Spring 2014 - Hooray for Color!

Hooray!!  Yes, since December 2013 the lines have been releasing their Spring 2014 collections - and they are so amazing!  I have checked out a few:

Chanel Spring 2014:

The entire Spring 2014 Chanel collection at Nordstrom - Bellevue, WA

A close-up of all the goodies!

The #44 & #138 are so pretty in person - but my fav is #44!

All 5 lipsticks, the lip liners, & the gloss (isn't the 3rd pink great?)

 Overall:
*  The lipsticks were super creamy and are nicely pigmented
*  The lip pencils are a really close match in color to most of the lipsticks and went on pretty smooth
*  The blush - wow, its nice.  The blush starts out as a creme and dries powdery-soft - perfect for all skin types.  The nice bright coral color would look so great on either fair or dark complexions

There are a lot of blue-undertones in this collections which would be suitable to most complexions with blue undertones or complexions that lean toward blue-undertones.



Guerlain Blossom Spring 2014:

The entire Spring 2014 Guerlain Collection

The bubble blush in 02 Cherry (it smells like Violets!)

Ok - im a "huge" fan of Guerlain and have been using this line for about 7 years now.  Here is the overall review of this new Spring collections:

*  The Meteorites Perles - this year the little perles have been enhanced with more illuminating factors - basically, more sparkles.  The new Meteorites are light, airy, and still have the lovely violet scent.  Exceptionally pretty however once applies.

*  The Bubble Blush - Ok - yes, the color is "divine", but the violet scent makes it!  The blush slides on smoothly and silk-like (the picture above is the 02 Cherry color).  The formula may not be most suitable for oily or combination skin as it is already a creme type of base, but I'll know more when Nordstrom gets more stock in and I play with it.  The violet scent is really pretty.  Im usually sensitive to fragrance but I have good luck with this line.  No issues here.


Nars Final Cut Collection - Exclusively at Nordstrom 

Here is the whole collection, live.

This is the brightest of the pinks.

Here are all the lip pencils and the new pink illuminator on top

all the blushes 

here is a "sneak-peek" at the new NARS compact coming soon...(thanks Nars!)

sneak-peek two - such a great range of colors!

This collection, boasting modern passionate & provocative hues, will be exclusive to Nordstrom and its scheduled to arrive in the full-line stores next week - the week of Jan 12, 2014 - Looking forward to the Lip, blush, illuminator - all in lovely shades of pink!   Stay tuned....