The Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation – my new HG foundation?… *with photos and swatches

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Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua, Giorgio Armani, holy grail, Luminous Silk Foundation, makeup, review

I have always been a Chanel foundation kind of girl! Don’t get me wrong! I still am! But as a beauty addict, I feel that is my “duty” to try new foundations whenever I get the chance to.

The Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation rumbled the beauty world a little while ago. And even if it is quite late, and everybody ( …and their dogs! ) have already posted a review on this, forgive me, but I couldn’t help it! I had to join the crowd and tell you what an amazing base product this is!

It is a liquid foundation which has a fluid, ultra-smooth texture that glides all over the skin and dries to a natural, slightly matte finish. But it is not completely matte it also gives a natural, healthy glow to the skin, accentuating and enhancing at the same time your skin’s features. It is a gorgeous oil-free fluid which features an exclusive Micro-fil technology, that gives an all-day sheer to moderate coverage depending on your necessities. If I want a no-makeup-face I apply it with my Tom Ford #02 Foundation Brush and blend it very well. When I go to an event or I have an important meeting I go for more coverage and I apply the product with a beauty blender ( I’m currently using the Real Technique one ).

The formula contains fragrance ingredients and a small concentration of alcohol known to cause irritation, especially near the eyes. However, the iffy ingredients have no effect on my sensitive skin because they are present in a small percentage.

The Luminous Silk Foundation works best for normal to slightly dry or slightly oily skin, and comes in over a dozen lovely colours, for the fairest to the darkest skin ( 23?! different shades ), more than any foundation I’ve seen before! My shade is #4 and it matches me perfectly!

This is THE foundation to use for light coverage and an unbelievably skin-like results, bonus that perfect glow! Smooth and flawless! I think it is the kind of foundation that gets better with time: I put it on before leaving the house and just looks even better after 1 hour. It just responds so well to skin’s temperature as it blends seamlessly, and it does not oxidize throughout the day.

Perfect to use for big events when you are photographed a lot, as it will not make you look like a ghost!

Bottom line: now I have 2 holy grail foundations: the Chanel Vitalumière Aqua ( read the complete review here ) for an everyday use and for special occasions I take out the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation.

– pic recycled from another post –  the Favourite BURBERRY Lip Combo for Hot Summer Days: the Burberry Lip Glow #19 Mallow Pink Natural Lip Gloss and the Burberry Lip Definer in #02 Dusty Rose where, as a base, I used the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

INTERESTING FACT:

The Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation is last year’s InStyle Best Beauty Buy award-winner for “Best Liquid Foundation” and “Perfect Match, #1 Makeup Artist’s Choice” for the 10th Year in a Row!

CHANEL Perfection Lumière Velvet Smooth Effect Makeup SPF 15, in a glorious #10 Beige

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chanel, Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua, long-lasting, Perfection Lumière Velvet Smooth Effect Makeup SPF 15, review, smooth, velvet

I’ve been lusting after the Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet Smooth Effect Makeup SPF 15 since they released it a few months ago. And since the wait for it to arrive at my local Sephora counters was getting absolutely ridiculous, I took advantage of my recent work trip to Milan and did a “bit” of a damage in La Rinascente.

I do not remember if I mentioned this in my last post but my Les Beiges Healthy Glow Multi-Colour Powder ( link review ) was also bought in Milan. Same as the “star” of my next post!

The Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet Smooth Effect Makeup SPF 15 is described as a lightweight, oil-free fluid foundation which “provides you with a gorgeous, long-lasting matte-velvet finish for complexion perfection”. Who doesn’t want that, right?! The whole technology behind this foundation is the “soft-focused pigments meant to smooth and perfect the skin for a flawless look that lasts all day”. It is a formula agreed by normal to oily skin type complexions.

It has a velvety smooth texture that gives the most subtle radiance and natural look to the skin. It covers well without getting in those lines. Although it has a super lightweight formula it provides a buildable coverage from a medium to a really good coverage on those dark spots and redness areas.

It has the perfect skin-like feel to it! It definitely doesn’t have that powdery even cakey finish the regular Perfection Lumière has at times and leaves a soft and smooth, velvet-like texture to your face when it has set.

In the picture above you can see the Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet ( bottom ) swatched next to the my beloved Chanel Vitalumière Aqua ( top ), since everybody sees similarities between them. As far as I am concerned the similarities stop at the shape of the bottle and the label on the front, which says CHANEL on it…

Odd enough, I was matched to the glorious #10 Beige shade in Perfection Lumière Velvet, when in Vitalumière Aqua I am #30(!?) ( read a complete review here ). So I trully recommend to try on more than one shade before you buy it. And a visit to a Chanel counter is a must! The formula of the new Perfection Lumière Velvet is sheerer and more lightweight in colour compared to Chanel Vitalumière Aqua. The new Perfection Lumière Velvet goes on smoother onto the skin and it also is more fluid in texture, and it dries to a softer and a bit more matte finish than the Vitalumière Aqua. The Perfection Lumière Velvet adheres well to the skin but still lets it breathe.

Have you tried it yet? What do you thing about it?

See you soon, beautiful!

xx, Annie

 

 

 

INTERESTING FACT:

These days I’ve been experimenting and combined the two foundations, Perfection Lumière Velvet and the Vitalumière Aqua. The result was a very natural fresh-looking skin but really long lasting thanks to the formula of the Perfection Lumière Velvet. you should try it too and let me know what you think…

 

 

FOTD – Sharing the secret. Shhh!… Don’t tell!

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at work, beauty, bourgeois, By Terry, chanel, Chanel #44 La Diva, Chanel Joue Contraste #86 Discrétion, Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua, clarins, clinique, dior, fotd, guerlain, l'oreal, mac, makeup, selfie, spring

It is Monday today! A-gain! Yeah!… Another week has started as it usually does. Me went to work…

But who says that a crappy Monday at work can not be fun?! I’m in my office taking selfies while waiting for my meeting to start. Shhh!… Don’t tell my boss! He’s a Man, he wouldn’t understand!

I even have time to write a blog post about what I’m wearing on my face today… Yay Me!

As a base I’m wearing my usual one. I featured it in my other FOTD. Clinique Superprimer followed by Chanel Vitalumière Aqua Foundation in #30 Beige ( can’t wait to get my hands on the new Chanel foundation release!! ). Then I applied a bit of a Bourgeois Healthy Mix Concealer 52 Medium Radiance and L’Oreal Accord Parfait Corrector in Rose Porcelain – I use it to highlight. Then I dusted a bit of my HG powder By Terry Hyaluronic-Hydra Powder ( review here ). For my cheeks I used Chanel Joue Contraste Blush in #86 Discrétion ( review ) and for contouring I used my Guerlain Teracotta Light bronzing powder in #04 Sun Blondes.

So, on the eyes I used as a base Dior Diorshow Mono Wet and Dry Eyeshadow in # 826 Bikini ( reviewed here ) and to add some definition to my eyes I used the Guerlain bronzer. For a bit of a highlight I used MAC Blanc Type. Then I lightly lined my eyes with a Clarins eye-liner…. . Then I curled my lashes and applied one coat of the Dior New Look Mascara 090 Black and one coat of the Chanel Le Volume de Chanel Mascara in #10 Noir.

On the lips I slightly dabbed some Chanel Rouge Allure Luminous Intense Lipstick in #44 La Diva, then I blended it in with my finger. Previously I applied some Dior Lip Glow to moisturise my lips.

And this is the final result! Can you tell I like it…!?!!?!! Yeah! I’m even taking selfies instead of working! 😉

Hope you like it too!

xx, Annie