so don't forget) and also with a blog post!

Competition is only available to persons living in Australia. Sorry Guys.

Good Luck!

miss chew

xx



My 100th Post! Chic Makeup Competition!!

So guys, I am so happy to say that this is my 100th Blog post on miss chew and to thank you for the support I am lucky enough to announce my

First Competition!!

Before we get to that I want to tell you about the wonderful product I have currently been trialing which you will be able to win.

The brand is called Chic Australia and was the work behind Lois Yaghoubour who has her own salon as well as being a makeup artist.

When you talk about this product it's not so much what it does but what it doesn't do. Below is one of the 2 colours I have called Waratahstar which is a bronze colour with a copper shade with subtle shimmer.

But first, the initially selling point for me was that it is baked on a terracotta tile which means that unlike other bronzers or blush say, when you drop it, it won't break! Massive bonus! How many bloody bronzers I have broken and wasted money on because I am too clumsy for words! It also means it really lasts as well.

Next is the beautiful arrange of colours, all subtly different from each other. When you look at the compact you can see a faint shimmer and almost slightly different colours which reflect from the light.

I chose 2 different shades. One is more of a bronzer and the other has a peachy tinge.

This product is designed to have 7 different uses, each as amazing as each other, which I will detail now:

1. Bronzer
2. Blush
3. Contouring
4. Eye shadow
5. Lip Colour
6. Eye liner
7. Highlighter

What I use it most for is as a contouring powder to really emphasize my cheekbones. It was explained to me that when you are applying the makeup either to contour or as blush/ bronzer you really need to work the product into your skin warming the product which will make it last all day.

To use it as a eyeliner you wet a brush before working into the compact and applying it to the eyes to give yourself bolder colour.

As a highlighter I like to use it on the top of my cheekbones and also on my eyebrow bone. 

For me I find this product just so incredibly handy, I can pop it in my handbag and I can do touch ups of so many parts of my makeup through out the day.

The RRP for the compact is $49.95 and considering all the uses its a bargain. 

You can buy online at www.chicaustralia.com.au or in selected salons.

So I am lucky enough to be able to give one of these lovely compacts away.

To go in the running you need to

• "Like" my miss chew facebook page and suggest to 10 friends, which you can view here.
• Once suggested just comment on my facebook wall.  
• Answer my question in the comments below in my blog "Which feature are you most looking forward to trying with your new Chic Australia Makeup?" with your email address and that's it!
• Note: Only one entry per person but feel free to suggest to as many friends as you would like.

Competition closes on 11:59pm Monday 15th November 2010.

Winner will be notified by email (so don't forget) and also with a blog post!

Competition is only available to persons living in Australia. Sorry Guys.

Good Luck!

miss chew

xx

What to do with your makeup and hair post lunchbreak gym visit?

Whilst being a very big fan of Primped's Miss Zoe Foster I try and get as much advice off her as frequently as I can. On Twitter she often will answer a twuestion and here was mine:  

After a gym session in my lunch break what do you recommend for the best beauty skin care routine?

I often find this is an area I struggle with as I never have much time and I don't want to lug around everything I own, I'm no pack mule.... Anyway this was her response...

"Here’s what I reckon. And yes, I’m throwing in hair and makeup too. Don’t hate me because I’m generous.

I will assume you have showered after your rope climbing class, which indicates your face will have been cleansed. Take facial wipes instead of cleanser - faster! easier! - and avoid removing your eye makeup if you can: this will give you a ‘made up’ look when you race back into work and save you re-applying it all.

Skip the holy trinity of serum, face cream and sun screen and instead multitask your ass off with a hydrating tinted moisturiser with sunscreen.

Add some foundation if you want more coverage, or powder over the top if you get shine.

If your face gets VERY RED after exercise and stays that way for thousands of hours like mine does, pack a green-based primer or corrector in your gym bag - this will balance out the red and give you a much, much more neutral base than if you just use tinted moisturiser/foundation. Biotherm does a great corrective makeup base called White Detox Biotanic Lyzer Corrective Makeup Base SPF 25 Anti-Redness Effect, which as the name suggests is both anti-redness and has a high SPF. 

Next, conceal under the eyes and around the nose, both areas which are bound to be redder than usual from all those blood vessels just beaming with happy, oxygenated, exercisey blood.

Steer clear of blush, but maybe dust on a little bronzer so that when your hot little mug calms down you have some contouring and vitality still hanging around. Go very easy and just skim the hairline, cheekbones and jawline. I am besotted with Becca’s new mineral bronzer at the moment, which is very lightweight and sinks beautifully into the skin, but if you want a really light bronzer, try Clinique’s Almost Bronzer. 

If you read that bit up a few sentences about not removing your eye makeup as you wipe off your makeup post-workout, then your eyes should still be done. If you took it all off - or started off without any - put on two coats of mascara. As Plato once said: “When the face is red and the hair is grimy, make sure your lashes are coated and shiny.”

Nude gloss is best - wearing a brightly coloured lipstick with a flushed face ain’t great. (Wait til your skin has calmed down then pop the colour back on.)

Hair? Well, provided you bobby pinned back the front parts and lifted the bulk up into a high, looseish pony (too tight will create more dents and more sweat), your hair shouldn’t be too bad. Flip your mop upside down and spray a generous amount of dry shampoo (like Tigi’s Rockaholic Dirty Secret dry shampoo, $32.95) through and leave for 30 seconds to sink in and soak up all the sweat. If you have access to a blow dryer, awesome - blast that baby back into shape. If you don’t, and it’s all a bit hard, pull it up into a chic top knot or pony. 

Now spray on some perfume, grab your stinky gym bag and get back to work, you fit, beautiful son of a bitch."

Well that was a mouthful and totally and utterly helpful. You can see the full post here.
-I give full credit to Zoe Foster at Primped for this, I only asked the Twitter question and these images are courtesy of Primped. 


I know I really want to get my mits on everything, in particularly the Biotherm white detox to reduce my reddness as man, I go like red, red! 


What is your after Gym routine?


miss chew


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